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Study to weigh up body fat and health risks
Thursday, 2 April 2009, 4:14 pm | Massey University
A study using the newest technology for measuring body fat is set to challenge conventional views of what constitutes healthy female body weight. More >>
New Zealanders are becoming less religious
Thursday, 2 April 2009, 11:52 am | Massey University
There has been a sharp rise in the number of New Zealanders with no religious affiliation, new research shows. In a study by the University, 40 per cent of respondents say they have no religious affiliation compared to 29 per cent 17 years ago. Just over ... More >>
‘Super' city’ is not so super for local democracy
Tuesday, 31 March 2009, 2:00 pm | Massey University
The royal commission proposal on Auckland governance has tackled only one half of the issue and ignores the issue of community representation, says local government specialist Dr Andy Asquith. More >>
Ulmer inspires Massey Academy of Sport intake
Tuesday, 31 March 2009, 12:20 pm | Massey University
Olympic champion cyclist Sarah Ulmer gave this year’s Academy of Sport class insights into the life of an elite athlete at the Manawatu campus last night. More >>
5 degrees and counting after 40 years with Massey
Tuesday, 31 March 2009, 11:28 am | Massey University
American astronauts had just taken their first steps on the moon when Margarret Fidow began extramural studies at Massey University. The Auckland accountancy teacher enrolled as a Bachelor of Commerce student in 1969. Forty years later, she is still enrolled ... More >>
Professorial lecture explores evolution in action
Monday, 30 March 2009, 3:51 pm | Massey University
Understanding and predicting evolutionary patterns and trends by observing how bacterial populations develop in different settings is among the themes of a public lecture by Professor Paul Rainey at Massey’s Albany campus on Wednesday. In his lecture ... More >>
Rental market matches 'distance from CBD' theory
Thursday, 26 March 2009, 4:00 pm | Massey University
The theory that homes closest to a city's central business district is tested for Auckland in the latest quarterly survey of the residential rental market by the University's Real Estate Analysis Unit. More >>
School system fails in its approach to reading
Thursday, 26 March 2009, 10:20 am | Massey University
A significant number of children start school without the language experiences they need to be able to learn to read, says the head of the University's College of Education, Professor James Chapman. More >>
Massey to celebrate Mäori alumni
Tuesday, 24 March 2009, 1:01 pm | Massey University
The University will roll out the red carpet for Mäori alumni and stakeholders at the Wellington campus on Thursday evening in the first of what will become regular events. More >>
Robotics competition winners will head to US
Monday, 23 March 2009, 4:31 pm | Massey University
Twelve Auckland teenagers have a date in Dallas next month after manoeuvring their machines to victory in a fast and furious final of a robotics competition on the Albany campus at the weekend. More >>
Major global achievement for Massey
Monday, 23 March 2009, 4:21 pm | Massey University
The University today formally signed an agreement with Singapore Polytechnic that will significantly boost the number of students graduating from the food technology programme. More >>
‘Pavlov’s fruit flies’ studied in memory research
Thursday, 19 March 2009, 11:03 am | Massey University
A Massey researcher hopes to unravel the mystery of memories and how they are stored in the brain by studying fruit flies. More >>
Teen robotics wizards to compete for US event
Thursday, 19 March 2009, 9:28 am | Massey University
Tech-savvy teenagers from around the country will unleash their specially designed robots in a New Zealand Vex robotics competition at the Albany campus on Friday and Saturday. More >>
Kakariki back on Auckland mainland
Wednesday, 18 March 2009, 9:51 am | Massey University
Chattering red-crowned kakariki can be heard again on Auckland’s mainland for the first time in a century, following a successful Massey University-led release of the species at Tawharanui Regional Park at the weekend. More >>
Pampered young bats going home
Tuesday, 17 March 2009, 12:09 pm | Massey University
Four juvenile short-tailed bats will be taken home today after being nursed back to health at Massey’s wildlife ward. More >>
Rare chance to view Sport and Rugby Institute
Tuesday, 17 March 2009, 10:36 am | Massey University
The Massey University Sport and Rugby Institute will open its doors to the public for an open day on Sunday. The University has managed the institute for three years, providing a venue for high-level sport and corporate team training. More >>
Honorary doctorate for Turners & Growers leader
Monday, 16 March 2009, 3:57 pm | Massey University
From his cliff-top home in Northcote Don Turner can see across the Waitemata to the portside Auckland site where he used to accompany his father, Grahame, by ferry to Turners & Growers Ltd auction rooms in the school holidays. He recalls being captivated ... More >>
Honorary doctorate for educationalist Turoa Royal
Monday, 16 March 2009, 9:59 am | Massey University
Turoa Royal was told throughout his early education that to become a “learned gentleman” he needed to study and speak other languages. More >>
Seminars to gauge disaster response
Thursday, 12 March 2009, 3:27 pm | Massey University
Australia’s devastating bushfires in Victoria offer a timely insight into how communities cope in the face of disaster a Massey University scientist says ahead of a seminar advising how organisations can prepare for, respond to and recover from a natural, ... More >>
Breathtaking ideas from young entrepreneurs
Thursday, 12 March 2009, 2:22 pm | Massey University
An energy boosting ice block, a beat-the-recession internet blog and a gym towel with iPod storage were among the business ideas suggested by students at the launch of the Young Enterprise Scheme (YES). More >>
