2016 news

Read news items from our 2016 archives.

  • Blake stands in front of a wall decorated with drawings playing the guitar with a violin bow.

    Creativity Week—It's a wrap!

    The first ever Creativity Week—Te Wiki Tairanga Auaha—Va'ai Fa'alemafaufau, ended with a buzz in the form of some electronic glockenspiel by Jason Long and guitar with live electronics by Blake Johnston, both from Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music.

  • A masterful musical experience

    Being involved in creating the epic No Man's Land symphony has been a once in a lifetime opportunity for three Master's students from Victoria's Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music.

  • Best New Zealand Poems go bilingual

    On Tuesday 15 March, an exquisite ceremony with tea and calligraphy, and poems read in English, Cantonese, Mandarin and Hunan dialect, recreated the ambience of a traditional Chinese literary gathering.

  • Bill Manhire House

    The building at 16 Waiteata Road on Kelburn campus, which is home to the International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) is to be named Bill Manhire House.

  • Annaleese stands behind a podium giving an speech.

    Bold new novel wins Adam Prize

    In a strong year for new writing at Victoria University of Wellington’s International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML), a risk-taking, wildly funny, ‘powerful and troubling’ novel has been awarded the 2016 Adam Foundation Prize in Creative Writing.