Potato study needs you
Source: Massey University Sarah Ross is on the hunt for potato lovers. Fancy yourself a potato connoisseur? The Massey University Food Experience and Sensory Testing Lab (FEAST), and Plant & Food Research, are looking for potato eaters to participate in a potato flavour sensory trial in Palmerston North next month. The project, being run by […]
Read More →Massey ranks third in Australasia for accounting research
Source: Massey University Professor Michael Bradbury and Professor Ahsan Habib both ranked amongst the top 10 most prolific accounting researchers in Australasia. The Massey Business School has been ranked third in Australasia and first in New Zealand for accounting research impact and productivity. Two academics from the School of Accountancy were also ranked amongst the […]
Read More →Massey women’s sevens claim title
Source: Massey University The Massey women’s sevens team (left) manager Chris Sharrock Stephanie McKenzie, assistant-coach Kahu Sturmey (Assistant Coach), Megan Bramley, Nicola Chase, Pia Tapsell, Tiana Davison, Kaitlin Bates and coach Strahan McIntosh. Front: Stephanie McKenzie, Lucy Brown, Sydnee Wilkins, Courtney Walsh and Marcelle Parkes. The Massey University women’s rugby sevens team has claimed the […]
Read More →Lifetime achievement award for Massey theatre luminary
Source: Massey University Professor Angie Farrow speaking at the Manawatū Regional Theatre Awards after receiving her Lifetime Achievement Award. Great theatre can change minds and lives, says Professor Angie Farrow, who credits her childhood amid the lively antics of her extended family in London’s East End with shaping her dramatic sensibilities. Farrow, a professor in […]
Read More →Opinion: Combating fears to reduce hate
Source: Massey University Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern with Muslim leaders at a Canterbury refugee centre. By Professor Stephen Croucher As an immigrant to New Zealand, I am saddened and outraged by the events in Christchurch. The apparent innocence of New Zealand has been stripped away by acts of cowardice and evil. Police remain on high alert and […]
Read More →Opinion: Protecting religious diversity in NZ after Christchurch
Source: Massey University On Friday night, the Prime Minister Jacinda Arden argued that the very reason that our nation was targeted by a terrorist event was because of its diversity. She noted that New Zealand has “200 ethnicities, 160 languages, and amongst that diversity we share common values.” The language focused solely on ethnic diversity […]
Read More →Opinion: Mosque shootings – politics of hate ends our innocence
Source: Massey University The mosque shootings in Christchurch marked Friday, March 15 as one of New Zealand’s darkest days, says Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. As New Zealand police continue to respond to events following shootings at two mosques in central Christchurch, the national security threat level has been lifted to high. Mosques across New Zealand […]
Read More →Christchurch shootings – information for students and staff
Source: Massey University Massey University has followed police advice to close Islamic prayer spaces at its campuses until further notice following the tragic shootings in Christchurch. Anyone affected and requiring urgent support should do so through their local health or emergency services. There is also a free national counselling service line to text or call […]
Read More →What’s missing from the capital gains tax debate
Source: Massey University By Alison Pavlovich As part of a major review of New Zealand’s tax system, the government’s Tax Working Group recommended a comprehensive capital gains tax. New Zealand is one of few countries without a capital gains tax, and the proposal has generated outrage. Commentators have described the proposed tax as a “mangy dog”, “an […]
Read More →Opinion: Why I support the school strike for climate
Source: Massey University Creative activism expert Associate Professor Elspeth Tilley says school students are engaging in citizenship by marching for action on climate change. There are amazing teachers working within our schooling system to promote critical and creative learning – but in the main, our secondary schooling system is still oriented to what is known […]
Read More →Massey’s workshops open to AgTech Hackathon
Source: Massey University Massey will be helping young innovators turn their ideas into reality. Massey University will be opening its laboratories and workshops for the AgTech Hackathon this Friday and Saturday. A hackathon asks people from information technology and software development backgrounds to work with groups to solve a problem through the creation of usable […]
Read More →Professor Paul Moughan honoured by Dutch university
Source: Massey University Distinguished Professor Paul Moughan (centre) with Professor Louise Fresco (left) and Professor Martin Scholten (right) of Wageningen University Distinguished Professor Paul Moughan has been honoured with a Supreme Silver Medal from Wageningen University and Research Centre, one of the Netherland’s top universities. Professor Moughan, a Fellow Laureate of the Riddet Institute, has […]
Read More →Lecturer appointed to industry association
Source: Massey University Senior lecturer Dr Nives Botica Redmayne, from the School of Accountancy, has been appointed as Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand vice-president for New Zealand. The appointment is in recognition of Dr Botica Redmayne’s contribution to the accountancy profession through her engagement with the accountancy practice and her research. Chartered Accountants Australia […]
Read More →New Poetry NZ Yearbook moves in many ways
Source: Massey University Poetry NZ Yearbook 2019’s featured poet Stephanie Christie, about to read her work at the launch in Devonport Library, with Dr Jack Ross. Launched last week at the Devonport Library in Auckland to a packed room of over 200, issue number 53 of New Zealand’s longest-running poetry journal and the third to […]
Read More →E-voting and the other ‘E’s missing in action
Source: Massey University The president of Local Government NZ wants to introduce e-voting, but will it really lead to higher voter turnout? By Dr Andrew Cardow and Dr Andy Asquith We were a tad concerned to read the recently-published views of Dave Cull, the mayor of Dunedin and the president of Local Government New Zealand […]
Read More →First-year student discusses future of food with industry’s best
Source: Massey University First-year student Fatima Imran Barely a few weeks into her study, first-year Bachelor of AgriCommerce student Fatima Imran, will be rubbing shoulders with industry heavyweights, discussing the future of food production in New Zealand. AgResearch Future Feeders is a headline event of New Zealand AgriFood Week, exploring the future of food production from […]
Read More →$400K grant for new rural innovation lab
Source: Massey University The Rural Innovation Lab will start by identifying three ‘on-farm’ innovation projects based on technologies such as cloud, big data, the internet-of-things and artificial intelligence. Massey University has been granted $400,000 from the Government’s Provincial Growth Fund to help establish a Rural Innovation Lab in the Manawatū-Whanganui region. The lab will engage farmers and […]
Read More →Increase in women in senior roles at Massey University
Source: Massey University Members of the Pay and Employment Equity Implementation Group Dr Fran Wolber (left), DVC People and Culture Alan Davis, Student Evaluation Coordinator Ema Alter, Dr Cat Pause and TEU organiser Heather Warren Women now account for 58 per cent of senior roles at Massey University, up from 24 per cent in 2009, […]
Read More →English-language test now delivered by computer in Auckland
Source: Massey University Staff and students at the IELTS computer Lab in Auckland Professional and Continuing Education (PaCE) at Massey University is now offering English-language tests on computers at the Auckland campus. The International English Language Testing System (IELTS), the world’s most popular English-language test of English for higher education, could previously only be taken […]
Read More →School of Built Environment created to meet demand
Source: Massey University Massey University has launched the School of Built Environment to meet the growing demand for expertise in the construction industry in New Zealand The new school is based in Auckland, in the College of Sciences, and offers the only bachelor’s degrees in construction management and quantity surveying in New Zealand. Professor Monty […]
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