Māori news at Massey

Maori graduates have celebrated with whanau and friends at a ceremony to honour their achievements.

Massey University Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Māori and Pasifika) Professor Sir Mason Durie will retire from his current positions next month.

Indigenous scholars Dr Tina Ngaroimata Fraser and husband Charles may be based in Canada, but their experiences resonate with Massey University Māori Studies students.

The Royal Society of New Zealand has named a new award for social sciences after Massey University's Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir Mason Durie.

Aotearoa Fisheries Ltd and Massey University have formed a partnership to drive development in fisheries through research and innovation.

Understanding what it means to be a gifted and talented young Māori learner - an area of research in which Massey specialises - is one focus of the inaugural giftEDnz conference being held in Wellington at the end of the month.

Massey University education researcher, Associate Professor Jill Bevan-Brown has been recognised for her work on increasing understanding of gifted and talented Māori learners.

An agreement between Massey University and Te Wananga o Aotearoa aimed at providing more integrated tertiary education opportunities for Maori was signed yesterday at the University's Manawatu campus.

A new four-year Māori immersion teaching degree will help to fill a critical shortage of expert Te Reo teachers and help halt the decline of the language, says Massey University Associate Professor Huia Tomlins Jahnke, who led the development of the course.

Seven contemporary stainless steel pou (sculptured poles) were installed at the Albany campus this week. The pou, which will provide a distinctive Maori presence and cultural symbol for students' educational journey, will be blessed along with the new student amenities centre at a dawn ceremony on...