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 →NZ may become a global blockchain leader
Source: MakeLemonade.nz Auckland – Kiwis could be future leaders in the billion-dollar global blockchain market across government and industry, BlockchainNZ executive director Mark Pascall says. Blockchain is at its heart a decentralised distributed ledger – which is a way of replicating and sharing data between networked computers – which records the transaction of data, communication, tokens […]
Read More →NZ closing the gender gap but tech sector lagging behind
Source: MakeLemonade.nz Wellington – New Zealand has risen two places to the seventh most gender equal country in the world to the latest World Economic Forum report on the issue. NZTech director Eva Sherwood says overall New Zealand has closed more than 80 percent of its gender gap for the first time since the forum’s index […]
Read More →Three New Zealand Super Rugby teams sign up to use STATSport’s GPS tracking technology
Source: Press Release Service (PR.co.nz) Three New Zealand Super Rugby teams have signed up to use STATSports’ World Rugby-approved sports monitoring technology. The separate deals with the Blues, Hurricanes and Chiefs adds to the company’s growing roster of professional rugby teams which includes the national sides of England, Ireland, France, South Africa and others, alongside […]
Read More →NZ facing unprecedented fintech changes this year
Source: MakeLemonade.nz Auckland – New Zealanders will experience more unprecedented changes in financial technology in 2019 like never before, FintechNZ general manager James Brown says. Brown says Kiwis will see some amazing new developing trends this year, such as financial unbundling gaining momentum which will drive more competition and more transparency as New Zealand has […]
Read More →Public health researcher in top 1 per cent of cited scientists
Source: Massey University Professor John Potter has been recognised as one of the worlds most cited scientists over the last decade. Professor John Potter, from Massey University’s Centre for Public Health Research, has been named as one of only 16 New Zealand scientists listed in the top one per cent of most cited scientists in […]
Read More →When a whale brought Wellington to a halt
Source: Department of Conservation By Hannah Hendriks, Marine Species Support Officer. Winter was an exciting time for whale watchers in Wellington, and a busy time for DOC. Over the winter months we were treated to two exciting encounters of the whale kind in Wellington Harbour. Early in July, the harbour was visited by a lone […]
Read More →Textile designer goes global with award win
Source: Massey University A selection of Lucy Polson’s award-winning textile design work Lucy Polson holds aloft the Veronica BellTrophy in celebration of her win of the2018 Society of Dyers and ColouristsInternational Design Competition Fourth-year textile design student Lucy Polson has ended her year on an international high by winning the top prize in a global […]
Read More →Massey-led consortium wins government emergency management contract
Source: Massey University The emergency management contract awarded to a Massey-led consortium is part of the Government’s response to a Technical Advisory Group review into how New Zealand responds to all hazards and risks, natural disasters and emergencies. Members of the Massey University-led consortium and governmentagencies at the contract launch Emergency managers at the Joint […]
Read More →Wellington’s Milner-Olsen named NZ’s best trainer
Source: MakeLemonade.nz Auckland – Wellington’s Ngarama Milner-Olsen has been named New Zealand’s best personal trainer at the Exercise NZ awards in Auckland at the weekend. Judges said Milner-Olsen is incredibly professional, has outstanding communication and rapport with clients, is goal focused and confident. She has a strength and personal power that empowers her clients and she […]
Read More →PM’s Christmas Card Exhibition on campus
Source: Massey University A small selection of the Christmas cards sent to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern which will be exhibited at the College of Creative Arts on Massey University’s Wellington campus from Wednesday. Deck the halls! Massey University’s College of Creative Arts in Wellington is hosting the exhibition of Christmas cards designed by children throughout […]
Read More →Children’s Holocaust Memorial exhibit unveiled
Source: Massey University School of Design senior lecturer Matthijs Siljee alongside the Children’s Holocaust Memorial exhibit at the National Library His fellow native Dutch were placed under Nazi occupation throughout World War II, and his project consisting of nesting tables containing thousands of buttons, pays homage to the Netherlands and Europe’s most vulnerable citizens of […]
Read More →Researcher’s poetry takes flight
Source: Massey University Book cover for a passage of yellow red birds and its author Associate Professor Robin Peace Titled a passage of yellow red birds the book is divided into two sections. The first, addresses global issues related to her work as a geographer and social scientist such as migration, the environment and specifically […]
Read More →Inaugural conference for crisis information systems specialists
Source: Massey University Delegates to the inaugural Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM) Asia Pacific regional conference at Te Papa Two years after the Kaikoura earthquake, emergency managers from throughout the Asia-Pacific have gathered in Wellington to address issues around disaster risk reduction. The inaugural Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM) […]
Read More →Opinion: World War I memories made of this
Source: Massey University The New Zealand War Memorial at Le Quesnoy. Places like this town in northern France have additional resonance for New Zealanders following a four-year centenary commememoration programme about World War I By Professor Kingsley Baird As the centenary of the First World War draws to an end it is appropriate to reflect […]
Read More →Exposure water storage exhibit a supreme winner
Source: Massey University Michael Scott Jones’ award-winning emergency water storage system called Lifewall which is on display at the Exposure exhibition on Massey’s Wellington campus till November 17. The Awards, sponsored by lighting and furniture business ECC, encourage innovation and creativity while at the same time giving students the opportunity to experience the creative industries […]
Read More →Swarmstorm design to benefit beekeepers
Source: Massey University Industrial design student Liam Brankin demonstrates how his Swarmstorm backpack would work recollecting bee swarms The 22 year-old has devised a prototype backpack he calls the Swarmstorm that uses a suction hose, similar to a household vacuum cleaner, to suck and capture bees into a cardboard container before they are transferred to […]
Read More →Graduate exhibition offers full Exposure
Source: Massey University Massey University’s end-of-year art, design, creative media and music exhibition of work by final-year students opens on Friday and continues till November 17 at the Wellington campus. Massey University’s innovative and inspiring Exposure exhibition for graduating students at the College of Creative Arts opens on Friday. Featuring colourful, practical and creative exhibits […]
Read More →Researchers play part in French and Belgian WWI commemorations
Source: Massey University Professor Kingsley Baird from the School of Art who has been invited to provide New Zealand’s contribution to an international memorial chair project being held in Ypres, Belgium exactly 100 years after the Armistice ending World War I in November. Photo: Yazid Medmoun Professor Kingsley Baird from Whiti o Rehua School of […]
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Gaps in health professionals’ knowledge about HPV and cervical screening
By LiveNews Publisher / January 22, 2019 / 24-7, 24/7 News, AM-NC, College of Health, DJF, Education, Explore - HEALTH, FifthEstate1, Government Policy commentators, KB, Massey University, MIL NZ OSI, New Zealand, Research, School of Health Sciences, Tertiary Education, Wellington / Comments Off on Gaps in health professionals’ knowledge about HPV and cervical screening
Source: Massey University In a new study, less than 10 per cent of all health professionals surveyed could correctly answer all questions about the current cervical screening guidelines, which have been in place since 2008. The first New Zealand study of health professionals’ knowledge and understanding about the human papillomavirus (HPV) has identified significant gaps, […]
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