Victoria University / June 2020
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Ensuring New Zealand access to COVID-19 anti-virals
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A group of New Zealand experts is coming together to ensure New Zealand has access to COVID-19 anti-virals.
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Wellington’s Antarctic Research Centre wins the Prime Minister’s Science Prize
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The world will be better prepared for the worst effects of climate change due to Antarctic ice-sheet discoveries by the Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington-based winners of the 2019 Prime Minister’s Science Prize.
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Cervical cancer prevention, malaria vaccines receive funding of $2.5 million
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington research projects aimed at improving rural access to cervical cancer screening services and developing a vaccine for malaria have received nearly $2.5 million in funding from the Health Research Council of New Zealand.
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Research reveals South Pole warming much faster than the rest of the world
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The South Pole is warming more than three times faster than the rest of the world, research by Te Herenga Waka–Victoria University of Wellington experts shows.
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New Zealanders open up about life in COVID-19 lockdown
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Dr Simon Chapple, Dr Kate Prickett and Dr Michael Fletcher share some of the answers from their survey of wellbeing, family resilience and employment at alert level 4.
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Some in the media need to calm down
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Journalists slamming the New Zealand Government over new cases of COVID-19 are over-reacting, writes Professor Jack Vowles.
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Keen interest in Wellington University COVID-19 scholarship
- Victoria University of Wellington
- There has been strong interest in the free tuition Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington is offering to people affected by COVID-19.
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Divided memories: The myths made by monuments, and what statues tell us now
- Victoria University of Wellington
- This is not the time to ask for ‘a conversation’ about colonial statues, writes historian Giacomo Lichtner, but a rare opportunity for action.
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Lockdown survey finds NZ families ‘incredibly robust’, despite economic jolt
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The impact of the global pandemic on New Zealand families has been highlighted in new research from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s, which surveyed New Zealanders’ experience under COVID-19 lockdown.
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Why long-term environmental observations are crucial for New Zealand’s water security challenges
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Alongside NIWA's Andrew Lorrey and Ben Noll, Dr Lauren Vargo from the University's Antarctic Research Centre writes that long-term environmental observations are critical for confronting water security challenges in New Zealand.
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Teaching and learning in Trimester 2
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The University will be offering the on-campus experience for most courses in Trimester 2.
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Let’s get serious about what older people can contribute
- Victoria University of Wellington
- It's easy to overlook the contributions of older people given the way our economy is structured, but if we can identify these contributions we’ll be less likely to respond to the next crisis by telling them to get out of the way, writes Professor Nicholas Agar.
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The UK plans to ban the ‘rough sex gone wrong’ defence. Should NZ follow?
- Victoria University of Wellington
- With its use criticised in cases like murder victim Grace Millane’s, there are many reasons why the ‘rough sex’ defence is so problematic, writes Dr Samantha Keene.
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The blockbuster that was The Sheik
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Move over Lord of the Rings. When it comes to sheer spectacle, a silent film from 1922 towers above them all.
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Should bosses be able to spy on workers at home?
- Victoria University of Wellington
- With the standard against which actions are judged that of the “reasonable employer”, employees have very limited protection from intrusions into their privacy and personal life, write Associate Professor Val Hooper, Professor Gordon Anderson and Dr Stephen Blumenfeld.
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The lure of Antarctic experiences
- Victoria University of Wellington
- After eight years overseas, Rutherford Postdoctoral Fellow Dr Holly Winton has returned to Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington to work with Antarctic Research Centre scientists on uncovering the vital information the frozen continent can tell us about Earth’s climate past.
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Black Lives Matter
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington affirms its support for the goals of the Black Lives Matter movement, and its commitment to addressing systemic racism, injustice, and violence.
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Graduation celebrations return to the capital
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington is bringing graduation back to the city in September with two parades and seven ceremonies.
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Health on a molecule level
- Victoria University of Wellington
- An interest in health and therapeutics helped to kick-start chemistry careers for Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Associate Professors Bridget Stocker and Mattie Timmer.
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Building disaster resilience in universities
- Victoria University of Wellington
- As the COVID-19 pandemic has shown, resilience to the disruption of teaching is vital to the ongoing function and success of any university.
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Choosing your mother tongue, rather than it choosing you
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Ukrainians shifting their primary language from Russian show not all people feel language is a fixed part of themselves, writes Dr Corinne Seals.
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Don’t hide statues away to be forgotten
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Controversial statues and monuments should be kept to provoke debate and challenge us to think deeply about our past, writes Hayden Thorne.
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Entry requirements to University for 2021 confirmed
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington has removed grade entry requirements for students wanting to study at the University in 2021.
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Three Sisters in the bubble
- Victoria University of Wellington
- One moment, they were rehearsing Anton Chekhov’s seminal Three Sisters for the first time, the next moment New Zealand went into lockdown and the world was spun on its head for Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington THEA301 students, who had been readying themselves for a choreographed production of Russian theatre.
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Wellbeing, employment and COVID-19
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A key test of the New Zealand Government's wellbeing focus over coming weeks will be the extent and nature of its support for firms to survive, writes Professor Arthur Grimes.
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The oxpecker and the rhinoceros go for a ride
- Victoria University of Wellington
- They hitchhike on the backs of black rhinoceros, but red-billed oxpeckers are doing more than just catching a ride across the African savannah.
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Teaching children as citizens
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The inclusive worldview provided by the ground-breaking New Zealand early childhood education (ECE) curriculum allows children to understand the value of community, says Associate Professor Jenny Ritchie from the School of Education of Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.
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An election like no other
- Victoria University of Wellington
- With 100 days to go to New Zealand's general election, can Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern maintain her extraordinary popularity, writes Professor Jack Vowles.
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Expert advice on water quality 'ignored'
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The New Zealand Government's long-awaited $700 million package to address freshwater pollution is highly flawed, writes Dr Mike Joy.
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Kindness doesn’t begin at home
- Victoria University of Wellington
- New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s support for beneficiaries lags well behind Australia’s, writes Dr Michael Fletcher.
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Why didn’t we see COVID-19 coming?
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Richard Logan asks how we deal with the problem of being surprised by 'black swan' events.
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Could food and drink save the tourism industry?
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Ahead of a a free public webinar exploring the role of food and drink in reimagining New Zealand tourism post-COVID-19, its participants spoke to Newsroom.
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Misconceptions of locked-down digital work
- Victoria University of Wellington
- COVID-19 lockdowns have acted as a facilitator for digital work, but as people’s experience has occurred during exceptional circumstances it has also led them to draw false conclusions, writes Professor Alexander Richter.
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Solving housing crisis will take leadership
- Victoria University of Wellington
- It is not just about numbers, it is about a wider range of housing for our increasingly diverse population, writes Associate Professor Morten Gjerde.
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University’s calibre reflected in global rankings
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s excellence is reflected in its QS World University global rankings, which show the University remains among the top 225 of the world’s 18,000 universities.
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Leading researcher to head Diana Unwin Chair in Restorative Justice
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington has announced the appointment of Dr Jane Bolitho as the Diana Unwin Chair in Restorative Justice at the Wellington School of Business and Government.
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Lest we forget the power of knowledge
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Discarding more than 600,000 books from the National Library's overseas collections will bury vast insights into two current crises, writes Associate Professor Dolores Janiewski.
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Queens Birthday honours for Victoria University of Wellington community
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Fifteen alumni were among the Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington community members recognised for their achievements in the 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours list.
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Making history
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Following his interests has led alumnus Dr David Harland into a career at the heart of war, in order to negotiate peace.
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The southern adventures of the 70th regiment
- Victoria University of Wellington
- It’s a meandering, fascinating story that involves Taranaki, India, Auckland, Dunedin, war, gold and a bunch of soldiers who spent a lot of time drunk or trying to desert.
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Exploring the concept of the bubble
- Victoria University of Wellington
- As the country went into lockdown under alert level 4, medical anthropologist Dr Nayantara Sheoran Appleton was balancing caring for her toddler and working with her students, while frantically writing notes on her phone in the middle of the night, as she considered the concept of the bubble and its broader meanings.
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An online intern
- Victoria University of Wellington
- COVID-19 has changed the way many of us learn and work. A group of students at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington are at the forefront of adapting to a changing world as they undertake internships online next trimester.
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Bringing taonga into the future
- Victoria University of Wellington
- New Zealand’s historical treasures should be actively connected to the future as much as they provide a natural link with the past.
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New Zealand language values equality
- Victoria University of Wellington
- If you walk into a workshop to learn a trade in New Zealand, you’ll hear the teacher referring to the group as ‘guys’, and individual students as ‘mate’—reflecting the egalitarian values of the society we live in.
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Suite of new exhibitions reopens Adam Art Gallery after lockdown
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A contemporary of composer John Cage and artist Joseph Beuys in the 1960s and 70s Fluxus movement features in a suite of new exhibitions to mark the reopening of Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi.
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Literacy in lockdown
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Dr Doug Van Belle from the University’s School of English, Film, Theatre, Media Studies, and Art History spent his lockdown helping create a read-a-long novel, helping kids across the world keep up with their reading skills during the pandemic.
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Lecture tells tropical tales of polar ice
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Data about past changes in the Antarctic ice sheet can come from unexpected places—including coral fossils on tropical islands.
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