Victoria University / September 2024
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Review: Ngā Rorirori
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- After debuting in 2022 with great success, Ngā Rorirori is back and better than ever. Combining contemporary dance, commedia farce, and traditional theatre, this show is like no other Māori lands settlement story you've seen before. Set in the wharekai of a rural marae, Ngā Rorirori centres around a brother and sister's newfound ownership of their rohe as the last two members of their hapū. Pillow, the tungane (Manuel Solomon), is a convicted fraudster recently released from prison looking to sink his teeth into another cash-grab project. Manuela, the pōtiki (Mycah Keall), is a forthright activist trying to keep her whānau from falling apart. As the new owners, they have an incredible responsibility placed on them. And today is the day that the Department of Whakapapa, Whenua and Whatever will come to cement their title as rangatira. Will Pillow give up the whenua to make some big-time mulla? Or will Manuela save the day with mana wāhine?
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Ko te ako tahi o te reo Māori: he haerenga reo, he haerenga aroha
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- Ko te whakaako reo, ehara mō te kupu noa - engari ko tāna mahi he tuiui i tētahi hononga hōhonu ake ki te ahurea, ki te tuakiri.
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Reverberations
- Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery
- Music performance 6.00pm 19 September 2024 Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery Free, all welcome, no booking required. The New Zealand School of Music Te Kōkī Composition programme presents a selection of new works for solo instruments by staff and students. With works from the full range of students – from first year up to postgraduates – this programme will enrich and enliven the acoustics of the Gallery, bringing new sounds and new expressive perspectives to resonate with the contemporary architecture.
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Adam Art Gallery, Hunter Car Park, Kelburn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6145, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Research projects get $27.7 million boost
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Investigation of recent abrupt changes in Antarctic sea ice is among research funded by the 2024 Endeavour Fund.
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Winter Energy Grants support nearly 900 students
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Alumni, corporate sponsors, and University staff came together to help students pay expensive power bills during the Wellington winter.
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Labour is talking about a wealth tax again—what are its options and what might work?
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Taxes on wealth are an obvious policy choice for other OECD counties and we should learn from the best of these arrangements, write Jonathan Barrett and Lisa Marriott.
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Are New Zealanders ‘sick and tired’ of spending on cycleways?
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Survey research shows Kiwis are evenly split on their support for cycleways, despite claims that none of us want them, write Sam Crawley and Matthew Gibbons.
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Picture Me: Illustration and/as translation panel
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Come along to the Jean Anderson Lecture in Literary Translation which this year is part of a festival of picture book illustration called ‘Picture Me’. Next Wednesday, the University will host a panel of six European and Indigenous illustrators and scholars as they discuss art, culture, and translation in children's books.
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“Absolutely Concerned”: Benefit Sanctions Will Hit Struggling Wellingtonians Hard
- Salient
- A new approach to supporting beneficiaries: adding more admin work to getting welfare!
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Study highlights key role of COVID-19 boosters in preventing serious illness
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Analysis of health data for 5.3 million Kiwis shows vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19 infection drops significantly after six months, highlighting the importance of booster shots.
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Making waves in earth science
- Victoria University of Wellington
- New Zealand's location on a complex tectonic plate boundary makes it highly susceptible to seismic and volcanic activity, and understanding these dynamics is crucial for enhancing our preparedness and resilience. Two recent graduates from the University are helping to advance this important knowledge.
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The US election has shades of 1968
- Victoria University of Wellington
- In 1968, young Americans were pivotal in shaping political debates. Today, younger voters are also expected to influence key issues, especially climate change and social justice, writes Stephen Blumenfeld.
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Life in NZ’s inhumane ‘prison within a prison’
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Many of the prisoners at Auckland’s supermax unit—housed in prolonged solitary confinement—have little idea why they are there and what they need to do to be transferred out, writes Christine McCarthy.
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Electricity demand will jump as NZ decarbonises—can renewable generation keep up?
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Renewables should be able to meet projected growth in energy demand and we should expect wholesale power prices to drop as a result, writes Alan Brent.
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