Victoria University
Judge Ida Malosi: 'I thought all Samoans lived in Bluff'
Judge Ida Malosi was New Zealand's first Pasifika woman judge and set up the first Pacific Youth Court, a restorative justice environment where elders help counsel wayward Pacific youth. She's the… Audio
Leon Sterling: why tech developers need to get emotional
Professor Leon Sterling says software developers need to take into account our emotional reactions when we use technology - but seem reluctant to. Sterling says if developers thought more about users'… Audio
A third of secondary students self-harm - report
A new study has revealed nearly a third of secondary school students deliberately hurt themselves. Victoria University's Marc Wilson led the study and says self-harm commonly involves cutting the skin… Audio
Is anyone worth what Fonterra's CEO is paid?
Geoff Plimmer of Victoria University doesn't think Fonterra CEO Theo Spierings' huge salary increase stacks up. Audio
Victoria University hall gets second liquor ban after riot
At least two doors were torn off their hinges, chairs were thrown through walls, toilets damaged and lamps destroyed at Joan Stevens Hall on The Terrace on Saturday night. Audio
Elizabeth Stanley - The Road to Hell
Between the 1950s and 1980s, more than 100,000 children were taken from their parents and put into state institutions, and in recent months RNZ has extensively covered revelations of historical abuse… Audio
The future of libraries: a panel discussion
Victoria University professor of library and information management Anne Goulding and Laurinda Thomas, a past president of LIANZA and a team leader at Wellington Libraries, join Wallace to discuss the… Audio
Peter Hambleton & David Carnegie: the bard in the capital
The 2017 season of Wellington Summer Shakespeare has kicked off with a performance of All's Well That Ends Well and a book has been published to commemorate 34 years of this event in the capital. Kim… Audio
Worry voter participation continuing to decline despite MMP
Victoria University academics are worried that despite the introduction of MMP 20 years ago voter participation in elections is continuing to decline. Audio
Learning the lingo: migrants in NZ
For new migrants just getting a job is hard enough. But once they do, they also need to quickly get a grip on our metaphors, euphamisms, sayings and workplace culture.
Lynn Freeman visited Victoria… Audio, Gallery
Kindergartens asking govt to buy their land
Two Wellington kindergartens are devastated the university which owns the land they're built on is selling up, saying they'll be forced to shut. Audio
Imagination Lego - How the internet cultivates creativity
The internet, oft-maligned, has ushered a new era in human creativity, argues David Gauntlett, allowing the like-minded to foster niche, but nourishing, online communities. Video, Audio
Vic Uni fraudster's jail sentence overturned
A jail term imposed on a former Victoria University accounts manager for fraud has been overturned so she can care for her young children.
NZ uni funds cyclone proof kindergarten in Vanuatu
A cyclone proof kindergarten is being constructed in a disaster stricken Vanuatu community thanks to Pasifika students and the Vanuatu community in Wellington, New Zealand. Audio
Job worries turn students away from humanities courses
Enrolments in humanities courses are dropping because students are opting for courses that have a clear job at the end, university leaders say.
University fraudster appeals jail sentence
A jail term imposed on a former Victoria University accounts manager for fraud did not give sufficient credit for her remorse and impaired mental health, a court has been told.
Report predicts hotter summers, more severe weather
Weather patterns which led to the 2013 drought are now 20 percent more likely to hit New Zealand than 130 years ago, a new study has found.
Staff see red over Vic Uni pay dispute
Hundreds of Victoria University staff will today play the Split Enz song I See Red once an hour, every hour, in protest over employment negotiations.
Iwi wants Karori campus land back
A Wellington iwi would like to see land bought by Victoria University in 2014 for $10 and now deemed "surplus to requirements" returned to it.
Wellington iwi wants Victoria university campus back
A Wellington iwi wants Victoria University's Karori campus land back, despite the university intending to sell it. Audio
