Read news items from our 2019 archives.
Victoria University of Wellington welcomes a major step forward with plans to establish a national music centre in central Wellington, which would house the University’s New Zealand School of Music—Te Kōkī (NZSM).
Fundraising for the planned national music centre in Wellington's Te Ngākau Civic Square is well on track, with the total now at $18 million.
A year 13 student at Auckland's Westlake Girls High School has won first place in the 2019 International Institute of Modern Letters' (IIML) National Schools Poetry Award, with her poem 'Mammalian'.
English for Vocational Purposes: Language Use in Trades Education is the result of an interdisciplinary study from Dr Averil Coxhead and Dr Jean Parkinson (School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, Victoria University of Wellington), and Weltec’s literary specialist Emma McLaughlin and science education specialist James Mackay.
A new Bachelor’s degree being offered by Victoria University of Wellington will help meet growing global demand for expert communicators who can help shape and reflect the most important issues facing the world into the future.
The New Zealand Asian Studies Society held its 23rd Biennial Conference at Victoria University of Wellington from 24–27 November. Attended by over 150 delegates from around the world as well as from New Zealand, with participants coming from Australia, North America, Europe and Asia itself, the conference was a great success.
Victoria University of Wellington London-based alumna Julia Paton is giving back to the University through the establishment of an endowed scholarship at Master’s level.
Internationally acclaimed opera singers Dr Margaret Medlyn and Robert Tucker join Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand School of Music—Te Kōkī (NZSM) voice students for their performances of Puccini’s Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi.
The History programme hosted the New Zealand Historical Association’s (NZHA) biennial conference, Kanohi ki te kanohi: Histories for our Time, from 28–30 November 2019.
The New Zealand School of Music—Te Kōkī (NZSM) recently celebrated the learning and achievements of its film composition students and graduates in its first annual Film Scoring Showcase. Hosted by the the Roxy Cinema in Miramar, the Showcase featured a 28-piece orchestra of NZSM students who performed a series of film score compositions live to accompany films on the big screen.
