Massey's cutting-edge research works hard in the real world, not just the classroom or laboratory.
Animals and genetics
Massey Vets
New Zealand's only veterinary teaching hospital. Students work alongside staff to care for animals of all kinds.
Wildbase
Wildbase at Massey's Manawatū campus has Wildbase Hospital, pathology, wildlife research, and oiled wildlife response.
Massey Genome Service
Our lab provides sequencing services to New Zealand researchers and students, including analysis of genomic DNA, genotyping, RNA and ABI sequencing.
Pathobiology service
The pathobiology group includes a histology laboratory, necropsy (postmortem examination) service, and boarded veterinary pathologists that can provide pathology support for research projects.
Animal feed testing service
Our processed animal food testing service adheres to industry standards like AAFCO for feeding protocol (growth, maintenance, gestation/lactation) and nutrient profile testing. Get detailed reporting on metabolisable energy determination, urine pH and other urinary and blood metabolite measurements.
Bug identification service
Massey scientists provide a bug identification service. Email us with your question.
Community services and facilities
Take advantage of our on-campus services and purpose-built facilities.
Sport & recreation centres
Each of our three campuses has a sport and recreation centre for use by Massey students, staff and the public – as members or with casual entry.
Library
Massey University Library Te Putanga ki te Ao Mātauranga supports your study, research and work.
Catering & events – Massey Venues
Massey Venues offers catering, events and accommodation for conferences, meetings, weddings and more on our campuses.
Children's University
Children’s University Massey offers children and young people a range of exciting, out-of-school learning opportunities.
Community Accounting Services – Auckland
Massey provides free financial advice to non-profit community groups through the Community Accounting Services in Auckland.
Accountancy students work under the supervision of a chartered accountant to provide advice, training and support services. There are also free, regular clinics for treasurers and board members of small to medium-sized community groups.
Health, therapy and wellbeing
Massey psychology clinics
Our three on-campus clinics provide psychology services to the public, and professional development for psychologists.
Speech-language Therapy Clinic
Professional speech-language therapy for all ages, including online and in-person sessions.
Nutrition & Dietetic Centre, Auckland
We offer personalised nutritional advice and assessments and nutrition education talks.
ActivEating programme
The aim of an ActivEating programme is to help children accept new foods and to add more variety to their diet. Parents can express their interest in the programme. Applicants will be assessed for their suitability.
Learn more about our ActivEating programme
Pathobiology service
We provide histopathology support and interpretation, developing methods to quantify disease severity and study design for industry research.
Consultancy
Get specialist advice and consultancy from Massey's experts and research teams.
Business consultancy and research
Whether you need research to identify the opportunities or issues in your business or industry, or help with planning or implementation of business strategy, Massey University has the expertise to help your business.
We can tap into expertise across the university – offering multidisciplinary commercial research and consultancy services.
Healthy ageing consultancy
The Healthy Ageing Research Team are leading experts in issues that arise from an aging population.
They can create profiles of the aging population of New Zealand – and provide overviews and advice about the social health and economic factors that facilitate healthy aging in New Zealand.
Commercial consultancy
The Knowledge Exchange Hub uses data-driven research to identify and understand critical social and economic issues affecting New Zealanders.
Its diverse team of researchers help businesses and public sector agencies reach their goals.
Construction contracts
Massey staff have expertise in drafting building contracts so that the contract is more succinct and easily interpreted.
Dispute over a construction contract can result in large amounts of money and time. This delays works, increases costs and strains relationships.
Contracts can be populated with risk assignment clauses as required for each project.
Food business consultancy
Specialists at Massey's Nutrition Laboratory provide consultancy for your food business, including nutritional testing of food products – for shelf life, food safety and product formulation.
Noise consultancy
If acoustic engineering consultants are unable to help you with an unusual or specialist project, we have the expertise and equipment to measure and assess noise in unique environments.
Public health consultancy
The Environmental Health Indicators New Zealand (EHINZ) team provide technical and analytical consultancy services across all areas of public health.
We also produce a range of information products that provide robust evidence for policy development and decision-making.
Statistics consultancy
Our Statistics and Bioinformatics group offer a statistical consultancy service in Palmerston North. We provide advice to researchers within Massey as well as private organisations.
Food and alcohol
Beverage Lab
Beverage Lab provides services in the design, research and development of beverage products which offer nutritional benefits, wellness ingredients, satiety, and performance enhancement. We provide innovative customised solutions for our clients.
Learn more about the Beverage Lab
ActivEating programme
The aim of an ActivEating programme is to help children accept new foods and to add more variety to their diet. Parents can express their interest in the programme. Applicants will be assessed for their suitability.
Learn more about our ActivEating programme
FoodPILOT
Learn to create and test food and nutrition products, using industrial-standard processing equipment such as:
- extruders
- high-pressure processors
- pasteurising equipment
- sterilisation equipment.
Businesses from boutique makers to exporters use FoodPILOT on the Manawatū campus to turn ideas into reality.
Nutrition and Dietetic Centre
This centre in Auckland combines the clinical, nutritional and research expertise of Massey dietitians and nutritionists, with the enthusiasm and creativity of our dietetics students.
Imaging
Manawatū Microscopy and Imaging Centre
The Manawatū Microscopy and Imaging Centre (MMIC) is available for use by organisations such as researchers, Crown Research Institutes, other teaching institutions, hospitals and commercial clients.
We have a team of specialists and offer:
- transmitted light and fluorescence microscopy
- electron microscopy
- image analysis.
Start ups, innovators and entrepreneurs
Our Massey Ventures team have worked with hundreds of startups and businesses — giving them the support they need to transform their ideas into successful enterprises.
Specialist testing and analytical services
Animal feed testing service
Our processed animal food testing service adheres to industry standards like AAFCO for feeding protocol (growth, maintenance, gestation/lactation) and nutrient profile testing. Get detailed reporting on metabolisable energy determination, urine pH and other urinary and blood metabolite measurements.
Destructive and non-destructive testing
We have expertise in testing for yield and tensile strength of a range of materials, using destructive and non-destructive methods. Our equipment include a tensilometer and scanning electron microscopes.
Lighting and photometric testing
We have equipment in our photometric laboratory to test lighting performance, energy consumption of new lighting technologies and research and development of new luminaires. The photometric laboratory is on Massey's Auckland campus.
Nutritional testing
Specialists at Massey University's Nutrition Laboratory provide consultancy for your food business, including nutritional testing of food products including for shelf life, food safety and product formulation.
Sport and exercise testing
Athletes, sports teams and the public can book for tests at one of our laboratories.
Water-borne diseases
Part of Massey University's Hopkirk Institute, the Micro Aqua Tech service provides expert services in the water-borne diseases giardia and cryptosporidium. This includes investigating the enumeration and viability of Giardia & Cryptosporidium in water, shellfish or sewage.
We can also evaluate novel anti-giardia/cryptosporidium products and carry out survey work.