Bringing taonga into the future
New Zealand’s historical treasures should be actively connected to the future as much as they provide a natural link with the past.
2020 news
Read news items from our 2020 archives.
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Making history
Following his interests has led alumnus Dr David Harland into a career at the heart of war, in order to negotiate peace.
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Commemorating Kristallnacht with a concert celebrating resilience and reinvention
New Zealand School of Music—Te Kōkī is joining with the Holocaust Centre of New Zealand to mark the 82nd anniversary of Kristallnacht with a concert of music from composers who escaped Nazi persecution to reinvent themselves in Hollywood.
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Fine Arts (Creative Practice) projects turn studio album
Master of Fine Arts (Creative Practice)—Music/Sound (MFA(CP)) graduate Jack Woodbury’s debut electro-acoustic album, inst. 19–20, featuring a suite of eight pieces composed by Jack during his studies, has been released by Rattle Records.
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Classrooms should embrace, not ban, AI text generators
Systems such as GPT-2 could be used as a first-draft machine, writes Dr Grant Otsuki from the School of Social and Cultural Studies.
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Community collaboration at the heart of MFA(CP) student’s film
International student Valeriya Golovina made some enduring connections with Wellington’s Tokelauan community while studying a Master of Fine Arts (Creative Practice) at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s Miramar Creative Centre. Her final creative project was a documentary film focused on the story of Tokelauan woman Meli Alefosio and her family’s move to New Zealand in 1976.
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Composer Michael Norris wins third SOUNZ Contemporary Award in a row
Associate Professor Michael Norris has won his third SOUNZ Contemporary Award in a row at the APRA Silver Scrolls for Mātauranga (Rerenga), a composition for orchestra, taonga puoro, and live electronics.
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Connecting language and identity
Dr Corinne Seals (School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies) has dedicated her life to researching how language and identity are connected—and she is a perfect example of the interplay between the two.
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Engineering for Earthquakes walks
When Wellington celebrated Wellington Heritage Week from 26 October to 1 November, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s Master of Museum and Heritage Practice (MMHP) students collaborated with Engineering New Zealand to organise guided walks between buildings in the city, looking specifically at engineering ingenuity and Wellington’s seismic history.
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Faculty celebrates Marsden Fund success
Three Wellington Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences projects have received funding from the Government’s Marsden Fund. The projects have jointly secured over $1.7 million and are examples of the high-quality research that takes place in this Faculty.