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Young Kakapo recovering at wildlife ward
Wednesday, 8 July 2009, 2:09 pm | Massey University
Vets hope a young Kakapo being treated at the Massey University Wildlife Ward can be returned to the wild next week. Five-month-old Tiaho was one of 24 chicks hand-reared from the 34 born this year. There are only 124 Kakapo left in the world at present. More >>
Communal learning boosts Pasifika, Maori maths
Monday, 6 July 2009, 11:31 am | Massey University
When pupils talk and laugh in class, it usually means they are not doing much work. But for Massey education lecturer Dr Bobbie Hunter, it can mean just the opposite in the case of Pasifika and Maori children taking part in a maths research project. More >>
Researchers address meaning of maths for new era
Friday, 3 July 2009, 10:49 am | Massey University
How to improve mathematics literacy in ethnic minorities will be among hot topics discussed by teachers and researchers from around the world gathering at the University's Wellington campus next week. More >>
School holidays a business opportunity for some
Friday, 3 July 2009, 10:47 am | Massey University
Year-12 and 13 secondary school pupils from as far away as Wanaka in Otago and Otamatea in Northland are giving up part of their holidays to get some real life business skills as part of New Zealand Business Week at the Massey University. More >>
Official launch for first of new training aircraft
Friday, 3 July 2009, 9:23 am | Massey University
Massey University officially launched the first of its 14 new training aircraft at the School of Aviation's Milson Flight Systems Centre in Palmerston North today. More >>
Film success for story of unsung rugby hero
Thursday, 2 July 2009, 12:57 pm | Massey University
It has taken six years for brothers Meihana and Pere Durie to commit the compelling story of little known 19th century Mäori rugby hero Joseph Warbrick to 12 minutes of 35mm film. Their efforts have already started to pay off, with Warbrick picking ... More >>
Pseudoephedrine no boost to performance
Tuesday, 30 June 2009, 3:18 pm | Massey University
Many top-level cyclists may be putting their health at risk for no competitive gain by taking pseudoephedrine, according to new research. More >>
Exhibition marks 10 years of Wellington campus
Tuesday, 30 June 2009, 9:37 am | Massey University
Massey’s Wellington campus will this week celebrate its first decade with an exhibition showcasing some of the best work of students and staff, and a photographic display featuring the construction and refurbishment of the landmark Museum building, which ... More >>
Winning Team Feeds The World With The Granulator
Wednesday, 24 June 2009, 4:38 pm | Massey University
An idea for a device that uses food leftovers to help feed livestock in Mozambique won the national final of the Global Enterprise Challenge this week. More >>
PM ups the ante at Global Enterprise Challenge
Monday, 22 June 2009, 1:55 pm | Massey University
Prime Minister John Key issued a further incentive to students taking part in the Global Enterprise Challenge at the Albany campus. He pledged to pay half the air fares for the winning team to visit him in Parliament to present their proposal if ... More >>
Open entry for Maori part of overall strategy
Thursday, 18 June 2009, 4:21 pm | Massey University
Māori Studies lecturer Veronica Tawhai says the call by Māori Affairs Minister Dr Pita Sharples for open entry for Māori to universities should not be treated in isolation from the overall plan. More >>
Female farm workers at highest risk of leukaemia
Tuesday, 16 June 2009, 3:19 pm | Massey University
Agricultural workers have the highest incidence of leukaemia of all New Zealand occupation groups, probably because of their exposure to chemicals, the University's public health specialists have found. And women agriculture workers are even more at risk ... More >>
Kakariki Bird Re-Colonise Remote Island
Monday, 15 June 2009, 10:25 am | Massey University
The natural re-colonisation of kakariki on Raoul Island after a 150-year absence has set a unique international example for conservation management, University conservation researchers say. More >>
Spiteful Texts The Cruellest Form Of Bullying
Monday, 15 June 2009, 10:23 am | Massey University
Teenage girls prone to impulsively sending spiteful text messages need help from schools and parents in curbing what it is one of the most hurtful, insidious forms of bullying, says a Massey psychology researcher. More >>
Ecstasy use up as methamphetamine levels off
Thursday, 11 June 2009, 10:05 am | Massey University
An increase in the use of ecstasy may be due to the outlawing of the party pill drug BZP and the bad reputation of P, according to the latest findings of the illicit drugs monitoring work done by Massey University researchers. The latest findings ... More >>
Teams compete for global honours
Thursday, 11 June 2009, 10:02 am | Massey University
Teenage entrepreneurs from across New Zealand will battle it out in an international business competition hosted by Massey University later this month. More >>
$1.2 million for Mäori cancer care
Wednesday, 10 June 2009, 12:56 pm | Massey University
Statistics showing Mäori are 9 per cent more likely to get cancer than non-Mäori – and 77 per cent more like to die of it than other New Zealanders – have prompted the Health Research Council to fund two Massey University research projects aimed ... More >>
Fieldays site showcases new thinking
Wednesday, 10 June 2009, 11:05 am | Massey University
Massey University’s site at National Fieldays will showcase three cutting-edge projects, each taking New Zealand’s agri-food industry a step closer to sustainability. More >>
Secret life of hair, skin and muscle revealed
Tuesday, 9 June 2009, 2:31 pm | Massey University
The complex biology and structure of hair, skin and muscle has been the lifelong research focus of world-leading scientist Distinguished Professor David Parry, who will give a lecture at the Auckland Museum tomorrow tonight (Wednesday). More >>
Shame of abuse victims little understood
Monday, 8 June 2009, 11:09 am | Massey University
Messages of choice and empowerment aimed at prompting abused women them to leave their abusers may be having the opposite effect in some cases, says sociologist Dr Angela Jury. Dr Jury, who graduated from Massey last month with a PhD in Sociology, ... More >>
