Explore how culture shapes human life around the world—from religion and politics to gender identity and family ties.

Learn to speak and write the languages of two of the world's economic superpowers—China and Japan—or take Asian Studies and understand Asia as a whole.

Examine the Māori people, their language, culture, and relationship to the other cultures of New Zealand, the Pacific and the world.

Explore historical and contemporary issues—including the processes of both continuity and change—in Pacific communities in New Zealand and the wider region.

Gain deep insights into social life, discovering how social relationships in different contexts are organised, expressed, influenced and governed.

Is teaching your calling? At Victoria University of Wellington you can study early childhood, primary or secondary school teaching. You can also explore language teaching.