Research honour for Linguistics professor
Emeritus Professor Laurie Bauer from Victoria’s School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies has been awarded the 2017 Humanities Aronui Medal in the 2017 New Zealand Research Honours awards.
2017 news
Read news items from our 2017 archives.
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Research shows impact on young Māori of widening inequalities
New research from Victoria University of Wellington shows that widening economic inequalities are having a major impact on how Māori youth think about their lives as adults.
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Riddling music of Manhire and Meehan launches Writers on Mondays
Writers on Mondays 2017, hosted by Victoria University of Wellington’s International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML), brings together a line-up of new and established talent to showcase what’s happening in the world of New Zealand writing and beyond.
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Understanding India’s strategic future
The New Zealand India Research Institute, based at Victoria University of Wellington, and the Asia New Zealand Foundation are hosting a public lecture on the strategic future of India.
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Out of Site exhibition of rarely seen New Zealand art
Adam Art Gallery brings rarely seen artworks from Victoria University of Wellington’s art collection into view in its latest exhibition.
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Scholarship fund to launch in memory of Teresia Teaiwa
Victoria University of Wellington and Va’aomanū Pasifika, Victoria’s Pacific and Samoan Studies programme, will launch a new scholarship fund in memory of Dr Teresia Teaiwa, who passed away in March 2017.
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Sprinting to the polls
Charlotte Macdonald, Professor of History in Victoria's School of History, Philosophy, Political Science & International Relations, marks Suffrage Day by sharing her views on how New Zealand's leadership in women's suffrage has become a central part of our image as a trail-blazing nation.
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Stout Research Centre farewells long-serving director
Internationally renowned literary historian and critic, teacher, writer and scholar Professor Lydia Wevers ONZM, is retiring from Victoria University of Wellington’s Stout Research Centre after 17 years as its director.
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Student to fine tune her skills with the best
Victoria University of Wellington student Rebecca Warnes will learn from some of New Zealand’s best musicians after being selected as a 2017 Orchestral Intern with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
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Students contribute to Victoria’s creative legacy
A project at Victoria University of Wellington has students building their creative thinking and research skills while writing stories about the University’s creative legacy.