Auckland campus collection enhanced with new works
Source: Massey University Lonnie Hutchinson’s works Secrets you can’t tell (left) and I can make a rhyme emply her signature use of hand-cut forms Brett Graham’s 37.24° S, 175.02° E Massey University’s Auckland campus is home to a collection of more than 90 artworks – and it continues to grow with the acquisition of new works […]
Read More →Massey staff member wins at Women of Influence Awards
Source: Massey University Dr Palmer is presented with her award at the Women of Influence gala dinner [embedded content] School of Management senior lecturer and the first female elected to the board of New Zealand Rugby Dr Farah Palmer has received the 2018 Women of Influence Board and Management Award. Dr Palmer was presented with the […]
Read More →Artist in residence experiments with sound and vision
Source: Massey University David Downes – Visiting artist in residence at the Manawatū campus. Composer and experimental multi-media artist David Downes is taking his fascination for building musical instruments that don’t need a human touch in a new direction – with his role as Artist in Residence at Massey’s Manawatū campus. The talented musician is […]
Read More →Peer effects, personal characteristics and asset allocation
Source: Massey University After family, work colleagues are the key influence on an individual’s investment decisions. By Dr Jasmine Fang Both academic researchers and practitioners know that behavioural biases can drive household financial decisions away from standard finance models, and that people don’t always follow the professional advice they receive. Peer effects have been found […]
Read More →Two Massey academics awarded teaching excellence awards
Source: Massey University Minister of Tertiary Education Chris Hipkins and Dr Kathryn Hay, who was last night awarded a Sustained Excellence in Tertiary Teaching Award, from Ako Aotearoa. Photo credit: Ako Aotearoa. Dr Kathryn Hay and Professor Andy Martin were last night awarded Sustained Excellence in Tertiary Teaching Awards for 2018 as part of the […]
Read More →Studying storytelling through silent comics
Source: Massey University Dr Barbara Postema holding a copy of one of her favourite graphic novels, Leaf, by Daishu Ma (Fantagraphics Books, 2015) An avid childhood reader of Tintin, Asterix, Lucky Luke and Donald Duck, Dr Barbara Postema probably didn’t envisage she would oneday be paid to read and research comics. But she is doing just […]
Read More →Massey researchers awarded more than $13 million in MBIE funding
Source: Massey University Riddet Institute deputy director Professor Warren McNabb Three Massey University researchers have secured more than $13 million in funding, from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment Endeavour Fund. The Endeavour Fund invests in excellent research that has high potential to positively transform New Zealand’s future economic performance, sustainability and integrity of […]
Read More →Māori business students get Asian insights
Source: Massey University Te Hononga a Kiwa SEACAPE scholarship recipients at the Aotearoa Ball in Singapore with New Zealand music industry stalwarts Tiki Taane and Anka Moa. Four Massey business students have been given first-hand experience of the Asian market through two government-funded study tours to the region. The Te Hononga a Kiwa SEACAPE (South […]
Read More →Changes to doctoral scholarships illustrate commitment to research
Source: Massey University Recipients of Massey University doctoral scholarships will see a significant increase in the value of their scholarship from next year, due to a funding boost as part of the University’s strategic initiatives. Four strategic initiatives were launched this year to ensure the institution excels in the increasingly competitive tertiary education sector, including […]
Read More →Award winning creation of unbelievable young love
Source: Massey University © 2016 TOHO CO LTD. Critically-acclaimed writer and director Makoto Shinkai, brings Your Name, an innovative tale of two total strangers with an impossible connection. The film follows two high school students who discover they have a strange connection despite never having met. Mitusha, a girl living in a mountain town in […]
Read More →Staff, students, encouraged to participate in ShakeOut
Source: Massey University Massey University is set to yet again take part in the New Zealand ShakeOut, a national earthquake drill and tsunami hīkoi (evacuation), next month. The University is expected to be one of hundreds of organisations to participate in the drill, which was last held in 2015 with more than 1.34 million participants. The […]
Read More →Rugby taonga research gets $250K grant
Source: Massey University Jeremy Hapeta and Dr Farah Palmer have been awarded $250,000 to explore the use of traditions, knowledge and treasures handed down by ancestors in rugby. Since rugby was adopted in Aotearoa New Zealand, traditions, knowledge and treasures (taonga tuku iho) have been integrated into our rugby contexts and culture. Now, Dr Farah […]
Read More →Māori books in time for language Week
Source: Massey University Three Massey University authors have books out in time for Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, Māori Language Week this week. Te Pūtahi-a-Toi’s Professor Scotty Morrison, Te Arawa, will launch a follow-up to his popular Māori language learners guide, with Māori Made Easy 2. It takes learners through 30 weeks of 30-minute-a-day […]
Read More →Massey student wins Bernice Kelly Award
Source: Massey University Bernice Kelly Award winner Dushanka Hettige has been recognised by Dietitians NZ. Associate Professor Rozanne Kruger, Dushanka Hettigeand Reena Soniassy-Unkovich. Massey University graduate Dushanka Hettige has been awarded the 2018 Bernice Kelly Award from Dietitians NZ for the most improved full-time dietetic student, from either Massey University, University of Otago or University […]
Read More →Giving Māui a Māori voice
Source: Massey University Cover of the English version of a new children’s book on the story of Māuri fishing up the North Island, or Te Ika a Māui. A new children’s book re-telling the legend of Māui has just been published in English and Māori – a pleasing event for its Māori translator Dr Darryn […]
Read More →Massey University professor named 2018 ‘Woman of the Year’ finalist
Source: Massey University Carmel College student Mackenzie O’Neill and Bream Bay College student Kara-Jane Beckham, pictured with Professor Sarah Leberman at last year’s Young Women’s Leadership Programme. Professor Sarah Leberman has been named one of 30 finalists in NEXT Magazine’s 2018 Woman of the Year Awards. Professor Leberman is a finalist in the sport category […]
Read More →Deer milk, vegan butter and giant salmon among NZ Food Awards finalists
Source: Massey University The team from Pure Food Co have been category winners twice before, and are finalists this year for the third time. From left: Pure Food Co director Maia Royal, former Minister for Food Safety David Bennett and Pure Food Co director Sam Bridgewater. Finalists for the 2018 New Zealand Food Awards include […]
Read More →MUSA president Kirton elected to Massey Council
Source: Massey University Massey University Students’ Association president and first-year veterinary science student Ngahuia Kirton has been elected as the student member of the Massey University Council. Ms Kirton, one of five candidates along with David McNab, the Council’s student-elected member since September 2016, studied a Bachelor of Science last year at the Manawatū campus […]
Read More →Wellington bike share scheme extended
Source: Massey University Co-Lab facilitator Marie Larking, Wellington campus recreation manager David Driscole, Co-Lab facilitator and student life coordinator Mags Chalecka-Harris, Ms Shi The Wellington campus’ bike share scheme has been extended, following an evaluation of the six-month trial period. The scheme came about last year, following an idea from Massey University master’s student Sherry […]
Read More →Thinking behind NZ defence strategy revealed
Source: Massey University Dan Eaton, director for defence policy in the Ministry of Defence, speaking to staff and students at Massey University with colleagues Dr Adam Norrie, Henry Curtis and Justin Allan. The enduring values that drive New Zealand’s behaviour on the world stage are at the heart of the 2018 Strategic Defence Policy Statement […]
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