Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington is one of New Zealand’s oldest and most prestigious tertiary institutions with a proud tradition of academic excellence. Through excellent teaching, research, scholarship, public service and entrepreneurship, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington’s vision is to be a world-leading capital city university and one of the great global-civic universities.
Ilan Noy, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington and Samuel Becher, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
The rules around climate-related financial disclosures are now being written. But the narrow definition of their target audience is a missed opportunity that can still be rectified.
Soheil Mohseni, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington and Alan Brent, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
A technique called ‘energy arbitrage’ allows owners of local ‘microgrids’ to make a profit by designing the network to buy cheap power, store it and sell it back at a higher price.
Sarah C. E. Ross, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Poets once wrote their verse in “blood” or “wounds” when a king or queen died. On the eve of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral, what has happened to the epic art of elegy?
Biofuels are heralded as a climate-friendly replacement of fossil fuels, but encouraging people to drive less and shift to other modes of transport would cut more emissions.
Ilan Noy, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
A proposed new airport at Tarras would affect the entire South Island economy. Twelve years on from the Canterbury earthquakes, have the implications of such a project been properly thought through?
Prison is far from a home away from home, and offenders get very little time to put their affairs in order after sentencing. More time to adjust for life on the inside would be humane and practical.
Jonathan Barrett, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
For decades fiscal drag has largely been ignored. But rising inflation has put New Zealand’s tax brackets, and what the government is going to do about them, under the spotlight.
Matthew Hall, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington and Ingrid O'Sullivan, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
New Zealand has no mandatory measures to prevent the bycatch of turtles. This is in stark contrast to Hawai'i, which has reduced its turtle bycatch by 90% using various mitigation measures.
Jan Feld, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Anne Ardila Brenøe, University of Zurich, and Thomas Dudek, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Researchers have long differed on whether growing up with a sister or brother influences who we become as adults. New research using big data aims to finally settle the argument.
Victoria Chen, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
An overlooked grammatical affix lends further linguistic support for the idea that Austronesian speakers in eastern Taiwan used their seafaring skills to span out across the Pacific.
Tara McAllister, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Leilani Walker, Auckland University of Technology, and Sereana Naepi, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
New research examines why Māori and Pacific representation in university STEM subjects remain so stubbornly low.
Sarah Thomasson, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
The survival of the Edinburgh International Festival, and others like it around the world, is testament to ingenuity of organisers and performers. But there’s no substitute for the live experience.
Clive Aspin, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
The omission of growing evidence that Māori, and Māori women in particular, have worse health outcomes after HIV infection could derail New Zealand’s elimination plans and exacerbate disparities.
The New Zealand prime minister might have sometimes enjoyed spectacular popularity, but that’s not the same thing as being a cult of personality in the manner of Trump or Putin.
Dougal Sutherland, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Many workplaces focus on interventions to increase employees’ coping capacity, but they should be more proactive about creating better conditions at work and considering people’s home situations.
Max Rashbrooke, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington and Lisa Marriott, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
A number of court cases on political donations raises the question as to why wealthy New Zealanders donate thousands to political parties – and why some people try to hide their contribution.
Dougal Sutherland, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Health organisations must play their part in preventing burnout and moral injury in workers. Most factors leading to it – such as lack of resources and staff – are outside the control of individuals.