Massey University
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Massey University is one of New Zealand's leading educational institutions with three campuses in the North Island and a distance learning programme that delivers university qualifications to all parts of the country.
The former chief science adviser to the Irish government will give a lecture at Massey's Manawatu campus tomorrow outlining Ireland's approach to science investment.
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From policing intellectual property trademarks at the Spanish Formula One Grand Prix to securing market access for New Zealand potato exports to Korea, Michael O'Shaughnessy draws on a wealth of cross-cultural experiences in diplomacy in his new role as Massey's international relations director.
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, held a kiwi, saw a Jack Russell terrier recovering from surgery, met Team Massey riders at the Equestrian Centre and said she was thrilled with the "wonderful visit" to the university's Manawatü campus this afternoon.
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A project by College of Creative Arts staff member and fine arts graduate Bronwyn Holloway-Smith has won the Open Source Use in The Arts category at the New Zealand Open Source Awards.
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Kiwi airmen in the Battle of Britain – one of World War II's defining conflicts – made a remarkable contribution relative to the size of their contingent, says a Massey University historian.
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A Professorial Fellow at the Centre for Public Health Research at Massey’s Wellington campus, Professor John Potter, has been presented with an international award in acknowledgement of his contribution to cancer research.
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Fashion design student Rebecca Hoang has designed a unique range of clothes that combine catwalk and bush walk.
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Olympic gold medallists Lisa Carrington and Hamish Bond and Silver Fern Laura Langman are among the 67 student-athletes to be awarded New Zealand Universities Blues this year.
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Massey University’s expertise in food production is being sought by Daxing district in China's capital city, Beijing.
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The contribution of the franchising sector to New Zealand’s economy has been measured for the first time in nearly a decade.
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An internationally acclaimed public health specialist has been appointed as the first head of the University's new College of Health, Vice-Chancellor Steve Maharey announced today.
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By Associate Professor Christine Cheyne Wellington's local government leaders are to be commended for recognising the need to review regional governance.
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Massey University’s Wildbase team was presented with an award from the Department of Conservation last week.
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A Massey University researcher has been awarded funding to research how to better deal with beryllium, the most toxic non-radioactive element on the planet.
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Massey Associate Professor Lisa Emerson and Māori development lecturer Veronica Tawhai have both been awarded prestigious scholarships to pursue their research internationally.
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AUCKLAND CITY — A Massey researcher is investigating how local and central governments and communities can work together to build a better urban public transport system in Auckland.
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US election opinion: Professor Ted Zorn Has there ever been a more blatant political about-face than what we’ve witnessed in the past few weeks of the US presidential election? Mitt Romney transformed the race for the White House during the first presidential debate, which he was widely considered to have ‘won’.
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Investors all around the world are focusing their attention on the result of the United States presidential election next week, but a Massey University finance lecturer says the best investment strategy is to just ignore the outcome.
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More than 120 staff attended the Vice-Chancellor’s Symposium at the Wellington campus on Tuesday.
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Massey University is sponsoring an event that will bring 300 young New Zealanders together to help shape the future.
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The private sector’s role in community development in the Pacific will be the focus of a three-year project led by Massey’s Regina Scheyvens and Glenn Banks.
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New Zealand marine snails could be the key to understanding just how evolution works, according to a Massey University research team.
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Works by renowned mid 20th century New Zealand artist John Drawbridge and photographer Brian Brake, go under the hammer at a fundraising auction on November 12 that also celebrates New Zealand's film, literary and musical heritage- and benefits an aspiring Massey University creative arts student.
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A Massey professor has received a national award for his significant contribution to teacher education over the past 20 years.
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A Massey University doctoral student has been awarded a scholarship to present at an international life cycle management conference in Sweden next year.
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MARTON — A community transport survey in Marton has revealed the town’s limited services do not meet its residents’ needs.
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In Europe it’s a piece of market wisdom referred to as ‘Sell in May and go away’; in the United States they call it the Halloween effect.
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Massey University has signed an agreement with the University of Delhi that will provide opportunities for student and staff exchanges and information sharing collaborations.
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Massey University celebrated Māori literary excellence at the fourth annual Māori Book awards held in Palmerston North last night.
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Kimberley Dewhurst and Rosina Montagnini are this year's recipients of Massey's two major social work prizes awarded to fourth-year students.
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PALMERSTON NORTH — Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, will visit Massey’s equestrian centre and Veterinary Teaching Hospital at the Manawatū campus on November 15 as part of The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
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A group of education leaders successfully argued that teachers are not born but made at the Teacher Education Forum of Aoetearoa New Zealand this week.
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PALMERSTON NORTH — The inaugural symposium for life cycle management students was held at Massey’s Manawatu campus last week.
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An academic paper co-authored by Massey University Professor of Human Nutrition Bernhard Breier has been named the most cited paper of the last 10 years in the American Journal of Physiology – Endocrinology and Metabolism.
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A Palmerston North couple have made the largest donation received by the Massey University Foundation, an endowment of more than $1.2 million.
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More than $5.5 million has been awarded to eight Massey research projects ranging from Pacific Island business innovation to quantum thermodynamics.
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The national winners of the Ballance Farm Environment Awards visited Massey’s Manawatu campus last week to meet with researchers from the Institute of Natural Resources and learn about their research programme.
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Massey University’s Infectious Disease Research Centre was officially launched at an event at the Manawatu campus last night.
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Former Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard and social work pioneer Mervyn Hancock will receive honorary doctorates from Massey at next month's graduation ceremonies.
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Global design awards scheme Red Dot has ranked Massey 11th among Asia Pacific institutions for design concept, up one place from six months ago.
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Processed snack foods are not usually known for their health benefits, but a Massey University PhD student has devised a snack that not only tastes good, it is healthy too.
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Sacking the secret agent at the centre of the Dotcom case will not change the way New Zealand’s spy agencies operate, says Massey University sociologist Dr Warwick Tie.
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The Massey University Council has conferred the title of Professor Emeritus on three recently retired academics – psychiatrist Sir Mason Durie, psychologist Dr Ian Evans and historian Dr Margaret Tennant.
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Using advanced techniques to detect the microbial nitty-gritty of what’s in our soils was the focus of a science weekend for 80 high school students at Massey University’s Albany campus recently.
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International students from 22 countries and their families celebrated completing their studies in 21 different programmes at a farewell at the Manawatü campus last week.
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Construction has begun on another stage of the ongoing redevelopment of the AgHort complex at the Manawatü campus.
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School of English and Media Studies creative writing tutor Dr Pip Adam has been presented with a $25,000 award from the New Zealand Arts Foundation for her fiction writing.
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For the last four years a dedicated group of photographers have been honing their skills at Massey University.
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Returning to Manawatu and Massey is a homecoming for Professor Casie Hermansson.
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Methamphetamine users’ use of synthetic cannabis products (such as Kronic) increased from ten per cent in 2010 to 41 per cent in 2011 an annual report on illegal drug use shows.
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Masterton isn’t generally known for its fashion scene, but that could all change once three final-year fashion design students, who all hail from the Wairarapa, graduate.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Innovative product design, challenging art works, cutting-edge animation, original textiles, show-stopping fashion, movies made on mobile phones: Wellington will see it all in the 6th annual Blow Creative Arts Festival. Blow is coordinated by Massey University’s College of Creative Arts and celebrates the past, present and future of art and design in New Zealand.
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Massey University’s student investment club is fundraising for the Mental Health Foundation with a public lecture on the growing inter-dependence of the private and public sectors.
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Massey student-artists won four of the five categories at this year’s Student City Arts and Cultural Awards.
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A Massey University agriculture student will spend a month in China working with local researchers and gaining an insight into dairy systems there.
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Defining the quality of beginning teachers, control over professional standards and the place of alternative teacher education are topics that will stir debate at next week’s Teacher Education Forum of Aotearoa New Zealand (TEFANZ).
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Massey Agriculture staff and students joined with a host of industry representatives to celebrate the year’s student achievements at a dinner in Palmerston North on Friday.
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Artwork by lecturer in photographic design Caroline McQuarrie and other works by leading New Zealand artists go under the hammer on Wednesday when Massey’s Wellington campus hosts Pablos Art Auction.
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Mo Yan is China’s first writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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Cat owners can look forward to fewer scratches while administering medicine thanks to a new drug delivery technology developed by Massey University researchers.
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A vision of New Zealand as a food basket for the world, with 100 per cent renewable energy production and a strong focus on education has won the 2012 Future U competition.
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A Massey student and graduate with big design dreams have had at least one ambition realised – having their artwork showcased on billboards in New York's Times Square.
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Massey is bringing together researchers from across the University to combat infectious diseases that pose a threat to health, biosecurity and trade.
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Massey University is proud to announce the winners of the 2012 annual Māori Book Awards.
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Budding reporters from the Graduate Diploma in Journalism class gathered this week to celebrate the end of their study year and honour some of their peers who made a particular impression with their work in the class, online and out reporting for community and daily newspapers.
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Te Ara Hihiko, the new College of Creative Arts building on Massey’s Wellington campus, has been named the winner of the engineering excellence award at the Timber Design Awards 2012.
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A rescue harness created by industrial design student Nick Graham as a means of getting climbers affected by altitude sickness back down to safe levels in a rapid descent, has been awarded a product design gold medal at the 2012 Best Design awards.
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PALMERSTON NORTH — The Manawatū Festival of New Arts produced by Associate Professor Angie Farrow continues at the Globe Theatre in Palmerston North this weekend.
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Massey University will host this year’s New Zealand University Blues Awards at its Wellington campus.
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Chilean biologist Virginia Moreno is besotted with frogs.
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More than 3000 baby boomers will be surveyed on their social media use and aspirations for independent living in a Massey University study.
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Two London Olympians took the major awards at the Massey University Manawatu-Wellington Blues Awards ceremony held last night.
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The former head of the UK Design Council, David Kester, will address how New Zealand can use design to create more valuable products and services, and generate higher returns, when he meets leading figures in business, design, regional and economic development during a packed visit to this country in early November.
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On the eve of Mental Health Day [Wednesday], clinical psychologist and emergency management specialist Dr Sarb Johal says it is timely to remind people affected by loss and disaster of the support available to them on an ongoing basis.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland is now the only region in New Zealand where home affordability has declined over the past year.
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Opinion: Professor Christoph Schumacher On the eve of the 30th anniversary of CER, the Closer Economic Relations agreement between Australia and New Zealand, there is much discussion about the next steps to strengthen economic ties with our neighbour across the ditch.
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Opinion: Dr Andrew Dickson I have been watching the media's engagement with the Healthy at Every Size movement – and it has been a frustrating and perplexing experience.
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Being a foreigner can be an incredibly enriching experience that can shape the person you become in the future.
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Textile design graduate Kristy Johnstone has gone the extra mile, traipsing around four merino sheep stations, to gather the vegetation needed for the dyed wool and fabrics, that form part of an exhibition being staged in Wellington later this month.
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Emergency management specialists from Massey’s Joint Centre for Disaster Research are to revisit the scene of the Rena oil spill in the Bay of Plenty as part of a $760,000 project investigating the resilience of communities having to cope with disaster on their doorstep.
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AUCKLAND CITY — War historian Glyn Harper will give an address at a remembrance service marking the 95th anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele.
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A Massey University lecturer has been nominated for a national award for his work in campaigning for people with disabilities.
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Massey Ventures Limited has appointed Auckland business strategist Terry Allen as its new chair.
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A health research project led by a Massey epidemiologist investigating links between the environment and disease has been awarded $1.5 million by the Ministry of Health.
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Results from the 2012 Great New Zealand Employment Survey show that nearly half of employees are either actively looking or considering looking for a new job – and having fun at work is the most important thing for job satisfaction.
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Massey University is now a "preferred provider" for the Indonesian Government, which plans to spend significant money over several years providing scholarships for students, tertiary teachers and public servants to study overseas.
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A garment made from old paint tin lids collected in the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquakes by third-year fashion design student Nicole Linnell, has won the Shell Student Innovation Award at the 2012 Brancott Estate World of WearableArt Show.
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