2023 news

Read news items from our 2023 archives.

  • Me Tū ā-Uru: An Action Plan for a Flourishing and Abundant Environment

    An action plan developed by leading Māori researchers and practitioners that calls for shared authority of Aotearoa’s special places to ensure a flourishing environment for future generations was launched yesterday at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s Rutherford House.

  • Umar Zakaria and Briar Prastiti

    Cross-genre artists appointed as Composers-in-Residence

    A songwriter and electronic music/film composer, and a prolific jazz bassist and composer have been appointed to the two Composer-in-Residence roles at the New Zealand School of Music—Te Kōkī for 2023.

  • Roxy Cinema

    Showcasing film’s upcoming talent

    University graduates and staff gathered with New Zealand’s film industry in March to celebrate 'Expanding Cinema: the Miramar Creative Centre Graduate Showcase' at the Roxy Cinema.

  • The one true genius of NZ writing

    Professor Jane Stafford and Emeritus Professor Harry Ricketts writes about Katherine Mansfield's centenary; and the serial bigamist who published her.

  • NZ’s uneasy stability with China

    New Zealanders, especially NZ businesses, should temper their expectations of a strong relationship with China, writes Associate Professor Jason Young, director of the New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre.

  • Beware of coconut oil merchants

    Coconut plantations are far from being ‘natural’ environments, coconut oil is high in saturated fats, and, despite the advertising, most of the global supply of coconut oil doesn’t come from the Pacific Islands either, writes PhD graduate Dr Nate Rigler.

  • The road to March 15: ‘networked white rage’ and the Christchurch terror attacks

    The massacres of March 15 2019 at two Christchurch mosques confirmed the far right remains a constant threat to public order and safety in New Zealand, and that this threat was largely overlooked by security and intelligence agencies, write Emeritus Professor Paul Morris and Distinguished Professor Paul Spoonley (Massey University).

  • How we can help dismantle rape culture

    We can broaden our understanding of rape culture, call out misogyny, challenge rigid gender norms and counter victim-blaming in our communities, writes  Dr Samantha Keene.