In search of church – future of religion in Godzone?
Source: Massey University Professor Peter Lineham will give the last of ten lectures this week in the Our Changing World series. In his upcoming lecture this Thursday – the final and tenth in this year’s Our Changing World series hosted by the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Massey’s Auckland campus – he will […]
Read More →Delegation bolsters academic ties with Latin America
Source: Massey University (from left) Heather Tootell, Dr Leonel Alvarado, Maree Brannigan, Djhoanna Lambert, Professor Valmor Alberto Augusto Tricoli (Associate Director for International Cooperation), Professor Paul Spoonley, Professor Raul Machado Neto (Provost for International Cooperation at Universidade de Sao Paulo), Associate Professor Kerry Taylor, Professor Laura Patrícia Zuntini de Izarra (Associate Director for National and International […]
Read More →Stuff rewards top journalism student
Source: Massey University Dominion Post editor Eric Janssen congratulating Reweti Kohere Reweti Kohere, Ngāti Porou and Muaupoko, has won the top student award on this year’s Massey University postgraduate journalism programme, with a $1000 prize. Mr Kohere was presented with the award, which is funded by Stuff, by Dominion Post editor Eric Janssen at the […]
Read More →Passport to Brazil with Portuguese language
Source: Massey University The new offering has been developed by language specialists in Massey’s School of Humanities in partnership with Brazilian language teaching experts in a programme tailored for New Zealanders. Portuguese, the national language of Brazil, will be available at the Wellington campus and by distance learning. The suite of language and culture courses […]
Read More →‘Feral’ conference explores how humans frame nature
Source: Massey University Feral cats are among topics in an online conference about human responses to nature, wilderness and the meaning of ‘feral’ (image/Wikimedia Commons) Science has names, categories, definitions and systems to understand the natural world – but labelling something a ‘pest’ or a ‘weed’ is cultural, not scientific, says Dr Nicholas Holm, co-convener […]
Read More →Armistice event marks bravery and skill of WWI medics
Source: Massey University The latest book in the First World War Centenary History programme will be launched on Friday, November 9. With Them Through Hell: New Zealand Medical Services in the First World War (Massey University Press), written by editor, author and explorer Anna Rogers, is the most recent volume from the First World War Centenary […]
Read More →Memories sought to illuminate Colombo Hall submission
Source: Massey University Residents of Colombo Hall in 1970 pose outside the student accommodation hall New Zealand’s first purpose-built student hall of residence constructed for Colombo Plan students, Colombo Hall at Massey University’s Manawatū campus, is in line for official heritage status. It was built to house international students studying under the Colombo Plan and […]
Read More →Māori journalism in the spotlight
Source: Massey University Winners will receive a specially commissioned print by renowned Māori artist Ngataiharuru Taepa. Massey University has announced the finalists in the Ngā Kupu Ora Māori Journalist of the Year Awards. The University set up the awards in 2016 to highlight the importance of Māori journalism to the national discourse and the revitalisation […]
Read More →World Values Survey asks what NZers think
Source: Massey University Gearing up for the next wave of the World Values Survey in New Zealand; Dr Paul Perry, Dr Polly Yeung and Professor Graeme Fraser. Questions about Kiwi values have been at the forefront of politics recently, with New Zealand First’s proposed ‘values’ bill for migrants and National’s meltdown over allegations about foreign […]
Read More →Massey to support next generations of entrepreneurs in Taranaki
Source: Massey University Massey University’s Taranaki business development manager Eve Kawana-Brown stands with Taranaki region winner Tenneile Crump-Conchie and Shell New Zealand engineering and projects manager Kerry Williamson Taranaki’s young, budding entrepreneurs went head-to-head on Tuesday, as part of the Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme’s Taranaki Region Awards Night. Three teams, each comprised of year […]
Read More →Lifelong teacher and education leader dies
Source: Massey University Professor Snook in 2012 Former Massey University Faculty of Education dean and Professor Emeritus Ivan Snook died last week in Palmerston North at the age of 85. Professor Snook served as the head of the Department of Education from 1985-90, and was dean of the faculty from 1989-93. He began his career […]
Read More →Former head of business school dies
Source: Massey University Professor Emeritus Sir Ngatata Love Former Massey University Faculty of Business dean and Professor Emeritus Sir Ngatata Love died last week at the age of 81. Sir Ngatata was, from 1985-95, the second dean of the faculty, now known as the College of Business or Massey Business School. He joined the University […]
Read More →Blues Awards celebrate sharp and sporty students
Source: Massey University Auckland Sportsman of the Year Nick Southgate (Athletics) and Auckland Sportswoman of the Year Deena Franklin (Basketball). Photo credit: Kendra Eden Photography. The annual Blues Awards were held this week at Massey University’s Auckland and Manawatū campuses to commend high-achieving student athletes. The awards recognise students who have excelled in both the […]
Read More →Health and convenience triumphs at 2018 NZ Food Awards
Source: Massey University Ross Kane, managing director of Speirs Foods, parent company of The Whole Mix Co. Limited, who were awarded the Massey University Supreme Award and Massey University Vice-Chancellor Professor Jan Thomas. A vegetable noodle range produced by a company from the small Rangitikei town of Marton has taken out the Massey University Supreme […]
Read More →Youth tackle big issues via creative activism
Source: Massey University Dr Hannah August, co-organiser of Create1World. Massey’s School of English and Media Studies, in conjunction with the New Zealand Centre for Global Studies, will host the conferences at the University’s Wellington campus on November 15, and the Auckland campus on November 22. The popular event offers a day of workshops, performances and […]
Read More →Award for Massey book of belonging
Source: Massey University Editors and contributors (from left) Dr Ella Kahu, Dr Trudie Cain and Professor Richard Shaw at the launch of Tūrangawaewae last year. Turangawaewae: Identity & Belonging in Aotearoa New Zealand, published by Massey University Press last year, is the key text for a new level one core paper in Massey’s refreshed Bachelor […]
Read More →Understanding gay – a public lecture
Source: Massey University Massey’s Auckland campus is hosting public lecture Understanding Gay on November 5, presented by Professor Mark Henrickson from the School of Social Work. Professor Mark Henrickson. Differences between gay and non-gay people is not about sex according to School of Social Work Professor Mark Henrickson, who will propose in a lecture next […]
Read More →New book from press explores war medical battlefield
Source: Massey University Massey University Press’ latest book With Them Through Hell: New Zealand medical services in the First World War by Anna Rogers, explores New Zealand’s great war medical battlefield, abroad and at home. For New Zealanders, the First World War was not just a gruelling conflict but also the nation’s biggest health challenge. […]
Read More →Wellington student volunteers celebrated
Source: Massey University Guests gathered for the annual Student Recognition Evening More than 70 students attended an event at the Wellington campus last week to recognise the achievements of their peers. The annual Student Recognition Evening celebrates the volunteer contributions of Massey University students to academic and community life. The event, hosted jointly by the […]
Read More →Palmy students take to streets for explosive WWI show
Source: Massey University Student actors Sarah Angland and Cameron Dickons in a rehearsal of Firing Line, which premiers this weekend. Titled Firing Line, the performance – developed as part of the School of English and Media Studies’ new Creativity in the Community course – focuses on the impact of the war on the people of Palmerston North and […]
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