Read news items from our 2020 archives.
One moment, they were rehearsing Anton Chekhov’s seminal Three Sisters for the first time, the next moment New Zealand went into lockdown and the world was spun on its head for Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington THEA301 students, who had been readying themselves for a choreographed production of Russian theatre.
Tuning in for news on COVID-19 has now become part of many people’s daily lives. Millions of people around the world who now find themselves in lockdown are frequently accessing numerous social and news media platforms to seek up-to-the-minute information.
The latest Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington graduates feature alongside new and established writers in online literary magazine Turbine | Kapohau 20.
Dr Hanlie Booysen from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington's Religious Studies programme explains the important role martyrdom plays in Iran.
Seven Wellington Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences proposals have been granted funding by the University Research Fund in 2020. A total of 60 proposals were submitted to the April round with only 20 being funded across the University.
Iranian photographer Ehsan Hazaveh wants to challenge the stereotypical stories people often see in the media about refugees through his PhD in Media Studies at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.
Contemporary music from Chinese composer Gao Ping and arrangements of Chinese folk tunes by Associate Professor Michael Norris from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington will be debuted at the fourth annual ‘China Crossing’ concert.
Perhaps the biggest challenge for New Zealand as we contemplate an indefinite lockdown is COVID-19’s potential to expose and exacerbate cracks in our social compact, writes Professor Nicholas Agar.
The 2019 edition of the online anthology Ōrongohau/Best New Zealand Poems is now live, featuring 25 poems chosen by acclaimed poet Hera Lindsay Bird.
