Tagged: Massey University

Featured image: Children living in green neighbourhoods are less likely to develop asthma

Children living in green neighbourhoods are less likely to develop asthma - Guest Work

Guest Author • May 08, 2018 •

Jeroen Douwes, Massey University and Geoffrey H. Donovan, United States Forest Service Since the pioneering work of architecture professor Roger Ulrich, who found that patients with a view of a natural scene recovered more quickly from surgery, research has shown that exposure to the natural environment is associated with a wide range of health benefits. Read More

Featured image: Strong sense of cultural identity drives boom in Māori business

Strong sense of cultural identity drives boom in Māori business - Guest Work

Guest Author • Feb 27, 2018 •

Jason Paul Mika, Massey University This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Māori entrepreneurs with a strong sense of cultural identity and guardianship over the land and the sea are driving a boom in Māori business. Māori businesses now account for an economic asset base of more than … Read More

Featured image: Our maker of words – the life and struggles of Robin Hyde

Our maker of words – the life and struggles of Robin Hyde - Infrequently Asked Questions

Lynley Hargreaves • Jul 09, 2015 •

New Zealand author Robin Hyde was one of our most significant writers of poetry, fiction and journalism. She spent years in a mental hospital, smuggled her baby across Cook Strait in a hat box, but also wrote an acclaimed travel story in China during the Japanese invasion, and news of her death was covered on the front page of the … Read More