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Massey launches youth smokefree campaign

Monday, 4 November 2013, 10:15 am | Massey University

Massey University has launched a nationwide search for the most effective youth smokefree messages that young Kiwis can dream up. More >>

More Wellington households needed for study

Friday, 1 November 2013, 3:26 pm | Massey University

The future of the Wellington region and how locals feel about it is currently being explored in a new study by Massey University and University of Waikato researchers – and they’re looking for more households to interview. More >>

Graduate wins top global design prize

Sunday, 27 October 2013, 11:13 am | Massey University

Global design organisation Red Dot has presented Massey University industrial design graduate Stacey Kenny with its top prize, the Luminary Award, for her design of an urban hen house to rehome spent laying hens. More >>

Massey offers custom MBA for Qatar Airways

Tuesday, 22 October 2013, 11:47 am | Massey University

A group of 15 pilots, engineers and managers from Qatar Airways will see their careers take off thanks to an agreement with Massey University to deliver a two-year MBA programme. More >>

Making homework fun

Monday, 21 October 2013, 3:14 pm | Massey University

Parents simply want to encourage and spur on their offspring to ensure they don’t fall behind their classmates, while their children simply want to do anything but schoolwork the moment the bell goes for the end of the day. More >>

Albany Blues top student-athletes named

Monday, 21 October 2013, 11:49 am | Massey University

World surf lifesaving champion and swimmer Laura Quilter and hockey player Hugo Inglis were named the sportswoman and man of the year at the BNZ Albany Blues Awards last night. More >>

Focusing on the conservation of orange-fronted parakeets

Friday, 18 October 2013, 2:19 pm | Massey University

Photographing the endangered orange-fronted parakeets will be easier for Massey University researchers with the awarding of $5000 in Canon products from this year’s Canon Environmental Grants programme. More >>

Conference charts pathways to changing populations

Friday, 18 October 2013, 12:09 pm | Massey University

New Zealand’s rapidly changing demographics is the subject of a two-day conference at Massey’s Wellington campus next week that brings together local and international population specialists. More >>

Make Chinese languages compulsory in schools

Thursday, 17 October 2013, 3:36 pm | Massey University

Making Mandarin a compulsory subject in primary schools will spur New Zealand’s economic growth, and will open up opportunities for deeper understanding of the Chinese culture. More >>

Albany student centre wins architecture award

Thursday, 17 October 2013, 11:44 am | Massey University

Massey’s student amenities building at Albany was a winner in the education category of the 2013 Auckland Architecture Awards held last night. More >>

Top Manawatū student-athletes named

Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 4:16 pm | Massey University

Rugby player Sarah Goss and taekwon-do champion Kane Baigent were named the sportswoman and man of the year at the BNZ Manawatū Blues Awards last night. More >>

One man band leads Pasifika concert

Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 3:35 pm | Massey University

Pasifika music coordinator at Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music, Opeloge Ah Sam, has a pivotal role at this weekend’s “We are Pasifika” concert marking 20 years of the Manukau Symphony Orchestra. More >>

Māori book award winners announced

Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 11:46 am | Massey University

The book version of the movie White Lies: Tuakiri Huna that was submitted as New Zealand’s best foreign language entry for the 86th Academy Awards has been chosen as a winner in the fifth annual Māori book awards. More >>

Massey team wins Engineers Without Borders challenge

Tuesday, 15 October 2013, 3:42 pm | Massey University

A team of Massey University engineering students has won the top award in this year’s Engineers Without Borders New Zealand University Challenge. More >>

China expert: Doing business with China starts in schools

Thursday, 10 October 2013, 3:29 pm | Massey University

Working successfully with Chinese businesses will require changes that start in our schools, says visiting China specialist Dr Martin Jacques. More >>

Community enjoys Diwali and Cultural Festival

Thursday, 10 October 2013, 2:42 pm | Massey University

Threatening clouds didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of those attending the Albany campus Diwali and Cultural Festival on Wednesday. Students, staff and members of the local community flocked to Student Central to sample food from numerous stalls, try out ... More >>

Latest Home Affordability Report Out

Thursday, 10 October 2013, 10:05 am | Massey University

Massey University's Real Estate Analysis Unit has released its latest Home Affordability Report, which shows that home affordability across New Zealand has improved slightly over the quarter ending August 2013. More >>

Valuing nature the key to NZ’s future – public talk

Wednesday, 9 October 2013, 3:33 pm | Massey University

Are economic growth and ecological preservation inherently at odds? The rationale for, and workings of, ecological economics – a cutting edge trans-disciplinary field that unites the seemingly incompatible in the interests of planetary preservation ... More >>

Collaborative treatments showcased for nurse educators

Wednesday, 9 October 2013, 12:11 pm | Massey University

A pilot study by Massey University School of Nursing staff and regional public health specialists, investigating how to reduce the high rates of skin infection in children, is being presented at a nurse educators conference in Wellington. More >>

Do you want a degree with that?

Wednesday, 9 October 2013, 10:54 am | Massey University

McDonald’s staff will swap burgers for textbooks through a new partnership with Massey University that will see restaurant managers work towards a business degree. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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