2017 news

Read news items from our 2017 archives.

  • A man and some kids crouch by a stream looking at photos on his digital camera.

    Bridging the divide between two worlds

    A new feature-length documentary by Victoria University of Wellington film studies senior lecturer Dr Paul Wolffram will have its world premiere at the 2017 New Zealand International Film Festival.

  • Recipents of the Blues awards stand together smiling up at the camera.

    Celebrating Victoria’s top-achieving sportspeople

    Victoria University of Wellington and Victoria University of Wellington Students' Association (VUWSA) celebrated International Day of University Sport yesterday by honouring Victoria’s top athletes and sports administrators.

  • Sally-Jane looks into the camera, smiling.

    China fellowship for NZSM Director

    Director of the New Zealand School of Music–Te Kōkī (NZSM), Professor Sally Jane Norman, has been awarded a 2018 Visiting Fellowship by the New Zealand Centre at Peking University.

  • Diana and Jeff

    Classics professors take on Europe

    For the past three months, Senior Lecturer Diana Burton and Professor Jeff Tatum have been Visiting Fellows at the Institute for Classical Studies at the University of London.

  • Gabriel Callaghan practices his Graduate Address in the Michael Fowler Centre.

    Discovering the best of both worlds

    Being Deaf, and being a predominantly oral communicator, Victoria University of Wellington graduand Gabriel Callaghan used to feel isolated from the Deaf community—until his studies at Victoria gave him the confidence and support to better understand his identity.