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Tryst: a series of three short plays
Thursday, 2 October 2008, 12:11 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Early in October three talented Victoria University directing students will take you on a surreal exploration of identity, self, and lust at its most primal. Tryst is a series of three short plays that meet each other thematically to explore basic ... More >>
Forum on dynamics of leadership in NZ
Monday, 29 September 2008, 11:05 am | Victoria University of Wellington
The Adam Art Gallery is hosting a forum this weekend on the dynamics of leadership in New Zealand. More >>
THEA324 presents: Journey to the West
Thursday, 25 September 2008, 3:35 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Hot on the heels of the 2008 Olympics, this production invokes the “total theatre” tradition of Chinese Opera, integrating stylised acting and martial arts with comic antics and terrifying demons. It also draws inspiration from Thai and Javanese shadow ... More >>
Māori experiences of cancer
Wednesday, 10 September 2008, 10:03 am | Victoria University of Wellington
A recent study into Māori experiences of cancer in New Zealand challenges the health system to respond to the needs of Māori and their whānau at all stages of cancer diagnosis and treatment says a team of researchers. More >>
Empty Pleasures
Wednesday, 3 September 2008, 1:56 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
From a shared theme of unfulfilled dreams comes a season of three 30-minute Empty Pleasures. More >>
Weir House Celebrates 75th Anniversary
Wednesday, 27 August 2008, 2:45 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University’s first wholly-owned hall of residence, Weir House, will celebrate its 75th anniversary at a major reunion event in Wellington this November. More >>
The Impact Of False Recall On Eyewitness Accounts
Friday, 15 August 2008, 10:42 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Research showing that memories can often be manipulated and falsified when people discuss their experiences has earned a Victoria University PhD student a prize at the MacDiarmid Young Scientists of the Year Awards last night (14 August). More >>
Cancer Vaccine Research Rewarded
Friday, 15 August 2008, 10:41 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Research to devise improved cancer vaccines has won the Advancing Human Health and Wellbeing category of the MacDiarmid Young Scientists of the Year Awards held in Auckland last night (14 August). More >>
Hear from a refugee High Court Judge
Tuesday, 12 August 2008, 5:24 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
One man in Wellington is uniquely placed to offer insight into the current politics of Zimbabwe and will be sharing his experiences on August 20 at Victoria University. Benjamin Paradza is a refugee in New Zealand. In 2006 he fled his position as a High ... More >>
Hear from a refugee High Court Judge
Tuesday, 12 August 2008, 11:22 am | Victoria University of Wellington
One man in Wellington is uniquely placed to offer insight into the current politics of Zimbabwe and will be sharing his experiences on August 20 at Victoria University. More >>
Top Doctoral awards for Wellington's brightest
Thursday, 7 August 2008, 12:54 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Three Victoria University PhD students have been awarded Top Doctoral Achiever Scholarships at an average value of $99,300. More >>
Over Exposure.
Thursday, 31 July 2008, 12:40 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Three young Victoria University directors will expose you to another way of life in their energetic, yet darkly sombre productions in early August. More >>
All five poet laureates in Wellington next week
Wednesday, 30 July 2008, 9:44 am | Victoria University of Wellington
A laureate summit in Wellington Monday 4 August will be a rare chance to hear all New Zealand's living poet laureates read at one event. More >>
Parliamentary architecture and national identity
Monday, 28 July 2008, 10:56 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University Professor Nigel Roberts will examine what parliamentary buildings tell us about democracy and national identity in his inaugural professorial lecture next week. More >>
Victoria University Funding Coup
Friday, 18 July 2008, 3:16 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University has scooped more than $15 million in funding from the Foundation of Research, Science and Technology in its main 2007/2008 investment round. More >>
Sharing the costs of climate change
Tuesday, 15 July 2008, 9:35 am | Victoria University of Wellington
How the costs of mitigating and adapting to climate change should be shared internationally will be the focus of a public forum on 29 July at the National Library in Wellington. More >>
A rare slice of NZ railway history now online
Wednesday, 2 July 2008, 9:47 am | Victoria University of Wellington
A contributor to the last issue of the New Zealand Railways Magazine in 1940 wrote that those who had not experienced a railway train had been “cheated” and “failed to share in one of the grandest experiences of life”. More >>
Language And Communication Conference
Tuesday, 24 June 2008, 1:15 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
An upcoming international conference at Victoria University will focus on how gender and sexuality interact with language and communication. More >>
"Coming To Terms?" Conference
Friday, 13 June 2008, 1:55 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Confiscation, or raupatu, in New Zealand history has been an under-researched phenomenon, but Victoria University’s Stout Research Centre hopes to break new scholarly ground on the subject in a conference this month. More >>
Samoan youth adapt well despite discrimination
Tuesday, 10 June 2008, 1:06 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
A Victoria University study of 250 Samoan youth has found that first generation Samoan youth report greater life satisfaction and better school adjustment than their Māori and Pakeha peers—despite experiencing more discrimination. More >>
