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Community collaboration in Cambodia
Leadership Network member and Massey University lecturer Andrew Drain recently returned from Cambodia where he has been working with rural communities to create farming technologies for people with disabilities.
Scientists 3-D print new cornea for human transplant, from fish scales
A Kiwi design that can fix human eyes with fish scales, using three-dimensional printers, could provide a cure for blindness for millions.
A Massey University team has successfully made a printer that turns out new corneas - the clear front part of the eye - designed for human transplant.
Could 3D printing houses solve the shortage in New Zealand?
There is a major shortage of housing across the country and it requires a solution that's affordable, fast and sustainable. But at the speed 3D printing is advancing it may not be a problem for much longer. Massey Uni. Engineering and Advanced Technology Lecturer Frazer Noble spoke to Duncan Garner.
Tech giant Oracle backs NZ bug-detecting study
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Tech giant Oracle has funded a bug-hunting Kiwi project targeting one of the world's most widely used programming languages.
The California-based corporation has gifted Massey University's Associate Professor Jens Dietrich $60,000 to seek out bugs and security weaknesses in Java, which is operated in 15 billion devices around the world in everything from Netflix and Android mobile apps to complex financial programs used by large companies.
Funding for computer bugs, birds calls, and speech recognition
Associate Professor Jens Dietrich and Professor Steve Marsland from SEAT are succesful applicants.
Associate Professor Jens Dietrich from the School of Engineering and Advanced Technology, received funding for his research into closing the gaps in Static Program Analysis.This project will look at new ways of detecting bugs and vulnerabilities in computer software that can be exploited for malicious activities. It will look at static program analysis, where bugs and vulnerabilities are detected by models extracted from code without executing the program.
Professor Steve Marsland of the School of Engineering and Advanced Technology, has also secured funding for research into distance and direction estimation for Acoustic Bird Monitoring. His research will look at estimating population densities of birds by locating their calls using mathematical and statistical methods.
Finalists revealed: 2017 NAWIC Awards
Robyn Phipps is one of 39 finalists that have been announced in the third annual Hays National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) Excellence Awards, which reflects the outstanding contribution being made by women across the industry.
New wheelchair prototype set to be revolutionary
A new prototype wheelchair is set to revolutionise an age-old design, making it a lot easier for users.
It's been a labour of love, and almost a life's work, for a husband and wife engineering duo at Massey University.
"We saw a lady trying to get up a wheelchair ramp and really struggling. We were quite shocked how hard it was for her," says Dr Claire Flemmer.
So they set about designing a better one.
Taranaki school students get to study Wi-Fi
Dr Faraz Hasan, the lead investigator from the School of Engineering and Advanced Technology at Massey University, said: "Through this project students will get hands-on experience with various experimental tools to get better insight into how Wi-Fi operates. It also informs them about the career options in this area.
Nine community science projects given a financial boost
Two Taranaki high schools may be the reason you have no Wi-Fi connection problems in the future.
A group of 30 year 12 and 13 students from New Plymouth Boys' and Girls' High Schools, in a science partnership with Massey University, hope to solve wireless connectivity issues faced by communities in Taranaki.
SEAT staff member receives PhD
School of Engineering and Advanced Technology assistant lecturer Dr Ishani Soysa was conferred with a doctoral degree last week.
Could you be flying a car in 2020?
Uber is set to introduce flying cars by 2020, with a fully functional network aimed to be airborne by 2023.
Dallas and of course Dubai will be the first cities to receive the electric mode of transport in hopes to increase business and meet growing aviation demands
Engineering and advanced technology lecturer Frazer Noble spoke to Duncan Garner.
Air pollution in schools
Research into indoor and outdoor air quality in a city primary school is providing valuable information that will be used to improve future building design and ventilation.
Out-of-the-box solution
With Building Research Levy support, a low-cost air quality monitoring system has been developed to fill a knowledge gap about just how healthy the air in classrooms is.
Workshop gives girls a taste of engineering career
When Kellie Hobbs began working as an offshore well engineer for Shell Todd, she was one of the only women on the oil rig. Now the 25-year-old is trying to encourage more girls to look at the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields for a career as part of the Hello Cafe project. "From my current experience there's not a lot of females in the STEM industries so what we're trying to do is promote it in a way we think they can relate to," she said. Hello Cafe was organised by Associate Professor at Massey University Jane Goodyer and funded by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Engineering's Curious Minds fund.So far, the project has run in seven cities around the country, including New Plymouth.
Rice cooker fuelled by manure to help improve lives developing countries
A rice cooker that runs on manure is among the inventions a group of clever young Kiwi innovators are using to help improve the lives of villagers in developing countries.
As part of their studies, Massey University engineering students have been travelling to remote villages around the world and designing special innovations for them.
Their work, part of Massey's Engineering and Innovation Management major, is bringing Kiwi ingenuity to those who need it most, while helping transform the perception that people have of engineers, programme's co-ordinator Dr Aruna Shekar said.
Smart devices study may help elderly to avoid needing rest home care
Smart phones, digital sensors and social media may help more elderly people to avoid rest home care.
A new $150,000 Massey University study will investigate using information from digital devices and sensors around elderly people's home, including on their bodies, which will be distributed via social media to monitor and manage their health so they can live at home longer.
Dr Richard Whiddett, of Massey University, and colleagues Dr Inga Hunter and Professor Hans Guesgen, believed their study could have significant health benefits for older people by supporting their independence, improving quality of life and avoiding health risks linked with residential care, such as decreasing mobility.
High-tech Massey spin-off continues to innovate
A decade after the first prototype was developed, the Massey University high-tech spin-off company, Veritaxa, is continuing to garner global interest in its intelligent three-dimensional digital microscope technology.
EWB Challenge New Zealand Finals and Winners
The EWB Challenge New Zealand finals were held on October 10th at Beca's Auckland offices. The top prize was awarded to Taite Shepherd, Ayumi Sleegers, Darryn Wells and Yaser Tamimi from Massey University, who proposed an "Organic Ash Soap" design aimed at improving sanitation and hygiene in Bambui.
Massey students create future fun with robot games
Soccer playing robots are the future of fun, according to Massey University students.
Third year Bachelor of Engineering students at Massey University's Manawatu campus showed off the results of a year-long project on Wednesday.
Engineering student success knows no borders
For the fourth consecutive year a team of Massey University engineering students have won the Engineers Without Borders national competition held last Saturday - with their solution soon to become reality in a village in Cameroon, Africa.
The team, consisting of first year students Taite Shephard, Ayumi Sleegers, Yaser Tamimi and Darryn Wells, out-competed eight teams from universities around New Zealand in the challenge addressing the rapid urbanisation of Bambui village that has led to pressures on the existing water supply, sanitation, waste management and available housing facilities.
A sign of the digital times
A team of Massey University engineers and computer scientists are revolutionising digital sign technology with the aim of making "finding your way" an interactive and personalised experience.
The project was to create a digital sign that could rotate and display different information according to where it was pointing. Computer scientists could then enhance the sign to make it "smart".
Engineering Maori futures
Moresby Kainuku (Tuwharetoa, Ngai te Rangi) is engineering a future for himself and urging other Maori to do the same. The 2nd year Massey University student is studying for a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) majoring in electronics and while he's enthusiastic about his course, he's saddened by how few Maori get into science and technology.
Home automation takes off in NZ
Sick of having to stay home to let the plumber in?
Growing numbers of New Zealanders are choosing to automate their homes so such problems are a thing of the past.
Professor Hans Guegsen, chair in computer science at Massey University, said automation was a growing trend in New Zealand homes - and many people were automating without even realising it.
NZ could do more greenhouse gas mitigation
A lack of ambition in New Zealand to do anything serious about climate change irritates Ralph Sims.
"New Zealand should support more public transport, encourage more freight off road, by rail or coastal shipping, substitute woody biomass instead of coal for heating in industry and buildings," he says.
JD Trask's new thinking celebrated at Gold Awards
Software developer JD Trask, a Bachelor of Information Sciences graduate from Massey University, has been named the inaugural recipient of a New Thinking Award sponsored by the University at the Wellington Gold Awards.
No glass ceilings under construction for these women
Despite years of campaigning to change perceptions, the public image of the worldwide construction industry remains overwhelmingly macho, but a new set of awards and an industry association dedicated to its female members is raising their profile.
Heat pump misuse goes on bill
You have a heat pump, so your power bill should be cheaper this winter, right? Not necessarily. Heat pumps are the most commonly installed form of fixed heating.But experts say many people are paying unnecessarily high bills because they aren’t using them correctly. Mikael Boulic, a lecturer at the Massey University school of engineering and advanced technology, and part of the Housing and Health Research Programme, said more education was needed to help New Zealand households use their heat pumps more effectively.
APEC scientists visit 'world-leading' Palmerston North -
Leading scientist from around the globe have descended upon Palmerston North, a world leader in its own right when it comes to tackling climate change.
Scientists from Vietnam, Japan, Australia, Peru, China and Indonesia visited various sites of research, development and sustainable energy practice in Palmerston North on Saturday.
Call for PhD students to win $5k AMP IGNITE competition
Leading life insurer and retirement savings provider, AMP is again calling for PhD students across the country who have an innovative quest to change the world with their research to enter its 2015 AMP IGNITE competition be in to win up to $5,000 to help further their studies.
Massey professor in network for problem solving
Massey's School of Engineering and Advanced Technology programme director Associate Professor Jane Goodyer has been invited to be a part a University Twinning and Networking Programme of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco).
Carbon credits not the answer
Prime Minister John Key and Climate Change Minister Tim Groser are, deep down, climate change sceptics, Massey University's Professor Ralph Sims believes.
International meet to discuss emerging engineering concepts
International experts will discuss engineering sciences concepts such as smart homes, microwave, data mining and other emerging concepts in areas of computing, communication and manufacturing at a conference here, organisers said Wednesday.
The first International Conference on Computing, Communication and Manufacturing (ICCCM - 2014) will be held Dec 22 and 23 at the MCKV Institute of Engineering campus in Howrah.
Young robotics whiz off to US
It's off to Kentucky for nine Otumoetai Intermediate students who came tops in a national robotics competition.
Three teams of three students from the intermediate took part in the Vex IQ Nationals on Saturday at Massey University in Palmerston North and all teams placed in the top five of the competition.
Our Changing World - Hospital Bed Mover
With hospital beds weighing in the order of 300kg, or up to 350 or 400kg with a patient on top, it can be hard work to move them. The process usually takes two people, and injuries can sometimes occur, particularly where beds are being moved down narrow corridors and one person has to face backwards.
At Massey University, a machine has been developed to move hospital beds which only requires one person to manoeuvre the bed by moving a joystick.
Key roles for Massey staff in winning science team
Five Massey University staff are leaders or members of a housing and health research team that won New Zealand's most valuable award for scientific achievement, the $500,000 Prime Minister’s Science Prize.
Professor Chris Cunningham, from the Research Centre for Maori Health and Development at the Wellington campus, and Albany-based Professor Robyn Phipps, from the School of Engineering and Advanced Technology, are two of give the co-directors of the He Kainga Oranga/Housing and Health Research Programme.Three other Massey staff – Dr Mikael Boulic (School of Engineering and Advanced Technology), Angela Coffey and Dr Hope Tupara (both Research Centre for Maori Health Development) – are among the 28-member team.
Chisti wins Canadian honour
Nearly 25 years of hard work have culminated in Professor Yusuf Chisti receiving the Engineering Alumni Achievement Medal from Canada’s University of Waterloo.
Improving housing to improve health wins top science prize
A 28-member team of scientists whose research over more than 15 years has involved thousands of New Zealanders, earned international acclaim and informed policy developments for successive New Zealand governments has won the 2014 Prime Minister’s Science Prize.Professor Howden-Chapman’s five co-directors are Professors Michael Baker and Julian Crane from the University of Otago, Professors Chris Cunningham and Robyn Phipps from Massey University and Dr Malcolm Cunningham formerly from BRANZ. The team is made up of researchers in the areas of social science, epidemiology, biostatistics, engineering, physics, architecture, building science and economics.
OneNet expands intern programme to include Massey University
OneNet has further expanded its university intern program this year by including a team of software engineering undergraduates from Massey’s Albany campus. The team has been working closely with OneNet’s in-house engineers on a new software product for managing the inventory and configuration of their datacentres.
Student wins big award at kinetica
A kinetic sculpture featuring a rotating hourglass, representing controversy over the proposed iron-sand mining off the Patea coast, has won a special award at kinetika.
Belinda fundraises to get out on her bike
Belinda fundraises to get out on her bike. Ms Edwards has been working with the team at Massey University’s School of Engineering and Advanced Technology (SEAT) at Albany Village to custom design the frame for her car.
Associate Professor Johan Potgieter and the team at SEAT have been really fantastic with ideas on how to construct the frame for my car. It’s a great project for some of the students to work on, and it’s also helping me out immensely. They have been really supportive in so many ways.
All talk, no action on climate change
With a United Nations report making dire predictions about the impact of climate change, a Massey University expert says the Government is not taking the subject seriously.
Professor Ralph Sims said the Government had no plans to reduce the country's emissions, despite talking up the country's efforts internationally.
Teaching computers to read doodles
DRAWN TO COMPUTING: Massey University lecturer Dr Rachel Blagojevic has been given a $300,000 Marsden Fund grant to research ways of getting computers to digest and "understand" hand-drawn doodles and diagrams.
$5.1m in Marsden grants for Massey researchers
Ten Massey University-led research projects will receive research funding worth more than $5.1 million from the Government's Marsden Fund this year.
Four of the projects received Marsden Fund Fast-Start grants ranging from $250,000 to $300,000 for young researchers.
Professor warns of four degree temperature rise
A New Zealand Professor of sustainable energy says a recent climate change report indicates future global warming will be closer to four degrees than the two degree target.
Massey University's Ralph Sims says the latest climate report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change summarises the three areas of physical science data, adaptation and mitigation.
Rock band tours with 3D printed guitars
Rock band The Klaxons will use 3D printed guitars for an international tour, which began earlier this month.
The band announced in June that they would set off on the "world's first ever 3D printed tour".
Government urged to act on climate talk
A Government-proposed solution to stalled climate change talks is commendable, says a Massey University professor. However the plan would carry more weight if New Zealand was doing its part to reduce harmful emissions.
International negotiations over the response to climate change are largely stalled ahead of upcoming talks in Lima and Paris.
The next generation of 3D printers are expected to have capabilities to generate flesh, blood and bone.
For those of you who haven't caught up with 3D printing, it has been described as the next industrial revolution - a printer in your home that can make up anything you want. As long as it's plastic or metal, it is possible. But 3D printing is about to usher in a whole new world. Massey University associate professor Johan Potgieter says the possibilities are 'endless' when it comes to the future use of printers. Hayes looks at a printer at Massey's North Shore campus, and Potgieter says hearing aids and implants are included among the items that are printed globally
Students put fire-fighting robots to the test
Local university students - three from Karori and one from Ngaio - wooed employers with their robot wizardry skills at a Summer of Tech mechatronics hackfest over the weekend. They joined about 50 invited students who spent seven hours last Saturday at FabLab, situated at Massey University's Wellington campus.
Robotics teams compete
Thirty- five teams from schools across Auckland descended on the Massey University's Albany campus for the fifth VEX Robotics Auckland Ladder challenge on August 16.
Robyn Phipps wins Albany innovation award
The annual Innovation Award was held at the Albany campus yesterday.
Nineteen staff gave a three-minute outline of something innovative they had done in their teaching or research.
Presenters came from a wide range of disciplines and all five colleges were represented.
The winning presentation, based on audience vote, was on indoor air quality by Professor Robyn Phipps from the School of Engineering and Advanced Technology.
Construction industry mentors for Massey students
This year's New Zealand Institute of Quantity Surveyors mentoring scheme was convened by Professor Robyn Phipps and Dr Jasper Mbachu of the School of Engineering and Advanced Technology on August 14 at the Albany campus.
Enterprising student aids bus travel
An enterprising computer science student is using his spare time to make Palmerston North's buses easier and he's garnered the support of Horizons Regional Council.
Third year Massey University student Taylor Hamling's web application Late for the Bus pulls data from the Regional Council's website, allowing students to enter a travel time and select a preferred route to see their next bus to or from university.
VEX Robotics scrimmage at Albany campus
Thirty-five teams from schools across Auckland descended on the Albany campus on Saturday for the fifth VEX Robotics Auckland Ladder challenge. Event organisers say it was one of the largest competitions of the season.
The tournament champions were Lynfield College (2915A) and Wingus & Dingus Robotics (7682) from ACG Strathallan. The Design Award went to Mt Albert Grammar School (2908X).
The challenge is part of a regular competition run by Kiwibots New Zealand, and is aimed at inspiring a passion for science and technology.
China beats NZ at cutting energy use
China is better than New Zealand at planning for mitigating energy use and greenhouse gas emissions by improving energy use, says a Massey University sustainable energy professor. Ralph Sims said China used only 6 tonnes of greenhouse gases a person a year, as opposed to New Zealand, which emitted 16 tonnes a person a year.
Pupils inspired by Massey engineering camps
Secondary school pupils have been dreaming up ways to solve future transport problems at engineering camps at Massey University this week. Year 11-13 pupils from 30 different schools throughout New Zealand participated in the four-day camps on the Manawatū and Albany campuses. More than 120 attended the camps that were oversubscribed.
Massey ranks highly in latest CWTS Leiden Rankings
Massey University's Mathematical and Engineering Sciences have been ranked in the top 150 in the world and the best in New Zealand in the CWTS Leiden Ranking 2014. Massey's Natural Sciences were ranked in the world top 200, and first in New Zealand on the same measure.
App makes cheap cellphone satellite
Developing an app to turn an "off the shelf" smart phone into a low cost satellite has won a group of Auckland students a place in an international space competition. Duct Tape team Scott Wilson of Orewa, Zach Warner of Red Beach and David Tan of Albany are all with Massey University, with Erlis Kllogjri of Glenfield at the University of Auckland.They were among five teams competing in the NASA International Space Apps Challenge held on April 12 and 13 and hosted jointly by the US Embassy and AUT University at their city campus. Satellites generally cost millions of dollars to build and get into orbit. But Wilson reckons their smartphone option provides a cheap alternative. "At a cost of just $10,000 getting a smart phone up in a shuttle or into a low earth orbit where it can take photos or collect data, is a fraction of current costs for purpose-built equipment," mechatronics engineering student Wilson says. "This brings research into the range of universities but also business," he says. Mini satellites have become very popular with 130 CubeSats released into low orbit since 2003. Smaller pocket-sized ones are now being developed. Lacking thrusters they will fall back to earth within a year. Others are being developed with thrusters to survive outside earth orbit to measure turbulence in the solar wind. A Cubesat can be produced for around $116,000 with students doing the work. Despite only weighing a kilogramme, it will still cost around $80,000 to get each one on a SpaceX Dragon launch. About 20 have been given free passage by NASA So the smaller and lighter, the better. Lots of small, short-lived satellites are starting to be seen as more cost-effective than large, longer-lived ones. Fairfax NZ
Kiwis 'big' greenhouse emitters
New Zealanders are now the fourth highest emitters of greenhouse gases per person in the world and there is no plan to reduce our impact, says a Massey University climate scientist.
New Zealand returns to the VEX Robotics World Championships for the 6th time
On the 21st of April, 37 students and mentors will depart on Qantas for Anaheim, Los Angeles to represent New Zealand at the 2014 VEX Robotics World Championships. This is the biggest and fastest growing class room based robotics competition in the World.
This event will be the biggest so far with 800 teams and 15,000 students competing for the title of World Champions. Junior Schools, High Schools and Universities will compete in their respective divisions in a three day event that rounds off a year's worth of work for these students.
Representing New Zealand will be students from
- Massey University
- Feilding High School
- Otumoetai College
- Lynfield College
- Albany Home School
I am sure you will wish our teams well and will, like us, keep your fingers crossed that we will be able to bring home a World Championship trophy on the 28th for the sixth year in a row.
Professor Ralph Sims: Need for massive shift to renewable energy
Massey University Professor Ralph Sims talks to Rachel Smalley on KPMG Early Edition about a new UN report which says catastrophic climate change can be averted without sacrificing living standards - but only if the world urgently switches to clean sources of energy. Professor Sims is the lead author of the report's chapter on transport. (Newstalk ZB, Monday 14th April)
IPCC Report on Climate Change
Lead author for the Transport chapter of the latest UN IPCC Report on Mitigating of Climate Change Massey University's Professor Ralph Sims. From Sunday Morning on 13 Apr 2014
Young Te Anau developer takes top award
A Fiordland College student has been named the supreme winner of a Massey University design competition to support a smokefree New Zealand (Page 2 of the Fiordland Advocate)
$22m food tech and engineering upgrade
Massey University today unveiled a $22 million upgrade of the Manawatu campus Riddet Complex, its base for food technology and engineering. The major revamp is a significant step in the planned $250 million investment into Food HQ, a research collaboration between Massey and other big stakeholders in the agri-food business that have combined to help boost the annual value of New Zealand's food exports to $60 billion by 2025.
Global Radar with Prof Yusuf Chisti
Te Radar looks at oil alternatives like alligator fat, and finds out how a mix of sunlight and old kiwifruit can juice up a car, our very own Prof Yusuf Chisti can be viewed 15.03s into the video clip
VEX Robots winning Team College Division - Massey University
Innovation First International, creators of the VEX Robotics Competition World Championship, today announced that teams from Champs Charter High School, Crowther home school and El Camino Real High School were crowned as the world champion winning alliance. Nearly 300 hundred elite VEX teams from middle schools, high schools and university campuses from around the world competed at the Dallas Convention Center on May 1-2 with robots they built using the VEX Robotics Design System.
Congratulations Massey University Vex Robots Team - World Champions
Final results from the VEX World Championships (over the weekend) Dallas, Texas USA Massey University Team - World Champions (College) Massey University Team - Amaze Award (College) Johan Potgieter VEX Volunteer of the Year (AKL) Home School (Free Range Robotics) - Programming Skills World Champions (AKL) Home School (Free Range Robotics) - Robot Skills 3rd Place (AKL) Home School (Free Range Robotics) - 1st place Tournament Division (Technology) The home school awards were won from 1300 teams around the world. This is the team sunrise did the story on.
Robotics competition winners will head to US
Twelve Auckland teenagers have a date in Dallas next month after manoeuvring their machines to victory in a fast and furious final of a robotics competition on the Albany campus at the weekend.
Student Robot Wizards
The VEX Robot competition as seen on Breakfast regional roundup on Friday 20th March. Now available from the VEX Website
Breathtaking ideas from young entrepreneurs
Breathtaking ideas from young entrepreneurs
An energy boosting ice block, a beat-the-recession internet blog and a gym towel with iPod storage were among the business ideas suggested by students at the launch of the Young Enterprise Scheme (YES).
More than 370 secondary school students from around the North Shore and Rodney took part in the e-day, which was hosted by Massey University on the Albany campus this week.
More than 30 business professionals and experts from the University’s School of Engineering and Advanced Technology were on hand to advise students about their fledgling companies at “speed coaching” sessions.
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Dr Aruna Shekar, a senior lecturer in product development at Massey University, spoke to the Year 12 and Year 13 students about how to make their innovative ideas work.
“These are really talented, bright young students. We encouraged them to do a situation analysis and think about the product category, to understand the market and to research the competition,” she says.
“We also asked them to consider the reality of making these ideas work in terms of materials, process and manufacturing, which is key to success.”
YES is a nationwide scheme that teaches high school students the principles of commerce by establishing and running a business within the school curriculum.
It is hosted in the Auckland region by Enterprise North Shore.
Regional co-ordinator Lisa Ford says she saw flecks of brilliance among the participants. “Some of the students’ ideas were absolutely breathtaking; the enterprising and innovative future of the North Shore looks extremely secure,” she says.
The regional winner of YES will be announced on October 15 at a Regional Awards ceremony at North Harbour Stadium.
The following schools took part in the e-day: Long Bay College; Kristin School; Orewa College; Westlake Girls High School; Takapuna Grammar School; Glenfield College; Wentworth College; Whangaparaoa College; Northcote College; Rangitoto College; Westlake Boys High School; Kingsway School; Pinehurst School and Albany Senior High School.
Private Robots
A walking, talking domestic servant has been promised to consumers for years. So why am I still cleaning my own toilet? (duration: 16 minutes 44 seconds ) - As featured on Radio New Zealand 'This Way Up' programme. Saturday 21st February 2009 at 13:15.
Floating Kiwis, Christmas Parade 2008
This year SEAT entered a float into the Palmerston North Christmas Parade using the Kiwifruit Picker (programmed to wave its arms about). The theme was Kiwiana, hence the old Massey-Ferguson tractor driven by our very own rendition of Fred Dagg. Rachael was dressed up in 50 style complete with a kiwifruit-topped pavlova hat. (That's a rata sprig she's waving). The larger kiwifruit in the bin are Kayden and his cousin while the 500-odd smaller (real) kiwifruit complete with ME stickers were handed out to the crowd. There were in excess of 15,000 people there on a hot, sunny day. Thanks to Rachael for the idea and all the organising!
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Welcome to the first edition of the SEAT Newsletter (December 2008). This will be a quarterly event.
