2017 News

  • Young Maori mothers sit with filmmakers.

    Behind the scenes

    A Victoria University of Wellington student is working with a group of rangatahi (young people) to produce a short film that explores the experiences of young Māori mothers.

  • Boost for research

    Five projects from Victoria University of Wellington have successfully been awarded nearly $29 million in the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment's 2017 Endeavour Fund.

  • Dr Calum Chamberlain and PhD student Laura-May Baratin from Victoria University of Wellington look at monitoring equipment on Mt Baird in the Southern Alps. There are hills in the back and a helicopter near them. Photo: Dr Emily Warren-Smith.

    The straw that doesn't break the camel's back

    Trawling through more than 10 years of seismic data to find out how much stress New Zealand's many earthquake-producing faults can withstand without rupturing will hopefully give a Victoria University of Wellington seismologist clearer insights into how earthquakes develop.

  • PhD student Ben Harris stands with George Mason of the George mason Charitable trust.

    Researchers diving deeper thanks to generous funding

    A Victoria University of Wellington research team will be among the first in New Zealand to use a state-of-the-art underwater vehicle, thanks to support from the George Mason Charitable Trust.