Victoria University / August 2019
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Student proposes climate crisis bill
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A Victoria University of Wellington student has proposed significant changes to the Zero Carbon Bill currently before Parliament that he says more accurately reflect the climate crisis facing the planet.
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Revolutionising ocean forecasting
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Researchers from Victoria University of Wellington have joined with MetService in a five-year multi-disciplinary research project—known as the Moana Project—to comprehensively measure, monitor, and predict the state of Aotearoa New Zealand’s oceans.
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How end of life decisions are made
- Victoria University of Wellington
- People considering euthanasia do not just think of themselves, but are heavily influenced by the concerns of, and impact on, others, writes Professor Kevin Dew from Victoria University of Wellington's School of Social and Cultural Studies.
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The identity and privacy dilemma
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington Professor of Library and Information Management Anne Goulding discusses the paradox of New Zealanders wanting to safeguard their personal data, while frequently and freely giving it away.
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Paying people to vote could backfire
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Monetary incentives to boost turnout at local elections might reduce people's natural tendencies to be good citizens, writes Dr Julia Talbot-Jones, a Lecturer in Victoria University of Wellington's School of Government.
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Bootcamp was not in vein
- Victoria University of Wellington
- It might be five years since they first started working on their ‘big idea’ at the University's Victoria Entrepreneur Bootcamp, but Ben Palmer and Georgia Lee have continued to develop it and are now on the brink of solving a global medical problem—with a little help from their support network, including the University's commercialisation arm, Viclink.
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How New York’s Union Square helped shape free speech in the US
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Professor Joanna Merwood-Salisbury from the School of Architecture discusses the architectural history of Union Square in New York City.
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National Schools Poetry Award celebrates New Zealand’s poets of the future
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A year 13 student at Auckland's Westlake Girls High School has won first place in the 2019 International Institute of Modern Letters' (IIML) National Schools Poetry Award, with her poem 'Mammalian'.
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Say no to farming 'silver bullets'
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The fundamental problem with silver bullets is they permit a 'business as usual' approach when that is neither ecologically sustainable nor economically desirable, write Peter Fraser and Dr Mike Joy from Victoria University of Wellington's Institute for Governance and Policy Studies.
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Researchers make potential breakthrough in cancer drug development
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A Victoria University of Wellington research team has developed an exciting new lead in the search for cancer treatments, creating alternative versions in the laboratory of a rare natural compound that targets some types of cancer.
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Climate explained: why we need to cut emissions as well as prepare for impacts
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Associate Professor Ralph Chapman explains why addressing climate change means cutting emissions as well as managing impacts.
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New research shows that Antarctica’s largest floating ice shelf is highly sensitive to warming of the ocean
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Scientists have long been concerned about the potential collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and its contribution to global sea level rise. Much of West Antarctica’s ice lies below sea level, and warming ocean temperatures may lead to runaway ice sheet retreat.
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Bungled NZ census highlights need for multiple voting options to raise Māori participation
- Victoria University of Wellington
- "The low response rate of Māori not only raises concerns about online-only voting approaches, but also has considerable constitutional implications, as census data is used to determine the number of Māori electorates," writes Associate Professor Maria Bargh.
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Is poor awareness of the Holocaust just the tip of the iceberg?
- Victoria University of Wellington
- "We are right to feel outraged at the idea that a majority of New Zealanders don't know how many millions of Jews were murdered in the Holocaust, but outrage alone will not suffice," writes Associate Professor Giacomo Lichtner.
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Mātauranga Māori could stop kauri dieback in its tracks
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Research led by Victoria University of Wellington’s Dr Monica Gerth in collaboration with iwi has discovered molecules from New Zealand native plants could hold the solution to kauri dieback.
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Mataora—Encounters between medicine and the Arts
- Victoria University of Wellington
- What insights can humanities and the performing arts bring to health and wellbeing? Victoria University of Wellington, in association with Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Te Papa), is holding a unique, one-day event to explore these connections, Mataora—Encounters between medicine and the Arts.
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Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Marvelous modelling
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A new model, developed by a Victoria University of Wellington PhD student, could help to more accurately predict how Antarctica’s ice sheets will respond to a warming world and impact global sea level rise.
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International children’s rights experts gather at Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington
- On the 30th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, leading international experts will join the New Zealand children's rights community for a two-day symposium at Victoria University of Wellington on 19 and 20 August.
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When failure leads to success
- Victoria University of Wellington
- As power poles age throughout the decades, the danger of them failing increases—and so, too, does the risk of electrocutions and power outages. Lines companies are not always able to predict when poles are about to fail—a problem that one Victoria University of Wellington researcher is working with Viclink to solve.
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Survey reveals which religions New Zealanders trust most – and least – after shootings
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Buddhist New Zealanders are at one of the scale and Evangelical Christians the other, writes Dr Simon Chapple, Director of Victoria University of Wellington's Institute for Governance and Policy Studies.
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Christchurch terrorist failed to sow distrust
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington's Institute for Governance and Policy Studies wanted to check if the terror attacks in Christchurch achieved an aim of sowing distrust and suspicion in society, and its findings are bad news for the perpetrator, write Dr Simon Chapple and Dr Kate Prickett.
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Why I can’t join the choir of delight on this drug reform
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington criminologist Dr Fiona Hutton laments that to gain a glimmer of positivity New Zealand has had to enact ineffective ‘get tough’ measures instead of being truly transformative.
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Rock scratches hint at future quakes
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Curved scratches in rock faces may give clues to where big quakes could strike next, a study led by Victoria University of Wellington Master’s student Jesse Kearse has shown.
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Trust levels steady despite Christchurch mosque shootings
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The Christchurch mosque shootings have been described as New Zealand’s darkest day, but did the attack change the way New Zealanders trust each other and their institutions?
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Report recommends better whistleblowing procedures
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A report advising on best practice for whistleblowing procedures—including establishing new forms of oversight—is launched this week, just days after the State Services Commission published its public consultation on reforms to the Protected Disclosure Act.
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The Autism Clinic—Te Rāngai Takiwātanga
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The Autism Clinic—Te Rāngai Takiwātanga has been established at Victoria University of Wellington to evaluate best practice early interventions for young children with autism in New Zealand.
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Research looks to improve neonatal care experiences
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Research led by Victoria University of Wellington academics that aims to improve the care provided to Māori families in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) has had a Health Research Council funding boost.
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Improving mental health in rainbow communities
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Research from Victoria University of Wellington has helped create a new resource to address the high rate of mental health difficulties faced by New Zealand’s rainbow communities.
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Community change
- Victoria University of Wellington
- “I always wanted to study politics—it has fascinated me since I was young,” says Victoria University of Wellington alumnus Ibrahim Omer.
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Public seminar series addresses child welfare system
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The Children's Commissioner and the Chief Social Worker of Oranga Tamariki–Ministry for Children are among those speaking in the first of three Victoria University of Wellington public seminars addressing the historical, current and future role of the state in New Zealand's child welfare system.
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Victoria University announces second Emerging Pasifika Writer’s Residency
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington's International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) is delighted to announce the second Emerging Pasifika Writer's Residency for 2020.
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National music centre fundraising effort hits $18 million
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Fundraising for the planned national music centre in Wellington's Te Ngākau Civic Square is well on track, with the total now at $18 million.
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Te Ngākau Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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