and academic Tipene O'Regan, Māori leader and education academic Vincent O'Sullivan, academic and poet Geoffrey Palmer, politician Matthew Palmer, law academic Pat Ralph, marine biologist; first woman at Victoria to be awarded a DSc Prof. James Renwick, climate scientist and science communicator Ivor Richardson, lawyer and academic Claudia Scott, public policy academic Kim Sterelny, philosophy academic Teresia Teaiwa, Pacific studies academic, author, poet Helen Tippett, Architecture academic, architect Matt Visser, specialist in general relativity Colleen Ward, cross-cultural psychologist academic Colin J. N. Wilson, volcanology academic Whatarangi Winiata, Māori leader and Professor of Accountancy John Chapman Andrew, foundation Vice Chancellor Warwick Murray, geography and development studies academic, musician Nicholas Agar, philosophy academic Notable alumni See also Tertiary education in New Zealand References External links Victoria University of Wellington's website Victoria University of Wellington Students' Association Victoria University of Wellington Library Wellington City Public universities Universities in New Zealand Educational institutions established in 1897 1897 establishments in New Zealand 1890s in Wellington