Massey University
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Massey University is one of New Zealand's leading educational institutions with three campuses in the North Island and a distance learning programme that delivers university qualifications to all parts of the country.
Omega-3 can help to reduce the risk of diabetes and heart disease especially as people age, says Massey University nutrition professor Bernhard Breier, co-author of a new international study.
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The Massey University-led wildlife response to the Rena oil spill has been praised as one of the quickest in the world, thanks to excellent foresight and planning systems.
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Coinciding with Guy Fawkes Night, the opening of Massey’s creative arts festival BLOW 2011 offers up an explosive mixture of design innovation.
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The hagfish found in New Zealand's deepest waters is grotesque enough, thanks to its scary protruding teeth straight from a horror film.
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Rugby World Cup winner Aaron Cruden is being offered an award to study at Massey University so he can combine his rugby career with tertiary education.
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New Zealand designers, architects and engineers with ideas for rebuilding earthquake-affected Christchurch are being offered two travel scholarships to Britain to meet with leading urban design practitioners, teachers and researchers.
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PALMERSTON NORTH — The Manawatu River is one of the lead characters in a new play written by respected playwright Dr Angie and Massey University senior lecturer Angie Farrow, which opens next Wednesday in Palmerston North.
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A New Zealand Food Innovation Showcase was held in conjunction with last week's New Zealand Food Awards at the Viaduct Events Centre in Auckland where Massey took the opportunity to promote its leading role in food.
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College of Sciences international agricultural consultant Tim Harvey has been awarded honorary citizenship by the Provincial Government of Guizhou Province in southwest China.
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Rugby World Cup songstress Elizabeth Marvelly has spoken about how she combines her career with study through Massey University’s extramural programme.
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Wildlife pathologist Stuart Hunter has his hands full undertaking post-mortems on more than 1300 mostly dead birds recovered since the oil spill from the container ship Rena earlier this month.
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Massey’s new online enrolment system MyEnrolment is now available through the MyMassey portal, replacing paper enrolment forms for most students next year.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Questions around staging art exhibitions and what makes one exhibit work over others are part of a discussion being led by the School of Fine Arts this weekend.
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TAURANGA — A new enclosure for little blue penguins at the Wildlife Response Centre at Te Maunga is well on its way to completion.
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TAURANGA — Michelle Bellizzi has gone from volunteering as a bird rehabilitator to running a wildlife centre in one of the biggest cities in the United States.
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Massey University's Manawatu and Wellington campuses have a new online carpool scheme to help staff and students save money and reduce their ecological footprint on their commute to work or class.
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Professor Kerry Chamberlain from the School of Psychology was honoured by being incorporated as a Fellow of the European Health Psychology Society at their annual meeting in Crete last month.
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The only way New Zealand can afford to hold the Rugby World Cup again is co-hosting with Australia – unless the International Rugby Board (IRB) shares its profits with future Rugby World Cup hosts, says a Massey University economics lecturer.
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Both major political parties have commented recently on their plans to change KiwiSaver after the election.
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The University’s Manawatu campus Psycho-Oncology Service won the award for Excellence in Quality Health Service Provision at the MidCentral District Health Board Health Awards last Friday night.
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The All Blacks’ success in reaching the finals of the Rugby World Cup is no surprise to Massey University PhD student Tom Johnson.
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It took simple baker’s yeast and a hunch about the mysterious behaviour of a protein.
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A veterinarian from the Oiled Wildlife Response Unit near Mount Maunganui is travelling to East Cape today amid reports that oil spilling from the stricken container ship Rena is showing up in the water and on beaches there.
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Goofing off, aggressive behaviour, lying and bullying are some of the extreme student behaviours a new book seeks to help teachers address without resorting to exclusion or expulsion.
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Massey University MBA students recently investigated the management practices of businesses overseas during study tours of South America and Europe.
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Mt Cook Alpine Salmon’s Saikou Sushi-Grade Salmon was named the supreme award winner at the New Zealand Food Awards hosted by Massey University at the Viaduct Events Centre in Auckland tonight.
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The iconic image of Sonny Bill Williams' muscles bursting out of his jersey is a legacy from a Rugby World Cup where the spotlight has been on physique.
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University staff rehabilitating birds at the Oiled Wildlife Response Unit in Tauranga had several high-profile visitors inspecting their work today.
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Massey University’s School of English and Media Studies has made it a hat-trick after Dr Philip Steer won Marsden funding this year, making it three recipients in the past 10 years.
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What do a lingerie set, a DishDrawer and the old Dominion and Evening Post newspaper mastheads have in common? They were designed by the latest inductees into the Massey University College of Creative Arts Hall of Fame.
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The Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) has dismissed the Labour Party's complaint that the 'Prime Minister's hour' broadcast on RadioLive on 30 September 2011 was an "election programme" in terms of the Broadcasting Act 1989, and breached Code of Broadcasting Practice in relation to election programmes.
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Aviaries to protect a “nucleus” population of 60 rare New Zealand dotterel birds are currently under construction at the Oiled Wildlife Response Centre near Tauranga where Massey University vets are working to save as many oil slick stricken birds as possible.
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Efforts to preserve the New Zealand dotterel from the oil spill off the Tauranga coastline has led to 13 of the rare birds being pre-emptively captured and housed at the Oiled Wildlife Response Centre.
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A narrow victory to the Australians is the prediction by a Massey University goal-kicking robot for this weekend’s eagerly awaited Rugby World Cup semi-final between trans-Tasman rivals.
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Certificates were awarded to this year's Manawatu and Wellington campus doctoral and masterate research scholarships recipients at a ceremony at Wharerata yesterday, and to those from the Albany campus today.
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Olympic rower Hamish Bond and surf life saver Ayla Dunlop-Barrett have been crowned the BNZ Manawatu-Wellington Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year by Massey University.
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Regular gym goers rubbed shoulders with superstars of the rugby world on the Albany campus this week.
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Massey University’s wildlife centre at the Manawatu campus is being temporarily closed from tomorrow so staff can attend to stricken animals caught up in the oil spill off the Tauranga coastline.
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Massey University's Oiled Wildlife Response Unit has been busy in Tauranga in the aftermath of the Rena disaster.
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Dr Ian Warrington has been awarded the title Professor Emeritus by the Massey University Council's honorary awards committee.
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The Tauranga oil disaster does not yet pose a threat to the clean green image of New Zealand but the authorities need to act quickly or perceptions may change, says brand expert Professor Malcolm Wright.
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Many think legendary former All Black Andrew Mehrtens has super-human powers when it comes to kicking a rugby ball.
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Photographic design staff and students are calling on the public to help document New Zealand’s experience of hosting the Rugby World Cup with photos of how individuals and communities have celebrated the event.
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The University has a large presence at the Oiled Wildlife Response Centre that has mobilised in Tauranga in response to the grounding of the container ship Rena.
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Students and staff on the Manawatu campus will notice changes to the recycling system this month with new more user-friendly bins, better signs and a new option to separate organic waste from other rubbish.
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Research from Massey University suggests New Zealand’s often lengthy resource consent process can give publically-listed firms a strategic advantage that makes them more valuable on the stock market.
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College of Creative Arts graduates have topped three of the four categories at the 2011 Designer’s Institute Best Design Awards.
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TAURANGA — Massey University's Oiled Wildlife Response Team is on the ground in Tauranga ready to assist Maritime New Zealand and the Department of Conservation with any birds or other wildlife affected by any oil spill from the cargo ship Rena that ran aground on a reef near the city's harbour yesterday.
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Projects ranging from the study of alien worlds to algal photosynthesis have been awarded a total of $4.08m from the Marsden Fund.
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Two Massey University students have won the supreme award in this year’s Great New Zealand Remix and Mashup competition.
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Olympics-bound canoe sprinter Lisa Carrington and Black Sticks hockey star Simon Child were last night crowned the BNZ Albany campus Sportswoman and Sportsman of the Year.
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Researchers from Massey University, part of a group that has met in Wellington, are supporting calls for a tobacco-free New Zealand by 2025.
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Vice-Chancellor Steve Maharey has announced that Associate Professor Claire Robinson will lead the College of Creative Arts from next year.
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A book about Māori futures will be launched today at Te Aute College, a school synonymous with preparing young Maori to be leaders within their communities and nationally.
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Australian university students are about to receive Spanish tuition from language staff at Massey.
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College of Creative Arts head Professor Sally Morgan will be stepping down as Pro Vice-Chancellor at the end of the year after almost eight years in the role.
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As the Vodafone Warriors prepare for this weekend’s NRL Grand Final, a Massey University researcher is assessing how much of an impact they are making off the field.
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Massey University's student fees for next year will ensure valuable services remain available to students while the University seeks to control students' costs as much as possible.
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Students shared what they had learned during a collective 3,000 hours of real-world business experience at a presentation on the Manawatu campus recently.
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A health researcher from Massey University is part of a group meeting in Wellington today who are lobbying for a tobacco-free New Zealand by 2025.
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A Massey University religious historian says the hype and intensity surrounding the Rugby World Cup proves the game is still a surrogate religion in New Zealand.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Children’s and teenage literature author and commentator Kate De Goldi headlines the final Writers Read event on the Wellington campus for 2011.
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A Massey University physiologist will team with Japanese researchers to develop food products that can deliver plant-based oestrogen to menopausal women.
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The origins of forensic science in an 1840 Paris murder case, and rap songs on the Periodic Table, provided an entertaining link to serious science for Year 13 pupils at Massey University’s Albany campus recently.
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MANAWATU-WHANGANUI — The man who brought rugby to New Zealand – Charles John Monro – has been honoured with a revamped memorial at the Manawatu campus.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Facing conflict through music is the theme of a poignant contribution to the Real New Zealand Festival being presented by The New Zealand School of Music orchestra in memory of one of history’s darker periods.
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Joint research on solutions to urgent health issues, such as diabetes, is one of the main aims of a Heads of Agreement signed by Massey University and the Waitemata District Health Board.
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Cautious buyers and determined sellers combined with very low rates of new construction are leaving the housing market subdued, Massey University’s latest Home Affordability report shows.
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Massey’s Albany-based World University Games team members were congratulated on their success at an event this week.
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People with dementia and their caregivers look set to benefit from a study aimed at improving their sleep.
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A Massey veterinary cancer researcher has been granted $20,000 to study the effect of the drug thalidomide on cancer in dogs.
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Three-time Rugby World Cup winner Dr Farah Palmer says she understands why France may want to field an understrength side against New Zealand this weekend, but the ploy could backfire.
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DUNEDIN — A provocative public artwork by a Massey University Māori visual arts lecturer is sparking public discussion as the country is in the grips of Rugby World Cup fever.
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The head of Massey University’s business innovation centre says the environment is now right in New Zealand for technology start-up companies to succeed internationally.
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WELLINGTON CITY — A poster exhibition of designs by 16 Maori students from the College of Creative Arts, featuring work ranging from designs of a fly-fishing boat to Japanese-inspired Manga art, opens to the public on Wednesday.
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Snapper is a favourite fish dish of many New Zealanders, but new research will find out what these fish themselves eat, and why.
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WELLINGTON CITY — A unique theatrical collaboration between one of Massey University’s resident dramaturges, Dr Emma Willis, and award-winning choreographer and artistic director of the Wearable Art Awards, Malia Johnston, hits the stage this month.
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Professor Hans Guesgen has been made a senior member of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence.
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An endangered young orca that was separated from its pod may have been unable to feed says a Massey University marine biologist carrying out a post-mortem of the mammal, which stranded at Whangaparaoa Peninsular this week.
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The trip of a lifetime was how student-athlete Natalie Paterson described her time at the World University Games in Shenzhen, China.
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WELLINGTON CITY — From pop-up toasters to peerless film production – an exhibition billed as New Zealand’s biggest ever showcase of design is set to open at Massey’s Wellington campus.
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A high tech pipe profiling company that grew from Massey University's ecentre has confirmed a multi-million dollar deal with a technology company in the United States.
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Help is at hand for health professionals having to jab needle-phobic children – and the parents and caregivers who have to deal with the distressing consequences.
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A robotic leg developed by Massey University engineers will try to out-kick former All Black Andrew Mehrtens as part of an innovation showcase during Rugby World Cup next month.
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When Wellington campus events, promotions and commercial activities manager David Pearce (pictured above) was a youngster he knew he wasn’t going to be an All Black – so decided to do the next best thing – sport management.
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The last 20 broad-billed prions that were rescued and rehabilitated after having been blown onshore have been successfully released at Foxton Beach.
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Ronald McDonald House and third-year textile design students from the College of Creative Arts have both benefited from the auction of artworks last week.
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Massey University research has led to the development of a calf supplement that can increase milk yield in dairy cows by up to 12 per cent.
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The Wingspan Birds of Prey Trust has awarded its Raptor Award to Associate Professor John Holland for his outstanding contribution to the conservation of New Zealand’s birds of prey.
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The Rutherford Foundation of the Royal Society of New Zealand has awarded biologist Dr Gillian Gibb a post-doctoral fellowship.
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Massey University industrial design student Roseanne de Bruin has won third place in the finals of the prestigious Electrolux Design Lab competition in London this week for her bouncing ball blender.
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The use and availability of ecstasy in New Zealand continues to increase, though the spread of the drug is more ethnically diverse according to a report compiled by researchers examining recent trends in illegal drug use over the past five years.
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AUCKLAND — Bringing biochemical rigour to questions in evolutionary biology, which can have implications for medical issues such as antibiotic resistance, has earned a Massey University scientist a prestigious Rutherford Discovery Fellowship.
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A Massey University economics lecturer says ticket prices for the Rugby World Cup were set out of reach of many New Zealanders and it will “not be a good look” if the stadiums are not full.
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A Massey University Māori rugby historian says the flash mob haka that are proving an internet sensation this week are a great example of traditional Māori culture meeting modern technology.
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Massey University master's student Jasmine Tanner has won a major harness racing award.
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DUNEDIN — Mention Jonny Wilkinson and the image of his World Cup-winning drop goal against Australia in 2003 is never far off.
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Psychologist Natasha Tassell and sociologist Mary Murray, who are researching people’s accounts of near-death experiences, have appeared on a segment of the TV3 current affairs programme 60 minutes that investigated the phenomena.
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