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Deer milk, vegan butter and giant salmon shine
Friday, 7 September 2018, 9:53 am | Massey University
Finalists for the 2018 New Zealand Food Awards include a range of products new to grocery shelves, including Pāmu deer milk powder, Ōra King TYEE salmon from New Zealand King Salmon and cultured vegan butter from Savour Ltd. More >>
Latin America & Spain film festival on campus
Tuesday, 4 September 2018, 3:54 pm | Massey University
Movies from 11 Latin American countries and Spain will screen at Massey’s Wellington campus as part of an annual showcase of cinema from the region. More >>
From memes to flirting in Massey's "Our Lives Online"
Tuesday, 4 September 2018, 11:31 am | Massey University
The rise of online and social media has dramatically transformed almost every aspect of our lives – from the way we laugh to how we conduct intimate conversations. How do we make sense of and navigate the pleasures and perils of life online amid ... More >>
Pasifika scholarship for music and creative media
Friday, 31 August 2018, 1:28 pm | Massey University
Massey University’s School of Music and Creative Media Production has announced a new Pasifika scholarship for study in 2019. More >>
Māori music and creative media scholarship launched
Friday, 31 August 2018, 1:27 pm | Massey University
Massey University’s School of Music and Creative Media Production has announced a new Māori scholarship for study in 2019. More >>
Massey’s global voice on marine plastic waste
Monday, 27 August 2018, 5:14 pm | Massey University
Environmental anthropologist, political ecologist and single-use plastic-free campaigner, Dr Trisia Farrelly has been appointed to a taskforce advising the United Nations Environmental Assembly Expert Group on marine plastic pollution. More >>
Ministry of Health renews contract for EHI programme
Thursday, 23 August 2018, 12:26 pm | Massey University
The College of Health’s Environmental Health Indicators (EHI) programme, led by Professor Barry Borman, has been granted almost $2 million in funding from the Ministry of Health, to continue investigating links between New Zealand’s environment and ... More >>
Can kiwifruit reduce exercise-induced stress in women?
Thursday, 23 August 2018, 12:19 pm | Massey University
While exercise as part of a healthy lifestyle can prevent communicable diseases, it can also cause a stress response. In women, the exercise-induced stress response is implicated in menstrual dysfunction, infertility and osteoporosis later in life. More >>
German views on dietary research explored
Wednesday, 22 August 2018, 12:03 pm | Massey University
Nutritional Sciences PhD student Nikki Renall has recently returned from Germany, where she spent six weeks at the Max Rubner-Institut (MRI) in Karlsruhe, approximately 150 kilometres south of Frankfurt. More >>
Mexican multi-media artist takes up residency
Monday, 20 August 2018, 2:13 pm | Massey University
Mexican artist, writer, cultural critic and educator Eduardo Abaroa‘s three-month stay in Wellington starts this month as the latest recipient of the Te Whare Hēra international artist in residency programme. More >>
Brash talk to student club cancelled due to security concern
Tuesday, 7 August 2018, 11:03 am | Massey University
Massey University has cancelled a booking made by a students’ politics club at which former politician and Hobson’s Pledge founder Dr Don Brash was invited to speak at the University’s Manawatū campus on Wednesday. More >>
Pioneering mental health care in GP clinic
Monday, 6 August 2018, 1:25 pm | Massey University
A pilot scheme to base psychologists in a general practitioner (GP) clinic may help prevent more serious mental health crises through early intervention. More >>
Rental market continues to tighten, new report shows
Wednesday, 1 August 2018, 1:26 pm | Massey University
The Massey University Residential Market Report, which tracks mean rents and rental bond numbers, shows a steady increase in the number of people renting, coupled with a decrease in vacancy rates, over the past decade. More >>
Most NZers enjoy good health as they age: report
Tuesday, 31 July 2018, 1:09 pm | Massey University
Most New Zealanders are doing well in terms of health and wellbeing as they age, challenging the myth that health inevitably deteriorates as we reach retirement years, say Massey University authors of a new report. More >>
Superannuation shortfall widens –¬ but it’s not all bad news
Thursday, 26 July 2018, 11:50 am | Massey University
Superannuation shortfall widens –¬ but it’s not all bad news The gap between how much New Zealand Superannuation pensioners receive and how much they spend has widened significantly and many are working beyond the age of 65 to pay for the shortfall, ... More >>
Recycling plastic for a practical purpose
Thursday, 26 July 2018, 11:24 am | Massey University
Coinciding with plastic free July, 48 Massey University industrial design students have worked with a local plastics recycling company to design and repurpose products for new-look public facilities. More >>
Speaking to youth about sexual health education
Tuesday, 24 July 2018, 9:39 am | Massey University
Chlamydia, herpes, unwanted pregnancy, HIV/AIDS are just some of the outcomes of unprotected sex that can lead to infertility, life-long disease and potentially early death. Now four secondary schools in South Auckland are working with researchers ... More >>
Under-funding fuels cultural tensions
Thursday, 19 July 2018, 9:36 am | Massey University
Cultural differences between New Zealand-educated and internationally-educated nurses can amplify existing workplace pressures, according to new research from Massey University. More >>
Hidden Masterton mural in public eye again
Wednesday, 11 July 2018, 5:27 pm | Massey University
A Massey University researcher’s quest to preserve the work of artist and craftsman E. Mervyn Taylor reaches another milestone this week when a recently-revealed mural, at the site of the former Masterton Post Office, will be the focus of a talk and ... More >>
Houses more affordable in Central Otago Lakes
Wednesday, 11 July 2018, 10:05 am | Massey University
Massey University’s latest Home Affordability Report shows a decline in national affordability, but New Zealand’s least affordable region is bucking that trend. More >>
