The magazine for alumni and friends of Massey University.
Issue 11, November 2001

COVER STORY

All of a ferment
Michelle Richardson, senior winemaker at Villa Maria, talks about her career and the future of New Zealand’s wine industry.

The winemakers’ wine
Pinot noir, the most fickle and rewarding of grape varieties, has just won Ata Rangi the prestigious Bouchard-Finlayson Trophy. MASSEY talks to Phyll Pattie.

Wine & roses
The New Zealand wine industry has its share of Massey alumni, plus Massey University now has its own rose.

The green, green oil of home
Clean, green, gourmet and good for you:
avocado oil hits the market.

Catching the plague
If plague is one of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse, then Professor Roger Morris lives within earshot of the drumming of hooves.

Kiwi Gothic
A Gothic influence permeates our film and literature, says Dr Jenny Lawn of the School of Social and Cultural Studies.

When the boats come in
From next year Massey will offer a degree in Marine Transport.

The Iron Man
He’s the iron man. And the toaster man. And the Philishave man. Grant Davidson is the design account manager of Philips Design, domestic appliance/personal care division.

The Horse Man
Each year he clocks up more than 300,000 air miles and operates on hundreds of horses. This is Dr C Wayne McIlwraith, the father of equine arthroscopy, Professor at Colorado State University, and keen recreational climber.

The Milk Man
The new mega dairy co-operative Fonterra is very mega. Its turnover is $11 billion; its work force numbers 20,000. Craig Norgate, aged 36, is CEO.

Chronology
75 eventful years. A pictorial look at Massey over the last 75 years

Directions
News from around the campuses.

A Kiwi in New York
HIV researcher Fleur François.

Desert chic
Mandy Kingsbury has made her name as a designer for Dubai’s elite.

Educating Sonya
A journey of transformation.

exposure
Work by final-year design students.

The Sports Man
Sports commentator Hamish McKay started out to become a teacher.

Sounding good
It has been almost a religious schism. Should children be taught to read using phonics or the “whole language” approach? Professors Bill Tunmer and James Chapman favour a shift towards phonics.

BOOKS
A sample of publications by staff and alumni

A  L U M N  I
Notes and News: What’s been happening in the lives of our alumni.