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How communities recover from disasters
Thursday, 14 February 2008, 5:18 pm | Massey University
Community response and recovery from disasters is the subject of a presentation at Massey’s Wellington campus tomorrow as the final instalment of the week-long Emergency Management Summer Institute hosted by Joint Centre for Disaster Research ... More >>
Ronald Chippindale a loss to aviation students
Tuesday, 12 February 2008, 4:26 pm | Massey University
The General Manager of the University's School of Aviation, Captain Ashok Poduval, today paid tribute to the late Ronald Chippindale, an adjunct lecturer at the school for the past seven years. More >>
Retail tobacco displays make it tougher to quit
Thursday, 7 February 2008, 1:44 pm | Massey University
Tobacco advertising displays may be undermining smokers' attempts to give up and tempting former smokers to resume smoking, research by Professor of Marketing Janet Hoek has found. More >>
New evidence of occupational cancers
Monday, 4 February 2008, 9:38 am | Massey University
New research by staff at the University’s Centre for Public Health Research show increased risk of cancer for occupational groups including hairdressers, sewing machinists, field crop and fruit and vegetable growers. Occupational cancers account for 330 ... More >>
Effectiveness of post-disaster aid examined
Wednesday, 30 January 2008, 11:43 am | Massey University
The effectiveness of post-disaster aid is a focus of PhD study by psychology student Heather Taylor. Ms Taylor's research into the role of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in disaster management, primarily in the post-event stage, will take her to ... More >>
Survey rates ASB Bank tops for NZ website design
Friday, 25 January 2008, 4:09 pm | Massey University
The ASB bank and phone companies Telecom and Vodafone have rated highest in an analysis of website design of New Zealand’s most-visited homepages. More >>
Scientists tackle cholesterol control
Thursday, 24 January 2008, 5:19 pm | Massey University
Researchers at the University’s Institute of Food, Nutrition and Human Health are investigating the role of an amino acid in cholesterol metabolism, with the aim of finding a new method of cholesterol control. More >>
Body clock study gains research funding
Thursday, 24 January 2008, 2:58 pm | Massey University
Sleep researcher Dr Sarah-Jane Paine has been awarded the Health Research Council Eru Pomare Research Fellowship in Māori Health, worth $463,000 over three years. More >>
Sleep science goes onstage
Monday, 14 January 2008, 1:29 pm | Massey University
Sleep/Wake blends dance, science and performance design to explore the world of the unconscious, revealing those things that lie dormant within us: hidden performances of the self – obsessions, ambitions, and dreams. More >>
Temporary contemporary art series announced
Friday, 11 January 2008, 10:03 am | Massey University
Twenty public artworks will be created in five New Zealand cities, but they will each exist for no more than a 24-hour period. One Day Sculpture will begin in June and continue until June 2009 in Auckland, New Plymouth, Wellington, Christchurch ... More >>
Major NZ international contemporary art series
Wednesday, 9 January 2008, 5:18 pm | Massey University
One Day Sculpture, a New Zealand-wide contemporary art commissioning series, will be launched in Wellington in March 2008 in conjunction with the New Zealand International Arts Festival. More >>
Nobel Laureate to give New Zealand lectures
Monday, 7 January 2008, 11:58 am | Massey University
Physicist, author, ghost-buster and 2004 Nobel prizewinner Frank Wilczek will explore the mysteries of the Universe at lectures in Palmerston North and Auckland next week. More >>
Joys of letter-writing alive and well
Thursday, 20 December 2007, 4:27 pm | Massey University
Handwritten letters might seem a quaintly old-fashioned method of communicating in the era of emails, text messaging and video conferencing. More >>
Meanings make stolen medals irreplaceable
Thursday, 13 December 2007, 5:13 pm | Massey University
Reaction to the theft of medals from the Waiouru museum has been dramatic because of their power as symbols of sacrifice and service, says a cultural researcher. More >>
Enron Lessons Unheeded In New Zealand
Wednesday, 12 December 2007, 11:41 am | Massey University
The lessons of the Enron financial scandal have gone unheeded – and the same potential for fraud exists in New Zealand, says the journalist who first broke the story. More >>
Enron lessons unheeded in New Zealand
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 5:38 pm | Massey University
The lessons of the Enron financial scandal have gone unheeded – and the same potential for fraud exists in New Zealand, says the journalist who first broke the story. More >>
Disaster research erupts
Wednesday, 5 December 2007, 5:03 pm | Massey University
An unprecedented interest in the human side of disasters has prompted a gathering of social scientists, policy makers and emergency management staff. More >>
Journalism under the microscope
Wednesday, 5 December 2007, 10:42 am | Massey University
News reporting of the so-called “terror” raids by New Zealand police, news media freedom of speech in Fiji, and how old-fashioned journalism helped break the United States Enron scandal are topics for analysis at a journalism conference in Wellington ... More >>
Fruit and veg costing families a packet
Sunday, 2 December 2007, 3:11 pm | Massey University
Where and when you shop has a huge impact on the price you pay for fruit and vegetables, a University researcher has found, with produce at the most expensive stores costing up to 50 per cent more. More >>
Benefits outweigh costs of rainwater harvesting
Thursday, 29 November 2007, 10:45 am | Massey University
With a long, hot summer forecast and drought conditions already in some regions, New Zealanders will increasingly depend on collecting their own rainwater as the effects of climate change become more apparent, says roof water researcher Stan Abbott. More >>
