Victoria University / November 2025
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Why National’s taste for asset sales may prove bitter
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Results of the New Zealand Election Study show voters' support for asset sales is low, write Sam Crawley, Matthew Gibbons, and Jack Vowles.
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Scholarship recipient wants to connect Pasifika communities through architecture
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Receiving the Warren and Mahoney Māori and Pasifika Scholarship helped Sarah McLeod-Venu experience her Samoan culture first-hand by spending time in Samoan villages.
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Te Herenga Waka collects bevy of architecture awards
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Two of Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington's landmark buildings have been recognised at NZIA’s New Zealand Architecture Awards.
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NZ’s earliest climate change debate: the 150-year-old feud over glacial retreat
- Victoria University of Wellington
- During the 1860s and 1870s, the possibility of ancient climate change sparked heated debate among New Zealand scientists, writes Ciaran Doolin.
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The fire is out, but Tongariro is now at risk of losing its unique biological legacy
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The true toll of the fire might not be measured in hectares burned but in the loss of irreplaceable genetic diversity, writes Julie Deslippe.
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COP30: Pacific leaders now have world court backing to call countries to account over climate risk
- Victoria University of Wellington
- An International Court of Justice legal opinion means countries that fail to adopt adequate mitigation targets could face claims of internationally wrongful acts, writes John Sibanda.
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‘Leadership is morality magnified’—what police must learn from the McSkimming scandal
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The case highlights what happens in many large organisations when people ignore allegations, take in partial evidence, and try to cover things up, writes Michael Macaulay.
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Informal referendum app aims to create political buzz
- Victoria University of Wellington
- What’s the buzz? That’s a question a new app seeks to answer with informal referendums on issues the public wants to know more about.
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AI makes measuring work performance a lot trickier. How do companies adapt?
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Used blindly, AI risks turning workplaces into systems of surveillance and bias, writes Christian Yao.
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Vic Uni launches creative partnership with CubaDupa
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington is teaming up with CubaDupa, the city’s beloved street arts festival, to bring more creativity and energy to the 2026 festivities.
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Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Ngā rārangi kōrero o te Tiriti i hunaia—Redacted Treaty Panels debut as art
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Ka whakarewatia tētahi whakaaturanga hou ki Te Pātaka Toi i Te Herenga Waka. Ka whakaaturia ētahi taonga mai Te Papa, arā, i ngā rārangi kōrero o te Tiriti i whakarerekētia e ngā ringa toi me ngā kaiwhakatumatuma tata tonu i te rua tau ki muri.
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Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Social scientist awarded for research on intersectional identities of Muslim converts
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Dr Ayca Arkilic, has won the Royal Society of New Zealand Early Career Research Excellence Award for Social Sciences for her research on women converts to Islam in Aotearoa.
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Dr Mathew Anker wins Hamilton Award for chemistry breakthrough
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Presented by the Royal Society Te Apārangi, the Hamilton Award recognises excellence in scientific research by an early-career researcher.
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COP30: climate law changes mean NZ could retreat from its international obligations
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Planned law changes will dismantle much of New Zealand’s remaining climate policy architecture, argues Cathrine Dyer.
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How AI-generated images are reinforcing gender stereotypes
- Victoria University of Wellington
- An emerging covert language is bypassing security filters intended to prevent AI images that hyper-sexualise women, writes Carla Moriarty.
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Research projects awarded $9.9 million
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The 2025 Marsden Fund sees 13 Te Herenga Waka projects get financial support.
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Capital gains tax: smart timely policy or an election loser?
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Labour’s proposed capital gains tax is a start, but it isn't without problems, writes tax expert Professor Lisa Marriott.
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Dame Gillian Karawe Whitehead—A life in composition
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Growing up surrounded by music, it was inevitable that alumna Dame Gillian Whitehead DNZM (Ngāi Terangi) would find her life’s work in sound.
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A deadly European hornet has reached NZ—we can all help stop its spread
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Yellow-legged hornets threaten people’s health and our biodiversity—the key to getting rid of them is acting early, while populations are still small and localised, writes Phil Lester.
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