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Professor outlines NZ healthcare challenges and solutions
Wednesday, 19 March 2014, 1:05 pm | Massey University
The 21st century health challenges New Zealanders face along with frontier solutions, will be addressed at a Professorial Lecture to be held at Massey University’s Albany campus this evening. More >>
Living wage forum a chance to exchange ideas
Tuesday, 18 March 2014, 11:17 am | Massey University
Massey University will launch its living wage research project with a forum where those from all sides of the issue can share ideas and experiences. More >>
Japanese language teachers focus on can-do kanji
Monday, 17 March 2014, 1:49 pm | Massey University
Kiwi kids may be fans of Japanese Anime and Manga graphics – along with numerous apps, games, electronic gadgets and fashion – but they are less keen on learning the language. More >>
Kiwi youth to join global smokefree movement
Friday, 14 March 2014, 12:35 pm | Massey University
Massey University is bringing a 15-year-old British school girl to New Zealand to inspire Kiwi youth to start their own smokefree movement. Katie Lou Holland will be one of two international speakers at Massey’s Smokefree Summits, a series of ... More >>
Housing changes ahead as baby boomers plan to sell
Thursday, 13 March 2014, 4:27 pm | Massey University
Half of the baby boomers surveyed for a study on ageing say they plan to move or downsize as they get older – a trend government needs to factor into its housing policy and planning the study authors say. More >>
Book launch celebrates wit from the CHAFF years
Tuesday, 11 March 2014, 5:26 pm | Massey University
Unbridled hilarity and irreverence crackled through the launch of a retrospective of the almost 80-year history of the Manawawatü campus' well-loved and sometimes notorious student newspaper, CHAFF last Friday. More >>
Volcano in Manawatū due to erupt at lunchtime tomorrow
Monday, 10 March 2014, 2:07 pm | Massey University
Massey University’s Volcanic Risk Solutions team have predicted a volcanic eruption in Manawatū tomorrow – right down to the minute. Team members are staging a volcanic eruption in the old campus boiler room with a machine built to better understand ... More >>
Breakthrough in hybrid species science
Friday, 7 March 2014, 4:24 pm | Massey University
Massey University scientists have discovered a universal law that explains how hybrid species survive and thrive. More >>
Making a difference defines winners
Thursday, 6 March 2014, 4:33 pm | Massey University
The desire to make a difference to the world was a recurring theme reiterated by all of the winners at the Defining Excellence Awards, held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum on Wednesday night. More >>
Plea for Mandarin in regional schools
Thursday, 6 March 2014, 11:17 am | Massey University
Heartland New Zealand might seem a long way from Mainland China, but students here are being denied important cultural and educational opportunities as long as Mandarin remains off the school curriculum, says a Massey senior lecturer in Chinese Dr Rosemary ... More >>
Digital immortality in an online age
Wednesday, 5 March 2014, 12:27 pm | Massey University
What happens to your online photos, videos and texts when you die? And will a digital archive of your life help or hinder historians and your descendants as they delve into life in the 21st century? More >>
Drinkers have taste for open all hours policy
Wednesday, 5 March 2014, 11:31 am | Massey University
Liquor outlets’ long trading hours have been identified in a research survey as linked to the heavy drinking of people with quick available access to alcohol. More >>
Endangered bottlenose dolphins at risk from boat race
Wednesday, 26 February 2014, 3:22 pm | Massey University
A series of boat races dubbed “the equivalent of Formula One” in the Bay of Islands on March 1 will put the lives of endangered bottlenose dolphins at risk and needs to be stopped, say Massey researchers. More >>
Crunch time for apple-bob world record at Massey
Monday, 24 February 2014, 2:49 pm | Massey University
Hundreds of Massey University students and staff break the world record by 31 for the most people bobbing for apples at the same time. More >>
Massey expands worldwide education
Monday, 24 February 2014, 11:00 am | Massey University
Massey University has announced major new plans to develop the international education market under the banner of Massey Worldwide. More >>
Massey research improves gut permeability test
Wednesday, 19 February 2014, 3:13 pm | Massey University
It may be a simple test – drink sugary water, pee and wait for the results. But a Massey nutrition researcher’s innovative experimental work to refine and improve the accuracy of the test – widely used by doctors to monitor people with chronic ... More >>
Condensed Engineering Course Inspires International Students
Wednesday, 19 February 2014, 12:36 pm | Massey University
Students on an accelerated engineering degree took on a challenge that usually takes a full academic year to complete, and came up with three practical solutions in six months. More >>
Kiwi journos proud of work, despite new pressures
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 11:16 am | Massey University
New Zealand journalists have contributed their experiences and opinions to a global survey of journalists. More >>
Connecting with China by degrees
Wednesday, 12 February 2014, 1:54 pm | Massey University
A new initiative to encourage Chinese computer science students to study in New Zealand has won funding from the International Education Growth Fund held by Education New Zealand. More >>
Masters creativity on show
Monday, 3 February 2014, 1:40 pm | Massey University
Visitors to Massey University’s Wellington campus next week will get to see and hear some intriguing exhibits at Massey Wellington as Masters art and design students usher in another creative year next week with their graduating exhibition. More >>
