Confucius Institute sends award-winning students to China
Three students from Victoria are competing in China this week after topping the 2016 New Zealand Chinese Bridge Speech Proficiency Competition.
2016 news
Read news items from our 2016 archives.
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Creativity Week—It's a wrap!
The first ever Creativity Week—Te Wiki Tairanga Auaha—Va'ai Fa'alemafaufau, ended with a buzz in the form of some electronic glockenspiel by Jason Long and guitar with live electronics by Blake Johnston, both from Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music.
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FHSS researchers and alumni among Fulbright award recipients
Researchers and alumni from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences were honoured by Fulbright New Zealand recently as it celebrated its recipients of Graduate and Scholars awards.
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FHSS staff in New Year Honours list
Emeritus Professor Janet Holmes (LALS) and Colin Hemmingsen (NZSM) were part of a number of Victoria University staff, alumni and friends to be recognised in the 2016 New Year Honours.
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Film score combines talents of Literary Translation Studies PhD student and NZSM graduate
A classic silent film was brought to life at the New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF) earlier this month thanks to the combined talents of Johannes Contag, a Victoria PhD student in Literary Translation Studies, and Karlo Margetić, graduate of Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music (NZSM).
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Graduate fulfils his mother's wish
On the cover page of Timi Melei's Master's thesis is a dedication to his mother, Moana Sela Pulusi, who passed away in February this year in Tuvalu while Timi was awaiting his thesis results.
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Helping families maintain Māori language
Finding the most effective methods for families to increase and normalise the use of Māori language in their homes is the focus of new research from Victoria University of Wellington.
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International Mother Language Day 21 February
A worldwide day to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism.
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Interns awarded prizes by the Speaker of Parliament
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt Hon David Carter, presented three prizes to interns from Victoria’s Political Science and International Relations Programme earlier this month.