Connecting the islands of the heart through creative communication
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Mikaela Nyman, Massey’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences Visiting Artist for 2021.
Mikaela Nyman, poet, novelist and non-fiction writer from the autonomous, demilitarised...
Taking proverbial wisdom to the streets
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One of the proverbs to feature in this week’s George Street Proverbs project – part of Palmerston North’s Festival of Cultures.
Dr Salapata...
Pandemic novel wins top prize for Massey writing lecturer
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Dr Laura Jean McKay with her prize-winning novel about a pandemic (photo/Dr Kyra Clarke)
Now teaching creative writing at Massey’s Manawatū campus, Dr...
Academic conference on humour – it’s no joke!
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The topic of humour is explored from a range of academic perspectives at this week’s conference.
The theme of the 27th Conference of...
Opinion: Why Biden’s inaugural speech appeals to NZers
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President Joe Biden’s task in delivering his speech was not to impress, but to heal, says Dr Heather Kavan
President Joe Biden’s inaugural...
Surveys explore COVID-19 impact on older NZers
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Health psychologists want to find out more about how older New Zealanders coped during the pandemic lockdown and if they experienced ongoing...
Sir Mason Durie among Massey’s New Year Honours recipients
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Professor Emeritus Sir Mason Durie, pictured during his time at Massey University.
And former Massey staff member Professor Angie Farrow was recognised for her...
Book explores online harassment as a deadly ‘game’
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The history, community dynamics and impact of online abuse is explored in new book (photo/Erik Mclean:Unsplash)
Dr Kevin Veale is based in Massey...
Opinion: Attacking courses on critical pedagogy is a strategy of the far right
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Professor Mohan J. Dutta.
By Professor Mohan J. Dutta
In what was marketed as the first “Leaders Breakfast” on NewstalkZB with Mike Hoskings, the leader of...
Linguistics podcast unravels the allure of Ashley
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The popularity of Director General of Health, Dr Ashley Bloomfield, is the theme of the first in a new linguistics podcast.
The Massey...
Study on motivations of non-Māori to learn te reo
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Researchers (from left) Senior lecturer Hone Morris; Dr Arianna Berardi-Wiltshire and Dr Celina Bortolotto explored the reasons why non-Māori want to learn...
Māori philosophy – thinking about Antarctica
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Antarctica can challenge us to think differently about how we relate to the environment (photo/Cassie Matias-Unsplash).
A group of researchers is looking at...