A soldier has been named the New Zealand Defence Force reservist of the year award after a gruelling day of military tasks.
Sapper Christopher Farhi competed against 10 other junior reservists to win the title, which was awarded...
Defence Force reservist of the year named
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English - Wheeler's comments as popular as Ebola
Finance Minister Bill English said calls by the Reserve Bank Governor for more densification in Auckland's housing were "about as popular in parts of Auckland as Ebola" would be.
Graeme Wheeler told Parliament's finance and expenditure...
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Taiwanese media criticise 1080 response
Chinese consumer reaction to the threat to contaminate New Zealand infant formula with 1080 poison has been muted so far, but the Taiwanese have been more strident, said Massey University marketing specialist Associate Professor Henry...
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White girls don't have sex: The middle class lie on HPV that puts teens at risk
Parents of well-off Pakeha girls are less likely to get their daughters immunised against an STI because "white girls don't have sex", a Massey University PhD candidate believes.
Postgraduate researcher Karen Page, of the university's...
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Warehouse says 63pc of permanent staff now on 'career retailer wage'
Mark Powell, chief executive of retailer Warehouse Group, says he hopes to eventually see someone promoted to his role that started out in the Red Shirts in Schools programme as a 16 year old.
"There's not many companies that can...
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Massey's $130m innovation hub
Massey University is planning to spend more than $130 million in the next year to double the student capacity of its Albany campus and help create an innovation hub in Auckland.
The bulk of the $130 million project will be taken...
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Business boot camp inspires new generation
A group of 70 aspiring future business leaders have spent the week touring businesses across Auckland as part of Massey University's second annual Business Boot Camp.
Massey Business School finance lecturer Dr Jeff Stangl said the...
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KiwiSaver choices made on the home front - researcher
Those that you live with have the strongest influence on your investment decisions, a Massey researcher has found.
Through her research analysing factors that influenced individual investor behaviour, Massey University PhD graduate...
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Watches banned from exam room
Massey University has banned all watches from the exam room after the release of the new smart watch.
University spokesman James Gardiner said their exam rules were updated in March.
"The concern that prompted the change was the...
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Massey University bans watches in exams
Massey University has announced a blanket ban on all watches from exam rooms to beat cheats.
The move follows the release of smartwatches which have internet capabilities.
Britain's Guardian newspaper reported last week that watches...
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Top scientists celebrate daughters success
Two of New Zealand's top scientists have watched their daughters graduate on the same stage they were seated this week.
Acclaimed theoretical chemist Professor Peter Schwerdtfeger, last year's recipient of the prestigious Rutherford...
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Massey denies degree bought influence
A university has been accused of buying influence after giving an honorary doctorate to the Chinese President's wife.
The president of the national tertiary education union claims Massey has behaved unethically and the move "dishonours...
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Our national bird as you've never seen it
Incredible new footage has revealed a rare glimpse into the unseen behaviours of our quirky national bird - and in this case, it's a bit of biffo.
The two male kiwi were captured having a violent stoush amid the undergrowth in an...
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Watch: When the cat met the kiwi
Stay very ... very ... still.
That was the instant reaction of a kiwi when it unexpectedly stumbled upon a wild cat that had managed to evade traps on an offshore island sanctuary.
The same team from Massey University's Behavioural...
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Sickening fumes permeate uni student centre
A "chemical, meaty, sewer-like, decaying material and rotten eggs" smell wafted through a building at Massey University's Albany campus, causing staff and students sore throats, headaches, nausea and itchy eyes after fumes from biological...
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Safer food centre awaits approval
Preventing the kind of image damage caused to New Zealand by Fonterra's botulism scare will be one of the priorities in setting up a new food safety science and research centre - if it is approved by the Government.
Massey University...
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Email outs vulnerable students
Vulnerable university students had their privacy breached in an email asking them to rate their experiences with counselling services.
Dozens of Massey University students' email addresses and names were visible in the message sent...
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Massey scientists' pollen breakthrough
Printed 3D pollen grains could be the latest tool for Kiwi detectives investigating high-profile crimes.
In a breakthrough that could feature in a storyline from CSI: Crime Scene Investigation , a research team from Massey University...
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University brushes off concern over conflict of interest
Massey University is brushing off industry concerns that it didn't follow proper procedure, after it awarded its latest campaign to ad agency FCB, allegedly without declaring a potential conflict of interest to other agencies.
The...
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