2022 news

Read news items from our 2022 archives.

  • A close up of a person in a white martial arts uniform with medals around their neck

    COVID restrictions no dimmer on students creative practice

    The unexpected lockdown and changing alert levels had many effects on our students in trimester two. Our FILM 311: Documentary Production students share their experiences creating documentary films in these difficult circumstances.

  • Taonga pūoro artist announced as University Composer-in-residence

    International taonga pūoro artist and practictioner Jerome Kavanagh (Mokai Patea, Maniapoto, Kahungunu, Irish: Caomhanach) has been announced as Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s 2022 Creative New Zealand/New Zealand School of Music—Te Kōkī Composer-in-residence.

  • 2022 Writer in Residence Megan Dunn, with tail. (Photo by Mark Tantrum)

    Megan Dunn will be the 2022 University Writer in Residence

    We are sad to announce that scriptwriter Tim Worrall has had to withdraw from this position because of a change in personal circumstances. However, we are delighted that the brilliant essayist and irreverent non-fiction writer Megan Dunn will now be 2022 Te Herenga Waka Creative New Zealand Writer in Residence, based at the International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML).