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First concert appearance for new NZSM appointment
Thursday, 30 July 2009, 4:13 pm | Massey University
Violinist Martin Riseley, who has just been appointed Head of Strings at the New Zealand School of Music, makes his debut concert performance on August 9. More >>
CT scanner gives insight into patient’s lameness
Thursday, 30 July 2009, 12:26 pm | Massey University
The University’s new computed technology (CT) scanner was used for its first equine clinical patient yesterday, and probably its largest equine patient as well. Equine surgeon Fred Pauwels requested the CT scan of Sydney, an eight-year-old gelding being ... More >>
New scholarships mark Wellington 10th
Wednesday, 29 July 2009, 1:54 pm | Massey University
Scholarships worth a total of $20,000 are being offered to mark the 10th anniversary of the University's Wellington campus. They will be available to school leavers and postgraduate students studying full-time on the campus next year. More >>
Baby Boomers Refuse To Retire
Tuesday, 28 July 2009, 11:43 am | Massey University
As the first of New Zealand’s largest and most influential generation start turning 65, the big question taxing society is, “Will our aging baby boomers slip quietly into their golden years to become a burden on the young, or will they, rebellious ... More >>
Response to anti-vivisection campaign group
Monday, 27 July 2009, 12:28 pm | Massey University
Claims by the group National Anti-vivisection Campaign that I am involved in cruel animal experiments at Massey University are completely untrue. My role as manager of Massey's Manawatu campus small animal facilities, where I have worked for the ... More >>
Business scams explained to school students
Thursday, 23 July 2009, 2:33 pm | Massey University
Recent international financial scandals have highlighted the fact that exercising good judgement is often just as important as following professional rules, says Accountancy Professor Paul Dunmore. More >>
Mäori fantasy novel for immersion schools
Thursday, 23 July 2009, 10:32 am | Massey University
A new fantasy novel for children written in te reo Mäori and illustrated by the author, Mäori language lecturer Dr Darryn Joseph, will be sent to all immersion schools for Te Wiki o Te Reo Mäori by publishers Pearson Education. More >>
Old meets new at doctoral celebration
Wednesday, 22 July 2009, 5:27 pm | Massey University
One of Massey’s first doctoral graduates met with the latest candidate today as the University celebrated having 1000 doctoral students concurrently enrolled. Dr Marcus Ulyatt was the ninth PhD graduate from Massey in 1964. His thesis was entitled ... More >>
Live seminar on reclaiming Mäori place names
Wednesday, 22 July 2009, 2:49 pm | Massey University
A seminar on reclaiming usage of Mäori place names such as Te Waipounamu for the South Island, and spelling Whanganui with an 'h' will be broadcast live to all New Zealand universities this afternoon. More >>
National tertiary teaching excellence awards
Wednesday, 22 July 2009, 10:31 am | Massey University
Jazz musician Norman Meehan and communication specialist Heather Kavan have won national tertiary teaching excellence awards. More >>
Wartime cat and dog massacre examined
Tuesday, 21 July 2009, 11:02 am | Massey University
One of World War II’s lesser-known incidents is examined by an Oxford University academic at a public lecture on Tuesday hosted by the School of Visual and Material Culture at the University's Wellington campus. More >>
Mayans to moa hunters: virtual worlds
Monday, 20 July 2009, 1:12 pm | Massey University
From moa hunting to Moriori society, life as an early settler to exploring Antarctica – bygone and distant aspects of New Zealand life could become more accessible thanks to a Massey new media expert’s vision. More >>
Science community urged to collaborate more
Saturday, 18 July 2009, 4:05 pm | Massey University
The scientific community must work together to improve its performance, says the Chief Science Adviser to the Prime Minister Professor Peter Gluckman. More >>
$16m of research grants to three Massey projects
Thursday, 16 July 2009, 5:06 pm | Massey University
Research grants of $16.3 million for Massey energy, planning and environment projects Three Massey University projects were today awarded a total of $16.32 million in government science funding over the next six years. The projects involve restoration ... More >>
Wartime cat and dog massacre examined
Thursday, 16 July 2009, 4:57 pm | Massey University
One of World War II’s lesser-known incidents is examined by an Oxford University academic at a public lecture on Tuesday hosted by the School of Visual and Material Culture at the University's Wellington campus. The lecture, The Great British Cat ... More >>
Inaugural Mäori book awards mark Te Wiki o te Reo
Wednesday, 15 July 2009, 11:30 am | Massey University
Massey University is marking this year’s Te Wiki o te Reo Māori (Māori Language Week) by celebrating excellence in Māori publishing. Books on Māori topics published in 2008 or 2009 have been reviewed and shortlisted for the University’s inaugural ... More >>
Teaching award rewards innovation
Tuesday, 14 July 2009, 10:04 am | Massey University
A Massey University senior finance lecturer is the first person from a New Zealand university to win the Australasian Pearson Accounting/Finance Lecturer of the Year Award. Dr Hamish Anderson, who lectures at the Manawatu campus, travelled to Adelaide ... More >>
Swine flu never a benign flu - Massey scientist
Friday, 10 July 2009, 4:20 pm | Massey University
Early assumptions that swine flu would be benign because of reports of low death rates in Canada and the United States may have made people nonchalant about its seriousness, says a Massey scientist. More >>
Psychologists join forces to reduce poverty
Thursday, 9 July 2009, 2:59 pm | Massey University
Psychologists commonly help individuals cope with personal and emotional problems. But they can also use their understanding of human behaviour altruistically to address humanitarian issues and the economic inequities underlying them, says Massey organisational ... More >>
Banks offering fair floating interest rates
Wednesday, 8 July 2009, 3:00 pm | Massey University
Although the perception is that floating mortgage interest rates being offered by banks are still too high, there is little the Reserve Bank can or should do to induce banks to lower them further. That is the view of Massey University senior lecturer ... More >>
