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Attitudes to working mothers still entrenched
Tuesday, 29 August 2006, 11:56 am | Massey University
Most New Zealanders approve of married women working full-time but approval drops dramatically when women have children. More >>
QMB Meeting, The Frontiers Of Science.
Tuesday, 29 August 2006, 11:55 am | Massey University
More than 300 leading scientists from NZ and overseas gather in Queenstown next week (August 29 to September 1) to discuss the frontiers of molecular biology and the living cell. The Queenstown Molecular Biology Meeting (QMB) is the largest conference ... More >>
External involvement in kidnaps may be a ruse
Monday, 28 August 2006, 12:37 am | Massey University
Indications that the kidnappings of Steve Centanni and Olaf Wiig in Palestine are influenced by outside forces may be a deliberate ruse by a disaffected cell from the Hamas military wing, says Middle East politics expert Dr Nigel Parsons. More >>
Growing likelihood of al-Qaeda link to kidnaps
Friday, 25 August 2006, 3:16 pm | Massey University
The kidnap of Steve Centanni and Olaf Wiig in Palestine by the Holy Jihad Brigades contrasts sharply with previous abductions in Gazak says Middle East politics expert Dr Nigel Parsons. More >>
Nest invaders under scrutiny
Thursday, 24 August 2006, 4:39 pm | Massey University
AUCKLAND – This breeding season, when shining cuckoos carry out their furtive practice of laying their eggs in the nests of grey warblers, a Massey University researcher will be following developments closely. While grey warblers have always ... More >>
Industry advocate challenged to debate Obesity
Friday, 18 August 2006, 3:07 pm | Massey University
PALMERSTON NORTH – Marketing researcher Professor Janet Hoek has rejected claims by Food Industry Group chairman Jeremy Irwin that her call for more regulation as means of curbing obesity are part of a personal agenda. More >>
Massey consortium wins contract
Wednesday, 16 August 2006, 1:22 pm | Massey University
A Massey University-led consortium has won a $20 million Government contract aimed at boosting the quality of teacher training across the tertiary sector. More >>
What is behind the Fox TV kidnaps?
Tuesday, 15 August 2006, 3:45 pm | Massey University
The kidnap of two Fox TV news staff by Palestinian gunmen is indicative of growing anarchy and poverty arising from Israel’s destruction of the Palestinian Authority and its economy, says Middle East politics expert Dr Nigel Parsons. More >>
Seminar: Slippery slope of home lending
Tuesday, 15 August 2006, 3:09 pm | Massey University
Banking expert Dr David Tripe will explore the potentially dangerous downstream impact of home lending, at a seminar in Wellington tomorrow (Wednesday). He will look at the steady increase in banks' lending on housing and how this relates to the balance ... More >>
Asking questions the answer to better maths
Tuesday, 15 August 2006, 10:47 am | Massey University
AUCKLAND – Getting Mäori and Pacific Island children to ask questions in class, is thought to be the key to lifting their performance in numeracy. More >>
Futures Thinking Aotearoa
Tuesday, 15 August 2006, 10:34 am | Massey University
Wednesday, 16 August from 12.15 - 1.30pm Museum Room, Turnbull House, Bowen St, Wellington More >>
Effectiveness of food industry accord challenged
Monday, 14 August 2006, 9:58 am | Massey University
Marketing researcher Professor Janet Hoek says despite an accord signed nearly two years ago, the food, advertising and media sectors still haven’t taken the steps necessary to solve the problem of obesity. More >>
Immigrant voices heard in Life Writing
Friday, 11 August 2006, 3:03 pm | Massey University
AUCKLAND – New immigrants are bringing a distinctive flavour to the body of work emerging from Massey University’s popular Life Writing course. More >>
Samoan nightclubs female-friendly and safe
Friday, 11 August 2006, 12:21 am | Massey University
Samoan parents shouldn’t fret about what their daughters are getting up to when they go out night – as long as they’re at a Samoan nightclub. More >>
Parent star to new planet identified
Friday, 11 August 2006, 12:08 am | Massey University
The host star to a distant planet discovered in 2003 from the Mt John Observatory in Canterbury by a team of New Zealand astronomers has been identified using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Dr Ian Bond, an astrophysicist at Massey’s Auckland campus, ... More >>
Parents not getting health message
Thursday, 10 August 2006, 10:44 am | Massey University
An award-winning researcher in communications has found that although children are regularly exposed to positive health messages at school, many may be getting different signals at home about healthy living. More >>
Old rivals meeting on and off the rugby field
Thursday, 10 August 2006, 10:42 am | Massey University
PALMERSTON NORTH – Massey will next month host the second of the revived rugby matches between it and Lincoln University for the LA Brooks Cup. More >>
Prison literacy programme aims to connect families
Thursday, 10 August 2006, 10:04 am | Massey University
Children will join their fathers in Wanganui Prison as part of a Massey University family literacy and learning project – that may be extended other prisons throughout the country if successful. Adult literacy researcher Dr Franco Vaccarino, from of ... More >>
Health benefits of avocado oil
Monday, 7 August 2006, 10:51 am | Massey University
AUCKLAND – Six years after the successful commercial release of avocado oil, scientists are still eager to learn more about the health benefits and find ways to maximise them. More >>
NZ agri-food research falling behind
Monday, 7 August 2006, 12:26 am | Massey University
Countries like Canada are stealing a march on New Zealand in the research and development required to tap the huge export potential of the agri-food industries, says Professor Paul Moughan. More >>
