2018 news

Read news items from our 2018 archives.

  • New Zealand School of Music students at Nukuhau Marae.

    'Eat Your Heart Out': Opera at Nukuhau Pā

    After a successful season in Wellington, New Zealand School of Music – Te Kōkῑ students went on to perform opera on the Marae at Nukuhau Pā in Taupo.

  • Antonia Barnett-McIntosh

    Experimental musician announced as Composer-in-Residence 2018

    Victoria University of Wellington’s New Zealand School of Music (Te Kōkī) has announced composer, performer and sound artist, Antonia Barnett-McIntosh, as the 2018 Creative New Zealand/Jack C. Richards Composer-in-Residence.

  • A little creative accounting to fund politics

    Victoria University of Wellington Professor of Comparative Politics Jack Vowles explains why taxpayer funding of parliamentary parties should continue, arguing we just need to think outside the box.

  • Left to Right – Dean Broughton, Jamie Hawkins Elder, Professor Charlotte Macdonald, Hayden Thorne

    A shared passion for the past

    Three students will celebrate their passion for the past when they graduate with a Master of Arts (MA) in History from Victoria University of Wellington this month.

  • A transcendent form of communication

    Graduating this week with a Doctor of Musical Arts, Lucien Johnson’s research examines Ethio-Jazz and explores the ways in which music can travel and be adopted by musicians in search of their own sense of identity and individuality.

  • Left to right: Dr Kathleen Kuehn and student Sophie Parker

    Academic and student collaborate over beer

    A showcase of female brewers in 2015 sparked an interest in researching women and craft beer for Victoria University of Wellington senior lecturer Dr Kathleen Kuehn.

  • A profile image of Jan Jordan.

    An eye on the barriers to justice

    Associate Professor Jan Jordan is helping police and judges better understand sexual violence victims’ experiences within our justice system.