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.
Massey University lecturer and soldier Major Josh Wineera has been invited by the United States State Department to participate in a high-profile study programme examining US national security policy and current threats facing the United States.
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HAWKE'S BAY — Vice-Chancellor Steve Maharey will lead a high-level Massey University delegation to Hawke’s Bay next week to cement links with local mayors and chief executives.
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A new study into the causes and experience of conflict in the franchise sector shows that New Zealand franchisees can be disappointed with their franchising experience.
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Massey University’s mother and daughter mathematics champions Dr Bobbie Hunter and Jodie Hunter are transforming the way Pasifika and Maori pupils learn maths in a bid to lift achievement levels.
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Massey University’s National Oiled Wildlife Response Team has partially re-opened its facility at Te Maunga in Tauranga in anticipation of any newly affected wildlife as a result of the breaking up of the container ship Rena.
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AUCKLAND — Auckland has overtaken Central Otago Lakes as the least affordable region to buy a house, Massey University’s latest home affordability report shows.
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Massey University’s director of nursing programmes Associate Professor Annette Huntington was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the New Year Honours announced at the weekend.
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Studying sociology has been a pathway to influential roles for a group of Massey graduates from the 1980s, who held a reunion at the Manawatu campus on Tuesday evening.
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A one-liner from an anti drink-drive television advert has been voted quote of the year in a Massey University competition to find the top ten New Zealand memorable quotes of 2011.
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A health sector specialist has joined Massey University’s College of Business Advisory Board.
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Summer – for adults at least – is the perfect time to catch up on reading, and the idea of kicking back with a good novel is sheer bliss for many.
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A joint project to produce a comprehensive picture of New Zealand's involvement in the First World War, involving Massey University, the New Zealand Defence Force and the Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association was launched in Wellington last Thursday.
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Using her maths talents to resolve complex problems in the steel and dairy industries at Massey University’s Albany campus has been a contrast to the usual classroom world of North Shore teacher Kerri Spooner.
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Bringing different perspectives to important Māori political and development issues has been the motivation behind two new books launched by Massey University this week.
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Acclaimed pianist, composer and Massey University jazz lecturer Phil Broadhurst's new album Delayed Reaction is a family affair.
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Links between social networking and young people’s use of alcohol are now so firmly embedded that many users of both aren’t even aware of the connections, according to new research.
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Chemistry, culture and kava were among themes explored at five days of Pasifika-focused conferences at Massey University’s Albany campus last week.
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The World Bank has granted Massey University $5m in funding to extend its education programme strengthening Asian public health and veterinary capacity to combat zoonotic diseases.
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Massey University scientists have added their names to a message from the science community urging the government to reconsider its restructure of the Department of Conservation.
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A Massey University energy expert says the global agriculture industry, including that of New Zealand, must reduce its dependence on fossil fuels to secure food supply in the future.
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Intelligent robots that play a role in improving human life will be discussed at a conference hosted at Massey University this week.
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A Massey ecologist has teamed up with a leading wildlife photographer to produce the definitive book on New Zealand's national bird, the kiwi.
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MANAWATU-WHANGANUI — A group of historians have opened the cupboard at Palmerston North’s Te Manawa museum and blown the dust off 40 objects that shed light on the history of the Manawatu region and it’s place in the nation and the world.
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A comparison of methane emissions from three ruminant species eating different forages, with and without feed additives, found chicory will reduce methane emissions in sheep - but also highlighted the challenges in identifying mitigation strategies and shown the need for further research.
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A lack of women leaders in New Zealand newspaper journalism is blamed on the “glass bubble”, not the “glass ceiling” in a new study by Massey University.
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Starting a business, harnessing the chemistry of food flavours, and the history of the book were among fascinating topics covered at Massey University’s Albany campus to keep Year 10 pupils focused on learning – yearning though they may be for summer holidays to begin.
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TAURANGA — Fears about the ecological impact the grounding of the container ship Rena will have on surrounding wildlife may have grabbed all the headlines, but researchers are expressing concern about the ecological state of Tauranga Harbour, too.
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Team Massey rider Virginia Thompson has taken out the one star class at the weekend’s national one-day event held at the Richfield thoroughbred stud farm near Te Kauwhata.
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A ground breaking intelligent digital microscope developed at Massey University looks set to revolutionise climate research.
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Directors, managers and senior staff from companies including Saatchi & Saatchi, KiwiRail, Fonterra, Telecom and the ANZ are among the 48 students who have graduated with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Massey University this year.
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PALMERSTON NORTH — Marketing students jumped to the task when they were asked to come up with a $10,000 marketing plan to help a not-for-profit organisation in Palmerston North.
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Māori writers, editors and publishers converged on Massey University’s School of Māori Studies in Palmerston North last night to recognise the best Māori books published over the past 12 months.
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AUCKLAND — Generations of New Zealanders have been steadily growing taller due to good nutrition and the same approach could also make youngsters brainer, according to organisers of a Massey University symposium on brain development and nutrition for babies.
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Generations of New Zealanders have been steadily growing taller due to good nutrition and the same approach could also make youngsters brainier, according to organisers of a Massey University symposium on brain development and nutrition for babies.
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Plans to introduce an international alcohol control study to parts of Asia gather momentum this week at a working meeting with visiting researchers from Korea, Mongolia and Thailand, led by Massey University’s School of Public Health alcohol researcher Professor Sally Casswell.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Aspects of emergency management ranging from incident coordination to the science of triage are the subject of a series of public lectures being hosted by Fulbright specialist Gregg Lord and the Joint Centre for Disaster Research.
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Massey staff member Oiroa Kaihau has been presented with a United States Meritorious Service Medal for his work in Afghanistan with the New Zealand Defence Force in 2009.
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AUCKLAND — The enduring power of spirituality for the Pasifika diaspora in every aspect of life, from sport to education, is a unifying theme of the Talanoa Oceania 2011 conference at Massey University’s Albany campus next week.
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The first pilots to complete their training on Massey University’s state-of-the-art fleet of Diamond aircraft have received their Wings.
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The enduring power of spirituality for the Pasifika diaspora in every aspect of life, from sport to education, is a unifying theme of the Talanoa Oceania 2011 conference at Massey University’s Albany campus next week.
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The University's Internationalisation Strategy for 2011-15 was launched this week, in what Vice-Chancellor Steve Maharey described as an important watershed for Massey.
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At more than 70 years of age, Massey University’s latest Maori PhD recipient is a role model for aspiring, young students – not only as a successful scholar but also as someone who is still seeking to understand his place in a bicultural country.
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Fifteen postgradaute Pasifka students were among graduates at today's two Massey University capping ceremonies in Palmerston North.
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Some 450 Massey graduates paraded across the stage today in Palmerston North - and across the globe, as the ceremonies were beamed live around the world.
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Elections are bad for business because economic uncertainty increases during political campaigns, according to a newly-published study by a Massey University researcher.
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The associate head of Massey University’s School of Fine Arts has won a major award for his book of underground photographs.
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New Zealanders may have embraced Bollywood films, the Diwali Festival of Lights and Indian cuisine, but highly qualified migrants from India struggle to get work here, a new report says.
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It’s called On the Fence, but a group of Institute of Communication Design students hope their entertaining online interactive tool will encourage young New Zealanders to come off the fence to join in the decision-making by casting a vote in the general election.
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by Grant Duncan Although it’s impossible to predict the exact numbers at the election this Saturday, we can at least see some overall trends in opinion polls – and we can speculate about options for forming a government after the votes are counted.
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by Claire Robinson Many will be familiar with the Tip Top Trumpet “Undies” advertisement when a man in a bathing suit walks away from a beach into a town, while the question is asked “how far away from the beach do togs become undies?” The answer: “if you can’t see the water you’re in underpants”.
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Leaders of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences visited the Massey College of Sciences at Manawatu for the first time on November 14.
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Members of the Joint Centre for Disaster Research who worked in the aftermath of February’s Christchurch earthquake have been rewarded with T-shirts by Civil Defence and information technology company Gen-I for their efforts.
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The University has won another Māori Language Award for its initiatives to celebrate Māori Language Week.
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Accountancy professor Jill Hooks has broken a six-year hold her male counterparts at Albany have had on the students' association Lecturer of the Year awards.
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MT MAUNGANUI — The National Oiled Wildlife Response Team, led by Massey University, released 49 little blue penguins at Mount Maunganui this morning.
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The School of Aviation's approach to safety training for pilots has impressed members of the Australian aviation industry.
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A specialist in management communication, workplace wellbeing and organisational change will head Massey University's College of Business from next year.
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Staged release of some of the cleaned birds from the oiled wildlife facility at Te Maunga is starting this week, Maritime New Zealand says.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Emergency management specialists from the Joint Centre for Disaster Research at Massey University are inviting the Wellington region’s emergency planners to join forces in a purpose-built $15 million complex to improve preparedness for disasters.
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by Grant Duncan Students of New Zealand politics may look back at the 2011 election and see the so-called teapot tape as the political turning point.
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Massey University researcher Associate Professor Shaun Cooper was awarded the New Zealand Mathematical Society Research Award at the Royal Society Research Honours Dinner last night.
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Clever science has given us industrial, chemical, and technological developments to make life comfortable and convenient, but its excesses are putting the planet in peril, says Massey University Vice-Chancellor Steve Maharey.
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TAURANGA — About 80 of the little blue penguins at the Massey University-led Oiled Wildlife Facility in Tauranga are being prepared for release, although it is not yet known when that will happen.
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International specialists on sensing technology, the science and analysis of detecting signals electronically, will join local speakers for the fifth international conference on the subject at the Manawatu campus beginning on November 28.
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What happens when an award-winning poet from Massey University researches science? Two books, one scholarly book and the other poetry book are published in the same month.
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The oil spill off the Tauranga coast has not only had damaging environmental and economic impacts, but has eroded trust in public institutions as well, according to Massey University disaster research specialists.
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WELLINGTON — Ties between Wellington businesses and the University and other parts of the tertiary education sector were celebrated at a recent networking function at the Museum Building.
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A doctoral student and former flight instructor at Massey University has won an award to support her contribution to aviation safety in New Zealand.
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AUCKLAND CITY — An Intrapreneurship Summit to transform and revitalise businesses is one of a series of events Massey University is involved in this week as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW).
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Most of the more than 400 birds at the Oiled Wildlife Facility are now in good health, but a small number require on-going veterinary care in the intensive care unit.
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A wristband that uses Bluetooth technology to help parents track their children’s whereabouts was one of the winning entries in Grow Wellington’s recent Bright Ideas Challenge.
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A Massey University biologist has been awarded a $2500 scholarship for her study on white-faced storm petrels on a remote island north of Auckland, which she says could pave the way for creating new colonies on the mainland.
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Hollywood’s latest killer plague movie Contagion is closer to reality than some might think, according to Massey University specialists in the spread of infectious diseases.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Massey University professors have won two of the four medals presented at last night’s New Zealand Association of Scientists Awards in Wellington.
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Scientist, social entrepreneur and inventor Sir Ray Avery will give a public lecture at Massey University’s Albany campus next month.
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A revolutionary rescue harness created by a Massey University design student could save lives in mountain emergencies.
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An ergonomics doctoral student who studied back pain in coal miners has won a prestigious international award for her research.
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Alumni events were held in Malaysia and Singapore last week.
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While the numbers of birds being admitted to the Oiled Wildlife Facility has declined recently, keeping the hundreds being held there fed, watered and healthy is still a big task for staff.
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Professor Glyn Harper’s best-selling Massacre at Passchendaele has been picked up and reprinted by British publisher FireStep Books.
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by David Tripe One of the topics of recent financial news from around the world and New Zealand has been credit ratings.
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Science and Innovation Minister Dr Wayne Mapp was guest of honour at the second graduation for food technology students at Massey’s Singapore campus last week.
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A unique tool for measuring on-farm pasture growth has won a major award at this year’s New Zealand Innovators Awards.
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by Claire Robinson Valid questions were asked on Sunday morning’s Mediawatch about the role of television in political impression formation, and the focus of the punditry (me included) on the presentational style of the National and Labour party leaders in the first televised leaders debate on TV One.
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It is a milestone year for Ngā Kupu Ora 2011, the third Māori Book Awards.
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by Associate Professor Jane Parker There is already something of a political scrum over the appearance of John Key on all of his party’s election posters, and the absence of Phil Goff from Labour’s.
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BAY OF PLENTY — The emergency phase of the oiled wildlife recovery at the Bay of Plenty is winding down, with no more oiled birds admitted for two days to the Tauranga centre where Massey University’s specialist team and numerous volunteers are caring for over 400 rescued penguins and sea birds.
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Massey University scientist Dr Shane Telfer has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright New Zealand Senior Scholar Award to study at the University of California, Berkeley.
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A digital IPad application for fashionistas, a new twist on tapa cloth and a vampire-inspired cook book are among the quirky designs which form part of the eagerly awaited Exposure exhibition of work by graduating students from the School of Design.
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For some time, calls by Retirement Commissioner Diana Crossan to increase the age of eligibility for New Zealand superannuation have fallen on deaf ears.
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Internationally renowned sociologist Professor Paul Spoonley has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Last night’s storm in the Bay of Plenty saw no new birds brought into the Oiled Wildlife Response Unit, though the demand for space to house little blue penguins continues to grow.
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Massey University will tomorrow host what is thought to be New Zealand's first unconference.
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A lack of information and public education has led to widespread confusion and indifference regarding the referendum on New Zealand’s voting system, says Massey University public policy lecturer Associate Professor Grant Duncan.
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A summary of submissions made by staff, students and external stakeholders in relation to the proposals for academic reform of the College of Education was presented to the college board on Friday.
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Six staff have been promoted to professor and 21 to associate professor in the annual promotion round.
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Etiquette for surfers, Alzheimer disease awareness and internet safety are some of the safety and social issues to inspire final year projects at Massey University’s Auckland School of Design.
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Massey University and DairyNZ have announced the appointment of a leading dairy researcher to the New Zealand Dairy Industry Chair in Dairy Production Systems.
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A government decision to empower business incubators to offer $50,000 grants to young technology companies is perfect timing says the head of Massey University’s ecentre.
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