On Saturday the 8th of May Victoria University kickboxing club hosted Capital Punishment 4 in the Victoria University Students Association building in Kelburn, Wellington.
The event has become one of the highlights of the lower North Island kickboxing calendar. The 2004 event promised to be bigger and better than previous tournaments, involving 16 fights, four of which were title bouts.
Top fighters from all around NZ are being flown in for the action and entertainment that is a night of Thai Kickboxing. Ten fights in total, with these six Titles on the line...
In this reflective session, Sarah Hopkinson, Head of Learning at Te Papa, explores the vital role museums play within Aotearoa’s wider education ecosystem and the unique ways they nurture creativity, collaboration, and community.
Petone with the Swindale Shield on their home ground, following today’s win over Paremata-Plimmerton. Photo: Grant Wall. By Steven White & Scott MacLean Petone are the 2026 Swindale Shield champions, winning the first-round title for the 16th time with next week’s final round to spare with a 43-17 win over Paremata-Plimmerton this afternoon. Petone and...
Victoria University’s Classics Museum examines the complex afterlives of antiquities through two remarkable objects—a Roman portrait head now subject to repatriation after being identified as illicitly excavated, and a richly carved child’s sarcophagus later revealed to be a modern forgery.
