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Why don’t we grow hemp and straw to use in construction?
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Bio-based building products are better for people and the planet, so why aren't these products easier for consumers to find, asks William Mason.
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‘Chaotic, sometimes dangerous places’—why successful rehab for remand prisoners will be hard to achieve
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Can effective rehabilitation be provided for people remanded in prison? Devon Polaschek and Simon Davies look at the evidence.
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Antarctica’s sea ice is changing and so is a vital part of the marine food web that lives within it
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Signs that Antarctica’s microalgal communities are becoming less diverse foreshadow wider ecological impacts, write Jacqui Stuart and Natalie Robinson.
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An enduring connection with Te Herenga Waka marae
- Victoria University of Wellington
- As dawn began to break over the new sustainable marae building at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, alumnus Elijah Pue, as emcee, stood and welcomed a crowd of over 1000 people to celebrate the opening of Ngā Mokopuna and the reawakening of the wharenui.
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‘I got sent something of people shooting themselves’ —research shows young people can’t avoid harmful content online
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Dougal Sutherland looks at the findings of a new report about harmful online content viewed by 12 to 25-year-olds.
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Fourth time lucky? ACT’s regulatory standards law may finally pass, despite Treaty and legal doubts
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Carwyn Jones canvasses legal concerns about the Regulatory Standards Bill and its constitutional implications.
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The beauty of brutalism
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Dunedin's Archway theatres building is an 'exquisite example of brutalism' and a particularly special one in New Zealand, writes Christine McCarthy.
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Our plan for the planet can’t be the lesser of two evils
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Mike Joy asks: what’s being swept under the rug in the clean energy debate?
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Literary excellence on campus—Te Herenga Waka University Press
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Publisher of both New Zealand’s biggest selling book of the moment and its top literary prize winner, Te Herenga Waka University Press is an established and innovative part of Wellington’s landscape. And they are based on the University’s Kelburn campus.
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Championing student skills and career development through WIL
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Alice Hodder recently won a Service Award for her “outstanding service and contribution” to Work-Integrated Learning New Zealand.
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Charity donation tax incentives not as generous as we think
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Would the money the government spends on tax credits for charity donations be better spent funding social programmes directly? Amy Cruickshank looks at the numbers.
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Why we shouldn’t label young offenders ‘bad’
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Instead of forever labelling teens ‘good’ or ‘bad’, we need to focus on how they can break cycles of harm and start afresh, writes Manjuparna Raychaudhuri.
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Does drawing on memory help us solve problems? Our experiment gave some surprising answers
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Recalling a memory may be helpful for generating solutions to problems, but it is not the only or best way to solve problems, write Anne Macaskill, Karen Salmon, and Nicky Duff.
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As insurance gets harder to buy, NZ has three choices for disaster recovery
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Successive governments have opted for an ad-hoc approach in response to natural disasters—and it's the worst approach to take, argue Ilan Noy and Belinda Storey.
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Skills training overhaul risks the same old pitfalls
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Without addressing labour market demand and worker empowerment, reforms to the vocational education sector could be little more than a reshuffling of titles, writes Stephen Blumenfeld.
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Locked up then locked out: how NZ’s bank rules make life for ex-prisoners even harder
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Not having a bank account can make it difficult to receive wages or a benefit, as well as rent accommodation, writes Victoria Stace.
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Te Herenga Waka hosts ASEAN Secretary-General
- Victoria University of Wellington
- As part of the commemorations marking 50 years of formal dialogue between Aotearoa New Zealand and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), last week, the University was honoured to host the Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr Kao Kim Hourn.
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Director of the International Institute of Modern Letters wins richest book prize in Aotearoa
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Professor Damien Wilkins, who leads Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s IIML, has won the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction for his novel Delirious, published by Te Herenga Waka University Press (THWUP).
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Bringing wāhine Māori onto the stage through a PhD
- Victoria University of Wellington
- As a theatre reviewer and award-winning playwright, Tūhoe and Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa writer Dr Maraea Rakuraku created works countering portrayals she was seeing of wāhine Māori.
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Doctoral Dean's List announced
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Five PhD graduates have been named to the Doctoral Dean's List in formal acknowledgement of the exceptional quality of their work.
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Supporting women and communities through policy
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Melemo Siakumi-Mataele was a full-time working parent when she decided to study for a Master of Public Policy at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.
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Coding a successful career
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Dr Philip Oliver is graduating with a PhD in Software Engineering, having completed the first study into automatic crash reproduction in JavaScript. Now, his career is taking flight.
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Bachelor of Global Studies provides platform to advocate for others
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A degree in global studies has equipped Ella Lamont with skills far beyond her research.
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“University that has a culture" inspires law and film degrees
- Victoria University of Wellington
- From being the co-director of the Rainbow Law Students Society to doing a Summer Research Scholarship, Caitlin Ashby threw herself into nearly every opportunity that came up while she was studying, including doing a conjoint degree.
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Gowns flying, whānau crying—it must be Te Herenga Waka graduation week
- Victoria University of Wellington
- With over 2,600 graduates, two parades, and eight ceremonies, this May graduation will fill Wellington’s streets with cloaked and capped graduates.
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Building a community
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Henry McIntyre’s journey into the world of project management started on construction sites, and flourished thanks to the support of his community.
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Regeneration at heart of graduate’s design for Te Ngākau Civic Precinct
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Graduate Abi Connelly’s architectural studies degree, which included a final-year urban design course, gave her the opportunity to reimagine a popular Wellington public space and opened doors to promising career opportunities.
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Creating a classroom that values every child
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Josiah Masoe graduates from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington with a Master of Teaching and Learning (Primary) this week. Now teaching at the primary school where his education began, he’s focused on creating a classroom where every child feels valued, capable, and excited to learn.
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Passion for psychology leads to Cook Island student’s success
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Meilani Payne, co-founder of the Pacific Psychology Students’ Association, will graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Education and Psychology this week.
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Discovering the true nature of horses
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Abby Letteri started her PhD with a simple aim—to bring together horses and writing, the two great passions of her life.
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