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The proliferation of Asian language signs in Auckland creates a sense of belonging for new migrants, and a space for others to experience and learn about migrant cultures that contribute to the city’s cosmopolitan character, according to a Massey University study.

A delegation from the Parliament of Victoria, Australia visited the Manawatu campus this week to learn how Massey helps prepare young people for a career in agriculture.

The Government’s announcement that it will make a postgraduate qualification the minimum for all new teachers is exactly the direction Massey University is taking with its teacher education programmes, the University’s College of Education Pro Vice-Chancellor Professor James Chapman says.

Massey University’s annual Writers Read series starts in Wellington next week with a reading by playwright, screenwriter and fiction author Duncan Sarkies.

OPINION: Massey University is about to undertake a quiet revolution in the way we educate teachers in New Zealand.

Massey University mechatronics professor Olaf Diegel made his dream come true when he created a series of colourful 3D-printed electric guitars with latticed bodies adorned with spiders and butterflies.

A series of mediation masterclasses by Professor Laurence Boulle of Bond University were so popular that discussions are already underway to invite the academic back to New Zealand.

Dr Pushpa Wood will help New Zealanders make more sense of their dollars as the new director of the New Zealand Centre for Personal Financial Education.

A new collection of autobiographical writings by celebrated New Zealand author Robin Hyde, edited by Massey University English scholar and senior lecturer Dr Mary Paul, reveals a kindlier chapter in the history of this country’s mental health treatment.

New Zealand urgently needs a national programme to help small and medium-sized businesses prepare for crises like the Christchurch earthquakes, say researchers from Massey University.

Why we eat what we eat is a vastly complex subject. It’s something Massey University nutritional ecologist Professor David Raubenheimer has spent many years researching, doing nutritional analyses of the feeding habits of everything from snapper and snow leopards to gannets, gorillas and humans.

A Massey University professor will travel to Mongolia to teach blind people the skills they need to become more mobile.

While fair trade coffee results in more money in the pockets of coffee growers in developing countries, it can also bring better returns for cafés here in New Zealand.

Associate Professor Andy Martin of the School of Sport and Exercise has been awarded an academic fellowship in applied learning.

Writers struggling for recognition can now pursue their dreams of publication with the help of The Story Mint. The new website has developed a unique way for writers to refine their work – a computer tool that compares their writing with history’s great authors.

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

A Massey University energy expert says proposed local government reforms would be a step backwards for sustainability.

It is important for universities to engage with businesses if they are to produce relevant research, says Massey University’s newly appointed Professor in Innovation and Economics.

New Zealand Ice Cream Award 2012 judges doused their taste buds with 286 flavours of ice cream, gelato and sorbet this week.

A delegation from the Parliament of Victoria, Australia visited the Manawatu campus this week to learn how Massey helps prepare young people for a career in agriculture.

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