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• • New beginnings for New Zealand’s Best Emerging Bookseller

    • 12 Aug 2022
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Lisa Adler had her last day at the bookstore where she learned her trade last month. But for Lisa, it’s not the end—just another chapter.
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• • Top healthy building expert appointed as Dean of the Wellington Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation

    • 10 Aug 2022
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Professor Robyn Phipps has been appointed as Dean of the Wellington Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.
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• • University submissions for the international Earthshot Prize announced

    • 8 Aug 2022
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • After a nationwide call for submissions, the Living Pā, XFrame, and Tasmanlon have been announced as our nominated projects for the 2022 Earthshot Prizes.
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• • Business can no longer ignore extreme heat events

    • 5 Aug 2022
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Heatwaves are becoming a danger to the bottom line, write David Lont, Martien Lubberink and Paul Griffin.
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• • Cancelled culture comes back: the Edinburgh Festival turns 75

    • 4 Aug 2022
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • International festival is alive and well after two years of pandemic disruption, writes Sarah Thomasson.
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• • ‘Glaring omission’ in plan to eliminate HIV transmission

    • 4 Aug 2022
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Draft plan fails to recognise the increased risk of HIV for Māori women, Clive Aspin argues.
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• • Join us for Pasifika Week 8–13 August

    • 1 Aug 2022
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • We are celebrating Pasifika cultures at our second-ever Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Pasifika Week, from 8–13 August.
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• • Does the PM's popularity qualify as a cult of personality?

    • 1 Aug 2022
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Critics who claim ‘Jacindamania’ resembles a personality cult have got it wrong, argues PhD candidate Anne-Mette Holmgård Sundahl.
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• • “Heartbreaking:” Vic Books Pipitea Says Goodbye

    • 31 Jul 2022
    • Salient
    • Vic Books first opened its doors in 1975 on Victoria University of Wellington’s Kelburn Campus.
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• • Cocktails with the Candidates

    • 31 Jul 2022
    • Salient
    • As local elections approach and the Wellington City Council mayoralty race heats up, Salient sits down with the main players at a location of their choosing to share a drink and discuss their ambitions for Pōneke.
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• • Advocating for the future of classical music in Aotearoa

    • 28 Jul 2022
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • New Zealand School of Music alumna, law student, and clarinettist Leah Thomas is regularly asked if her law degree is her ‘back-up’. Her answer? Absolutely not.
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• • Film shines a light on the sorrows of the past

    • 28 Jul 2022
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • A showing of Raids, a short film about the impact of the 1974–6 Dawn Raids on Pasifika peoples in Aotearoa, was held at the Memorial Theatre, Student Union Building at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s Kelburn campus on Tuesday 19 July.
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• • Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand School of Music—Te Kōkī’s first Sonic Artist-in-Residence announced

    • 26 Jul 2022
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Dr Cristohper Ramos Flores has been awarded the first Creative New Zealand / New Zealand School of Music—Te Kōkī (NZSM) Sonic Artist residency. The three-month residency comes with a studio at Toi Pōneke Arts Centre.
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• • New book explores Lāuga, Sāmoa’s premier cultural oratory practice

    • 26 Jul 2022
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • In early June, Dr Sadat Muaiava from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s School of Languages and Cultures launched his new book, Lāuga: understanding Sāmoan oratory (Te Papa Press).
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• • How Claire Mabey ignited Wellington’s passion for books

    • 26 Jul 2022
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Literary festival director Claire Mabey thought she might want to be an environmental lawyer when she grew up.
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• • The Commonwealth kid

    • 22 Jul 2022
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of University alumna Katie Sadleir calls herself “the Commonwealth kid”—it’s an apt description for the woman now leading the Commonwealth Games Federation.
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• • Do we know what we mean when we talk about ‘mental health’?

    • 21 Jul 2022
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • What is mental health? This is the key question preoccupying Professor Simon Keller, from the School of History, Philosophy, Political Science, and International Relations at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.
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• • Te Herenga Waka academic elected to prestigious international position

    • 21 Jul 2022
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Dr Bruno Marques, Associate Dean (Academic Development) at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s Wellington School of Architecture, has been elected as president of the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA).
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• • Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington and OP Jindal Global University establish dual degree partnership

    • 20 Jul 2022
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences is pleased to announce a dual degree partnership with OP Jindal Global University’s School of International Affairs in Sonepat, India.
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• • Why staff well-being plans matter

    • 20 Jul 2022
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • It’s more important than ever for workplaces to have staff well-being plans, writes Dougal Sutherland.
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• • The case against prolonged solitary confinement

    • 17 Jul 2022
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • The United Nations has banned prolonged solitary confinement, so why haven't we, asks Christine McCarthy.
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• • Australia-China reset a high-stakes challenge

    • 17 Jul 2022
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Gulf in perceptions between Australia and China will be 'challenging to bridge', writes Jason Young.
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• • A short history of the Gib crisis

    • 17 Jul 2022
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Nigel Isaacs looks back nearly 400 years for answers to the plasterboard shortage hobbling construction.
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• • Setting new ideas into motion at this year’s Wellington Gold Awards

    • 14 Jul 2022
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • The University sponsored the New Thinking Award for 2022, awarding it to local e-motorcycle makers and founders of FTN Motion Luke Sinclair and Kendall Bristow.
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• • Tropical thunderstorms affect Antarctic melting

    • 13 Jul 2022
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Record melting linked to warm, moist air that flows across South Pacific Ocean.
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• • Orientation week events

    • 12 Jul 2022
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Next week from Thursday 7 to Monday 11 July is VUWSA's postponed O-Week. The association is hosting five nights of live music, comedy, and the annual Toga Party.
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• • The University's team across the world

    • 12 Jul 2022
    • Victoria University of Wellington
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• • New research centre established to focus on countering violent extremism

    • 12 Jul 2022
    • Victoria University of Wellington
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• • Potential cancer treatment found in high blood pressure medication

    • 12 Jul 2022
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • A Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington PhD graduate who was based at the Gillies McIndoe Research Institute (GMRI) has found a potential new source of help for colon cancer patients—medications used to treat hypertension, or high blood pressure.
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• • Wetlands for sustainability

    • 11 Jul 2022
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Master of Science graduate Shannon Bentley remembers a childhood swimming in the Rumahanga river every summer.
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