Insider's guide to Massey's Manawatu campus

Up to 2000 visitors toured Massey’s Manawatu campus today for its annual open day programme.

High school pupils from Tauranga, Taranaki, Hawke’s Bay, Wellington, Kapiti and around the Manawatu arrived by the busload, while many others from around the country made the trip with family and friends.

It was a chance for prospective 2013 students to get their study and career dreams on track, experience the vibrancy of campus life and explore Massey’s world-class facilities.

There were behind the scenes tours of the vet hospital, equestrian centre, food technology, the School of Aviation, nursing practice suite and halls of residence, among others, and presentations by top academics from the four Palmerston North based-colleges – business, education, science and humanities and social sciences, giving prospective students an insider’s view of what it is like to study at Massey.

Workshops, activities and sports challenges kept visitors entertained, along with live lunchtime music and prize draws.

Massey’s Albany campus held its open day in May, and the Wellington campus will host its open day on Friday August 31 from 8.30am to 2pm.