#masseyuni

[soltanian]

Studying Computer Science at Massey University

[memadster]

'hi, how can i help you?' is my graduate collection and it's almost finished. #nosleepforme #almostthere #unreal #4yearsofuniversity #lastweekofuni #exposure2018 #cocamassey #masseyuni #lightingstudio #fashionstudents #fashion #design (at Wellington, New Zealand) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo1C-ptgbTa/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=l4q5qk64jtum

[sketchmearainbow]

#illustration #illust #art #artist #me #drawing #draw #drawings #autodesksketchbook #sketchbook #sketchbookpro #autodesksketchbookpro #sketchbookdrawing #masseyuniversity #masseyuni #ootd #ootdfashion #ootdinspiration (at Wellington, New Zealand) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFQYm59DOao/?igshid=8g48b55rlzxf

[contemporarydesignproject197440]

Blog links combination

Here’s all of our members blog links from working individually on experimenting for cocalux before, until now we’re one huge group of 5. 

Helen Wang’s blog link: https://luwen197440.tumblr.com/ Fiona Lai’s blog link: https://yflai197440coca.wordpress.com/blog/ Nathaniel Stable’s blog link: Josiah Cole’s blog link: Nicholas Leeland’s blog link: https://lux197440.tumblr.com

[hassaneliwa]

Massey University 🏫 #nz #newzealand #newzealandpics #auckland #albany #campus #campuslife #university #universitystudent #phd #phdstudent #masseyuni #masseyuniversity #masseyuniversitynz (at Massey University Albany Campus) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3l6Jjjg_iV/?igshid=qi8a9a6frce8

[dorothyparkerwashere]

Really excited to start my residency next week @masseyuni in New Zealand! Bring your friends, bring yourself and tell everyone in NZ to come! If you are interested in having me speak or run a workshop or just to have dinner and a chat, hit me up through the email address ⬆️ * * * #writerscommunity #writersofinstagram #writer #intersectionalfeminism #intersectionality #feminism #activist #blogger #activism #socialjustice #socialjusticewarrior #newzealand #masseyuni #residency #speaker #singapore #race #racism #chineseprivilege https://www.instagram.com/p/BuBLQ0hh_6G/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1hgh48rxlpp1l

[designbyaria]

Week 11: Printing and production

https://www.behance.net/gallery/44796459/RiseThis week, after final edits and proof-readings, I sent ‘The Glory to be Revealed’ off to Wakefields for printing. Because of budget limitations, I needed to compromise with some of my design decisions, especially with the front cover. I had originally intended to have a linen book cloth for a more ‘home-made’ feel, as well as getting the cover typography debossed to give a subtle and classic feel to the book. Instead, I decided on a dark grey buckram with silver foiling to match the design elements on the inside.

Cover confirmed with hardcover binding.

I also got the end pages printed with an image of the rag rug that Grandad made, showing his handiwork, and the projects he involves himself in. It was important that I got the book section sewn so that I could lay the pages as flat as possible when I go to vinyl the pull quotes.

Once that was handed in and ready to go, I began developing the visual identity of The Memoir Project website, now that I had finalised the user-journeys through prototyping and testing. For a while I felt like I had hit a wall, and was feeling quite uninspired.

However, when scolling through Behance for some UX/UI inspiration, I came across this project: https://www.behance.net/gallery/44796459/Rise. I thought it had a perfect combination of simple navigation and elegant design, and would work well with a template design system. Inspired by some the design elements, I finally felt like I had found the visual identity of this project, and it didn’t stray too far from the design and tone of the book – it seemed cohesive enough to seem like a ‘product’ from the website.

I was able to design the journey of the sign up experience to test that these design elements would work with the content, and continued to plan what prototypes I would need to show for presentation, the goal to prove the concept.

Ready to dig into this website and land the plane!

[janepentgally-blog]

I don't know about you but I would totally wear the hell out of that outfit. The one in the middle. #masseyuni #fashion #sequence #hellyea Yep this is in my uni library

[amonthlessplastic]

I was greeted at Massey with a whole load of single use plastic, polystyrene cups, single use spoons, bottles of water and cellophane wrapped sandwiches. It’s really starting to offend me now, watching people use a spoon once and discard it is ridiculous. Surely it’s not difficult to replace with one spoon for 10 people, drink tap water and wash up cups at the end of the day.

Glad I prepared, my jar of almonds kept me going. Sad to see a full bin of plastic at the end of the day though.

[dannifreefionatsega217]

Process Work

Fiona and Danni filmed for our short video of our atmosphere space.

Here are screenshots of Fiona editing on iMovie, the footage from our iPhone recordings of our atmosphere space.

[memadster]

it's cold and rainy and it may look like i'm wearing a puffer jacket but it's actually a sleeping bag that i keep at uni. #universitylife #masseyuni #anotherreasonforaselfie #goingtoeatmythumb #hardatworkorhardlyworking (at Mount Cook, Wellington)

[sketchmearainbow]

#illustration #illust #art #artist #me #drawing #draw #drawings #autodesksketchbook #sketchbook #sketchbookpro #autodesksketchbookpro #sketchbookdrawing #masseyuniversity #masseyuni #ootd #ootdfashion #ootdinspiration (at Wellington, New Zealand) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFJ9K1uDUqg/?igshid=1puxq4fzamowb

[karingudino]

Capital gains: A thriving, verdant natural reserve in the heart of Wellington

The New Zealand capital has rigorously nurtured a 225-hectare ecosanctuary that’s residence to 1000’s of uncommon species of timber and birds

Zealandia is residence to about 40 native chook species, endangered reptiles and invertebrates PIC: https://www.visitzealandia.com/

At the same time as India’s capital metropolis is felling 1000’s of timber to make method for a huge parliamentary advanced, New Zealand’s Wellington has chosen the other path.

Over the previous three many years, the town has developed a pure reserve that fills the air with the odor of moist earth, the songs of birds and the thrill of unique bugs. Zealandia, earlier known as the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary, is a protected pure that’s fully fenced from pests and different predators. The authorities are working exhausting to revive the biodiversity of the 225-hectare forest.

And the reserve is within the coronary heart of the town — simply 10 minutes by automobile from New Zealand’s Parliament.

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Again in motion

Amongst Zealandia’s success tales is the hihi, uncommon chook that was bordering on extinction, in keeping with a BBC report. The birds had disappeared from the mainland within the Eighteen Eighties, and only a few had been discovered on the Little Barrier Island. The BBC report stated these had been translocated to Zealandia in 2005, and since then they’ve been breeding efficiently.

We’re thrilled to announce that, in partnership with @MasseyUni and Headland Journal, ZEALANDIA is working an essay prize for artistic nonfiction! To study extra in regards to the prize, head to https://t.co/E2h4CpCab1. The submission interval is from 1 August – 12 September. pic.twitter.com/6PnAT8QAw5

— ZEALANDIA (@ZEALANDIA) May 12, 2021

I used to be fortunate sufficient to pay a go to to @ZEALANDIA final week to take a look at the work occurring to reinvigorate the decrease reservoir. Immediately the sanctuary is closed in order that essential work to remove perch will be carried out. pic.twitter.com/h0xclhjpWZ

— Mayor of Wellington (@MayorOfWelly) May 12, 2021

Researchers say the introduction of land mammals to New Zealand in current centuries has severely altered its ecosystem. Native natural world are seen to have suffered from this. Zealandia seeks to deal with this, letting indigenous natural world flourish with out the specter of predators, because of the 8.6 km a pest-exclusion fence.

The area is residence to about 40 native chook species, endangered reptiles and invertebrates, stated the BBC report. Additionally dotting the panorama are a whole bunch of native crops, bushes and timber.

Win-win for the town

Wellington is gaining immensely from the ecological island. It’s a large vacationer pull. Additionally, there’s the nice spillover impact ­— unique birds and bugs are sometimes now noticed within the metropolis, too. Plus, there’s the massive reservoir of oxygen instantly at hand — just like New York’s Central Park, however with birds and different creatures, too. Environmentalists say Zealandia additionally helps hold extreme warmth and floods in test.

The house additional gives a ‘residing laboratory’, stated the BBC report. It permits scientists to conduct conservation analysis, pilot restoration methods and let the general public have a peep into the goings-on.

Whereas these are the short-term achievements, the long-term one pans 500 years, stated the BBC report. The plan is to revive the forest and freshwater ecosystems to their prehuman state, to the extent doable — it can take about 500 years for the unique cover to regrow.

Source link

source https://fikiss.net/capital-gains-a-thriving-verdant-natural-reserve-in-the-heart-of-wellington/ Capital gains: A thriving, verdant natural reserve in the heart of Wellington published first on https://fikiss.net/ from Karin Gudino https://karingudino.blogspot.com/2021/05/capital-gains-thriving-verdant-natural.html

[nicolebjackson]

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[stormecloudd]

JENESYS Programme and Japan

Japan-East Asia Network of Exchange for Students and Youths

Although I'm not the best at promotion in a sense of creating beautiful videos and presentations, public speaking and so on. I’d like to think my writing is not too shabby (albeit a little wordy and at times), so I want to share my experiences from the free trip to Japan that they took me a group of other students from the Pacific region with the JENESYS Programme. This programme started in 2007 by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and aims to increase understanding of the many different faces of Japanese society. I was invited to apply by my Japanese professors at @MasseyUni (@MasseyHumSocSci @JapaneseatMassey) for the History, Culture and Society theme.

We often hear about Japan as simply a place of quirky nick knacks, variety shows and so on, but this trend is dismissive of the diversity of culture and society within Japan and does this beautiful country a disservice. Even when studying the language, we can get bogged down in the language learning process and thus pay less attention on just how varied the country and the people are (Japan is more than just keigo and formalities, even though respect is a major aspect of Japanese society).

Going to a country is the best way to experience a culture, and as we learned in anthropology, it is vital to hear directly from the people themselves in order to get an understanding of them and their lives. Thanks to the JENESYS programme, I was able to not only test my Japanese language skills and implement some of the skills learned in my anthropology major, but also got to experience the Japanese culture in a way that was not possible for me before. We experienced first-hand the importance the Japanese people place on hospitality, kindness, and respect. In groups of three or four, we spent some time with host families in Nagasaki, where we ate, talked, and spent time with a Japanese family. They were so sweet and welcoming and we created cherished memories (such as watching sumo, digging kumara (sweet potato), and sleeping in a tatami room to name a few).

Side note: if you ever go to Japan during the winter months, everyone will ask if you are cold if you aren’t wearing ‘seasonally appropriate’ clothing, so remember to bring warm clothes – they’re only worried about you!

While in Japan we also visited Toyo University and Nagasaki University to talk with Japanese students about various themes surrounding peace and security, culture and society, and even sports. This experience was especially invaluable as we got to discuss issues of climate change with people that are experiencing it first hand, i.e. students from various Pacific Islands, giving a personal connection for us and the Japanese students and further motivation to fight it. We also discussed issues of safety in cities and found camaraderie as young women and men, in our different yet similar values and experiences.

Of course, as we went to Nagasaki, we went to the Atomic Bomb Museum, Memorial Hall, and Peace Park, which is an experience that must be had first-hand, especially in this day and age where government talks of nuclear weapons and warfare only seems to increase.  Although it is easy to register on a logical level the devastation these weapons have wrought, when you are in that place and seeing for yourself that devastation, standing underneath the hypo centre, it’s no longer a historical event – it becomes real in a way it never was. This effect is compounded when, for example, you hear from others on the trip with you from the Marshall Islands about their Bikini Atoll which also suffered devastating damage and loss due to atomic testing in the 20th century. Confronting these stories is vital to being an informed member of society as well as to enacting change for a better and more peaceful future.

Thanks to the JENESYS programme, countless young people from the Pacific region including Australia and New Zealand are meeting and collaborating and forming long-lasting friendships and memories every single year with each other and peers in Japan. In the grand scheme of things ten days is not much, however, the lessons we learned, the experiences we had, and the memories we formed will last a lifetime and will motivate not only me but countless others to explore and maintain a relationship with Japan long into the future.

Once again, thank you to the JENESYS Programme, the Japanese government, and our Japanese professors for allowing us this once in a lifetime opportunity