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Chinese immersion day

Krishant Goyal, a year-10 student from Wellington College, shows Vice-Chancellor Professor Judith Kinnear the art of Chinese calligraphy. Seventy students from Wellington schools were on campus at a Chinese language immersion day last week.

November graduation stories below.

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Latest releases

07/12/06 - Into the hot and deep end – Massey grads at the Asian Games
Five New Zealand Sport Management graduates are coping with the logistics of hundreds of thousands of spectators and athletes in 40 deg plus heat, at the Asian Games in Doha.

05/12/06 - What’s killing NZ’s rarest dolphins?
The carcasses of two Maui’s dolphins – New Zealand’s most endangered species – are on their way to Massey where veterinary pathologists will conduct post-mortem examinations.

04/12/06 - Conference focuses on our planet, our future
More than 175 geoscientists today gathered at Massey to discuss and share research relating to geology, vulcanology, geohazards and disaster management.

01/12/06 - Beef and lamb good for your bones
Slap a steak on the barbie could become the rejoinder to “slip, slop, slap” this summer. New research shows beef and lamb are rich sources of a type of vitamin D, something we usually get from sunlight.

29/11/06 - Shorland medal for Massey scientist
Professor David Parry has been awarded the Shorland medal by the New Zealand Association of Scientists for his outstanding contribution to biophysics.

28/11/06 - No foot, no horse
No foot, no horse – the old saying is as relevant today as it was when horses were relied upon for transport and draught power, says equine researcher Dr Chris Rogers.

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Research and development

Te reo celebrated at landmark conference
Irish academic Dr Muiris O’Laoire was among more than 150 attendees at the inaugural Mäori Language Conference at Massey recently.

Visiting museum studies scholar
A scarcity of English-language academic writing about the history of Chinese museums has kept visiting scholar Weihua Lui busy in conversation with Massey museum studies researchers.

New research centre to assist in preparation
New Zealand needs a better understanding of the human impacts of natural disasters, says the director of a new Centre for Disaster Research.

Book reveals Gothic darkness in Kiwi culture
One version we have of our national identity is a clean, green country whose inhabitants embrace sun, sport and the great outdoors, but there is a flipside.

Holding the pedal from the metal
Resisting the racer’s urge to accelerate, Massey competitors in the 2006 AA Energy Wise rally drove a 1600km circuit using as little fuel as possible within time limits.

Stopping dairy cow lameness in its tracks
Engineering student Matt Stephenson says his automatic lameness detector will offer dairy farmers a more thorough means of monitoring the welfare of their herd and allow for earlier detection and treatment of foot injuries.

At-risk Pacific women focus of health research
From suffering depression, attempting suicide and witnessing violence, statistics show that Pacific teenage girls in New Zealand are in many ways at greater risk than their male counterparts or pakeha women.

Other University news

Industry hotline for College of Business
The College of Business has set up a hotline to business, with a new advisory board headed by Business New Zealand chief executive Phil O’Reilly.

Tertiary sector key to Wellington growth
The University is a key economic generator in the Wellington region, according to a newly released report.

Direct route to Indian market for e-centre
The University’s e-centre is opening a direct route to the enormous Indian market through a joint venture with one of India’s largest IT corporations.

Defining ‘Pacificans’ a focus for conference
Research on parenting, economic success, social work, visual arts development and health were among papers presented by Pacific academics at theUniversity’s inaugural forum for Pacifika research last month.

W.F. Massey’s life and times
A conference to mark 150 years since the birth of the politician and prime minister William Ferguson Massey addressed aspects of his life, career and administration, and the social, economic and political context in which he lived.

Another green light for Mäori scholarships
The University has secured further funding to continue to provide Mäori mental health workforce scholarships under a programme known as Te Rau Puawai Workforce Development.

VC’s Symposium highlights value of e-learning
The University’s principal training and information programme for management, academic and general staff this year focused on innovations in the rapidly developing field of e-learning.

From the Vice-Chancellor

Reflections
Looking back on 2006 from the perdpective of Deputy Vice-Chancellors and Pro Vice-Chancellors

Study in Sweden opens doors to the world
Being able to drop into lectures by Nobel Prize-winning academics in between her usual courses was one of the highlights of a year-long study exchange at Sweden’s Uppsala University for arts and business student Lucy Ellis.

Young leaders build links with Asia
Massey graduates and students took part in a Young Leaders Forum last month, aimed at revitalising New Zealand’s relationships with Asia through a network of outstanding young people.

College of Business says ‘Yes’
The College of Business will have a greater involvement with the Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme next year.

November Graduation

Record graduation caps a year of celebration and success
It was a record ending to a record year for graduations. With 17 doctorates awarded on the morning of November 24 in Palmerston North – the most ever in a single graduation ceremony – and three more in the afternoon, it capped off a year in which the University had its most graduates ever.

The keys to success and happiness
Success is very rarely a matter of luck, guest speaker Dr Jacqueline Rowarth told graduates at this morning’s Massey graduation ceremony.

Business graduates advised to spin dreams into reality
Business graduates from Massey University have been urged to aim at a visionary style of leadership and become “makers of meaning”.

Awards and appointments

Mäori sports awards for Massey lecturer
Dr Farah Palmer (Ngäti Mahuta) from the College of Business has been awarded the Hineahuone Senior Mäori Sportswoman of the Year and the Albie Pryor Memorial Mäori Sportsperson of the Year award at the recent Mäori Sports Awards in Auckland.

Animal ethics award for veterinary scientist
Massey veterinary neurophysiologist Dr Craig Johnson was awarded the Three Rs Award by the National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee at the Royal Society of New Zealand’s Science Honours dinner last night.

Top engineering award for Massey innovator
Mechatronics expert Dr Olaf Diegel has received an award for innovation at the prestigious New Zealand Engineering Excellence Awards.

Romanian doctorate for Prof Chisti
Professor Yusuf Chisti has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the Technical University of Iasi, Romania.

Todd Foundation Scholarship for energy PhD student
Massey science technician Sheinach Dunn (Ngäti Maniapoto and Ngäti Raukawa) has been awarded the inaugural Todd Foundation Scholarship in Energy Research, worth up to $78,000.