35 new jobs created at NZMA event About 1200 students and more than 50 of New Zealand’s leading employers attended the NZMA Careers Fair held at the institution’s Sylvia Park Campus on October 22, 2015. Their objective was to secure employment. The Fair, fourth in an annual series was the best, with more than 35 students landing jobs on the…
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Venkat Raman – There are two ways to touch the heart of a Green Party Member – be an environmentalist or a child. And for a Member of Parliament, being in the midst of both would be as good as (or perhaps better than) being in the debating chamber in Wellington. Green Party MP Gareth Hughes took home with him…
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Kashmir Kaur – Vibrancy, pride and success are some of the many words that describe Wellington’s Hindi Day celebrations in Lower Hutt on Saturday September 26, 2015. ‘Hindi Divas’ (Hindi Day) is celebrated every year on September 14 throughout the world to mark the adoption of the Devanagari script that is used to write Hindi by the Constituent Assembly of…
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Staff Reporter – Auckland based Urdu Hindi Cultural Association has reminded members of the public of its free Urdu and Hindi language classes. General Secretary Syed Mujeeb Hyderabadi said that classes are conducted on weekdays (Monday to Friday) from 6 pm to 8 pm at 7 Waikaukau Road in Glen Eden. “The Association provides a great opportunity for Aucklanders to…
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Office-to-Office, some things are getting common Venkat Raman – In Sidney Sheldon’s blockbuster novel ‘The Other Side of Midnight,’ second heroine Catherine Alexander wins a coveted job by producing before her prospective employer an old magazine carrying important information in five minutes. “Hair Salons are an important source for old magazines and books,” she says when asked to explain about her feat.…
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Brendan Stevenson – Do not wait for a disaster or emergency before you get to know older people in your neighbourhood. A recent Massey School of Psychology Survey has highlighted the need for awareness in the wider community of why it is important to reach out and get to know older people, particularly those living alone. Helping elders It is…
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Pathways Awarua, a nationwide numeracy and literacy programme, is proving to be a life changer for many NZMA students and their families. A part of the suite of national resources developed by New Zealand’s Tertiary Education Commission, Pathways Awarua is an online tool which aims to help adults strengthen their numeracy, reading and writing skills. Success at NZMA NZMA has…
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Glyn Harper – g.j.harper@massey.ac.nz From dental emergencies, treating dysentery and tending the wounded and dying – to the care of horses, donkeys, dogs and canaries as well as breakthroughs in facial plastic surgery – Massey University is seeking a writer for the untold story of New Zealand’s WWI medical services. Compassionate story This volume will comprise a significant segment of…
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David Cunliffe – david.cunliffe@parliament.govt.nz So, Science and Innovation are a central policy issue for the John Key Government. Their challenge is to walk the talk and Science & Innovation Minister Steven Joyce’s National Statement of Science Investment (NSSI) unfortunately doesn’t come close. New Zealand’s average investment in science and innovation is less than half the OECD’s average of 2.3% of…
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History is replete with examples cataloguing the impact of the celestial sky on our civilisations, from engineering and science to literature, art and music. The Red Planet has frequently taken center stage, driven by fantastical visions of Martians, manned outposts and more. “Our quest to walk on Mars harks back to humanity’s compulsion to explore,” Kartik Kumar, an Aerospace Engineer…
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