Read news items from our 2023 archives.
In April 2023, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington will host ‘Symposium: A Pacific Criminology?’, the first conference aiming to explore a Pacific—Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia—approach to criminology.
In 2023, Dr Maria Bargh (Te Arawa, Ngāti Awa) was promoted to Professor of Politics and Māori Studies at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, becoming the first wāhine Māori to achieve this position. This achievement builds on a lifetime of work aimed at bringing together politics and a Māori approach, whether that be to elections, resource management, or other aspects of political life.
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington alumna Ataria Sharman has built a creative career stemming from her Master’s research.
Poet Laureate and Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington alumnus Chris Tse’s first experience with poetry was on his lunch break at high school.
2023 marks forty years of Summer Shakespeare. Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington is once again sponsoring the event, directed by the University’s Dr Megan Evans and involving many other staff and students from across the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Throughout January and February, three original works—plus a new take on an existing play—created by Master of Fine Arts (Creative Practice) Theatre students will be showcased at BATS Theatre in the Six Degrees Festival.
Tucked away in the bottom of the library building sits a few little rooms that contain Wai-te-ata Press—Te Whare Tā O Wai-te-ata.
