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Māori and Pasifika – from sports field to boardroom
Friday, 19 April 2013, 9:57 am | Massey University
Māori and Pasifika players are well represented in our national sports teams, but the same is not true when it comes to senior roles in sports management, says a Massey University PhD student. More >>
Joint poetry appearance for Wellington Writers Read
Tuesday, 16 April 2013, 2:30 pm | Massey University
Palmerston North poet, Helen Lehndorf, Massey University’s 2013 visiting artist resident, makes a visit to the Wellington campus this week for the first Writers Read event in the capital this year. More >>
Style and Substance On Show At Albany Graduation
Tuesday, 16 April 2013, 9:23 am | Massey University
A top model, a former Olympian and a budding bionics engineer are among the students crossing the stage at Massey University’s Albany graduation this week. More >>
New Pasifika director appointed
Friday, 12 April 2013, 3:30 pm | Massey University
Supporting and nurturing Pasifika students at Massey is the focus for Massey’s new Pasifika director. More >>
The tech divide between teachers and students
Thursday, 11 April 2013, 11:01 am | Massey University
New research by a Massey University PhD student has found that many educators feel out of their depth when adopting new technology for use in the classroom. More >>
Professor underlines immigration challenges to Treasury
Tuesday, 9 April 2013, 5:42 pm | Massey University
Competition with other countries to secure and retain skilled workers will only increase as global populations age, says leading sociologist Distinguished Professor Paul Spoonley. More >>
Don’t wrap boys in cotton wool
Tuesday, 9 April 2013, 5:03 pm | Massey University
To be successful learners in the 21st century boys need to be creating, inventing, problem solving and learning to take risks. More >>
Electric fence products energise farm sector
Tuesday, 9 April 2013, 11:18 am | Massey University
Farmers will have enhanced control and protection of their livestock and crops following Massey industrial designer Tony Parker’s latest collaboration with technology company Gallagher, on a top-line series of new products that alert farm workers to potential ... More >>
Researcher shines a light on crop growth
Thursday, 4 April 2013, 1:35 pm | Massey University
New funding will help a Massey University researcher develop lighting technology that will assist crop growth. The company that Dr Jason Wargent, of the Institute of Agriculture and Environment, helped establish has been given funding by Callaghan ... More >>
Good under pressure
Thursday, 4 April 2013, 10:09 am | Massey University
A new device at Massey’s Food Pilot Plant allows food products to be pasteurised at low temperature. More >>
Dotterels doing well post-Rena
Wednesday, 27 March 2013, 12:11 pm | Massey University
Monitoring shows the population of rare New Zealand dotterels captured during the Rena oil spill has recovered well from the event. More >>
Olive leaf extract the way to a man’s heart?
Tuesday, 26 March 2013, 12:22 pm | Massey University
A healthy heart is key to a healthy life – and a new study starting at Massey University’s Albany campus aims to find out if olive leaf extract helps prevent heart disease. More >>
Student-Athletes Shine At Track And Field Champs
Tuesday, 26 March 2013, 11:03 am | Massey University
Massey University student-athletes excelled at the weekend’s New Zealand Track and Field Championships in Auckland. More >>
Sweet potato weaning food to improve infant nutrition
Tuesday, 26 March 2013, 10:31 am | Massey University
A Massey University PhD student has developed a complementary food for infants in developing nations that could help minimise vitamin A deficiency. Francis Kweku Amagloh used sweet potato as the base ingredient for the food, which he hopes will address ... More >>
Massey Ranked Top Five in NZ Employers
Friday, 22 March 2013, 12:00 pm | Massey University
Massey University has been ranked number five of New Zealand most attractive employer brands in the annual Ranstad Awards, an international survey conducted across 14 countries. It was also the education sector winner. More >>
Top media commentator, educator joins Massey
Friday, 22 March 2013, 9:17 am | Massey University
After spending 18 years practising journalism and 25 years teaching it, he has been appointed Researcher in Residence at Massey’s School of Communication, Journalism and Marketing in Wellington. More >>
Food for thought from ANZAC biscuit exhibition
Thursday, 21 March 2013, 1:12 pm | Massey University
An art exhibition and installation of ANZAC biscuits to be staged in France offers real food for thought about the carnage and casualties of World War I. Associate Professor Kingsley Baird from the College of Creative Arts, who is responsible for ... More >>
Why Aristotle would own a surfboard
Thursday, 21 March 2013, 12:39 pm | Massey University
There aren’t many situations where the Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle would be paired with a surfboard. More >>
Albany science labs open new opportunities
Wednesday, 20 March 2013, 4:35 pm | Massey University
When Dr The Rt Hon Lockwood Smith officially unveiled the plaque at the new Watson Science Laboratories at Albany campus on Thursday, he made an impassioned plea for more young people to consider studying science. “Science education and these laboratories ... More >>
C.K. Stead presents his poetry at Writers Read
Wednesday, 20 March 2013, 11:33 am | Massey University
One of New Zealand’s best-known authors, C.K. Stead, is guest speaker at the first event in Massey University’s 2013 Writers Read series, at Albany on March 27. More >>
