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Understanding health from a Pacific perspective
Wednesday, 11 May 2016, 10:53 am | Massey University
“Tu ga na inima ka luvu na waga” literally means “the bail is in the boat, yet the boat sinks”. It is with this phrase in mind that Dr Litea Meo-Sewabu chose to explore the understanding of health and wellbeing amongst Indigenous Fijian women. More >>
Could blueberries reduce the risk of breast cancer?
Tuesday, 10 May 2016, 3:31 pm | Massey University
In New Zealand, breast cancer accounts for more than 20 per cent of all registered cancers, and is the most expensive to treat. Now new research from Massey University PhD graduate Dr Janyawat Vuthijumnonk suggests the risk of breast cancer could be ... More >>
World looks to New Zealand for wisdom on e-cigarettes
Tuesday, 10 May 2016, 1:37 pm | Massey University
While the UK embraces electronic cigarettes for the rapid drop in smoking they have experienced, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced new regulations that will albeit ban them. More >>
Improving health systems’ resilience
Tuesday, 10 May 2016, 11:11 am | Massey University
Thursday marks International Nurses Day – the annual celebration to mark the contributions nurses make to society around the globe, as well as commemorating the birthday of one of the world’s most famous nurses, Florence Nightingale, born in Italy on May ... More >>
Shooting for Rio
Monday, 9 May 2016, 2:59 pm | Massey University
Massey University’s Recreation Centre became a testing arena for the New Zealand Tall Ferns squad on Saturday with 23 girls participating in a grueling testing regime ahead of the selection for the Rio Olympics. More >>
Manawatū to mark International Dance Day
Wednesday, 27 April 2016, 5:02 pm | Massey University
International Dance Day will be marked in Palmerston North on April 30 with an event organised by Massey University's School of Humanities and in association with Te Manawa. More >>
What is your child really drinking?
Wednesday, 20 April 2016, 3:18 pm | Massey University
In a New Zealand first, a Massey University study hopes to discover what children are drinking before, during and after playing competitive sports. More >>
Increasing use of internet to buy and sell drugs
Wednesday, 20 April 2016, 9:35 am | Massey University
Findings from the latest Illicit Drug Monitoring System (IDMS) study show 72 per cent of frequent drug users report increased buying and selling drugs via social media and encrypted websites. More >>
Research shows hospital bullying cases rarely resolved
Monday, 18 April 2016, 12:04 pm | Massey University
For her PhD thesis Dr Kate Blackwood completed a series of 34 in-depth interviews with nurses who had been targets of workplace bullying. She found only one of these cases was ever completely resolved. More >>
Fostering hope in young arty activists
Sunday, 17 April 2016, 3:04 pm | Massey University
________________________________________ Plenty of gnarly issues face humanity now and in the future – climate change, global terrorism, religious extremism, refugee crises, Donald Trump, to name a few. Daunting, yes. But a Massey University competition ... More >>
International funding to help fight cancer evolution
Friday, 15 April 2016, 1:33 pm | Massey University
A Massey University research project aims to prevent resistance to cancer treatment in some types of cancer. More >>
How does dietary fibre affect our gut bacteria?
Wednesday, 13 April 2016, 12:17 pm | Massey University
More than 100 trillion micro-organisms, including bacteria, live in our gut and what we eat influences those bacteria. More >>
New centre to investigate plant extracts benefits
Friday, 8 April 2016, 2:20 pm | Massey University
A new research centre investigating whether novel plant extracts may offer potential health benefits has been officially opened at Massey University. More >>
Decade of action on nutrition
Thursday, 7 April 2016, 2:25 pm | Massey University
The United Nations General Assembly recently proclaimed 2016-2025 as the Decade of Action on Nutrition, and New Zealand can play a key role in this, says Massey University’s Nutrition and Food Systems Professor Barbara Burlingame. More >>
Report finds Bay of Islands bottlenose dolphin at risk
Thursday, 7 April 2016, 1:07 pm | Massey University
A Massey University report finds that vessel traffic in the Bay of Islands is affecting important behaviours in a population of bottlenose dolphins. More >>
Massey joins forces with Singapore Institute of Technology
Tuesday, 5 April 2016, 1:59 pm | Massey University
Massey welcomes a new collaboration with the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) to provide a jointly awarded honours degree programme in Food Technology. More >>
Fostering hope and solutions in young arty activists
Tuesday, 5 April 2016, 12:37 pm | Massey University
Many gnarly issues face humanity now and in the future – climate change, global terrorism, religious extremism, refugee crises, Donald Trump, to name a few. Daunting, yes. But a Massey University competition is encouraging teens to get creative in ... More >>
Massey's latest Home Affordability Report out now
Tuesday, 5 April 2016, 9:33 am | Massey University
Efforts to cool Auckland property market taking effect Lower interest rates and the Reserve Bank’s loan-to-value ratio restrictions are making Auckland houses more affordable, according to the latest Massey University Home Affordability Report. More >>
NZ’s role in tax avoidance ‘shameful’, says academic
Monday, 4 April 2016, 2:59 pm | Massey University
A Massey University taxation specialist says the loopholes in New Zealand’s trust law, highlighted by the so-called ‘Panama Papers’, makes this country “complicit in schemes to avoid tax”. More >>
Massey study links dementia to head injuries
Tuesday, 22 March 2016, 11:51 am | Massey University
Repeated minor trauma to the head and other body parts can lead to early dementia, according to a study by a Massey University health psychology graduate. More >>
