ASA News

The Garden Club will soon be hosting a Traditional Umu Cooking Workshop.

According to 2015 Garden Club president Richard Donovan, the workshop would be run with Senior Advisor Pasifika, Ben Taufau, and would use the taro grown in the garden.

“I just felt that it would kind of be a good opportunity for others to learn how to do it, especially since a lot of the members of the Community Garden are actually international students and I’m sure they’d definitely be interested in learning about the Island culture and traditional cooking, especially because it’s very similar to hangi and it’s a good way to bridge the cultures.”

Nominations have been received for the positions of International Students' Representative and Men's Welfare Representative. Check out our elections page for more information. 

The closing date for nominations to all vacant positions as been extended until 9am Monday 16th March.  Get YOUR nomination sorted now and make a difference!

ASA will hold a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING in the Student Lounge on Wednesday 18th March at 12pm.

There are 5 vacant spots on the ASA Executive for 2015.  Don't waste any time, jump to our elections page now for more information. 

Ok, times are tough, jobs are scarce but there are some tips we can give you. Firstly you need to have the 3 P's. PERSISTENCE, PERSEVERANCE AND POSITIVITY. Read on for more tips ............

The 10^th Annual Albany Lecturer of the Year (LOTY) Awards were held on Friday 14th November to a room packed to capacity with teaching staff that students had enthusiastically nominated and voted for and whom students identified as having  provided exceptional teaching in 2014..............

All of the 167 lecturers nominated to be 2014 Lecturer of the Year are to be congratulated. But, following the awards ceremony held today, we can now announce the winners as decided by the students at Massey Albany.........

Ashneel Prasad has been removed from office as ASA International Students' Representative 2014 for misrepresentation and failure to meet essential eligibility criteria. His election to this same office for 2015 has also been revoked.

The annual clubs prize giving was held on the evening of Monday October 20th...

Don't run into problems with your student loan over summer - check out this information from IRD...

If you're studying next year there's a lot to get sorted.

(MAFF President, Naser, pictured with finalists Unitec and Auckland University teams)

This was the first Futsal Inter-University Tournament that Massey University has run after the discontinuation of the Inter-University League in 2009. 

Unitec managed to win first place after beating YMCA 6 1 in the Semi-Final and Auckland University by 4 to 1 in the Final. 

The Massey University team did well in the group stages by beating both YMCA teams but lost the semi-final game to Auckland by 3 to 1 and to YMCA B by 6 to 4 in the 3rd/4th placement game. Overall, it was a very successful day and we hope to have MIT and AUT on board in the future. 

Final placements were as follows:

1. Unitec
2. Auckland University
3. Massey University
4. YMCA B
5. YMCA A

Picture: Chris Broadbent (left) has an informal discussion with students about Fairfax media

The Massey Association of Communication Students was thrilled to have speaker Chris Broadbent from Fairfax media for a student talk at Ferguson bar on Wednesday2nd August. This Speaker Event concluded MACS’ Speaker Series for 2014, which hosted four industry professionals at Massey, educating students on the ‘real world of Communications’. Chris Broadbent holds a position in Fairfax Media as an Employment Relation Manager, giving the students insight about how to fit into a big organisation such as Fairfax media. Students enjoyed finger food, non-alcoholic beverages, and employment tips and tricks. Chris spoke casually to the group, answering questions and discussing how to apply for jobs and internships, how to stand out, and what NOT to do when applying for jobs. 

Missed the forum? Check out what happened here. 

Check out the elections page to see who will be representing you in 2015.

All voting is online but you can find a polling booth at these locations.

The nominee for the Post Graduate students' rep for next year's ASA Executive has withdrawn from the election.

The national student magazine of Massey University - is beginning its search for the Editor/s for 2015. 

Are these guys getting any work done???? They seem to be at the mountain at every opportunity.  

If you haven't skied before, watch out for their up and coming Snow Planet trip aimed at getting you newbies on the slopes.  

In the meanwhile, click the photo, to read all about this trip.