Victoria University / September 2020
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Is China heading into the ‘treason trap’?
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Emeritus Professor Arthur Pomeroy looks to ancient Greece and Rome to better understand modern China.
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Six storeys high a step too far
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Associate Professor Morten Gjerde welcomes removing protection for some older buildings in Wellington but warns against replacing them with tall ones.
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First nationwide study on supporting Pasifika success at Law School
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A ground-breaking study on improving Pasifika legal education in Aotearoa New Zealand will be hosted and driven out of Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington with the support of the Michael and Suzanne Borrin Foundation.
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Scientists identify a deep anchor beneath the continents
- Victoria University of Wellington
- What determines the level of the land? This is one of the fundamental questions about our planet, and Associate Professor Simon Lamb and his collaborators think they have found an answer.
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Family ties to law school
- Victoria University of Wellington
- When Dr Marie Bismark began studying at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Law School in 2000, she had a six-week-old baby with her. When she finished her degree, she was eight months pregnant with her second child, Stella.
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Growing vaccines
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Dr Gerd Mittelstädt from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s Ferrier Research Institute is contributing to the search for a COVID-19 vaccine by finding a rapid way to produce the proteins needed to assess potential vaccine components.
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University researchers close to turning point with solar power research
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Dr Nathaniel Davis from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s School of Chemical and Physical Sciences says he and his research team are at a significant turning point in their solar power research.
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Funding supports cancer, meningitis research
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka–Victoria University of Wellington researchers have received funding to help progress research into cancer and meningitis.
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Gaming for health
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Researchers at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington are developing a video game aimed at helping young people boost their mental health.
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Resilient leadership
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Jennifer Moxon’s career in the technology sector has seen her lead through times of change and disruption.
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From the archives
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Craigie Sinclair, Manager, Information and Records Management at the University, selects a few favourites from the archives she keeps and shares the stories they tell us.
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A potential disaster for US law
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg has triggered a political fight over the appointment of a new Supreme Court justice, which has the potential to set back the constitutional rights of millions by decades, writes Hayden Thorne.
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Wellington’s University strengthens its commitment to sustainability leadership
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington is proud to sign up to ambitious greenhouse gas emission targets as part of the Climate Leaders Coalition.
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A Master’s or PhD as your next step
- Victoria University of Wellington
- As deadlines approach to apply for postgraduate research at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, we look at the benefits and get tips from Master's and PhD students.
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Sekhar Bandyopadhyay appointed Emeritus Professor
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Congratulations to Professor Sekhar Bandyopadhyay who has been awarded the status of Emeritus Professor in the School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations.
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The ideology and psychology behind tax promises
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The stakes are not so high with New Zealand's National and Labour parties that a voter must choose between outright communitarianism and libertarianism, it's more a question of degree, writes Dr Jonathan Barrett.
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Sign languages are real languages
- Victoria University of Wellington
- COVID-19 has put sign language in the public eye, and New Zealand is often regarded as a shining example of strong status recognition, but there is much scope for improvement.
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A spike in vaccine development
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s Dr Davide Comoletti is playing a pivotal role in New Zealand’s drive to develop a COVID-19 vaccine.
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Holocaust studies receives philanthropic funding boost
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A generous philanthropic gift will support Master’s-level research in Holocaust studies at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.
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Lady Todd Memorial Prize a boost for Nursing student
- Victoria University of Wellington
- "We hear of people who have gone on to make an enormous impact on the world and it started with the kindness of a stranger.
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A ‘third referendum’ on Jacinda Ardern’s leadership
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Alongside referendums on legalising recreational cannabis use and the End of Life Choice Act, New Zealand's 2020 general election has become, in effect, a referendum on the Prime Minister’s instincts, judgment and determination, writes Professor Stephen Levine.
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Adam Art Gallery’s new intern announced
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Millie Riddell has started her six-month stint as the latest Adam Art Gallery Intern at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.
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Adam Art Gallery, Hunter Car Park, Kelburn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6145, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Wiping out ‘dark patterns’ in digital design
- Victoria University of Wellington
- We need a 'building code' to protect our online privacy, write Dr Cherie Lacey and Alex Beattie.
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Let’s follow Wales’ lead in language regeneration
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Dr Mere Skerrett wonders why, as one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s official languages, te reo Māori gets only one focal week, as she ponders the likelihood England would have an ‘English Language Week’ or Germany a ‘German Language Week’.
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Tackling renewable energy infrastructure challenges
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington researcher will play a lead role in a new project designed to improve our power grids to suit increased use of renewable energy.
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University receives funding boost to build high-power electric motors for rail, shipping and aviation
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Low-emission electric aircraft seem like a dream today but work is under way on the technology needed to keep planes flying in a decarbonised world.
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'Music nerd' unearths forgotten Flying Nun recordings
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Student William Daymond is a self-confessed music nerd who has landed the perfect internship helping to examine and describe the collection of iconic record label Flying Nun.
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Research to inform national cervical screening programme
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Researchers from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington have been awarded more than $1 million from the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) to develop the evidence-base for an effective national HPV screening programme for detecting changes that may lead to cervical cancer.
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Research opens the way to new drugs
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A surprise finding in the microscopic “assembly line” which constructs some types of anti-cancer and antibiotic molecules could have major benefits for our health.
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The pursuit of comfortable homes
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington PhD student Germán Molina Larrain is helping to make comfortable homes a reality for more New Zealanders.
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A radical fix for our broken justice system
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Justice reinvestment is a game-changer that redirects spending on criminal justice into social justice initiatives to strengthen communities and reduce social harms, writes Professor Elizabeth Stanley.
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Aotearoa's poets of the future feature in National Schools Poetry Awards
- Victoria University of Wellington
- E Wen Wong, a Year 13 student from Burnside High School in Christchurch, has won the 2020 International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) National Schools Poetry Award.
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Labour and National 'lock in existing tax unfairness'
- Victoria University of Wellington
- ‘Vertical’ equity, ‘horizontal’ equity—whichever way you look at it, New Zealand's major parties' tax policies are too conservative, writes Dr Jonathan Barrett.
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NZ leg of global research into election social media
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington researchers are conducting the New Zealand leg of an international project to analyse how political actors use social media to target, inform, interact with, mobilise and pursue voters in elections.
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A return to normality? Not for everyone
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A vaccinated Aotearoa of late 2021 may look a bit like pre-pandemic New Zealand, but it could be a microbially more dangerous place for some, writes Professor Nicholas Agar.
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Breaking out of neoliberalism’s ‘iron cage’
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Punishing anti-competitive conduct and the abuse of market power by corporates, and protecting consumers, will only come with a radical reform of the 1986 Commerce Act, argues Dr Geoff Bertram.
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What’s the big fuss about Māori seats on councils?
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Dr Annie Te One explains why embedding Māori representation in local government shouldn’t be such a big deal.
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Strong messages about justice reform
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Christine McCarthy looks at New Zealand political parties' criminal justice policies ahead of the general election, and argues open prisons would have a much better shot at prisoner reintegration than our current prison infrastructure.
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Roger Robinson Scholarship backs great futures for student runners
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A new scholarship, that will support students who run competitively, has been established by Emeritus Professor and prolific runner, Roger Robinson.
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Why we must decolonise mental health
- Victoria University of Wellington
- We need to decolonise our mental health system if we want revolutionary change, says Dr Sarah Pinto in response to the Chief Ombudsman's report on human rights violations in mental health facilities.
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Darfield quake 10 years ago revealed secrets
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Ten years ago a magnitude 7.1 earthquake ripped a 30-kilometre gash across the Canterbury Plains, revealing previously hidden faults and changing our understanding of earthquake science.
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Improving youth sport worldwide
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s Dr Justin Richards is part of an international project to determine what we know—and don’t know—about the benefits of sport, particularly for young people.
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Library needs to foster connection and collaboration
- Victoria University of Wellington
- While Wellington's boarded-up central library is a sad prospect, the city and its communities are now presented with an exciting opportunity, writes Professor Anne Goulding.
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Wellington Central Library, Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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COVID-19’s effect on assisted reproduction
- Victoria University of Wellington
- New Zealand's rules for assisted reproduction need to be re-assessed in light of the pandemic closing down international travel and access to options overseas, writes Associate Professor Rhonda Shaw.
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Don’t let the gunman make his own myth
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Professor Nicholas Agar explains why we don't want to give Christchurch massacre murderer Brenton Tarrant access to the outside world but the outside world needs access to him.
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The value of disagreeing in good faith
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Things are generally better when we can disagree in public without doubting our opponents' motives, write Dr James Kierstead and Dr Michael Johnston.
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Unique version of Frances Hodgkins survey show
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi is giving Wellingtonians an opportunity to see a significant survey of work by Frances Hodgkins (1869–1947), one of the country’s most important expatriate artists of the twentieth century.
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