2016 News

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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.

  • PhD scholarship available

    Interested in doing a PhD on Māori perceptions of biotechnological controls of introduced wasps in Aotearoa? Apply before 21 October.

  • Repatriation: the Māori perspective

    More research that provides a Māori perspective on repatriation of Māori remains is needed, says Victoria University of Wellington PhD student Amber Aranui.

  • Chasing their dreams

    Triplets Eru, Heemi and Tipene Kapa-Kingi (Te Aupōuri, Ngāpuhi, Waikato-Tainui and Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) came to Victoria University to develop skills that they could take back to their community in Northland.

  • Victoria committed to diverse and genuine Māori environment

    If universities are the critic and conscience of society, then the new head of Te Kawa a Māui School of Māori Studies says its strength is also in encouraging staff and students to be the critics and conscience—for Māori.

  • Hangi stones and geomagnetism

    Hangi stones from archaeological sites around New Zealand are providing an extraordinary window into how the Earth's magnetic field in the southwest Pacific has been changing.