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2015 News
Read through news from 2015.
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Innovative celebration of Niuean Language Week
As part of an internship at Parliament, a Victoria University of Wellington student has videoed various Members of Parliament speaking Niuean to help celebrate Niue Language Week.
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Pasifika Master's student becomes double finalist in national innovation competition
The idea behind a Master’s thesis of a Victoria University of Wellington design student has snowballed into a community pilot project and been announced as a double finalist in a nationwide innovation competition.
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Impact of Pasifika ancestry on health explained
New findings about the special characteristics of the immune systems of Pasifika people were presented at a workshop at Victoria last week.
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Māori and Pasifika business owners of tomorrow
A crowd of about 150 gathered at Te Wharewaka o Poneke in Wellington recently for the first ever Te Awe Māori Business Network and Pasifika Business Network Showcase.
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Local schools go digital to shun plastic waste
A project developed by a Victoria University of Wellington student will teach IT and digital technology to youth in lower decile schools, and help curb the increasing problem of plastic waste in Samoa.
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Samoa appoints first Pasifika woman Supreme Court judge
The Head of State, His Highness Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Efi, has congratulated Justice Mata Keli Tuatagaloa for achieving another first for Samoa.
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So'o le fau i le fau
The first thing the visiting student association president from Samoa noticed when he arrived at Victoria’s Kelburn campus was the sheer amount of space. The second thing he noticed was the extent of resources available for students.
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Te Papa - Victoria partnership sees Pasifika artefacts inspire study spaces
A partnership between the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and Victoria University of Wellington sees a rotation of genuine Pasifika artefacts inspire students right in their study space.
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Cook Islands Language Week Celebrations 2015
The Library hosted an event to celebrate Te 'Epetoma o te reo Māori Kuki Airani/Cook Island Language Week in 'Wan Solwara', Kelburn Library on Tuesday 4th August 2015.