Master’s student Ryan McCauley has visited Timor-Leste, documenting the nation’s architecture as an expression of its history. He talks to Kelly Burns.
Nov
08
Life lessons
Heather McRae kicked off her career with a science degree at Massey, and since then has been a teacher, worked on major curriculum projects, established new schools in Asia and been a principal in the state system. Today she runs one of the country’s leading private schools for girls, where she remains a keen advocate of studying science. She talks to Bevan Rapson.
Nov
08
The frugal scientist
Dr Jason Hindmarsh is using recommissioned equipment to do great science.
Nov
08
Life under pressure
Could it be that life first arose in the depths of the sea? Postgraduate student Chris Lepper is exploring the feasibilities.
Nov
08
Compound interests
Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy can be used for anything that involves the analysis of matter, from testing for the use of drugs in sport, to understanding the chemistry and physics of food, to investigating the origins of life itself.
Nov
08
A bit of a splash
Postgraduate student Virginia Moreno is working to save an endangered Chilean frog. She talks to Jennifer Little.
Nov
08
In the beginning
Timor-Leste has just entered its second decade of existence. Desperately impoverished, but with vast reserves of offshore oil and gas, the nation faces huge challenges. We meet Aurélio Guterres, the Massey alumnus who heads Timor-Leste’s sole university. Kelly Burns reports.
Nov
08
Incredibly hot sex goes to Frankfurt
All about zines. Bryce Galloway, the author of Incredibly Hot Sex with Hideous People talks to Michelle Hollis.
