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USP partners with Department of Energy on biofuel facility

Biofuel producers in Fiji and possibly the region will now have easy access to accredited fuel testing facilities which will ensure that test costs are reduced and the turnaround times for samples to be analyzed are improved. This after a Memorand...

Women journalists flee newspaper careers

A lack of women leaders in New Zealand newspaper journalism is blamed on the “glass bubble”, not the “glass ceiling” in a new study by Massey University. The study of daily newspapers foun...

Waikato researchers create billion-year-old bacteria and trace its evolution

University of Waikato researchers have managed to create a billion-year-old bacterial enzyme and then trace its evolution through history, to the modern day. Associate Professor Vic Arcus and postdoctoral research scientist Dr Jo Hobbs have used new...

The influence of the internet on suicidal behaviour

A recent study by the University of Otago, Wellington into internet pro-suicide and support sites indicates that significant improvements need to be made in this area to help prevent suicidal behaviour. The study led by Professor Sun...

Seven Massey staff involved in Tauranga oil spill clean-up

The University has a large presence at the Oiled Wildlife Response Centre that has mobilised in Tauranga in response to the grounding of the container ship Rena. Wildlife veterinarians Kerri Morgan and Helen McConnell are leading t...

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Monday January 23, 2012

Otago Business School Maintains Prestigious AACSB Business Accreditation

The University of Otago Business School has maintained its business accreditation by AACSB International-The Association to Advance C...

Monday January 23, 2012

University acknowledges Alafua Campus authors

The University of the South Pacific hosted authors from the Alafua Campus to a tea gathering to honour and recognise them for their research work last...

Friday January 20, 2012

Exhibitions reflect on time, memory and taonga

From 20 January - 3 March the Gus Fisher Gallery hosts exhibitions by Reuben Paterson and Christine Hellyar, which both reflect on time, memory and...

Thursday January 19, 2012

Massey and Hawke's Bay to formalise partnership

Vice-Chancellor Steve Maharey will lead a high-level Massey University delegation to Hawke’s Bay next week to cement links with lo...

Thursday January 19, 2012

Debaters highly placed in world tournament

A University of Auckland Debating Society team was placed in the top 16 at the World Universities' Debating Championships held in Manila, Philippin...

Wednesday December 14, 2011

Publication sheds light on development impacts of Fiji's migration

A new research publication focusing on the economic and social impacts of migration in Fiji was launched at the University of the South Pacific in Suv...

Friday December 09, 2011

NZ among nations making no progress on child maltreatment

New Zealand is named in a major international study involving the University of Otago as one of six states and countries which...

Friday December 09, 2011

Facebook monopolises NZ's online social networking landscape

In 2009, 74 per cent of those with a membership to a social networking site said they used Facebook the most often. This figure has jumped t...

Tuesday October 25, 2011

Key drops ball with cling-on handshake at All Blacks final (watch video)

Prime Minister John Key's unusual three-way handshake with All Black captain Richie McCaw and International Rugby Board chairman Bernard Lap...

Wednesday September 07, 2011

PJ-clad scarfies chase intruder through campus

His tight pants may have given him away, but it was a pair of pyjama-clad female students - including a former running champion - who helped Dunedi...

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New Year's resolution: Becoming an entrepreneur

Massey University’s ecentre is encouraging entrepreneurs to tap into its expertise about potential markets for their ideas and save start-ups time, money and effort. The business innovation centre, on the Albany campus, will be running free advice workshops next month. Steve Corbett, chief executive of ecentre, says tough ec... Read more

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Nuclear user-pays advocate takes his message to the US

A University of Auckland graduate student will discuss his proposed nuclear user-pays model at a US meeting of nuclear experts in Washington DC.

Lyndon Burford, a PhD candidate in political studies, won the prestigious Doreen and Jim McElvany 2011 Nonproliferation Challenge essay competition with his model for funding nuclear risk mitigation. The other winnin... Read more