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News - Displayed on Website	Linda J Gee	5/12/2025
Pursued qualifications in other subject areas.

News - Displayed on Website	Matthew T Harris	5/12/2025
After graduating with my Masters I moved to Christchurch and started a career in high tech. High Tech relies on good people and I developed an interest in leading people and managing projects using Agile tools and techniques. Disciplined Agile has been a particularly useful toolbox for continuous improvement. More recently, I am progressing to becoming an internationally accredited results coach. Once I get that, I will be in the business of transforming lives across the world.

News - Displayed on Website	Natalie L Hill	5/12/2025
Since graduating from my postgrad at Massey which I completely remotely from Australia, I have traveled the world, lived in 4 different countries long term and continued to build upon my career in the Contingent Workforce Solutions space. I am currently the VP Client Delivery in the US for Hays Enterprise and support a range of clients within the Bio Medical and consumer products space. I live in Washington DC.

News - Displayed on Website	Rosemary P Hogwood	5/12/2025
Travelled a lot!

News - Displayed on Website	Gaja J Kolodziej	5/12/2025
I have published a few books and got a book deal on an entire new series.

News - Displayed on Website	Shona L Bracey	4/12/2025
I studied part-time at Massey University as an adult while raising my two children as a single parent. Having spent many years in the travel and tourism industry, I wanted to carve out a niche that would allow me to balance family life with building a sustainable income, while also growing personally and developing my business acumen and career pathway. My studies at Massey University gave me the knowledge, confidence, and courage to start my own travel agency specialising in snow holidays abroad. Despite navigating incredibly tough times-especially during and after COVID-19-I successfully rebuilt my business twice. It hasn't been easy, but the experience has been deeply rewarding. Massey University played an integral role in helping me create something substantial: a recognised and trusted travel brand across New Zealand, known for our expertise and passion for specialist snow holidays. I'm proud of how far we've come and grateful for the foundation Massey provided in turning my vision into a reality. Shona Bracey www.amped4ski.co.nz <http://www.amped4ski.co.nz>

News - Displayed on Website	Zara A Colbert	4/12/2025
I work full time for a tourism marketing agency, in a role that I'm passionate about, as a social media and marketing coordinator.

News - Displayed on Website	Victoria A Fyfe-Livsey	4/12/2025
I used to look out the window of the Albany Campus (1994-6) and watch the cows. One day all the cows stood in a semi-circle facing just one cow who looked as if he was the teacher/manager/ chief. To this day my aroha towards cows gives them a special place in my heart and leaves me with a happy feeling about my time as an undergraduate back in 1996.

News - Displayed on Website	Celia M Geary	4/12/2025
At the time I did the Arts Certificate, I was teaching at St. Joseph's School in Feilding. I taught year 1 & 2 boys and girls. It was wonderful to see them begin to read and write. For 10 years I also taught Reading Recovery, mostly to children entering the school as year 2's. I was the teacher liaison with the Maori Whanau in charge of tikanga Maori. I left St Josephs in 1997 to care for my terminally ill husband. After he died in 2000, I taught Word up to level 4, at Senior Net for ten years. Senior Net folded, so I confined my activities to family history research and wrote 6 family histories of my pioneer settlers to New Zealand from 1840 to 1875. I also travelled to the UK, Ireland, Australia and Canada between 2000 and 2007. Now I belong to the Feilding Writers Group , overseen by Patricia Dunmore and write for pleasure and to keep my brain active

News - Displayed on Website	Susan L James	4/12/2025
Since graduating I worked at Ministry for Primary Industries in several roles - Strategy Implementation, Principal Adviser to a Deputy Director- General (twice!), promoted to a Tier 3 Executive Leadership role as the Director Biosecurity Governance and Assurance and then moved into a Senior Programme Manager role to manage the delivery of a new Biocontainment Laboratory in Auckland. This lab will protect New Zealand's unique flora and fauna, and agricultural environmental assets from Biosecurity incursions which could devastate the NZ economy and way of life. I'm now taking a small career break to focus on family life and will be looking for my next opportunity in the new year.

News - Displayed on Website	Radha K Karki	4/12/2025
Done mainly agricultural and horticulture papers. Got promoted. Working for MPI for last 25 years.

News - Displayed on Website	Tess M Langworthy	4/12/2025
I am now studying a Bachelor of Arts - Politics and International Relations. Additionally I work full-time as a Programme Manager for natural environment strategies at Auckland Council, and volunteer part-time for disaster relief group Taskforce Kiwi.

News - Displayed on Website	Maxine C Lewis	4/12/2025
Since completing my PG Certificate in Education at Massey, I've regularly incorporated what I learned about online design and digital learning into my work as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Auckland. The learning I did at Massey has helped me create several online courses and mentor peers in this space.

News - Displayed on Website	Jacob H Liversedge	4/12/2025
I work for a rival university, sorry!

News - Displayed on Website	Laura J Meadows	4/12/2025
Massey was amazing. I have, since completing my study in 2024, become lead of 'Neurodiversity education' at my centre, leading our team and working with outside agencies to support our families and children with neurodiverse learning needs.

News - Displayed on Website	Gregory A Mullany	4/12/2025
A career in public health with the national public health service (NPHS) specifically health promotion.

News - Displayed on Website	Robert A Powell	4/12/2025
Having finished my studies in 2014, I graduated with a Grad Dip OSH in 2015. From there, I have spent 5 years as H&S Manager at the University of Auckland, 3 years with Auckland Council, and nearly 3 years at Saint Kentigern. I really enjoy understanding how work is done and making it easier for our people and leaders to work and learn safely.

News - Displayed on Website	Jeniffer Sowerby	4/12/2025
I am a mature student and it took me years to finish my degree and I did! What I had studied applies to not only my personal life but work as well. Higher education is not just to excel in the working environment. Education equals knowledge and allows us to be more open minded.

News - Displayed on Website	Karen P Thomasen	4/12/2025
Working full time as an Early Intervention Teacher

News - Displayed on Website	Dillan K Thomson	4/12/2025
Spent 4 years at Massey (as an 18 year old on 2010) a lot of that time at the Massey gym (as fitness was getting popular around that time). And computer labs. Probably should have spent more time studying and would have got better marks, but was still happy with my degree. Although I never worked in Comms (I've always been in HR) the skills learned were valuable. Still living in Wellington, but with a wife and son now, look back fondly at my times in uni, Wellington was a lot more lively and fun back then. Hopefully the city can make a comeback to attract more students to Massey.

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