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2024 NZ Food Awards finalists announced
The New Zealand Food Awards is proud to announce and celebrate the 2024 finalists.
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State-of-the-art facilities and new industry partnerships celebrated
Ensuring students are ready to leap into the screen arts industry with the confidence, skills and knowledge that employers need is the aim of Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa’s National Academy of Screen Arts.
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Innovative Speech Language Therapy programme undergoes professional accreditation site visit
Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University’s Speech Language Therapy programme has gone through a professional accreditation site visit by the New Zealand Speech-language Therapists’ Association.
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Sir Jerry Mateparae appointed to Massey University Council
The Right Honourable Sir Jeremiah (Jerry) Mateparae GNZM QSO KStJ has been appointed to the Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University Council, following a nomination from Vice-Chancellor Professor Jan Thomas.
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Cyclones and Turbos to play at Massey
The Cyclones semifinal and the last round robin game of 2024 for the Turbos will be played at the Massey University Sport and Events Centre.
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World-renowned academic to take up Scholar-in-Residence posting
Massey’s Center for Culture-Centered Approach for Research and Evaluation (CARE) will be hosting Professor Angela Cooke-Jackson as their next Fulbright Research Scholar-in-Residence.
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State-of-the-art facilities and new industry partnerships celebrated
Ensuring students are ready to leap into the screen arts industry with the confidence, skills and knowledge that employers need is the aim of Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa’s National Academy of Screen Arts.
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Coup for Aotearoa New Zealand as city hosts premier food conference
Food scientists from around the globe will be heading to Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University in Palmerston North in November for a New Zealand first.
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Conversations That Count – Ngā Kōrero Whai Take
Conversations That Count – Ngā Kōrero Whai Take is a mixed media, podcast, editorial and event series brought to you by Massey University in partnership with The Spinoff. It provides a platform for the university and community experts to share their thoughts on how to overcome some of New Zealand’s biggest challenges.
Research news
Kānuka supports more native birds on hill country farms
Sophie Dobson's master's project has revealed that kānuka trees enhance the number of native birds within a hill country farm landscape.
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Implementation of eating disorder prevention programme to improve Aotearoa health outcomes
The internationally renowned programme The Body Project is set to be implemented in an Aotearoa New Zealand tertiary context by researchers at the university to combat rising eating disorder rates among the female population.
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Health and Ageing Research Team study pathways to wellbeing
Understanding the factors that contribute to wellbeing in later life is the aim of a Health, Work and Retirement longitudinal study led by Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University’s Health and Ageing Research Team (HART).
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A new reality for fire safety training
A new research project has revealed that augmented reality (AR) could be the future of fire safety training, with initial tests demonstrating significantly improved training outcomes.
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Student success news
Transforming doubt to determination to success
When student athlete Aspen Fell found her passion for artistic roller skating, she used the scepticism she encountered as motivation to push herself harder towards her goals.
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Fuelling excellence: transforming athletic performance through dietetics
Since graduating with a Master of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics earlier this year, Jessie Speedy has established herself in the world of sports dietetics by launching a private practice that caters to a diverse range of clients who want to optimise nutrition for peak performance.
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Prestigious scholarship provides once in a lifetime opportunity for US student
Keira Smith is spending a semester studying at Massey’s Manawatū campus after receiving a Gilman Scholarship.
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From town to triumph for agribusiness student awarded John Perrin Scholarship
Second-year International Agribusiness student Oliver Cayley, who grew up in urban Taranaki, is proof you don’t need an agricultural background to excel in agribusiness after being awarded the Perrin Ag John Perrin Scholarship for 2024.
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Opinion and features
Opinion: Navigating through quicksand? Using GenAI ethically
By Professor Giselle Byrnes and Associate Professor Ruggiero (Rino) Lovreglio
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Opinion: Re-politicising and decolonising transport planning
By Professor Imran Muhammad
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Awards and appointments
Professor Bruce Glavovic receives 2024 Chinese Academy of Sciences Distinguished Scientist Award
Professor Glavovic has been honoured with a prestigious award granted to foreign scientists by the Chinese Academy of Sciences President’s International Fellowship Initiative .
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New appointment to enhance public health education across Australasia
Associate Professor Chrissy Severinsen has been appointed to the Council of Academic Public Health Institutions Australasia (CAPHIA) Board of Directors as Director (Aotearoa).
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2024 NZ Food Awards finalists announced
The New Zealand Food Awards is proud to announce and celebrate the 2024 finalists.
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Massey innovators amongst 2024 KiwiNet Awards finalists
The university is showcasing its entrepreneurial talent with six finalists being named in the 12th annual KiwiNet Research Commercialisation Awards.
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Cyclones and Turbos to play at Massey
The Cyclones semifinal and the last round robin game of 2024 for the Turbos will be played at the Massey University Sport and Events Centre.
Professor Bruce Glavovic receives 2024 Chinese Academy of Sciences Distinguished Scientist Award
Professor Glavovic has been honoured with a prestigious award granted to foreign scientists by the Chinese Academy of Sciences President’s International Fellowship Initiative .
New appointment to enhance public health education across Australasia
Associate Professor Chrissy Severinsen has been appointed to the Council of Academic Public Health Institutions Australasia (CAPHIA) Board of Directors as Director (Aotearoa).
Kānuka supports more native birds on hill country farms
Sophie Dobson's master's project has revealed that kānuka trees enhance the number of native birds within a hill country farm landscape.
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