Victoria University / February 2025
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Wāhine toa and women’s health champion a finalist for Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Professor Bev Lawton ONZM (Ngāti Porou), founder of Te Tātai Hauora o Hine, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s national centre for women’s health research, gets up every morning to save lives—and she’s up for the 2025 Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year award for her groundbreaking research.
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Award-winning composer Penelope Axtens appointed to Creative NZ Lilburn Residency
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Penelope Axtens has been announced as the 2025 Creative New Zealand (CNZ) New Zealand School of Music—Te Kōkī (NZSM) Composer-in-Residence at the Lilburn Residence.
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Professor Tim Naish elected to key climate research role
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka Professor Tim Naish is the new chair of the joint scientific committee of the World Climate Research Programme.
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Deepfakes can ruin lives and livelihoods—would owning the ‘rights’ to our own faces and voices help?
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Graeme Austin and Jane Ginsburg look at recent moves to rein in the use of deepfakes and what New Zealand can learn from the No Fakes Bill being debated in the US.
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35 Years on the Fringe of Pōneke
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- Teddy (he/it/ia; Ngāpuhi) Whether you’re new to Wellington or you’ve been here for a few years like me, you can’t deny that the Fringe...
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Oroya and Melvin Day Fellowship deepens our understanding of Aotearoa New Zealand art history
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Matariki Williams is the current recipient of the Fellowship and has spent the summer researching and teaching an intensive undergraduate course on contemporary Māori art.
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NZ has long suffered from low productivity. A simple fix is keeping workers happy
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Dougal Sutherland looks at the relationship between wellbeing and productivity, and what research tells us about the benefits of a shorter working week.
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Collateral damage: how the war on ‘woke banking’ could backfire on New Zealand
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Martien Lubberink critiques a proposed law change that aims to clamp down on so-called woke banking.
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Te Herenga Waka to co-host Applied Doctorates Scheme
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington will co-host the new Applied Doctorates Scheme, which has been announced by the Science, Technology and Innovation Minister.
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Finding new uses for an ancient tradition
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Dr Aliitasi Su’a-Tavila’s investigation into a centuries-old Samoan concept shows the important role it can play in modern Pacific research.
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Appointment of new Chancellor at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Members of the Victoria University of Wellington Council have elected and appointed Alan Judge as the University’s new Chancellor. Hon. Maryan Street has also been re-elected and appointed Pro-Chancellor.
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NZ fine printing on display at the Library
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Visit Level four of the Kelburn campus Library during February and March to see items from New Zealand fine printing press The Pear Tree Press.
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Community-led fundraising campaign results in Master’s scholarship to study Multiple Sclerosis
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Cara Schlebusch is the recipient of the Hargreaves Family MS Scholarship, made possible by CHALLENGE MS—a community fundraising campaign led by the Hargreaves family and the University.
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Deep dive on deep-water reefs finds new marine species
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Exploring the reefs off Rakiura Stewart Island, researchers discovered an 'unusual' egg-shaped sea squirt that they haven't found in any other part of Aotearoa.
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NZ should be worried about China’s trade statistics
- Victoria University of Wellington
- New Zealand’s trade with China is slowly contracting—Jason Young looks at the reasons for the decline and whether it will reverse.
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‘A relentlessly dull world’—the case for adding more colour to NZ’s grey prisons
- Victoria University of Wellington
- There are good reasons why prisoners shouldn't be housed in a dreary architecture of grey walls and grey furniture with people in grey jumpsuits, writes Christine McCarthy.
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Leaders pushing GDP growth mantra risking charge of ‘ecocide’
- Victoria University of Wellington
- We need to move beyond growth to a post-growth world—and this means replacing the goal of increasing GDP with the goal of improving human wellbeing, argues Mike Joy.
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Tautai 2025—A Pasifika academic preparation programme
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A new pre-orientation programme to welcome Pasifika students into University life kicks off on Monday 10 February.
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Nine books from the University’s publisher in book awards longlist
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka University Press (THWUP) is delighted to have nine books on the longlist for the 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.
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Fiji’s HIV crisis is a regional challenge that demands a regional response
- Victoria University of Wellington
- New Zealand and Australia have a key role to play in responding to Fiji’s HIV outbreak—particularly as their domestic drug markets have helped fuel the problem, writes Sharon McLennan.
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Why new homes can be damp—and what we can do about it
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Even new houses that meet the requirements of the Building Code can have problems with dampness and mould. We need to find better ways to assess and minimise the risk of condensation in our homes, says Griffin Cherrill.
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