Victoria University / June 2024
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REVIEW: Blunt Dog: Bullet Train to Dunedin
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- In addition to playing an Eyegum Wednesday at San Fran, Blunt Dog spent the weekend recording their upcoming album at the Massey University studio. The album, titled Bullet Train To Dunedin, promises a warm and unpolished sound reminiscent of old home recordings. This album marks a significant departure from their first album, How is a Dog So Honest?. The new tracks, primarily derived from guitarist and vocalist Dom’s demos, are both harder and softer, expanding on the range of their earlier work. The album concept originated from drummer Logan’s whimsical idea of a Japanese bullet train travelling from Britomart station in Auckland to Dunedin, described by the band as “a moment of genius and a passage of jest.”
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San Francisco Bath House, Swan Lane, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Celebrating our hapori this Matariki
- Victoria University of Wellington
- This Matariki, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington is recognising seven members of our hapori (community) for their mahi (work) at the University and beyond.
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Work continues on National Music Centre in capital city
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The vision for a National Music Centre with the refurbished Wellington Town Hall at its centre is already coming to life with the three partners in the venture—Victoria University of Wellington, the Wellington City Council and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra—firmly committed to its realisation.
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Experience and scholarship beyond the lecture halls
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Saskia Grant, who is in her final year of her conjoint degree at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University, has been awarded a Freemasons New Zealand University Scholarship.
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Public feedback sought on designs for significant Wellington site
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Wellington residents are being invited to give their views on students' designs to turn Mātai Moana—Mt Crawford into an eco-sanctuary and heritage reserve.
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Science success—four university researchers receive HRC grants
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Four science researchers from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington have received Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) Grants to support their exploratory research.
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Boot camps for young offenders are back—the evidence they don’t work never went away
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The core features that characterise boot camps—strong discipline in particular—are a main reason they don’t work, write Simon Davies, Clare-Ann Fortune, Karen Salmon, and Linda Fatialofa.
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New intellectual property treaty does little to protect Māori traditional knowledge
- Victoria University of Wellington
- It's been more than 20 years in the making, but a new international agreement is unlikely to lead to major changes in New Zealand law, argue David Jefferson, Jesse Pirini, and Jessica Lai.
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Weakening or collapse of a major Atlantic current has disrupted our climate before—and could do so again
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Changes in a globally important ocean current could accelerate future warming in New Zealand, write Shaun Eaves, Andrew Mackintosh, Helen Bostock, and Joel Pedro.
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Akamai Night 2024
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- Words by: Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynolds (she/they) Over the past couple of months, I’ve often experienced these waves of existential dread and...
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Solar farms can eat up farmland—but ‘agrivoltaics’ could mean the best of both worlds
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Using agricultural land for both renewable electricity generation and farming can bring economic benefits for farmers, write Alan Brent and Catherine Iorns.
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Watch: The role of Universities in supporting freedom of speech
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The discussion on the role of Universities in supporting freedom of speech took place at Kelburn campus on Tuesday 28 May. Watch the full event here.
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Kelburn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Alumni recognised in King's Birthday Honours List 2024
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington is proud to celebrate members of our alumni community who have been recognised in this year’s King's Birthday Honours.
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Celebrating Indigenous excellence: Māori and Pasifika students present at Jasmax Crit Culture
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Māori and Pasifika students from Te Wāhanga Waihanga-Hoahoa—Wellington Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation recently received a unique opportunity to present to Māori practitioners from Jasmax’s Waka Māia rōpū, one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s foremost architecture firms.
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Review: Iphigeneia at Aulis
- Salient
- Words by: Lyra Caughley (she/her) Victoria Ancient Theatre Society’s first offering this year, Iphigeneia at Aulis, adapted Euripides’s tragedy concerning Agamemnon’s mythic decision to sacrifice his own daughter. As someone who’s been obsessed with classical myth during past studies, I was enchanted by this show’s atmosphere and the chilling clarity of its storytelling.
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BATS Theatre, 1, Kent Terrace, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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A new kind of prison architecture
- Victoria University of Wellington
- We tend to house prisoners in accommodation that is more secure than it needs to be—any expansion of prison real estate needs to address this problem, writes Christine McCarthy.
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Strong results in QS World University Rankings
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington has achieved strong results in the latest QS World University Rankings, which show the University is in the top 245 of the world’s 18,000 universities.
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