Research news

What will the future of the West Coast hold?
Tuesday 18 June 2013
As debate rages in Auckland over a million more inhabitants, the more sparsely-populated West Coast is facing its own issues, including an ageing and decreasing population, fewer employment...
Emergency management funding awarded
Thursday 13 June 2013
Funding of $50,000 each year for three years for new disaster-related initiatives has been granted through the university's strategic innovation fund.
Wimbledon in 140 characters
Wednesday 12 June 2013
A Massey PhD student will travel to London next week to study the use of social media at the Wimbledon tennis tournament.
One-third of students’ diets affected by lack of funds
Tuesday 11 June 2013
More than a third of university students say their diets have been affected by a lack of funds, according to the results of a new Massey University/Westpac survey.
Workshop tracks pathogen evolution
Monday 10 June 2013
The evolution of microbes that harm humans, animals and plants is the focus of a workshop hosted by Massey's Infectious Disease Research Centre and the Allan Wilson Centre this week.
Kiwisaver investors desert their banks
Friday 7 June 2013
New research from Massey University has analysed KiwiSaver fund and member flows and found that many investors are choosing to leave the schemes run by their banks.
Pesticide studies lead awards of research grants
Thursday 6 June 2013
New Zealand's first study of pesticide exposure levels and its effect on the development of children's nervous systems is to be undertaken by Massey University's College of Health, following the...
New hub empowers better employment research
Wednesday 5 June 2013
Academics, HR practitioners and union representatives gathered at Massey University's Albany campus for the launch of a new research hub to address the key issues faced by New Zealand workplaces.
Massey researchers talk climate change
Tuesday 4 June 2013
Lessons learned from the 2004 Manawatu floods will be among the topics covered at the New Zealand Climate Change Centre Conference being held in Palmerston North this week.
Dairy study in top agriculture journal
Thursday 30 May 2013
Massey University researcher Dr Jean Margerison has had a research article accepted for publication in the prestigious Journal of Dairy Science.
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