RESEARCH NEWS

Gender inequities in the New Zealand public service is to be the subject of a research project led by Professor Jane Parker from the School of Management.

Natural history footage uncovers new fish species on Rangitāhua- The Kermadec Islands.

The Graduate Research School has been trialling a garden for doctoral students at the Manawatū campus over recent months.

A global 10-year strategy to halt the loss of nature is "weak" in one key area, say international scientists, including Massey University's Dr Libby Liggins.

With Māori 20 times more likely than non-Māori to be diagnosed with cancer, a researcher is calling for wider use of specialist Māori cancer "navigation" services.

The University's Healthy Work Group has been awarded $1.2 million by the Health Research Council and WorkSafe to continue efforts aimed at improving workers' health and wellbeing.

Feeling safe, having a job, a home and access to gardens and nature - new migrants and refugees say these are vital to settling successfully and feeling a sense of belonging.

Many predict the health sector will be revolutionised by big data analytics, but the level of understanding and commitment to using big data varies across the sector in New Zealand.

An urban farming initiative is at the centre of the first $100,000 Pivot Award, a premier research award aimed at enabling innovation in Taranaki's agriculture sector.

Ethnic and socioeconomic inequities in sleep health are already evident by the time children are three, according to the Sleep/Wake Research Centre.

New Zealand has been relatively immune to the strident protests about "overtourism" that have hit major European cities like Barcelona and Venice in recent years, but as a nation, we can no longer...

Kiwis holidaying this summer may have mixed feelings about budget-concious freedom campers who flock here from afar. New research says there is growing concern among locals about the risks of...

A Massey University researcher is calling for social work education in Aotearoa New Zealand to be decolonised. Social work lecturer Dr Paulè Ruwhiu, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Porou, has just completed...

Being lonely in a crowd is worse for cognitive function than being lonely and alone, according to new research by clinical psychology graduate Dr Catherine Whitehouse.

PhD graduate Dr Jeremy Hapeta, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Huia, says he became a "brain surgeon" straight out of high school - in the offal room of a Levin abattoir.