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Nominations Open For Quote Of The Year 2020
Wednesday, 11 November 2020, 1:20 pm | Massey University
The quest is on for the best New Zealand quotes of 2020, and Massey University is calling on the public to help find them. Massey University’s School of Communications, Journalism and Marketing Senior Lecturer Dr Heather Kavan has been running the competition ... More >>
Māori Demanding Better From Electoral Commission 2020
Friday, 14 August 2020, 3:46 pm | Massey University
Whatever new arrangements may be put in place in response to Covid 19 for the General Election 2020, the Electoral Commission have been questioned as to what changes they have made to ensure the multiple problems experienced by Māori voters in the last ... More >>
Global Study Raises Grave Concerns For Reef Sharks
Thursday, 23 July 2020, 3:57 pm | Massey University
Massey University researchers have played a crucial role in the first global assessment of sharks on coral reefs, by providing project data from the Kermadec Islands, New Caledonia, Fiji and Tonga. The study, published in Nature today by a team of scientists ... More >>
Innovative New Post-graduate Nursing Degree Launches
Tuesday, 19 May 2020, 3:19 pm | Massey University
Living rurally or at distance can be overcome by learning to be a nurse online. Healthcare workers around the world are making headlines for their roles on the frontline in the fight against COVID-19. Now, a new post-graduate degree aimed at people who ... More >>
Online Learning Brings Students Closer Together
Monday, 4 May 2020, 11:34 am | Massey University
When COVID-19 Level 4 lockdown began, so too did the mid-semester break, giving staff and students time to adjust to life as we have known for the past six weeks. But for the current cohort of Executive Masters of Business Administration (EMBA), ... More >>
Promises Promises by Claire Robinson
Tuesday, 10 September 2019, 1:43 pm | Massey University
To all political activists, political or design junkies this is an invitation to a talk by Massey University Professor of Communication Design and political commentator Claire Robinson on her new book: PROMISES PROMISES – 80 Years of Wooing New Zealand ... More >>
Digital services tax a good interim measure
Thursday, 6 June 2019, 11:47 am | Massey University
The Government’s public consultation about the challenges of taxing multinational digital services companies is timely, says Massey Business School tax expert Dr Victoria Plekhanova. More >>
Media collaboration good news for ratepayers
Tuesday, 28 May 2019, 10:58 am | Massey University
It is good news for ratepayers that New Zealand’s media giants have joined forces to set up a special team to ensure coverage of local council activities, according to a Massey University journalism academic. More >>
Massey University launches Shared Prosperity Index
Thursday, 23 May 2019, 2:36 pm | Massey University
When the Government presents its first Wellbeing Budget next week, it will be looking beyond traditional measures, such as GDP, to define New Zealand’s success. This is also at the core of the Shared Prosperity Index launched by Massey University ... More >>
Report shows organisations failing to deal with cyber abuse
Thursday, 16 May 2019, 10:30 am | Massey University
With Pink Shirt Day being marked tomorrow, it’s important to understand the developing nature of cyber abuse and bullying. In a report funded byNetSafe’s Online Safety Partnership Grant, Massey’s Healthy Work Group analysed data from 205 victims to ... More >>
Managers crucial to stamping out bullying in nursing
Friday, 10 May 2019, 12:56 pm | Massey University
The report identifies the management competencies needed to both prevent and manage workplace bullying in the nursing sector, although most insights would be relevant in any sector. More >>
Kākāpō brain surgery a world-first
Thursday, 9 May 2019, 4:10 pm | Massey University
A young kākāpō chick has undergone life-saving brain surgery at Massey University’s Wildbase Hospital to treat a developmental problem of the skull, a world-first procedure, adapting surgical techniques from humans and other mammals. More >>
Massey report shows improvements in home affordability
Thursday, 2 May 2019, 9:57 am | Massey University
The latest Massey University Home Affordability Report shows an improvement in national affordability over the most recent quarter, driven by modest decreases in house prices and modest income growth. More >>
Quality of Massey researchers recognised
Tuesday, 30 April 2019, 3:48 pm | Massey University
The calibre of Massey University researchers has been recognised by the Government’s national ratings system, with a 40 per cent increase in the number of highest-rated academics. In the assessment of 36 researched-based tertiary institutions carried ... More >>
Measuring wellbeing through shared prosperity
Monday, 29 April 2019, 11:19 am | Massey University
In one month the Government will present its first ‘Wellbeing Budget’, which will use a wellbeing framework to identify Budget priorities. This means looking beyond traditional measures, such as GDP, to define New Zealand’s success. More >>
Massey University student wins international Olympic design
Friday, 26 April 2019, 9:26 am | Massey University
Massey University student Zakea Page has won the International Olympic Committee’s medal design competition for the Winter Youth Olympic Games, Lausanne 2020. More >>
Study shows many senior managers distrust big data
Friday, 12 April 2019, 1:37 pm | Massey University
A new Massey University study shows many top executives are failing to capitalise on the benefits of big data, preferring to rely on their own intuition. More >>
Pasifika Director calls for media cultural awareness
Friday, 5 April 2019, 4:36 pm | Massey University
Massey Pasifika Director Associate Professor Malakai Koloamatangi has welcomed the censure of talkback host Heather du Plessis-Allan for denigrating comments she made about the Pacific Islands, but says more has to be done to ensure our media is culturally ... More >>
Knowledge gap restricting opportunity for Māori business
Friday, 29 March 2019, 12:35 pm | Massey University
Massey University Wellington Senior Lecturer Dr Jason Mika says a lack of understanding of the Asian market is causing lost opportunity for Māori businesses. More >>
Health by Design: new public lecture series at Massey
Wednesday, 6 March 2019, 11:52 am | Massey University
In the first of a series of public lectures, entitled Health by Design, Associate Professor Ian Laird will speak about Prevention through Design (PtD) – the integration of hazard analysis and risk assessment methods early in the design and engineering ... More >>