Creative Arts Qualification Guide 2023

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Creative Arts
Qualification guide
2023
massey.ac.nz
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NGĀ IHIR ANGI
Creative Arts
INTRODUCTION POSTGRADUATE STUDY
02 Rankings and awards 46 Postgraduate study
> Bachelor of Commercial Music (Honours)
03 Welcome > Postgraduate Diploma Design
04 Wellington > Postgraduate Diploma Fine Arts
> Postgraduate Diploma Māori Visual Arts
05 Student life > Postgraduate Diploma Screen Arts
> Master of Design
06 Make and create > Master of Design Weta Workshop
08 Opportunities > Master of Fine Arts
> Master of Creative Enterprise
> Master of Māori Visual Arts
DEGREES > PhD
11 Bachelor of Design
with Honours GRADUATE STUDY
> Concept Design
> Fashion Design
52 Admission and Enrolment
> Semester start dates and
> Industrial Design
completion times
> Integrated Design
> Selected entry and open entry
> Photography
programmes
> Spatial Design
> Textile Design 54 Portfolio requirements
> Visual Communication Design
57 International students
23 Bachelor of Fine Arts
with Honours 58 Scholarships
25 Design and Fine Arts Degree 60 Key Information
> Events
Structure > Fees
27 Bachelor of Māori Visual Arts > Accommodation
> Support
29 Māori Visual Arts Degree
Structure
31 Bachelor of Screen Arts
with Honours
COVER IMAGE: CHARLOTTE MANGOS, BDES (HONS) 32 Bachelor of Screen Arts
FASHION DESIGN, 2021, MASCULINITY WITH A FLARE
INSIDE COVER : ORIENTATION 2018.
with Honours Structure
STUDENTS GRADUATED 2021.
33 Bachelor of Screen Arts
Please note: The information contained with Honours
in this publication is indicative of > Animation
the offerings available in 2023 and
> Factual Production
subsequent years. This information
> Film Production
may be subject to change. While all
reasonable efforts will be made to
> Game Design
ensure listed programmes are offered > Immersive Media
and regulations are up to date, the > Media Technology
University reserves the right to change > Visual Effects
the content or method of presentation,
or to withdraw any qualification or 41 Bachelor of Commercial Music
part thereof, or impose limitations on > Music Industry
enrolments. For the most up to date > Music Practice
information please go to > Music Technology
creative.massey.ac.nz
45 Foundation Certificate
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ABOU T THE
COLLEGE
OUR GRADUATES ARE

SOUGHT AFTER BY
EMPLOYERS, WITH 77%
OF ALL GRADUATES
FROM OUR
BACHELOR DEGREE
PROGRAMMES*
Rankings &
IN FULL OR PART-TIME
EMPLOYMENT
WITHIN SIX MONTHS
Awards
OF GRADUATING
* Music, design, fine art and creative media production
– Graduate Destinations Survey 2020
QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS JAMES DYSON GOOD DESIGN AWARDS

Top 150 for art and design for 6 years running. Massey grads have won the National Dyson Industrial Design student Zené Krige was
Award for 18 of the 20 years of this award. In awarded a Next Gen Accolade in the
RESEARCH (PBRF)
2021, both the top and runner up awards were Australian Good Design Awards for her
Across design and visual arts and craft, won by Massey graduates Maisie Ponoho for design TRAX, an autonomous herbicide
the College of Creative Arts comes out on her Hae Hae children’s asthma inhaler, and robot, alongside final year student Thomas
top, with the largest number of top-rated Zené Krige for her TRAX herbicide robot. Mackisack who is a finalist for his Aquastack
researchers of all tertiary institutions in childrens toy.
New Zealand. WALTERS ART PRIZE
For the first time New Zealand’s most VAKA DOCUMENTARY SUCCESS
RED DOT
prestigious contemporary art prize was A partnership with Massey, New Zealand
Ngā Pae Māhutonga Wellington School of awarded to a collective – Maureen Lander Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Design has ranked in the top 3 in Asia Pacific and the Mata Aho Collective. The collective and the Tokelau Government, VAKA tells
in the annual International Red Dot Awards comprises four graduates from Massey’s an extraordinary story of the resilience
for seven years in a row, the only school in Toioho ki Āpiti Māori Visual Arts programme, of the Tokelauan people in the face of
Australasia to place in the top 15. Bridget Reweti, Erena Arapere, Sarah Hudson climate change. Produced in 2019 by
DINZ BEST AWARDS and Terri Te Tau. Massey graduates Kelly Moneymaker,
Rebecca Curtis-Motley, Jessica George,
In 2021 Massey graduates made up a third ECC NZ STUDENT CRAFT / DESIGN Ben Dickens and Mason Rudd, VAKA has
of all student finalists across all categories, AWARDS won a range of accolades, nominations
a pattern that has been consistent over the In 2021 there were six Massey graduate and awards in 2021 including: the Sydney
past 19 years of the award. projects selected as finalists, resulting in Short Film Festival, Climate Action Film
AOTEAROA MUSIC AWARDS awards for Surface Design (Laura Graham), Festival, Toronto International Women Film
AMA recognises the sucess of Aotearoa’s Product Design (Thomas Mackisack) and Festival, World Distribution Awards, New
behind-the-scenes music talent. For the Lighting Design (a group project including York Indie Shorts Awards, London Mountain
seventh year running we will be celebratating Keely Harman, Courtney Mcleod, Josh Collins, Film Festival, Houston Asian American Pacific
the sucess of our students and alumni at the Oliver Mortimer, Nick Holland, Winston Islander Film Festival, Environmental Film
Brinsley, Oliver Williams, Kareena Annan, Festival Australia, and BlackStar Film Festival.
AMA Artisan Awards.
Ali Antaqi, Hamish Maunsell, Hanne Lillt, VAKA were invited to showcase at the Better
Annie-Maeve Gibson, Dan Clutterbuck, Ameka Cities Film Festival as part of the 2021
Weston, Liam Gosford, Courtnet Drake and UN-Habitat World Cities Day Reel.
Koko Andrews).
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ABOU T THE
COLLEGE
Nau mai
Haere mai
WELCOME TO THE
COLLEGE OF CREATIVE ARTS
Toi Rauwhārangi College of Creative Arts is

New Zealand’s leading university in creative
TE HAANA PAEWAI (BMVA 2020) arts, offering comprehensive, internationally
benchmarked, future-focused programmes.
Our studio-based learning environment creates
innovative thinkers and makers. World-class,
industry-connected academic staff provide an
inspiring and supportive culture that will give you
the knowledge and skills you need to succeed in
all creative industries.
We offer internationally acclaimed degrees in
Design, Māori Visual Arts, Fine Arts, Commercial
Music and Screen Arts.
With an excellent reputation for innovative
creative arts research and practice, Toi
Rauwhārangi is New Zealand’s oldest and most
comprehensive creative arts school.
At Toi Rauwhārangi you will work across disciplines
and on collaborative projects that develop
leadership skills and foster lifelong connections. Our
courses are often based on live briefs and projects,
giving you real world understanding and connections
with people in the industry. You’ll develop both
critical thinking and technical expertise that
prepares you well for a creative career.
Our degrees place our graduates well ahead in the
increasingly competitive global job market, where
entrepreneurial attitudes and creative problem-
solving skills are highly sought by employers.
Toi Rauwhārangi staff are recognised in Aotearoa,
the Pacific and internationally for their distinctive
contribution to indigenous art practice. We’re
dedicated to Māori achievement in teaching,
research and learning, and committed to the
success of Māori and Pacific students.
Our programmes are based on a pōwhiri framework
that acknowledges our distinct cultural and
geographical location in Aotearoa New Zealand.
This framework develops confident students who
display toi (creativity), mōhio (virtuosity, skill),
mātauranga (understanding), mana (autonomy),
and whānaungatanga (connectedness).
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ABOU T THE
COLLEGE
Wellington
TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA
NEW ZEALAND’S
COOLEST
LITTLE CAPITAL
Wellington is a creative, friendly, and safe
city to live in. Our campus is centrally
located, within walking distance from the
thriving city centre.
Wellington is compact, accessible and vibrant,
and there’s always something happening. The
centre of government and business in Aotearoa,
Wellington is also home to our world-class
film industry, top design firms, tech hubs,
Te Papa Tongarewa and a flourishing art scene.
Surrounded by lush green hills and a diverse
coastline, Wellington is full of walks and places
to explore. The city is famous for a vibrant
creative culture fuelled by great food, coffee
and craft beer.
Massey’s campus is not far from the
entertainment, nightlife and vibrant music
culture of Cuba Street and Courtenay Place,
with excellent transport links, as well as the
beautiful waterfront. Everything is within
easy walking distance so that both work and
play are right on your doorstep.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY
JEFF MCEWAN
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ABOU T THE
COLLEGE
Student life
WE WELCOME
DIVERSITY, WITH
CLUBS, GROUPS
AND CULTURAL
NETWORKS TO
HELP YOU FIND YOUR
PLACE AND MAKE
NEW CONNECTIONS.
Our campus offers plenty of resources
to inspire and enhance your study and
creative practice.
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ABOU T THE
COLLEGE
Make & create

DEVELOP new knowledge, ideas and systems.
EXPERIMENT with new ways of seeing,
making and doing.
LEARN from some of the best practitioners
and researchers in the world.
KA MUA, KA MURI
XOĒ HALL EXPLORE what it means to be a creative
person in Aotearoa New Zealand.
COLLABORATE AND CONTRIBUTE
share ideas, make new work, and participate
in real world projects that make a difference.
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ABOU T THE
COLLEGE
OUR STUDENTS
SPEND MOST OF
THEIR TIME AT
MASSEY MAKING
AND THINKING
IN STUDIOS,
WORKSHOPS AND
MEDIA LABS.
TYPICALLY, AT LEAST
TWO-THIRDS OF
YOUR CLASSES WILL
BE HANDS-ON.
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ABOU T THE
COLLEGE
Opportunities
WHEN YOU STUDY SOMETHING SOMETHING
Something Something is
CREATIVE ARTS AT a dedicated student-led
creative industry organisation
MASSEY, YOU BECOME providing a platform
for emerging creative
PART OF A DIVERSE personalities. From musicians
CREATIVE COMMUNITY. through to fashion fanatics,
the aim is to connect creative
WE OFFER LOTS OF beings with each other!
EXTRA OPPORTUNITIES
TO HELP YOU FIND
YOUR WAY.
MEET AND MAKE
NEW BUSINESS
The college has partnered with
MBIE, DIA, MPI, Callaghan,
Te Papa, Cuba Dupa, WREDA,
WOW, Alexander Turnbull Library
and Agribusiness New Zealand.
GO ON AN INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL AND WORK ON

STUDY TOUR MEANINGFUL PROJECTS
Fashion and Creative Media Production Producing VAKA, a climate change
students in India, 2019. documentary, enabled students of
Creative Media Production to film on
location in Tokelau, with assistance
from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
and Trade.
STUDY ABROAD AT ONE

OF MASSEY’S WORLD-CLASS
PARTNER UNIVERSITIES
Clara Gan, BDes (Hons) Industrial
Design, studied at Munich University,
Germany in 2019.
MAKE GREAT WORK

Our students win awards at national
and international competitions.
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JOIN CLUBS AND ABOU T THE
COLLECTIVES THAT CONNECT COLLEGE
YOU WITH PEOPLE WHO
SHARE YOUR PASSIONS
AND INTERESTS
Banter and Brews, a student
initiative focused on supporting
the transition from study to work.
Open Lab is a place for students to

gain real life design experience. We
bridge the gap between students and
EXHIBIT, PROMOTE OR the wider design industry, with paid
PERFORM YOUR WORK ON internships and the opportunity to
work with actual clients.
AND OFF CAMPUS
The final year exhibition for Check out Open Lab The Podcast
graduating students, Exposure on Spotify or iTunes.
Exhibition is a must-see event
held at the beginning
of November each year.
ACCESS FAB LAB WGTN

Use all the tools and workshop
facilities here at the college,
including digital and fabrication
resources at Australasia’s first
Fab Lab.
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DESIGN
KRISTA BARNABY AND THOMAS CUMMING AMBER MUMFORD

VISUAL COMMUNICATION DESIGN TEXTILE DESIGN
JACK WARREN BRITTANY SMITH

PHOTOGRAPHY SPATIAL DESIGN
LEVIUS NGAHUIA HITCHENS-CHAPMAN CHRIS BRITTON

FASHION DESIGN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
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DESIGN
Bachelor of
Design with
Selected entry
Honours
Four years full time
Wellington BDes(Hons)
Find your design strengths in DESIGN MAJORS INCLUDE : CAREERS INCLUDE:

New Zealand’s most comprehensive > Concept design Industrial designer, documentary photographer,
design programme. > Fashion design graphic designer, fashion designer, textile or
Ngā Pae Māhutonga Wellington School of > Industrial design surface designer, service designer, spatial
Design was established in 1886, and continues > Integrated design designer, advertising executive, brand
a tradition of research-led, innovatively taught > Photography manager, information designer, commercial
design education that has produced some > Spatial design photographer, transport designer, interaction
of the world’s most respected and successful > Textile design designer, concept designer, entertainment
designers. > Visual communication design designer, pattern-maker, user experience (UX)
designer, fashion stylist, typographic designer,
The BDes(Hons) offers majors in photography, WHAT’S SPECIAL ABOUT freelance design contractor, design researcher,
concept design, fashion design, textile design, illustrator, business owner, and many more.
spatial design, industrial design, integrated
DESIGN AT MASSEY?
design and visual communication design. Vibrant studio environments GUS HUNTER
Collaboration drives your creative development A visual communication and design graduate,
In the course of your study you’ll address local
and global issues, producing inspirational design World-class facilities Gus Hunter is now a senior concept designer
solutions for a rapidly changing world. For Gain practical skills using industry-standard at Weta Workshop. From an early age he
example, through design, how do we encourage digital tools and production and fabrication knew he was interested in art. A keen drawer,
more young people to vote, our consumer equipment he was enthralled by the drawings in Marvel,
practices to be more sustainable, our services DC and Creepy comic books; films such as
Shared briefs across majors Animal Farm; and old master painters such
more efficient or our environments healthier?
Designers work in multi-disciplinary teams as as Michelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci.
The first year explores design practice and its well as on individual projects His Pacific island heritage fueled his desire
core concepts, methods and applications through to give back to the community, and he has
Design thinking
hands-on projects. You’ll be introduced to a worked with local budding artists to illustrate
Create systems and experiences as well as
range of disciplines and the principles of design children’s stories for their own schools.
products
through investigation, concept development and He was one of the lead concept designers
making. You’ll mix, discuss and collaborate with Pōwhiri framework on King Kong and also had a significant
other students across art, design, music and Experience learning through an integrated contribution to many of Weta Workshop’s
creative media production. Work individually as Pōwhiri framework, which incorporates Māori movies including the Lord of The Rings
well as with peers and tutors to develop your perspectives and guides you through four years trilogy, The Hobbit, the Narnia films and
own design voice. of supportive learning Avatar. He also worked on the Gallipoli:
Throughout your study you can choose electives Office hours The Scale of Our War exhibition at Te Papa
that support your selected major, or allow you to Seek advice from any academic staff member, Tongarewa. Gus was inducted into the
branch out into other creative disciplines. not just your own lecturers College of Creative Arts Hall of Fame in
2016.
Graduate job-ready
WHY FOUR YEARS? Emerge well-prepared for a creative career
Your fourth year is an opportunity to really anywhere in the world.
extend your skills and push the boundaries of
design innovation. You can choose between
the more research-based honours programme
or a project-based non-honours programme.
GUS HUNTER
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DESIGN
Concept Design
BDes(Hons) Major
Create concept design in both 2D and 3D Concept design is about visualising and BO MOORE, MDES 2016
for entertainment and education within developing the ideas behind film, television, Bo Moore is a concept designer with a
film, animation, television, gaming, gaming, performance, or interactive experiences. passion for character design, interactive
and location-based experiences. In concept design you’ll use traditional art narrative and worldbuilding. Her work
forms like drawing and sculpting 3D models, blurs the line between science fiction and
Design stunning visuals and concepts
as well as making digital plans and renders, to fantasy, telling stories of the strange
for imaginary worlds, compelling
communicate your concepts for new objects, and the strangely familiar through a range
characters, engaging environments, characters or environments. of mediums.
and incredible stories.
You could be designing characters, creatures, She has worked for Huhu (a Māori TV
Apply these skills as you explore props, vehicles and machines, all the way to animated children’s show). She has also
storytelling through idea creation, building entire worlds to form the foundations developed concept art for Pukeko Pictures
drawing, explorative design, modelling of feature films, theme parks, events, toys or plus she was the key designer on the award
and sculpting to realise the design exhibits. winning Promised Land books – the world’s
of environments, props, characters Concept design is one of the first stages in first LGBTQ themed fairy tale.
and costumes. every design process, and concept designers
JOEL SAVAGE, BDES(HONS) 2014
create the basis for further production and
3D ARTIST (FRAMESTORE, UK)
development, rather than finished products.
Joel is a 3D artist. He worked at Weta
In this major you’ll study in courses focused on Workshop and Magic Leap as a 3D artist
drawing, prototyping and rigorous conceptual and modeller, before moving to Framestore
development of characters, environments, in the UK. At Weta Workshop he worked
costumes and creatures. on Ghost in the Shell, GKR and Pacific Rim.
BO MOORE JOEL SAVAGE

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DESIGN
Fashion Design
BDes(Hons) Major
We consume fashion daily; it constantly You will explore and develop fashion design There are also opportunities for internships,
shapes us and is shaped by us. The concepts for international markets as well as and for students to collaborate internationally
global impact of this multi-billion-dollar Aotearoa New Zealand, through garments, with other fashion design schools and present
industry is challenging future fashion accessories and systems that respond to the collections at New Zealand Fashion Week and
times. Learn skills in idea generation, fashion other Fashion Weeks around the world. Our
thinkers and makers to explore new
communication, pattern making, construction, graduates have a long history of success in
directions and make changes to create
materials, historical and contemporary fashion design competitions such as WOW, iD Emerging
a more sustainable future in fashion. analysis and critical thinking, challenging how Designer Awards, Hokonui Fashion Design
things are done through fashion practice. Think Awards, Miromoda Fashion Design Awards,
broadly and push boundaries, exploring anything including Sean Kelly, winner of Project Runway
from a 3D printed open-source garment design, (USA) in 2014 and Bradley Smit winning a Silver
to a gender-neutral collection that questions Award at the Best Awards 2019.
ideas of gender and identity.
JING HE, BDES (HONS)
Our facilities and staff offer almost unlimited FASHION DESIGN, 2020
possibility. You may find your work on the
Assimilation // Annexation intends to
catwalk following in the footsteps of alumni like
simultaneously expose and confront the
Kate Sylvester and Kathryn Wilson; you may
institution of marriage from my cultural
develop new sustainable fashion systems taking
perspective. This collection embodies
fashion towards a more responsible future.
diverse Asian feminine identities and voices,
by performing and capturing moments of
my mum’s life through transformed bridal
dresses, exploring concepts of loss, memory
and nostalgia. The white wedding dress
may function as a representative stereotype
of femininity whilst exploring hidden
symbolisms through cultural tradition and
social rituals for women.
CAITLIN SNELL, BDES (HONS)

FASHION DESIGN, 2020
The lockdown created an inability to
purchase new non-essential fabrics,
providing motivation to find innovative ways
to incorporate scrap, damaged or repurposed
household materials into my work. These
were donated or acquired at zero cost during
the Level 3 and 4 restrictions. This allowed
me to work slowly and sustainably while also
considering the role of nostalgia in producing
pleasure.
JING HE CAITLIN SNELL

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DESIGN
Industrial Design
BDes(Hons) Major
As an industrial designer you’ll develop You’ll learn how to meet the social, cultural, You’ll work in our state-of-the-art studios,
aspirational and elegant objects, economic, and environmental needs of people workshops and digital fabrication facilities
products and systems for our world. through innovative thinking and creative including Australasia’s first Fab Lab. Our
You’ll design products and develop application of new technologies, defining the industrial design graduates win national and
world for future generations. international awards for their work, including
new-to-the-world ideas, for example
Red Dot, Dyson, Electrolux, Sony, LG Designer’s
a mountain bike helmet that can manage As an industrial design student you’ll learn
Institute Best Awards, and the ECC NZ Student
concussion, or a garment to help how to manipulate the material world using
Craft / Design Awards. Our alumni can be found
people deal with anxiety. both physical and digital processes. Through
in design roles with Apple, Ducati, Nike, Fisher
studio-based classes you’ll learn about idea
and Paykel, Formway, Macpac, Howard Wright,
generation, materials, processes, human
Gallaghers, Weta Workshop and phil&teds.
experience, ergonomics, visual communication,
modelling and production. LESLIE MEADOWS, MICHAELA LAWN,
SHUBHAM GHANATHA,
BDES (HONS), 2020
Psych: Leslie, Michaela and Shubham set
out to design and develop a personal electric
vehicle that could meet the needs of a broader
range of commuters. Psych is an adaptable
electric micro-vehicle that allows the rider
to adjust its configuration for different uses,
placing it between the convenience of a
bicycle and utility of a car.
HANNA DE RIDDER
BDES (HONS), 2020
Mindful: In this project, Hanna set out to
address cluttered, chaotic and stressful
home environments especially for people
living in smaller spaces. She designed a flat
packable, multifunctional storage system
LESLIE MEADOWS, MICHAELA LAWN, SHUBHAM GHANATHA
for two people with an emphasis on only
holding the necessities. ‘Mindful’ improves
peoples’ wellbeing through reducing
both physical and mental clutter, as well
highlighting the often-wasteful life cycle
of domestic furniture and reflecting
on consumption and purchasing habits.
HANNA DE RIDDER
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DESIGN
Integrated Design
BDes(Hons) Major
In the past decade, designers have had Integrated design allows you to include design TRACEY GUIEB, BDES, 2020
to become agile and multidisciplinary studio courses from two design majors. Choose BenifiSense: A Sensory Jacket for Individuals
in order to respond to the speed of from concept, fashion, industrial, photography, with SPD. BenifiSense is a jacket that aims
change in the world around them. The spatial, textile and visual communication to prepare adults with Sensory Processing
design. You could explore the intersection of Disorder (SPD) for environments where they
distinction between different fields of
photography and fashion, or textile design with may be prone to experience sensory overload.
design has blurred, as the demand for
an industrial application, or any other design
proactive, versatile, flexible and curious It does this by catering for the senses in a
combination that appeals to you.
designers has increased. discrete and non-disruptive way, allowing
You’ll begin by exploring famous and well- the user to interact with the jacket when and
understood models of design from over the past how they want, depending on their individual
century. As you progress, you’ll integrate a variety sensory needs.
of techniques and strategies in your design This project was developed within a 4th year
practice, considering perspectives that include industrial design brief.
a diversity of people, their needs and desires,
cultures and contexts, and points of view.
Integrated design offers a new way for you
to approach a design career and form your
own solutions to the challenges that emerge
from contemporary design practice. With the
Wellington School of Design’s traditions and
expertise, integrated design will encourage you
to form your own creative, professional and
consultative methods.
TRACEY GUIEB
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DESIGN
Photography
BDes(Hons) Major
Photographers help people to see the Massey has the longest running photography When you graduate, you’ll join Massey alumni
world in new ways, using both critical programme in New Zealand and is led by some whose careers span the range from fine
understanding and highly developed of Aotearoa’s most distinguished contemporary art to commercial, photojournalism, fashion
technical skills with the ability to use photographers, including Caroline McQuarrie, photography, content creation for digital media,
David Cook, Shaun Waugh and Emerita and work within the gallery/museum sectors.
a range of communication modes.
Professor Anne Noble.
HENDRIX HENNESSY-ROPIHA
You’ll be introduced to a range of technologies NGĀTI KAHUNGUNU & NGĀTI
while developing a social and cultural RAUKAWA, BDES (HONS) 2020
understanding of photography’s place in society. We can travel only a short way together:
There are well-equipped studios, colour- We stood in the intersection and talked
managed digital photography computer suites without opening our mouths. You appeared
and high quality digital print facilities, as well as younger, like when we first met, surrounded
wet-based darkrooms and specialist labs. by people who shared a closeness with you.
It was strange, fading from a dream while
As the course progresses your work will
realising that for now, this would be our final
embrace longer-term, often self-directed
farewell.
projects dealing with ideas and issues of real
relevance within your personal and professional ‘We can travel only a short way together ’
life. You can choose to develop expertise explores the underlying issues of taboo,
in commercial, art-based or documentary restriction and invisibility when discussing
photography, with access to a wide range of suicide in New Zealand.
cameras and capture systems to realise your
MIA VINACCIA
dreams.
BDES, 2020
Queen. Gendered stereotypes and unrealistic
ideals impact how we view ourselves and the
people around us. This is especially evident in
editorial, commercial and fashion photography,
where gendered stereotypes coincide with
the problematic physical appearances
that are reinforced in our day to day lives.
‘Queen’ playfully reveals how the extreme
stereotypes of gendered power are embedded
in contemporary society and play out through
mass media and cinematic experiences.
MIA
HENDRIX HENNESSY-ROPIHA
VINACCIA
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DESIGN
Spatial Design
BDes(Hons) Major
TOM CALDER, (HONS)

SPATIAL DESIGN, 2020
Shelter from the Storm offers the tourist
industry a contemporary backcountry
hut experience on Grasmere Station as
an alternative to the Great Walks multi-
day tramping geared for mass-tourism. A
contemporary interpretation of traditional
backcountry hut heritage providing more
profound experiences with the natural
environment and history. The design is
generated through explorations into spatial
experiences of shelter, backcountry hut
typology and interior elements, including
strategies for camouflage and framing.
TOM CALDER
KATE STANLEY, (HONS)
SPATIAL DESIGN, 2020
Spatial designers shape the Rethink built and virtual spaces in ways that Respect your Elders: This project considers
environments that we inhabit and the are innovative, speculative, and mindful of the whether practices of holistic healing can be
ways we experience them. Spatial wellbeing of people and the planet. You’ll learn extended beyond the normal empathetic
design provides educational experience to understand, represent and create spaces, range to include heritage architecture that
in new and emerging spatial practices working between studios, workshops and site- has suffered or is suffering earthquake
and professions, while maintaining a specific environments. Learn technical drawing trauma. By personifying architecture through
foundation in traditional design such skills, rendering software and video editing its historical, social and cultural layers and
as interior architecture, landscape skills to create, imagine and represent spaces. connections, brick and mortar can be, and
and urban design. It explores should be afforded personal, body to body
You will discover ways to imagine and
temporary spaces like exhibitions care and respect usually reserved for human
construct engaging environments in both
and performances, and digital spaces to human healing. This project re-frames
physical and digital space, from the big picture
including online environments, virtual the perception of dormant, traumatized
right down to the detail of construction and
reality and mixed reality. architecture, afflicted by un-inhabitation and
materiality. You’ll explore light, surfaces and
reconstruction. By creating a practitioner,
materials, and consider the way people interact
patient relationship between myself and a
with spaces, in different social, cultural and
body of brick the building becomes a relatable
historical contexts.
and recognisable character for the surrounding
Our graduates find exciting jobs as spatial communities, who have experienced the
designers, interior designers, architectural trauma of earthquakes. Through this act of
designers, digital designers, performance care I can uplift the building’s character and
designers, landscape designers, web designers, face, renewing its place in the community and
digital FX artists, and interaction and culture of the wider site, to celebrate longevity
experience designers. New types of jobs are and trauma as part of it’s character.
constantly emerging.
KATE STANLEY
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Textile Design
BDes(Hons) Major
Textiles design spans everything The textile design major focuses on the creation Our students regularly enjoy success in a range
from fashion and interiors, to industrial of new textiles, materials and surfaces for a of national and international competitions
products and exhibitions. Push the diverse range of applications including fashion, including Best Awards, Red Dot, The Society
boundaries of surface, texture and product, interiors and art. You will develop of Dyers and Colorists, the ECC New Zealand
specialist skills in print, weave, knit, embroidery, Student Craft / Design Awards and The Surface
material, in a programme that prioritises
dye and materials through learning traditional Design Association.
design for sustainability.
textile techniques and working with state-of-
the-art digital technologies. SOPHIE PARSONS, BDES (HONS)
TEXTILE DESIGN, 2020
We encourage you to harness the potential
Distant Connections is an interior surface
that textiles and materials have to make a
design collection that explores New
positive impact in the world, while considering
Zealanders response to Covid-19. Inspired
sustainability in your approach. Engage with the
by the spatial restrictions that limit our
history of traditional textiles in Aotearoa New
physical interactions, Distant Connections
Zealand and globally, and combine conventional
captures the consequential bonds formed
methods with high-tech approaches like VR,
within our communities. These bonds enable
bio-design and material-driven innovation.
us to maintain strength during uncertain
Textile design graduates have gone on to work times. Using digital print on paper, textile and
around the globe in areas including textile design ceramic, this collection is designed for your
for fashion and interiors; product development home; the place you now know so well.
for multiple industries like sport, health care
and travel; materials research and development;
illustration and surface design; aswell as art.
SOPHIE PARSONS
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Visual
Communication Design
BDes(Hons) Major
Visual communication design (VCD) As a VCD student you’ll learn to become an MATT LAW, BDES (HONS),
is at the heart of how we experience the independent creative and critical thinker VISUAL COMMUNICATION DESIGN,
world; guiding, informing, educating and and maker, developing innovative responses 2020
inspiring us every day. to address complex issues facing our world. Based on the challenges of climbing a
In the first two years of the VCD major you’ll mountain, UP! is a gameful tool designed
Visual communication design spans to inspire children to develop healthy
gain confidence and proficiency with technical
print and editorial design, illustration, self-management strategies — especially
skills across the discipline, and learn processes
brand communication, motion graphics, for developing ideas. those living with a chronic health condition.
video, information design, AR and VR, Players take on the role of mountaineers,
and mobile application and web. Our visual communication design students and acquiring and trading tokens to build a route
graduates excel nationally and internationally to the summit. Open-ended question cards
in the Best Awards, Red Dot Design Awards, prompt meaningful discussion around a
and are recognised by the International Society holistic approach to health and equip players
of Typographic Design. with transferable skills for future challenges.
There is a growing demand for graduates who FRANKIE HAYMAN, BDES (HONS),
can apply design thinking at a strategic level VISUAL COMMUNICATION DESIGN,
in business, government and within social 2020
and civic enterprises. VCD graduates also go
Nudge aims to help the students of Massey
on to work as creative directors, interactive
College of Creative Arts navigate curriculum
designers, graphic designers, user experience
through radical transparency so they
(UX) designers, typographic designers,
can make informed decisions when picking
advertising executives, brand managers,
papers. This online tool gives students
publishers, web designers, and illustrators.
access to student reviews, student work
and alumni hindsight, acting as a window
into the Massey experience.
MATT LAW FRANKIE HAYMAN

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Visual
Communication Design
Pathways
Within the design degree you can These pathways are sets of electives from
combine a selection of electives which visual communication design that fit together
will give you a range of specialised well, sometimes in combination with electives
skills and in-depth knowledge. Below from other creative arts disciplines including
you can see a variety of options provided fine arts, creative media production, and
commercial music. You can take these
currently in the Bachelor of Design with
pathways even if VCD is not your major.
Honours and the Bachelor of Design.
BRAND
Brand communication provides students KASEY MCDONELL
with a range of critical and practical skills BDES(HONS), 2020
for engaging with marketing, service and
Project Zero. We need a majority of people
experience design thinking. Beginning with
prioritising action to fight climate change, but
visual identity design, the pathway moves
climate rhetoric paralyses people rather than
through product-centred branding, and
motivating them. Designers can persuade
concludes with the user-centred strategies
more people to demand action by changing
for designing services. From designing logos
the rhetoric of low carbon behaviours.
to staging transformational experiences,
To persuade people from being concerned, to
this pathway will equip you for these exciting
demanding wider change, Project Zero excites
and growing areas of design practice.
people with a fresh approach to plant-based
meat, gives confidence with a smart recipe
service and helps support community action.
ILLUSTRATION
Explore illustration as both art form, and as MATT JENNINGS
a medium for design communication. This BDES(HONS) 2020
entails developing industry-level illustration
Mr Stranger Is Your Friend In The
skills for print and online platforms including:
Apocalypse. As the music industry pushes
text analysis, conceptual development, visual
further into the digital space, album covers
representation, visual style and rendering, and
and music videos are being squeezed into
3D modelling. You will become accomplished in
our pockets. I believe that there needs to
producing engaging illustrations and narratives
be a resurgence in the visual translations
on a range of topics, in response to course
of music in order to truly communicate an
and industry briefs. Through this pathway you
idea to those listening. In response to this,
will also develop your own personal style and
I have designed a modular Graphic-Score
perspective as an illustrator.
that enables a musician to independently
establish their own visual identity and
enhance the communication of an idea
through an album.
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INFORMATION DESIGN
Learn how to transform complex data and TUI WRIGHT-MEMBRY
information into impactful messages. In a BDES (HONS) 2020
world that is increasingly built on information
Puku Ora is a personal account of living with
and facts, information design takes these
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). IBS is painful
elements and makes them accessible and
and exhausting. Researching and implementing
entertaining. As you progress through this
scientific information is consuming and difficult.
pathway you’ll explore how to translate data
This project employs a strategy of ‘humanising
into clear communication, engaging stories,
good scientific information’. By carefully
and finally into meaningful interactions. You’ll
identifying each stage of this experience the book
become a storyteller of data, unlocking the
offers a nurturing and empathetic step by step
skills to engage users and change minds.
support framework to follow. A book delivering
good science wrapped in beautiful empathy.
INTERACTION DESIGN
Explore how humans interact with objects, JASMIN PAPWORTH
spaces, and technology. This pathway covers BDES(HONS) 2020
a wide range of media and situations including
Safari 2.0 is an immersive online
website and app interfaces, exhibitions
environment that creates an experience that
and installations, and exciting emerging
captivates customers senses and emotions.
technologies like virtual and augmented reality.
The website uses experience and destination
Through this learning, you’ll gain insight
marketing design to convert the COVID-19
into user-needs and how to guide users in a
disruption into a transformative innovation,
way that is useful, intuitive and enjoyable.
with the added potential to reimagine and
reform the next normal for the tourism
industry. With the case study of Nigel Perks
Discovery, the experience of the website is
personal; its aim is not to sell, but inspire.
TYPOGRAPHY
Typography can be informative, expressive or SAM FRASER
interpretative and spans all forms of media and BDES(HONS) 2020
communication. The typographic pathway builds
International recognition for Massey typography
from fundamental principles of letterforms,
students. Fourth year design student Sam
legibility and design of layouts to complex
Fraser was awarded the highest recognition
narratives. Typographic electives offered in each
of commendation in the annual International
year aim to develop skills through interpreting
Society of Typographic Designers student
simple concepts to complex self-directed
membership assessment. His was the only
research projects with an advanced level of
commendation out of 52 students who
craft and conceptual thinking. In the fourth year
entered the South Pacific assessment. His
there is a hand printing option in contemporary
personal experience of Covid lockdown was a
letterpress and the opportunity for submission
response to the ISTD brief: The Significance
to an international typographic assessment.
of Numbers.
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TONI LANE
SELF-PORTRAIT: HANG OUT TO DRY
MILLIE DUNSTALL AMBER THOMAS

CITY SWEEPER EMPTY GAZE
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Bachelor of
Fine Arts
Selected entry
with Honours
Wellington BFA(Hons)
Establish your place in the art world WHAT’S SPECIAL ABOUT

with some of the finest artists in FINE ARTS AT MASSEY?
New Zealand.
A cross-media art school
Be the commentator, the activist, the Experiment with different modes of art-making
narrator or the storyteller to transform
perceptions, express a point of view or Define the future of art
Explore sound, moving image, online art
make a political comment.
and other emerging fields of practice
Work across sculpture, painting,
Vertically streamed classes
drawing, performance, installation,
Second, third and fourth-year students
moving image, sound, photography,
share studio spaces and classes.
printmaking, site-responsive work,
curatorial activities and art writing. Freedom to try things
An open, friendly culture that encourages
At Whiti o Rehua School of Art you’ll learn
diversity and individuality
from leading artists, including Walters Art
Prize winner Shannon Te Ao, Fulbright-Wallace Gallery spaces
Arts Award recipient Simon Morris, and Best A Contemporary art gallery on campus and a CIARAN BANKS, BFA (HONS) 2020
Award-winning Mana Moana team Rachael variety of spaces to show your work.
Rakena and Michael Bridgman. What am I making? Where am I going?
Pōwhiri framework What am I saying? No way of knowing.
This contemporary art programme fosters a My curiosity about the nature of things has
critical understanding of the place of art in Experience learning through an integrated
Pōwhiri framework, which incorporates Māori led me to a practice centred on questioning
today’s world. Your learning will be hands-on, and manipulating materials. My exploration
working in an interdisciplinary open-plan perspectives and guides you through four years
of supportive learning through the wider borders of painting and
studio surrounded by other students from all sculpture complements my background in
year levels. Office hours street art, provisionality, and a destructive
Develop your own unique art practice, voice Seek advice from any academic staff member, ethos to create paintings influenced by
and confidence as an artist in a culturally not just your own lecturers the contrast between improvisation and
diverse environment. composition. These twin entities and my
Know who you are as an artist knowledge of industrial processes guides
You’ll be exhibiting your work from your second With a fine arts degree you’ll graduate as an my engagement in the creation of art.
year, on campus and eventually in exhibitions in inventive, dedicated thinker and maker, able to
galleries and public spaces around Wellington. define your future career in a broad spectrum
of creative fields
WHY FOUR YEARS?
Your fourth year is an opportunity to really CAREERS INCLUDE:
extend your skills and push the boundaries Sculptor, painter, photographer, performance
of contemporary art practice. You can choose artist, conceptual artist, digital media
between the more research-based honours artist, curator, art writer, gallery assistant,
programme or a project-based non-honours gallery director, gallery owner, gallery public
programme. programmer, gallery publicist, teacher,
historian, archivist, gallery technician,
videographer, film director, scriptwriter,
illustrator, editor, stylist, publisher, filmmaker.
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RACHAEL RAKENA
MANA MOANA
RACHAEL RAKENA Rachael Rakena from the Whiti o Rehua Rakena co-leads the Mana Moana project,
NGĀI TAHU, NGĀ PUHI, School of Art uses the term ‘toi rerehiko’ a collaboration between Māori and
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, to describe her practice, meaning ‘art that Pasifika musicians, artists, writers and
WHITI O REHUA SCHOOL OF ART employs electricity, movement and light’. It choreographers. It is a series of short art
claims and names digital arts for Māori by films, fusing poetry, dance, song, painting,
centring the concepts of ‘space between’, photography and animation. Instead of
‘fluidity’, ‘immersion’ and ‘continuum’ projecting on a traditional film screen,
within a Māori paradigm, and combines Mana Moana explores themes of ocean,
notions of continuum with interdisciplinary climate change and diaspora on a screen
and collaborative practice. ‘I make art of projected water.
that usually involves video and is often manamoana.co.nz
collaborative. I’ve been exploring themes
around identity and water for many years,
always with an indigenous focus.’
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Design and
Fine Arts Degree
Structure
You are automatically enrolled in a BDes or YOUR FIRST YEAR Year One
BFA Honours degree at Massey (four years).
The University year is divided into two Semester 1 Semester 2
This gives you a competitive edge in a world Weeks 1–12 Weeks 1–12
12-week semesters from February–November,
where having initiative and confidence are an
with mid-semester as well as mid-year breaks.
advantage, and where new careers continue Studio I Studio I Studio I Studio I
Please check online for a full calendar of
to be invented. S1B1 S1B2 S2B1 S2B2
important dates and university holidays. ––– .157/8 ––– .157/8 ––– .157/8 ––– .157/8
100 LEVEL / INTRODUCTION In your first year, you will take 8 courses, each
Select one Select one Select one Select one
Explore what it means to be a university worth 15 credits. That is 120 credits in total, Art Lab Art Place Art Place Art Lab
student. Find your feet. Choose your path. which is full time at Massey. Full-time study Dress Imagine Dress Dress
equates to about 40 hours per week, including Lens Lens Lens Imagine
Object Material Object Lens
class time and independent work.
200 LEVEL / DEVELOPMENT Screen Screen Screen Material
Core Major Courses: Space Type Space Screen
Become more familiar with the practices Type Type
and processes of design or contemporary Depending on the course, you might create
art production. Experiment. site-specific art, photographic images, objects,
garments, performances, new materials, video
or graphics.
300 LEVEL / EXPANSION
6 weeks 6 weeks 6 weeks 6 weeks
Extend your art and design practice and hone Shared Core Courses: 15 credits 15 credits 15 credits 15 credits
your critical skills further. There are two compulsory courses,
Communication for Makers and Conversations Communication Conversations in
for Makers Creative Cultures
in Creative Cultures, where we introduce you
400 LEVEL (HONS) / INNOVATION to ideas and people that shape the creative
237.130 237.131
Push the boundaries of your design arts and develop skills for communicating
process or art practice with a significant your work. You discuss, blog, read, listen, and
research-led independent body of work, communicate in a whole range of ways.
and celebrate your growth into a fully-ﬂedged 12 weeks 12 weeks
creative arts graduate. Elective Courses: 15 credits 15 credits
Examples include: fashion construction, Elective Elective

printmaking, painting, contemporary sculpture, 100 level 100 level
drawing the body, introduction to computer
animation, photography as an agent of change
and digital fabrication. You can also take
electives from other parts of Massey. Check
out all options online. 12 weeks 12 weeks
15 credits 15 credits
The Yellow Book programme guide provides
more details about all degree content and
elective options, download it from:
creative.massey.ac.nz/apply
If you are wondering which core studio courses
are right for you check out our two-minute
videos about each first year studio course
options: massey.ac.nz/papervideos
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TOIOHO KI ĀPITI FACILITIES
TE HAANA PAEWAI (BMVA 2020)

KAWAKAWA PRINT #4 SHAYNA PAKU-RIMENE, 2013
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Toioho Ki Āpiti
Bachelor of
Selected entry
Māori Visual Arts
Palmerston North, Manawatū BMVA
Immerse yourself in the only university- WHAT’S SPECIAL ABOUT THE

based four year degree in Māori Visual BACHELOR OF MĀORI VISUAL ARTS?
Arts in Aotearoa.
This four-year degree is kaupapa Māori-
Staff and students engage creatively in a based. Engage in te reo Māori, tikanga and
culturally rich environment where te reo, whanaungatanga, and become a conceptual
tikanga and whanaungatanga are fundamental and critical thinker and creative maker.
to growing creative processes and practices
in toi Māori. Students will have access to staff Mana Whakapapa 1st year
who are acknowledged Māori artists, both Open your senses to Māori visual culture
nationally and internationally, in their areas of and explore your identity through a Māori
expertise. worldview. Become part of the whānau.
Established in 1995 by Professor Robert Jahnke Mana Tiriti 2nd year

ONZM, Toioho ki Āpiti (Māori Visual Arts) is Awaken your responsibility to Te Tiriti o
based at Te Pūtahi-a-Toi on the Manawatū Waitangi. Become aware and engage with
campus in Palmerston North. The programme the political context.
caters for all levels of proficiency in te reo Mana Whenua 3rd year
whether you have grown up through kohanga Carve your own pathway within the landscape
and kura or are an absolute beginner. of contemporary Māori art.
Students and staff start each study year with a Mana Tangata 4th year
stay on a marae where whakawhanaungatanga Take leadership and responsibility for your
begins, and continues to be fostered through creative practice. Pursue artistic excellence.
collective experiences throughout the degree. He toi whakairo, he mana tangata!
Exposure to contemporary visual arts, both
mainstream and indigenous, is facilitated
through visits to galleries, hui, wānanga
CAREERS INCLUDE:
and exhibition openings. Previously this has Artist, designer, academic/researcher,
included travel to marae and exhibitions in curator, museum and art gallery collections
Sydney, Melbourne, Venice, Tokyo, Korea, manager, gallery director, gallery assistant,
Hawai’i, Paris, Tahiti, as well as New Zealand. iwi development officer, Māori cultural
adviser, teacher, lecturer, archivist, historian.
The Toioho ki Āpiti community has extensive
professional relationships with curators, public
and commercial galleries, and artist networks
both nationally and internationally. You will be
able to access and develop connections with
these networks to help further their chosen
career in the arts.
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MATA AHO COLLECTIVE

The Mata Aho Collective is a group of
four Māori women artists who produce
large scale fibre based works, under a single
collective authorship. They have shown at
many major global/international art events
since 2016.
Three of the artists were alumni of Toioho
ki Āpiti Māori visual arts. Erena Arapere,
of Te Atiawa ki Whakarongotai and Ngāti
Toa Rangātira is a leading photographer
teaching on the programme. Dr Terri Te Tau
of Rangitāne ki Wairarapa engages in major
research projects, whilst Bridget Reweti,
of Ngāti Ranginui and Ngāi Te Rangi has
been a Francis Hodgkins Fellow, and Whiti
o Rehua School of Art graduate Sarah
Hudson, of Ngāti Awa and Ngāi Tūhoe leads
leads Kauae Raro Research Collective, an
artist’s group who work with earth pigments.
They credit Toioho ki Āpiti as giving them a
foundation of visual arts practice. “It helped
Māori in the work we create for the current
contemporary art landscape and to push
for innovation within our work.
AKA is a 14m high hand-woven work made
from 25mm thick marine rope, situated in the
rotunda of the National Gallery of Canada.
IMAGES: NATIONAL ART

GALLERY OF CANADA
PUAWAI TAIAPA-APORO
BACHELOR OF MĀORI VISUAL ARTS,
2015
Puawai says her BMVA gave her the “The amazing lecturers have open minds
confidence to express herself and has about different whakaaro, different types of
helped take her to places not even she work and you’re appreciated for your ideas.
imagined at the beginning of her studies. I wouldn’t be where I am today without the
“When I started I was really passionate BMVA… the skills to express myself and the
about painting but the course offers other confidence and passion I’ve gained in my art
art forms like photography and media and in where I come from, in my pepeha.”
studies. Over the years my passion
A woman of many talents, Puawai was one
changed as I started creating videos.”
of the artists involved in the hit te reo song
After graduating Puawai became one of the Maimoatia which pushed Justin Timberlake
presenters on iconic youth TV show Pukana off the top of the NZ iTunes chart in 2016,
and has a growing online audience for her and also performed at the national kapa
Hey Puawai videos. She credits her success haka championships with the Hatea team
to the course that awakened her passion for from Whangārei.
performance art.
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Māori Visual Arts

Degree Structure
YOUR FIRST YEAR: Te Reo Whakahoahoa: Year One
Take a language paper at the level appropriate
MANA WHAKAPAPA to you. You may also choose to do the next
Semester 1 Semester 2
Weeks 1–12 Weeks 1–12
As part of the Toioho ki Āpiti Māori Visual level in semester two.
Arts whānau, you will participate in a range Mata Puare Mata Puare
Ngā Hanga Whakairo:
of collective activities such as kapa haka, Studio IA Studio IB
An introduction to the scope of Māori art with 150.107 150.108
exhibitions and wānanga. The programme aims
a view to recognising traditional elementary
to encourage and challenge you to push the
forms and their significance. Social and cultural
boundaries of contemporary Māori art.
dimensions will be considered and Māori art
The University year is divided into two 12-week forms from pre-contact times to the present will
semesters between February and November, be examined within the context of a dynamic
with mid-semester and mid-year breaks. Please and changing society.
check online for a full calendar of important
Te Reo Kōnakinaki:
dates and university holidays.
This course extends listening, speaking and
In your first year, you will take five courses writing competency to enable students to
that add up to 120 credits, which is full time express themselves in Te Reo on a wide range
12 weeks
at Massey. Full-time study equates to about of topics at an introductory level. Emphasis is 30 credits
40 hours per week, including class time and on spoken and written Māori as a language of
independent work. communication and interaction. Ngā Hanga
Whakairo
Mata Puare Studio: Elective: 150.106
You will spend two full days a week in the You may be interested in other courses offered
studio making, experimenting, discussing and by the College of Creative Arts, the School
developing ideas. All lecturers are exhibiting of Māori Studies, or from other parts of
artists and so depending on their experience Massey. Examples include digital fabrication, 12 weeks 12 weeks
and skills you might create a conventional or fashion construction, printmaking, painting,
unconventional painting, sculpture, photographic contemporary sculpture and drawing. Te Reo Whakahoahoa Te Reo
or design work, video or performance piece or 300.110 Kōnakinaki
a mixed media installation. 300.111
elective options, download it from:
creative.massey.ac.nz/apply
12 weeks 12 weeks
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FILM AND TELEVISION
ANIMATION
VISUAL EFFECTS
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Bachelor of
Screen Arts
Open entry
with Honours
Wellington BSA(Hons)*
Future-focused, this degree emphasises GET CAREER READY ALICE TOOMER, BCMP
originality, innovation and critical FILM & TELEVISION, 2018
Immerse yourself in the screen industries.
thought, and is led by practising
Assemble a robust and diverse portfolio. Filmmaker alumni Alice Toomer has won
academics and industry experts.
Develop a unique production through a mentored 2 silver awards for short film ‘Raspberry
The BSA(Hons) aims to give you the skills and final-year project, with an opportunity to have and Coke’ from the New Zealand
creativity to realise your vision across a wide your work seen by the screen industry sectors. Cinematographers Society Awards and a
range of screen-based specialisations. This Best Design Award. She also travelled to
new four-year Honours qualification also has WHAT’S SPECIAL ABOUT SCREEN Madrid with Massey to film a documentary
an exit point at third year for students who ARTS AT MASSEY? at the COP25 United Nations Climate Change
wish to graduate with a Bachelor of Screen Conference.
Learn from the experts
Arts. With an emphasis on production, you’ll Developed and taught by award-winning Alice’s passion for her craft has lead her to
take projects through development of initial industry professionals and academics, who’ve work on the latest Avatar films 2 & 3 as a
concepts and narratives to a completed and worked on projects including Avatar, The video assistant in the Camera and Electrical
distributable work. Using industry-standard Hobbit, Iron Man 3, Planet of the Apes, Babe, Department at Weta Digital. Alice also
production facilities, studios and labs, you’ll Ocean Girl, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, worked on Apple TV+ American TV series
respond to briefs that combine creative studio Daffodils, Lord of the Rings and Avengers. Mr Corman which was produced at Avalon
practice, storytelling, professional practice studios and has most recently shot a music
and portfolio development. Industry connections video for Wellington Commercial Music
Staff are well connected in the screen industry, graduate Riiki Reid.
You will be supported by a series of core and include former staff of Weta Digital,
Professional Culture courses designed to help Weta Workshop, Park Road Post, TVNZ, SKY,
you to develop your professional skills. Through Mediaworks, TV3 and the BBC.
these courses you will gain an understanding
of screen cultures, economies and working Cross-discipline collaboration
practices, both in Aotearoa New Zealand and Embedded in an internationally recognised
internationally as well as prepare yourself to art and design college, which fosters creativity
compete in one of the most exciting sectors in and innovation.
the creative industries.
Graduate job-ready
The Bachelor of Screen Arts with Honours Builds on Massey’s strong track record of
develops on the Bachelor of Creative Media training graduates for successful careers
Production and offers the addition of a fourth in the screen sectors.
year Honours, along with multiple exit points
throughout the degree so you can engage with
your studies at a pace that suits you best.
CAREERS INCLUDE
Producer, director, visual effects producer,
special effects technical director, virtual
BSA HONS MAJORS INCLUDE: producer, sound designer, sound recording
> Animation engineer, camera operator, lighting technician,
> Factual Production editor, media technologies developer, TV
> Film Production producer, broadcast content developer, concept
> Game Development artist, storyboard artist, art director, animator,
> Immersive Media 3D modeller, rigger, games art director, games
> Media Technology developer, games producer, VR/AR developer,
> Visual Effects audio producer, CG artist, motion capture
animator, digital effects artist.
* PREVIOUSLY THE BACHELOR OF
CREATIVE MEDIA PRODUCTION
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Degree Structure
YOUR FIRST YEAR Professional Cultures 1 Year One
In this course you will learn a wide range of
The Bachelor of Screen Arts (Hons) is a new, Semester 1 Semester 2
skills, from how to succeed in the university Weeks 1–12 Weeks 1–12
four-year qualification, that emerges as a environment through to managing creative
result of extensive industry, educational and collaborations and developing a career as a
community consultation and is designed to best screen artist in Aotearoa New Zealand. Professional Cultures 1
prepare you for an exciting career in the fast 289.150
evolving worlds of screen arts practices. The Intro courses
BSA (Hons) replaces our previous qualification, In these courses you are introduced to the key 12 weeks
15 credits
the Bachelor of Creative Media Production, and skills, techniques, tools and software as you
offers exciting new opportunities for Aotearoa start your creative journey as a screen artist.
Intro: Media Technology Intro: Animation
New Zealand’s emerging Screen Artists. Intro to Screen Arts 289.113 289.103
The University year is divided into two 12-week In this course, you’ll be introduced to the
Intro: Game Development Intro: Film Production
semesters from February – November, with challenges and responsibilities facing you in 289.106 289.112
mid-semester as well as mid-year breaks. the creation of screen arts productions. You
will gain a greater understanding of your own Intro: Factual Production Intro: Immersive Media
Please check online for a full calendar of 289.117 289.116
important dates and university holidays. In your values and processes as a creative practitioner.
Intro: Visual Effects
first year, you will take 8 courses, each worth Elective 289.104
15 credits. That is 120 credits in total, which is You may be interested in other courses offered
full-time with Massey. We expect you to spend by the College of Creative Arts or from other 12 weeks 12 weeks
40 hours per week on your studies, including parts of Massey. 15 credits each 15 credits each
class time.
Another Intro course Another Intro course
(From above) (From above)
elective options, download it from: OR OR
creative.massey.ac.nz/apply Visualisation for Working with
Media Production Scripted Material
289.102 289.120
12 weeks 12 weeks
15 credits each 15 credits each
Intro: Screen Arts

289.100
15 credits
Elective Elective
100 level 100 level
12 weeks 12 weeks
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Animation
BSA(Hons) Major
Animation is a huge industry, found Facilities JING JING KE, TONY MATICH,
in games, film, television, augmented Animation students will have access to SAINA FILIPO, NIAMH O’CONNELL,
reality, and in almost all the visual world-leading- and cutting-edge hardware BCMP ANIMATION & VFX 2021
media we consume. This course caters and software, including Autodesk Maya, Toon
Students Jing Jing Ke, Tony Matich, Saina
for those interested in joining the Boom Harmony, Adobe Substance Painter &
Filipo and Niamh O’Connell created Hans &
Designer, Pixologic ZBrush, Adobe Photoshop,
industry but also provides pathways Tweet, a pioneer production as the first stop
Adobe After Effects etc.
for students wishing to explore the motion film of its kind at Massey University.
medium as independent film makers. Staff Info Hans & Tweet is a children’s television series
Andrew Kunzel has 27 years of experience in about a red panda and an egg who dream of
The Animation major is hands on. Animation and Visual Effects, winning AFI,
Our focus is on traditional skills using becoming great supervillains. The students’
Kidscreen, and Atom Awards as well as various aim was to bring awareness to both adults
sophisticated, industry-standard 3D award nominations in his role as an animation and children about taking care of the Earth
and 2D software to greatly enhance supervisor and lead animator. Recently, and its residents, but to also teach positivity,
workflow. By becoming artistically Andrew has worked in the Games Industry as the value of believing in yourself, the joy of
and technically competent, students a Senior Artist, as well as many years with chasing big dreams, and to show what a true
can work smarter instead of harder, Peter Jackson’s Weta Digital as a Modeler and and dedicated friendship looks like. Hans
freeing them to enjoy their craft as Concept Artist. Films include Lord of the Rings: & Tweet was picked up by TVNZ platform
capable animators within a variety of The Return of the King, I Robot, King Kong, HeiHei and was a finalist in the Best Design
Avatar 2, The BFG, War for the Planet of the Awards for Student Moving Image in 2021.
team-based production environment.
Apes, Maze Runner, Alita Battle Angle, Mortal
In this major students will learn how to animate, Engines, The Avengers plus many more.
focusing on principles developed primarily in
traditional character and creature animation.
The process will be demystified, and students
will be encouraged to experiment and practice.
There will be opportunities to develop story
telling skills too. Students will learn how to
model, texture and light 3D assets, as well
as illustrate and draw in 2D. There will be
opportunities to work in team-based production
environments as well as personal art projects.
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BSA(Hons) Major
Story telling is the basis for all human Facilities FAU, BCMP FILM, 2021
connection, and stories that tell us Facilities for Factual Production include multi
FAU is a live stream talk show to empower,
about real people, situations and issues camera broadcast, cameras, lenses and
discuss and inform the Pasifika community,
are compelling touchstones in relating lighting, sound studios, motion capture and
by young Pasifika adults.
to our fast-changing times. True stories green screen. Post-production facilities for
Factual also include edit suites, computer labs Fau was created by second and third-year
shape our identity and reflect our world
and a dubbing theatre. students, a collective of hard working
back to us. Commonplace across all individuals who are passionate about telling
major broadcasters and platforms is the Staff Info indigenous stories and learning new skills.
audiences desire to consume factual BSA Major coordinator and lecturer Gwen Isaac
series, bite-size web content and has won awards for the short documentary, As a live stream show, the audience
Siouxsie & the Virus (www.loadingdocs.net/ participate by having the opportunity to view
formatted shows from around the world.
Siouxsie) and for Where There is Life (feature their opinions and questions for the hosts
You will go on a journey of the compelling and doc) London Independent Film Awards (best and guests on the show. Think elements of
real world of true stories and real characters first time director) and NZIFF selection. late night talk shows, comedic monologues,
lighting the screens of Aotearoa, as well as a Pasifika house band and different
the international market. This deep dive into segments similar to a formatted TV show.
factual development, production and post-
In Samoan, Fau can mean to build, create
production reveals the mechanisms of fun and
and build, and that’s the aim for this show:
formatted, multi-camera, studio shows all the
to build and create a platform for young
way to long-form storytelling around the big
Pasifika adults to discuss, inform, empower,
issues of the day and character-based features.
debate, connect, show real action, and find
At the core of this exploration is human
solutions for issues and problems within the
relationships and ethical research practices.
Pasifika community.
We will traverse writing skills that best convey
your vision on paper, introducing you to the
language of screen production at all stages.
We will investigate how the story or character
define the best approach to making the content
and crew, alongside explorations to discover
your unique, authorial voice. Students will also
be working with clients throughout their degree
generating online content.
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Film Production
BSA(Hons) Major
The major in Film Production offers Facilities FRANCESCA SEWELL, BCMP

comprehensive, practical film making, Our facilities include well-resourced technology FILM PRODUCTION, 2021
covering all aspects of film production and equipment, leading-edge sound and
Francesca is an emerging writer, director and
including creative development, post-production facilities, studio space for
editor and recently graduated as a part of
pre-production, production and post- traditional as well as motion capture and
the Bachelor of Creative Media Production’s
green screen production, including our dubbing
production. A feature of the course is second cohort.
theatre, edit suites, cameras, lenses and
regular access to leading industry- Fresh from wrapping her directorial debut,
lighting aswell as sound studios.
standard cinema production equipment she is currently working as a freelance
and the opportunity to work in industry Staff Info short film and commercials editor, and is
specific film crew roles on your own Jonathan King – writer and director of films collaborating with like-minded creatives
project. such as Black Sheep and Under the Mountain. to develop and share New Zealand-focused
Mathew Knight – award-winning stories.
Students have the opportunity to gain practical cinematographer and camera operator who has
experience in a wide range of roles, before worked with Daffodils, Poppy and The Hobbit. Francesca’s major project Raspberry and
specialising in an area of their choosing and Sean O’Donnell – director, editor and Coke is a short Kiwi drama, a melancholic
collaborating with their peers on independently cinematographer. slice of New Zealand life which she co-
developed productions. wrote, directed and edited.
Raspberry and Coke has recently been
featured in the official selection of four
international film festivals and has won
awards at the California International
Short Film Festival and the Independent
Shorts Awards. Mentored by US/Kiwi
Writer/Director and Producer Casey Zilbert
(Ash vs Evil; Hangtime; Born to Dance),
Raspberry and Coke and its success
has been an amazing springboard project
for Francesca and her team.
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Game Design
BSA(Hons) Major
Game is the medium of the new Facilities MOLLY BUGLASS-CLAPHAM, BCMP

millennium. Encompassing a broad Students have access to top-of-the-line GAME DEVELOPMENT, 2020
range of disciplines, including workstations, consoles, and XR devices.
Graduate student Molly Buglass-Clapham
game design, art, audio, coding, and Learning Unity and Unreal.
completed her degree with a focus on Game
production, game development is a field Staff Info Development. Molly worked on the game
that truly embraces modern media. Lucas Haley is an artist and educator, working ‘Black Channel’ for her major project. As
across the media of video games, animation, the producer, writer, and creative director
Through this major you will develop for ‘Black Channel’, she was excited to help
film, creative technology, and installation
skills in critical thinking, logic, design, bring the cassette futurism sci-fi horror
art. His work examines the humorous and the
3d modelling and texturing, animation, sublime inherent in the relationship between game to life. She wore several other hats
and team-based production while ubiquitous virtual computing and actual as well, including creating concept art,
building fun, engaging, and challenging embodied being. illustrations and 3D models and textures for
worlds, experiences, and adventures the game. “Working on Black Channel was
a huge learning experience for me, and I’m
Students will be ideating, designing, and ready to get out into the industry and see
developing digital aswell as tabletop games. what I can do.” Molly is now working for
Using industry-standard engines and game company PikPok as a Concept Artist.
techniques, students will work through game
design, art and aesthetics, and programming
to create unique and original experiences for
desktop, console and mobile platforms.
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Immersive Media
BSA(Hons) Major
Virtual and Augmented Realities Facilities THOMAS WILLIAMS, BCMP

(VR and AR) allow new ways for us Students will use our Emerging Tech Lab IMMERSIVE MEDIA, 2021
to blend the physical and digital worlds, and Motion Capture Studio, along with VR
Thomas Williams was part of the team who
creating uncharted possibilities Headsets Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest, 2HTC
created The Train of Many Stations. An
for the future. Study at the frontier Vive/Vive Pro, HP Virtual Reality. AR equipment
interactive installation-created by third and
includes iPad Pro, Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 and
of immersive media development. second-year students at Massey University.
other immersive equipment: Depth Cameras,
It’s a new piece of art that combines
Gain skills working with industry-standard Handheld 3D Scanner and software such as 3D
technology, animation, physical production
software, VR/AR, and capture hardware, to Game Engines, Unity and Unreal.
to create an experience that has never been
develop and produce a range of immersion-
Staff Info seen before!
based projects. Blend digital technology with
real-world experiences. You don’t need to Maddy King is an enthusiastic teacher of VR Thomas has returned to Massey to
have used or worked with these tools before and AR. She is passionate about using education complete a Masters of Creative Enterprise
— just bring your eagerness to explore the to dismantle oppressive power structures with us to further develop his ideas.
tools and applications of this exciting new area and to grow diverse builders and makers. Her
of practice. Explore immersion as a creative background is in web development, digital
concept. Learn introductory skills for working marketing and non-profit project management.
with immersive tools and understand the Maddy was part of the team Te Mārama who
current state and future potential of immersive won Act In Space for their start-up idea that
tech in industry. will reduce the amount of repairs that humans
do in space by cost effectively using VR to
control repair robots remotely.
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Media Technology
BSA(Hons) Major
The evolution of media and screen Facilities CATE MUNT, BCMP

production driven by digital innovation Students have access to a broad range of MEDIA TECHNOLOGY, 2021
is offering new ways of working facilities that were custom designed for the
Graduate Cate Munt completed her BCMP
and developing content. Real time teaching and learning of visual and audio
with a major project in Creative Technologies
game environments, VR/AR, software technology development. Students have
with the successful project ‘Train of Many
access to studios, motion capture stage,
and hardware capture technology Stations’, a multi-disciplinary project that
immersive technology lab, electronics labs,
for example are being developed to perfectly blends technology and creativity.
digital and physical fabrication spaces (3D
provide innovative solutions in virtual The team created a life size train carriage
printers, laser cutters etc), high end computer
production to benefit film making. In for visitors to climb inside and view virtual
labs with industry standard production
this major you will have the opportunity worlds pass by from the windows.
software.
to be at the forefront of creating Cate immensely enjoyed constructing an
and developing new ideas for both Staff Info interactive and immersive experience to
Tristan Bunn is the author of Learn Python expose the audience to a unique adventure
producing and consuming media across
Visually. His work includes inter- and when they came on board the train.
a range of technology platforms.
transdisciplinary projects that blend
You will be given the opportunity to gain and computing, design, and art to create new “I love Creative Technologies, and I am now
apply practical skills in developing inventive digital experiences for web, mobile, game, working for an Australian tech company
software and hardware solutions with a and immersive media. His projects include enjoying learning new skills to accompany
view to developing innovative products for PaperTracker (an augmented-reality tool for those I have gained through studying the
the media and screen sector. You will gain an programming musical compositions using a BCMP”.
understanding of prototyping skills and how system of placeable tiles) and Lonely Artist
to develop ideas through to producing final (an ongoing, transmedia storytelling project
projects such as online distribution, lighting spanning comics and video games).
systems, game interfaces, performance
capture technology, production workflow
solutions, special audio systems, media
installation etc.
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Visual Effects
BSA(Hons) Major
The Visual Effects program is designed Facilities LIANNA SHAW, BCMP

to provide students with expertise in Gain skills that will help you create fantastic ANIMATION & VFX, 2021
directing visual effects. The VFX Major characters and scenes using traditional
Graduate Lianna Shaw completed the VFX
courses teach you the skills to create techniques and advanced technology. Study
pathway working on the project Night Lights,
a professional portfolio of work that character design, 3D modelling, texturing and
a 3 minute stylised 3D short film which has
rigging, storyboarding, compositing, particle
you can carry into your Visual Effects been entered into several international film
generation and dynamics. Work with motion
career. festivals.
capture and a green screen stage.
Create both procedural and keyframed motion Lianna directed, wrote, animated, rigged,
Staff Info and was a story artist on Nightlights. She
through chaos. Design and control destruction,
Taylor Carrasco forged his career developing says “ It was so great to experience all areas
explosions, fluids, you name it and fully
early F2P mechanics in FarmVille and Mafia of production and I was grateful to make
integrate your visual effects into live action
Wars and was an animation technical director my own project, I had so much fun getting
footage from concept to post-production.
on over 20 feature films at Weta Digital. to lead a group of talented creatives, an
He has formed several successful startups invaluable experience.” Lianna has secured
in film, emerging tech, post production and a role at Weta Digital as an Assistant
narrative. His research is focused on a range of Technical Director.
subjects from spatial and motion data-driven
development and decentralised assets.
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MUSIC PRACTICE
MUSIC TECHNOLOGY
MUSIC INDUSTRY
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Selected entry
Music Practice Bachelor of
Commercial Music
Open entry
Music Industry
Music Technology
Three years full time
Wellington BCommMus
The Bachelor of Commercial Music WHAT’S SPECIAL ABOUT YOUR FIRST YEAR
degree is the most progressive music COMMERCIAL MUSIC AT MASSEY? The university year is divided into two 12-week
programme in New Zealand. It is semesters from February–November, with mid-
Look to the future
future-focused, technology-driven and semester as well as mid-year breaks. Please
Future focused and cross-genre, this degree
industry-engaged, with a faculty that emphasises creativity, innovation, and the check online for a full calendar of important
includes some of New Zealand’s top latest industry models. dates and university holidays.
music industry professionals.
Popular music focus In your first year, you will take 7 courses,
There are three majors: All content is based firmly in popular music, worth 120 credits in total, which is full time
> Music Practice covering a wide range of genres. at Massey. Full-time study equates to about
> Music Technology 40 hours per week, including class time and
> Music Industry Learn from the experts independent work.
Music Practice is taught by practicing
Choose whether you want to make and international and award-winning professionals, The Yellow Book programme guide provides
perform new music, engineer live and studio and contemporary composers and performers, more details about all degree content and
sound and design new music technology, from iconic bands like Fat Freddy’s Drop and elective options, download it from:
or immerse yourself in the business of The Chills. creative.massey.ac.nz/apply
music entrepreneurship including artist
development and events promotion. You’ll Tech specialists Year One
become a successful practitioner, media-savvy Music Technology is taught by pioneering music
software and hardware developers, sound Semester 1 Semester 2
artist, developer, engineer, entrepreneur, or Weeks 1–12 Weeks 1–12
performer. Learn to use and develop new engineers, lighting and stage designers, and
production tools, processes, technology, and sonic artists. Select Your Major: Contemporary
distribution networks. Industry 133.167 Musicology
Industry connections
Practice 133.175 133.154
The BCommMus has a strong emphasis on Music Industry is taught by professional Technology 133.185
popular music genres, new technologies, industry experts who have decades of
innovation, and commercialisation. You’ll experience working with both major and
consider the role of streaming and digital independent labels, as well as major music 12 weeks 12 weeks
media in the music industry and explore how to festivals and international artists. 15 credits 15 credits
disrupt and operate in new and future business Your Major: Music Media 1
models. CAREERS INCLUDE Industry 133.168 133.152
Music producer, promoter, music performer, Practice 133.176
In the BCommMus core courses you’ll join Technology 133.186
with students in all majors to learn music songwriter, film and media composer, music
video production and online and media skills, software and new technology designer/
organise and promote music events and developer, event manager, event promoter,
experiences, and make and release recordings. musician, DJ, producer, label manager, music 12 weeks 12 weeks
The critical content of the programme spans marketer, artist manager and developer, studio
new musicology, free culture, the political engineer, live sound engineer, lighting engineer, 133 .1–– Music Project 1
economy of music, and music philosophy. label manager, music marketer. Other Music Course 133.153
Music Course
All majors foreground music as the primary
discipline, whether explored through a creative, HONOURS 12 weeks
15 credits
critical, technical, or commercial context. Extend your study, develop your research and
advance your skills in music practice, technology Elective
or industry. For more information about the 100 level
Honours programme, go to the Postgraduate
section on page 43. 12 weeks 12 weeks
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Music Industry
BCommMus Major
Music industry practitioners are In the music industry major you’ll study artist SOFIA MACHRAY
innovators and entrepreneurs, who development and management, label and BACHELOR OF COMMERCIAL MUSIC,
seek out and develop new ways to distribution networks, music publishing and 2020
commercialise music in a rapidly one-off and large-scale live events. Learn Rūi the Tūi is a picture and songbook based
skills in new media and develop an essential around New Zealand’s native birds. The
changing digital environment.
understanding of emerging and future business storyline of Rūi the Tūi follows Rūi on an
models that challenge traditional industry adventure through the forest while she’s
conventions. trying to find a spot to sing. Along the way,
You’ll learn from staff with experience working she bumps into other bird species such as
for major festivals and events, and with Tony the Takahē, Murray the Morepork, and
international touring and record label and artist Kevin the Kākāpō. My aim for the project
management backgrounds. Classes are group- was to explore ways music can act as a
oriented and designed for you to develop both learning tool and how music instruction
practical and theoretical skills and apply these with literature could benefit children in
to real-world situations. their engagement with literacy education.
The book is accessible to all learning styles
such as visual, auditory, and reading. On my
website you can experience the story by
either singing along to the song, following
with narration, or reading an online version.
Throughout the musical aspects of the
works, I’ve incorporated samples of bird
sounds, forest ambiance, and facts about
each species of bird with the aim that
children would become more familiar with
New Zealand native birds. In the future I
hope that my songbook is published and
available for purchase in stores across
New Zealand.
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Music Practice
BCommMus Major
Music practitioners are artists who Learn songwriting, composition, musicianship ANNA WILD, BACHELOR OF
push creative boundaries and foster and performance from some of New Zealand’s COMMERCIAL MUSIC 2020
a sense of community and identity top musicians and professionals.
Wool
among audiences. You’ll develop your writing and performing craft
Anna is establishing herself in the music
in your instrument or interface of choice—that
Study popular musicianship and industry as a versatile and reliable musician
could be an instrument, your voice or your
performance. Whether you’re a singer, within live and recorded performances. Her
computer. Learn to produce and compose music
DJ or in a band, Music Practice will debut project ‘WOOL’ is a self directed visual
with industry-standard software and hardware,
give you the skills and confidence to EP which explores an abstract perspective
in some of the best facilities in the Southern
take risks and make it in the music on Endometriosis and other conditions which
Hemisphere.
industry. affect a person’s motherhood. She explores
Work in ensembles and respond to briefs the sonic templates through analog synths,
designed to develop artistry in an environment drums and percussion, all performed by her.
that encourages creative risk-taking. You’ll learn Anna also performs and records as a session
to be a working musician with industry-ready drummer for local artists.
practical skills, connections and experience.
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Music Technology
BCommMus Major
Music technologists drive disruption In the music technology major you’ll study new BAXTER PERRY
and change in the music industry. interface and instrument design, development BACHELOR OF COMMERCIAL MUSIC,
They use and develop new technologies and electronics alongside audio engineering, 2020
that change both the way musicians recording and editing technologies, and live Arcomidi is a midi keyboard, built and
lighting and sound. developed by me to replicate/imitate
create, and the way consumers share
and engage with music. Master microphone techniques and sound string and breath-controlled instrument
design. Learn how to operate industry-leading expressivity. I wanted to create a slick,
equipment, work with musicians to capture great industry standard midi controller that
recordings, and develop mixing and mastering provides a tactile response, enabling the
techniques to produce professional quality user to play notes in the fashion that they
recordings. want to. I have used clothes pegs for their
spring action and joysticks to convert this
You’ll also learn live light and sound skills, motion into midi.
including how to operate small and large
scale PAs, design and programme advanced JAEDYN RANDELL, BACHELOR OF
lighting and projection rigs. We’ll teach you COMMERCIAL MUSIC, 2021
about all aspects of live, venue-based industry
Jaedyn’s major project was a five-track EP
requirements.
in Te Reo Māori and English that highlights
significant moments in her life. As a proud
wahine Māori, she set out to promote and
celebrate her language and culture through
her music. The EP was self-recorded using
Audient consoles where Jaedyn recorded
the instrumentalists, her own vocals and
mixed in her waiata. She aims for ‘Jaedyn
Randell’ to contribute to the growth of Māori
Music in an encouraging way.
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Foundation
Certificate
Certificate in Foundation Studies CERTIFICATE IN FOUNDATION Certificate in Foundation Studies (CFS)
(CFS) and Certificate of University CFS is 120 credits of study over two semesters
Preparation (CUP)
STUDIES (CFS)
Guided entry Semester 1 Semester 2
Weeks 1–12 Weeks 1–12
If you don’t meet the entry requirements for Two semesters full time
a Bachelor’s (undergraduate) degree, you can Wellington
complete a pre-degree programme (also known Academic Language Academic Language
You will be offered a place in the Certificate in and Writing 1 and Writing 2
as a foundation programme).
Foundation Studies if you don’t meet the entry 192.040 192.041
There are two pre-degree programmes with requirements for admission to the University.
creative arts pathways: the Certificate of
Study Skills and Critical Academic
University Preparation (CUP) and Certificate
in Foundation Studies (CFS). If you apply for
CERTIFICATE OF UNIVERSITY Strategies Skills
entry to a Bachelor’s degree programme and PREPARATION (CUP) 192.042 192.043
don’t meet the entry requirements, you will be Guided entry

offered a place in one of these programmes One semester full time Foundation Foundation
based on your education background and Wellington Drawing Māori Culture
experience. If you already know you don’t meet 293.001 150.001 or
You will be offered a place in the Certificate of
the entry requirements, get in touch with us University Preparation if you narrowly miss
Foundation
and we can guide you to the right pre-degree Communication
meeting the entry requirements for admission 192.011
programme for you. to the University.
The creative arts pathways in both CUP and Foundation Sound Foundation
CFS include three creative arts courses that PATHWAY TO BACHELOR’S STUDY and Image Fabricate
introduce you to a world of making, drawing, 293.002 293.003
Once you successfully complete the
thinking and creating, with supporting courses Certificate of University Preparation or
in core academic writing and study skills. Certificate in Foundation Studies you will
Massey offers the only on-campus, university- gain admission to Massey’s unrestricted Certificate of University Preparation (CUP)
taught pre-degree creative arts programmes in undergraduate programmes and be prepared CUP is 60 credits of study over one semester
New Zealand. You’ll study with Massey staff for undergraduate study. You will need to apply
Semester 1 or 2
on campus, using the College of Creative Arts online again for admission to a Bachelor’s Weeks 1–12
facilities in Wellington. degree.
If you complete the creative arts pathway you Study Skills and
Strategies
will be able to use your coursework as your
192.042
portfolio to gain entry to the Bachelor of Design
with Honours, Bachelor of Fine Arts with
Honours or Bachelor of Māori Visual Arts. Critical Academic
Skills
Completing the creative arts pathway will give
192.043
you entry to the Bachelor of Screen Arts, and
the Bachelor of Commercial Music majoring in
Music Technology or Music Industry. For entry Creative Pathway
to the Bachelor of Commercial Music majoring Course
in Music Practice, you will also need to pass an
audition.
Creative Pathway
Course
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Postgraduate
Study
The College of Creative Arts offers OUR POSTGRADUATE
a suite of internationally recognised DEGREES INCLUDE : CONTACT US
postgraduate qualifications, which
> Postgraduate Diploma Design We welcome enquiries from suitably
can advance your career and invigorate
> Postgraduate Diploma Fine Arts qualified applicants.
your creative practice. Once you’ve > Postgraduate Diploma Māori Visual Arts For more information, contact:
completed your Bachelor’s degree you > Postgraduate Diploma Screen Arts [email protected]
may wish to dig deeper into subject- > Bachelor of Commercial Music (Honours)
specific research. > Master of Creative Enterprise
> Master of Design
> Master of Design Weta Workshop
> Master of Fine Arts
> Master of Māori Visual Arts
> PhD
Postgraduate You will balance independent creative work

in the studio with learning in Māori studies or
museum studies. You will spend most of your
Diploma time making art. If you have over ten years
of exhibition practice you can apply to do a
in Māori studio-only postgraduate diploma—talk to us

about your situation.
Visual Arts Duration 1 year full time. Available part time.

Location Available on the Manawatū campus
PGDipMVA and by distance.
Master of
Toioho ki Āpiti Māori Visual Arts is the leading KEZIA WHAKAMOE,
provider of advanced indigenous visual MASTER OF MĀORI VISUAL ARTS,
arts education in New Zealand, and has an 2020, MATAATUA
Māori unparalleled list of significant New Zealand
artists amongst its alumni.
Visual Arts In the Master of Māori Visual Arts you are

encouraged to ground your practice within a
MMVA kaupapa Māori paradigm. International students

from other indigenous cultures are encouraged
to engage in research and applied practices
relevant to their individual cultural contexts.
The programme is especially strong in its ability
to embrace customary practice from carving to
weaving alongside contemporary practice from
painting to moving image.
Duration 1 year full time. Available part time. KEZIA WHAKAMOE
Location Available on the Manawatū campus MATAATUA
and by distance.
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Bachelor of Extend your study, develop your research and

advance your skills in music practice, technology,
CONNOR TAUMOEPEAU
BACHELOR OF COMMERCIAL MUSIC
or industry. You’ll take an independent research (HONOURS), 2020
Commercial project from conception to completion, with
supporting coursework.
Frame of Mind is an audiovisual project
exploring self-reflection. The fifteen-
Music The Bachelor of Commercial Music (Honours)
is a one-year qualification for students with a
minute work features four new audiovisual
compositions that seek to express a specific
(Honours) Bachelor of Commercial Music (BCommMus) emotion, felt during the creation of the track.
or other three-year music degree. Entry to the
BCommMus
programme is available to students who achieve
a B grade average in their third year of study.
(Hons)
As a Bachelor of Commercial Music (Honours)
student you’ll have access to Toi Rauwhārangi
College of Creative Arts’ state-of-the-art
facilities, including world-class recording
facilities and technology labs as well as a
range of immersive media technologies. Learn
from well-connected academics working in
the industry with extensive research and
performance expertise.
Start in Semester 1 by conceptualising and
developing your independent project through
research and prototyping while engaging with the
important contemporary issues of your discipline.
Then in Semester 2 you’ll focus on realising your CONNOR TAUMOEPEAU
project with academic mentors. Your creative FRAME OF MIND
practice will be research-driven, as you critically
explore your place in the complex, ever-changing
music industry. You’ll produce an exegesis to
critically situate your independent project.
Duration 1 year full time. Available part time.
Location: Wellington, New Zealand.
Master of
The Master of Creative Enterprise is a unique Entry
postgraduate degree for creative practitioners MCE 120 credit—you’ll need to submit a
to explore domestic and international market portfolio of your creative work, a research
Creative opportunities and the commercial applications of
ideas. You’ll focus on developing a sustainable
proposal and attend a consultation.
MCE 180 credit—you’ll need to submit a
Enterprise career through your artistic practice.
The programme is open to makers across the
portfolio of your creative work, an expression
of interest, and attend a consultation.
MCE
creative sector, including but not limited to film,
TV, music, games, fine art, fashion, industrial Location Wellington, New Zealand
design and creative technologies such as AR/ JONNY MCGREGOR, MCE, 2019
VR, hardware and software development. We’re
Nodal Plugin Suite, an example of
also interested in hearing from applicants with
Jonny McGregor’s software development
creative propositions for events, publishing,
investigation into how alternate user
curation, promotion and distribution.
interfaces influence the use of audio
You will be mentored closely by academics plugins in music production.
and industry leaders. The applied research and
commercialisation components of the programme
are aligned with your practice-based courses.
Driven by innovation and creativity, project
development models are iterative in their
approach, and are career focused.
You will also have access to a range of world-
class facilities including fabrication, recording,
film, electronics, motion capture and immersive
tech studios and labs to develop prototypes
and work.
JONNY MCGREGOR
Duration 12 to 18 months full time, NODAL PLUGIN SUITE
or part time over a longer period.
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Master
The Master of Design is an advanced design HOLLY DOWNER,
research qualification, closely aligned to industry, MASTER OF DESIGN, 2020
society and the environment. The course of Plastic and the Sea Turtle is a VR experience
of Design study is concentrated. It provides opportunity
for focused and self-directed students to
which visualises data in a manner which
allows participants to experience a first-
MDes
independently interrogate a self-selected issue person perspective that is not typically
through targeted design research methodologies, accessible in our everyday lives. By taking
methods, techniques and processes. Through this on the perspective of a sea turtle, and
interrogation, you’ll develop mastery of critical experiencing the effect of human waste
and innovative design thinking and making. In on the environment, it is suggested that
some instances, projects involve collaboration the participant is prompted to have a more
with industry mentors and partners, or key compassionate understanding of the plight
communities. The Master of Design is 1 year full- of non-human beings, such as sea turtles.
time (part-time study may be negotiated).
GLENN CATCHPOLE,
Duration 12 to 18 months full time,
MASTER OF DESIGN, 2017
or part-time over a longer period
(by negotiation). Project Zero eliminates waste in the
fabrication of timber furniture and is a
Entry MDes 120 credit — you’ll need to
prototype zero waste chair that is influenced
submit a portfolio of your creative work, a
by an extensive zero waste material
research proposal and attend an interview.
exploration.
MDes 180 credit — you’ll need to submit
a portfolio of your creative work, a research
statement and attend an interview.
Location Wellington, New Zealand.
Starts MDes 120 and 180 in February, July.
Application Due 30 November (February
start), 15 May (July start).
HOLLY DOWNER GLENN CATCHPOLE

PLASTIC AND THE SEA TURTLE PROJECT ZERO
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Master By specialising in Entertainment Design, you’ll

emerge with the tools to create incredible
EDWARD DENTON, MASTER OF DESIGN
WETA WORKSHOP SCHOOL, 2020
imaginary worlds for film, television, and
of Design,
Apollonian and Dionysian:
gaming. The programme focuses on the key An exploration through character
areas of idea creation, storytelling, and concept concept design.
Weta design within a self-driven research project.
As you progress through the one-year course,
you’ll expand your technical ability and develop
Workshop critical thinking skills. Adapt an existing IP,
or develop your own world and push the
School boundaries within your own conceptual world.

Undertake your own research and design
MDes project, exploring how Entertainment Design

works as a tool for creating compelling
characters, engaging worlds, and incredible
stories. The programme culminates with
a written research component presented
alongside a body of concept design work.
Duration One year of full-time study.
Entry Selected entry—you’ll need to submit
a portfolio of your creative work, a research
proposal and attend an interview.
Starts July 2023
Application Due 30 April 2023
wetaworkshopschool.massey.ac.nz
EDWARD DENTON
APOLLONIAN AND DIONYSIAN
Postgraduate
Extend your design speciality or explore new
horizons. You’ll have the opportunity to specialise
in fashion design, industrial design, photography,
Diploma spatial design, textile design or visual
communication design.
in Design This programme will give you an introduction

to postgraduate research processes and
PGDipDesign contemporary design theory. You’ll push the

boundaries of your design practice with a
research-led independent project. You’ll also
have elective courses focused on creative
entrepreneurship, exhibition or writing in the
creative arts.
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Master of
The Master of Fine Arts (Art or Design)
emphasises independent learning punctuated
by shared community critiques, masterclasses
Fine Arts and lectures led by a team of international
invited guests and academics that are expert
MFA
creative practice researchers. It is geared
toward the production of research-driven,
critically engaged, expertly realised and highly
innovative original creative work. It supports
trans-, multi- or cross-disciplinary practices and
media while also endorsing the development of
specific art and design expertise.
Duration 2 years full time, or 3–4 years
part-time study.
Starts February or July.
Location Available on the Wellington campus,
and by distance with permission.
WARREN MAXWELL
IMAGE COURTESY OF JASON O’HARA
WARREN MAXWELL (NGĀTI WHARE /
NGĀI TE RIU / NGĀTI RĀKAIPAAKA /
NGĀI TŪKAIRANGI)
MASTER OF FINE ARTS 2019
Recording ‘Bebop Flags’ on the Ross Ice
Shelf – Antarctica, 2016. Image courtesy
of Jason O’Hara.
Re-connecting with Te Taiao via a site
specific presence, directs and underpins
these works.
They encourage the participant to sit and
feel a place, and then be immersed in it.
TURUMEKE HARRINGTON (NGĀI TAHU)

CURRENT MFA STUDENT, 2021
COLLIN POST MEMORIAL
SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT
Longer Than I Can Remember (Installation TURUMEKE HARRINGTON
from the exhibition Gentle Ribbing), 2020 LONGER THAN I CAN REMEMBER
Nylon, steel installation 15,000mm x 1800mm (INSTALLATION FROM THE EXHIBITION
GENTLE RIBBING), 2020
Gentle Ribbing is a birth, a coming into
being with a lifetime ahead. The exhibition
of sculpture and major installation features
a huge, brightly coloured quilt. Much like
birth itself, the quilt represents hours
of labour, boredom, procrastination and a
triumphant finish.
Postgraduate
The Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Arts gives
you the opportunity for advanced study in
contemporary art.
Diploma The programme combines theoretical inquiry
with studio-based practice. It focuses on
in Fine Arts identifying, exploring and developing research
methods that are relevant to current art
PGDip FA practices and enquiry.

Starts February
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PhD At the College of Creative Arts candidates for JUDITH BEYER, PHD 2020
PhD are expected to produce a sustained piece Gender fluidity plays an increasing role
of advanced research work in one of these in today’s fashion industry. This project
areas; design, fine arts, Māori visual arts, focuses on the incorporation of non-binary
Indigenous visual arts, music, creative media fashion in contemporary fashion design.
production, visual and material culture, or Drawing from Judith Butler’s notion of
across disciplinary areas. gender performativity, and troubling
The doctoral thesis may either involve creative gender, this study investigates how
practice work with a substantial piece of contemporary fashion design can challenge
academic writing (approx. 30,000–40,000 and critique norms of gender identities and
words), or a wholly written thesis (up to a their representation. The research looks
maximum of 100,000 words). The PhD requires at fashion as a system of signification,
an original contribution to the field. analysing contemporary fashion imagery
and design via a critical and textual analysis
Applicants should preferably have a Master of
through a multiple case-study approach,
Fine Arts, Master of Design, Master of Music,
discussing four contemporary designers
Master of Māori Visual Arts (or equivalent),
– Gucci, Hoody Air, Vetements, Blindness
with a high research concentration and an A-
– and their potential to challenge, blur and
grade point average. Outstanding candidates
critique traditional gender boundaries in the
with an Honours qualification will also be
context of fashion and culture.
considered.
Duration 3–4 years full time, or 5–6 years
part time.
Entry Selected entry—you’ll need to submit
a portfolio of your creative work,a research
proposal and Curriculum Vitae.
Massey University Doctoral Scholarship
1 April 2022 for a Semester 2, 2022 start, and
1 October 2022 for a Semester 1 2023 start.
Location Wellington, Manawatū, and by
distance within New Zealand.
International PhD students accepted into the
programme need to be based in New Zealand.
You would pay the same fees as domestic
students and are eligible to apply for Massey
University Doctoral Scholarships.
PHOTOS BY JUDITH BEYER OF FASHION

AT THE GUCCI MUSEUM, ITALY.
Postgraduate The Postgraduate Diploma in Screen Arts gives

you the opportunity to further your skills and
training in the development and production of
Diploma a significant screen arts project.
in Screen Arts Starts February
PGDip
ScreenArts
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K E Y INFO
DOMESTIC
STUDENTS
Admission
and enrolment
ENROLLING IS A MAKE THE MOST OF OUR
TWO-STEP PROCESS FLEXIBLE START DATES
APPLY TO STUDY Bachelor Years Semester 1 Semester 2 Fast Track
1 programme February start July start Includes compulsory
Apply to study at Massey University Summer School
and you will receive a student
ID number. Once your application
Design 4 3.5
is complete the university will notify
you by email.
Fine Arts 4 3.5
ENROL IN YOUR COURSES
2
Course enrolment opens from OR
Screen Arts 4 2.5
1 October; you will be emailed
information about how and when
to do this after you have been Commercial Music 3
provisionally accepted to study
at the university. Māori Visual Arts 4
Years to complete
0 The number of years to
complete the particular
bachelor programme.
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K E Y INFO
SELECTED ENTRY
BACHELOR OF There are three main ways to apply for If you would like to speak to someone
selected entry degrees: about Portfolio Pre-Approval visit:
DESIGN WITH creative.massey.ac.nz/apply/portfolios
1 AUTOMATIC ENTRY
HONOURS If you are still at secondary school or PORTFOLIO ENTRY
left secondary school with NCEA and 3
A portfolio is a selection of your creative
BACHELOR OF have achieved NCEA level 2 or level 3 work that demonstrates your creative
with Merit or Excellence overall and potential. It can include examples from
FINE ARTS WITH a Merit or Excellence endorsement in school or your own personal projects at
an approved art, design or technology
HONOURS subject, you have automatic entry, and
home or in the community. See the next
page for portfolio requirements.
will not need to submit a portfolio.
30 November – Due date for selected
DUE DATE This also applies to students achieving
Cambridge International AS grade A or B
entry course applications and portfolios.
SEMESTER 1 30 NOVEMBER
SEMESTER 2 28 JUNE in an approved art, design or technology ALTERNATIVE ENTRY
subject. When you apply online and you We also welcome applications from
are prompted to upload a portfolio – people who do not have a standard
BACHELOR OF please either: secondary school art or design
MĀORI VISUAL ARTS A
Upload a copy of your
background; people who have not had
the opportunity to take NCEA subjects in
NCEA level 2 or 3 results art or design; and people who, for good
OR reason, have not had the opportunity to
DUE DATE complete a portfolio by the due date.
SEMESTER 1 30 NOVEMBER Upload a note (handwritten is OK)
B To discuss alternative ways of
stating “I qualify for Auto Entry”
and we will verify this with NZQA. demonstrating your desire and potential in
these subject areas please contact us at:
2 PORTFOLIO PRE-APPROVAL ENTRY [email protected].
You can show ‘work in progress’ to a
College of Creative Arts staff member UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE
during a visit to a school, at a Massey If you have not met the academic
Open Day or at another arranged event. requirements for admission to University,
Staff will look at examples of your you can apply to enrol in a Foundation
work with you, on digital platforms like Certificate . This programme will not
Instagram, or in workbooks and folders, only enable you to gain university
and if this shows the creative potential entrance, but will also prepare you for
we are looking for they will sign a undergraduate study. Check our more
Portfolio Pre-Approval letter, which information on page 41.
you can then upload with your online LATE APPLICATIONS
application – a final portfolio will not Late applications to study may be
need to be submitted after this. considered, subject to available spaces.
OPEN ENTRY
ENROLMENT ENQUIRIES
BACHELOR OF SCREEN ARTS WITH HONOURS
Open entry for all majors, which means 0800 MASSEY
SCREEN ARTS all you need to do is apply online at:
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WITH HONOURS massey.ac.nz/apply.
[email protected]
COMMERCIAL MUSIC
DUE DATE Apply online at: massey.ac.nz/apply.
SEMESTER 1 13 JANUARY
You will receive an email to confirm that
SEMESTER 2 28 JUNE
Massey has received your application.
PORTFOLIO ENQUIRIES
TECHNOLOGY AND
creative.massey.ac.nz/apply/
INDUSTRY MAJORS
BACHELOR OF portfolios
You will be invited to a consultation
COMMERCIAL MUSIC with staff to ensure the course is
right for you.
DUE DATE PRACTICE MAJOR

SEMESTER 1 13 JANUARY You will be invited to an audition. APPLY ONLINE
massey.ac.nz/apply
If you have any questions please contact:
[email protected].
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POR TFOLIO
BACHELOR OF PORTFOLIO ENTRY FORMAT

A portfolio is a selection of your creative work Your portfolio can be supplied to us in either:
DESIGN WITH that demonstrates your creative potential. It
PDF UPLOAD THROUGH YOUR
HONOURS can include examples from school or your own
personal projects at home or in the community.
1
ONLINE APPLICATION
This can be A4 or A3 and should contain
BACHELOR OF 12–24 pages. Please ensure the file is no
DUE DATES larger than 20MB. You are able to upload
FINE ARTS WITH The university due date for all applications for: multiple documents if needed.
HONOURS SEMESTER 1 START 2023 2

DIGITAL LINK SHARED IN YOUR
ONLINE APPLICATION
BACHELOR OF
30 NOVEMBER 2022 If you have your portfolio in a website,
Google Doc or other online platform,
MĀORI VISUAL ARTS SEMESTER 2 START 2023 please send us the live link in a PDF
or Word document.
28 JUNE 2023
PORTFOLIO PRE-APPROVAL
3
Applications received after the due date will You can meet with our staff, either on
be accepted subject to places being available. campus or over Zoom, to review your
portfolio at any point during the year.
If successful, you will be given a
portfolio pre-approval certificate, which
you upload in place of a portfolio
when you submit your online application.
Portfolio
Requirements
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POR TFOLIO
YOU CAN ENQUIRE PORTFOLIO CONTENT EXAMPLES OF WHAT YOU CAN INCLUDE
IN YOUR PORTFOLIO
The work in your portfolio should tell us
ABOUT PORTFOLIO something about you and how you... > Drawings
PRE-APPROVAL > generate, explore and develop creative ideas > Sketches
OR APPLY WITH YOUR > experiment with different media, materials,

> Paintings
> Photographs
techniques and technologies
PORTFOLIO AT > use these methods to transform your
> Prototypes
ANY TIME DURING ideas into creative works > Mock-ups and 3D models
> Videos of performance art
THE YEAR IF YOU > think in innovative and contrasting ways
> Graphic design
HAVE WORK READY > show originality and inventiveness
> Sculpture or installations
TO SHOW US. > Fashion, sewing, patterns and textiles

> Developmental work, such as copies of
workbook pages or journals
> Digital or conventional photographic
contact sheets
> Screen captures in the case of digital work
> Links to work on digital platforms
TIPS
Things to make your portfolio stand out:
A It’s good to provide notes about

the ideas behind your work and
how these ideas were translated
into their final form.
B Please do not include items such as
art history assignments, research
assignments or testimonials in your
application.
C If you are providing links to your work
that is online, please include live links
within your PDF.
ENROLMENT ENQUIRIES
0800 MASSEY
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[email protected]
PORTFOLIO ENQUIRIES
creative.massey.ac.nz/apply/
portfolios
ENROLMENT ENQUIRIES
Phone 0800 MASSEY
Text 5222
Email [email protected]
APPLY ONLINE
Apply online massey.ac.nz/apply
massey.ac.nz/apply
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JING HE (CHINA)
BACHELOR OF DESIGN
FASHION DESIGN 2020
KIM NGAN NGUYEN (VIETNAM) JONAS PERSSON (SWEDEN)

BACHELOR OF CREATIVE MEDIA PRODUCTION BACHELOR OF COMMERCIAL MUSIC
2D ARTIST AND CO-DIRECTOR ‘NEOCENSE’ GAME MUSIC TECHNOLOGY, SOUND ENGINEER
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INTER NATIONAL
Applying and Enrolling International students whose
for International Students

first language is not English
need to fulfil the University’s
English entry requirements.
> BACHELOR OF DESIGN WITH HONOURS For more information see:
> BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS WITH HONOURS massey.ac.nz/massey/
> BACHELOR OF MĀORI VISUAL ARTS international
International students whose first language 2. If you are studying Foundation Studies at (CUP), or a Pathway programme before
is not English need to fulfil the University’s Taylors College (AFY) and have earned 270 in enrolling at Massey University in a select entry
English entry requirements. For more your top four subjects, including at least 65 programme, you will need to upload a portfolio
information see: massey. ac.nz/massey/ in English and 65 in Art, you will qualify for as part of your application.
international automatic entry. 4. If you have submitted a portfolio, which has
Applying to study all selected entry Go straight to massey.ac.nz/apply and follow been approved by the College, but still need to
programmes (design, fine art, Māori visual the prompts. If you have not earned 65 for Art take Foundation Studies (FCS) or Certificate of
arts) is the same as for domestic students. (or did not take Art at Taylors) you will need to University Preparation (CUP), you need to apply
1. If you are studying NCEA in NZ and qualify for upload a portfolio. for FCS / CUP, but you do not need to submit
automatic entry go straight to massey.ac.nz/ 3. If you are planning to study Foundation Studies your portfolio again.
apply and follow the prompts. If you do not (FCS), Certificate of University Preparation 5. If you are studying in your home country and
meet automatic entry criteria you will need to have completed the minimum study time
upload a portfolio. required for entry to New Zealand university, go
to massey. ac.nz/apply and upload a portfolio
of your work. If you have not completed enough
study time you will need to take a Foundation
Studies course.
To find out more see massey.ac.nz/apply.
I AM AN
INTERNATIONAL
STUDENT
I have completed and passed I have completed

I have NCEA Level 2 endorsed with
Massey University’s Creative Arts minimum study time for entry
Excellence + Excellence endorsement
pathway Foundation Studies (CFS) or to NZ universities.
in at least one approved art, design,
Certificate of University Preparation See ‘Country Requirements’
or technology subject.
(CUP) programmes. at: massey.ac.nz
YES NO YES NO YES NO
You qualify Portfolio entry You qualify Portfolio Portfolio You need to do
for automatic Send us a portfolio for automatic entry entry a Foundation
entry of your best work entry Send us a portfolio Send us a portfolio course
Apply online at + Apply online at of your best work of your best work Apply online at
massey.ac.nz/apply See page 48 about massey.ac.nz/apply massey.ac.nz/apply
portfolio requirements
Apply online at
massey.ac.nz/apply
If you wish to study one of our postgraduate programmes please go directly to: massey.ac.nz/apply
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SCHOL AR SHIPS
Scholarships
UNDERGRADUATE
SCHOLARSHIPS
TOIOHO KI ĀPITI MĀORI VISUAL MASSEY UNIVERSITY MASSEY UNIVERSITY

ARTS UNDERGRADUATE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS
SCHOLARSHIPS EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIPS For students enrolling in university study
For students studying towards the For international students new to for the first time, who demonstrate
Bachelor of Māori Visual Arts. Massey University and enrolling in an excellence in study, work, community,
undergraduate degree for the first time. or other areas of life.
$ 3 awards of $5000 each Recipients will receive a $10,000 tuition
discount in their first year of study and $ Up to 60 awards of $5,000 each
DUE 12 February
$5,000 in subsequent years for the length
DUE 20 August
of the degree. Students must maintain
MASSEY UNIVERSITY PACIFIC a B average each year to remain eligible.
SCHOLARSHIP FOR FIRST YEAR MASSEY UNIVERSITY ACADEMY
UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES $ 10 awards of up to $25,000 each OF SPORT SCHOLARSHIPS
For domestic students of Pacific origin For new student athletes with a previous
starting their first degree, demonstrating DUE 1 December
record of high achievement in sport and
good character and community who show future potential in their chosen
participation. MASSEY UNIVERSITY VICE sport. You do not need to be studying
CHANCELLOR’S EXCELLENCE sports at Massey to be eligible.
$ 5 awards of $3,000 each SCHOLARSHIPS
For students with a previous record of $ 25 awards of $5,000 each
DUE 10 July
excellence, leadership and community
engagement. DUE 7 September
MASSEY UNIVERSITY PACIFIC
SCHOLARSHIP FOR FOUNDATION $ 10 awards of $21,000 each
COMMERCIAL MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP
STUDIES
DUE 20 August For a student studying towards the
For Pacific students studying the
Bachelor of Commercial Music.
Foundation Certificate or Certificate
in University Preparation. $ 1 award of $10,000
$ 2 awards of $2,500 each

DUE 31 October
DUE 10 July
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SCHOL AR SHIPS
SCREEN ARTS SCHOLARSHIP

POSTGRADUATE
For a student studying towards the
Bachelor of Screen Arts. STUDENTS
$ 1 award of $10,000
MASSEY UNIVERSITY DOCTORAL MASSEY UNIVERSITY MASTER’S
DUE 31 October SCHOLARSHIPS RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIPS
For domestic and international students, For candidates enrolled in the research
COMMERCIAL MUSIC & SCREEN ARTS including scholarships for Māori and component of a Master’s degree.
MĀORI SCHOLARSHIP Pacific students.
For a Māori student studying towards $ Multiple awards of $15,000 each
the Bachelor of Screen Arts $ Multiple awards of $75,000 stipend,
plus tuition fees, each DUE 15 November and 22 February
or Bachelor of Commercial Music.
$ 1 award of $10,000 DUE 1 April or 1 October

SIR ALAN STEWART
POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP
DUE 31 October MASSEY UNIVERSITY PACIFIC
SUCCESS FOR DOCTORAL For graduates from a New Zealand
STUDENTS university who are entering postgraduate
COMMERCIAL MUSIC & SCREEN ARTS
level study for the first time
PACIFIC SCHOLARSHIP For Pacific students enrolled in doctoral
For a Pacific student studying towards programmes at Massey. $ $4,000 per annum towards fees
the Bachelor of Screen Arts
or Bachelor of Commercial Music. $ 4 awards of $6,000 each DUE No application needed.
$ 1 award of $10,000 DUE 10 July

ALEXANDRA COLLINSON
SCHOLARSHIP
DUE 31 October MASSEY UNIVERSITY PACIFIC For a visual communication design student
POSTGRADUATE STUDENT
progressing into postgraduate study.
PROFESSOR TONY PARKER SCHOLARSHIPS
SCHOLARSHIP IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN $ 1 award of $7,500
For students of Pacific origin enrolled
For promising students majoring in industrial in postgraduate study.
design at undergraduate level or in industrial DUE 30 November
design and its related fields at postgraduate $ 4 awards of $4,000 each
level. PETER TURNER SCHOLARSHIP
DUE 10 July IN PHOTOGRAPHY
$ 1 award of $5000
For a promising fourth-year photography
COLLIN POST MEMORIAL student progressing to the Master of
DUE 3 December
SCHOLARSHIP IN SCULPTURE Fine Arts or Master of Māori Visual Arts.
HINEMOA HILLIARD MEMORIAL For an undergraduate or postgraduate
$ 1 award of $5,000
SCHOLARSHIP student with a strong interest in sculpture
as a medium. Postgraduate applicants DUE 15 December
For first year Māori students proceeding
must be enrolled in the Master of Fine
into art or design studies in second year.
Arts or Master of Māori Visual Arts.
$ 1 award of $7,500
$ 1 award of up to $25,000 FOR THE FULL LIST
DUE 9 December OF SCHOLARSHIPS,
DUE 1 October
BURSARIES,
KEN AND ELIZABETH AWARDS AND HOW
POWELL BURSARY TO APPLY VISIT
For candidates who are committed to massey.ac.nz/scholarships
advancing the benefits of technology.
You will be one of the following: a Bachelor
of Engineering with Honours student, a
Bachelor of Design with Honours student,
or a postgraduate student undertaking a
project within areas of engineering or design.
$ 1 award of $10,000
DUE 21 January
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INFOR MATION
Events
CAMPUS TOURS 2022 EXPERIENCE DAY 1 VIRTUAL ENROLMENT SESSIONS
FRIDAY 17TH JUNE 1– 5 NOVEMBER
TOUR DATES:
A taster day across all subjects, Get one-on-one help with your enrolment over
> 20 May
for Year 12 and Year 13 students. Zoom. Check massey.ac.nz for details.
> 17 June
> 22 July
> 19 August EXPERIENCE DAY 2 EXPOSURE GRADUATE EXHIBITION
> 23 September FRIDAY 9TH SEPTEMBER 6 –19 NOVEMBER
> 7 October A taster day across all subjects, Come and see what our graduating students
> 14 October for Year 12 and Year 13 students. have achieved, from Bachelor through to
> 18 November Masters degrees, and across all subject areas.
> 2 December The two week exhibition across three buildings
WELLINGTON OPEN DAY includes music performances, film screenings,
FRIDAY 26 AUGUST
DURING EXPOSURE EXHIBITION: art exhibitions and fashion shows.
See our facilities and talk to our staff about
> 10 November Have a look at student work from Exposure
studying creative arts at Massey Wellington.
> 12 November 2021 at exposure2021.massey.ac.nz
> 17 November MANAWATŪ OPEN DAY
> 19 November
WEDNESDAY 3 AUGUST
Other dates may be arranged on request. Tour Māori Visual Arts on our
Manawatū campus.
Please register to attend a tour at
creative.massey.ac.nz/visit/tours or
contact our Future Students Advisors at AUCKLAND OPEN DAY
[email protected] 3 SEPTEMBER
Visit us at our stand for portfolio reviews
and course information.
EXPERIENCE DAY – FINE ARTS
VIRTUAL OPEN DAY – TOI RAUWHĀRANGI KORERO SHOW TOURS

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INFOR MATION
Fees Accommodation
To find out if you are eligible for first year free For more information go to: massey.ac.nz/fees
fees, go to: feesfree.govt.nz
A range of supervised student accommodation is
Fees vary depending on your course of study. available in Wellington and Manawatū, including
For creative arts, a full-time undergraduate student units, homestay and halls of residence.
workload in 2021 costs about $6,975 plus Our monthly college tours can include a visit to
non-tuition-related fees and/or student accommodation in Wellington.
allowance.
Applications are due by 1 October.
If you need a student loan, apply here:
For more information go to:
studylink.govt.nz
massey.ac.nz/accommodation
Support
We have a range of advisors available including TE RAU TAUAWHI – PASIFIKA FALE BILONG LUMI
international, domestic, Māori and Pacific
Student Advisors.
MĀORI STUDENT CENTRE The Wellington campus Fale is located in
Founded on tikanga Māori principles of T33 and is designed to be a space for Pacific
whānau manaakitanga, whanaungatanga and students to study and relax in, as well as
TUKUTUKU MĀORI MENTORING mātauranga, the centre is based in T18 and connect with our Pacific staff and student
KAUPAPA provides a range of general and pastoral learning support services.
First and second year Māori students are care services to help prospective and current Contact: Ruth Laulu, Senior Pacific Advisor,
encouraged to engage with our mentors in Māori students and their whānau to engage [email protected]
a collaborative and supportive environment with the University.
that celebrates cultural knowledge and
understanding. Contact: Awhina Wakefield
[email protected]
@tukutukumn
[email protected] KAFA KOLLECTIVE PACIFIC MASSEY CONTACT
MENTORING PROGRAMME 0800 MASSEY
This Pacific mentoring programme is named
after the kafa/afa (sennit) which is used in the Text 5222
ancient Pacific art of sennit lashing, used in the
construction of canoes and houses. Our senior [email protected]
Pacific students are the kafa for new College of
Creative Arts Pacific students navigating this new
environment. The Kafa Kollective mentors work
alongside students as well as assisting them with
projects, events and outreach activities. College of Creative Arts,
Massey University, Private Box
Contact: Belinda Weepu 756, Wellington 6140
[email protected]
E-mail [email protected]
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OUR GRADUATES ARE

– Graduate Destinations Survey 2020

QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS JAMES DYSON GOOD DESIGN AWARDS

Toi Rauwhārangi College of Creative Arts is

Make & create

GO ON AN INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL AND WORK ON

STUDY ABROAD AT ONE

MAKE GREAT WORK

Open Lab is a place for students to

ACCESS FAB LAB WGTN

KRISTA BARNABY AND THOMAS CUMMING AMBER MUMFORD

JACK WARREN BRITTANY SMITH

LEVIUS NGAHUIA HITCHENS-CHAPMAN CHRIS BRITTON

Find your design strengths in DESIGN MAJORS INCLUDE : CAREERS INCLUDE:

BO MOORE JOEL SAVAGE

 CAITLIN SNELL, BDES (HONS)

JING HE CAITLIN SNELL

 TOM CALDER, (HONS)

MATT LAW FRANKIE HAYMAN

MILLIE DUNSTALL AMBER THOMAS

Establish your place in the art world WHAT’S SPECIAL ABOUT

Examples include: fashion construction, Elective Elective

TOIOHO KI ĀPITI FACILITIES

TE HAANA PAEWAI (BMVA 2020)

Immerse yourself in the only university- WHAT’S SPECIAL ABOUT THE

Established in 1995 by Professor Robert Jahnke Mana Tiriti 2nd year

 MATA AHO COLLECTIVE

IMAGES: NATIONAL ART

Māori Visual Arts

FILM AND TELEVISION

Intro: Screen Arts

The major in Film Production offers Facilities  FRANCESCA SEWELL, BCMP

Game is the medium of the new Facilities  MOLLY BUGLASS-CLAPHAM, BCMP

Virtual and Augmented Realities Facilities  THOMAS WILLIAMS, BCMP

The evolution of media and screen Facilities  CATE MUNT, BCMP

The Visual Effects program is designed Facilities  LIANNA SHAW, BCMP

entry to a Bachelor’s degree programme and PREPARATION (CUP) 192.042 192.043

don’t meet the entry requirements, you will be Guided entry

Postgraduate You will balance independent creative work

in Māori studio-only postgraduate diploma—talk to us

Visual Arts Duration 1 year full time. Available part time.

PGDipMVA and by distance.

Visual Arts In the Master of Māori Visual Arts you are

MMVA kaupapa Māori paradigm. International students

Bachelor of Extend your study, develop your research and

HOLLY DOWNER GLENN CATCHPOLE

Master By specialising in Entertainment Design, you’ll

School boundaries within your own conceptual world.

MDes project, exploring how Entertainment Design

in Design This programme will give you an introduction

PGDipDesign contemporary design theory. You’ll push the

 TURUMEKE HARRINGTON (NGĀI TAHU)

PGDip FA practices and enquiry.

PHOTOS BY JUDITH BEYER OF FASHION

Postgraduate The Postgraduate Diploma in Screen Arts gives

DUE DATE PRACTICE MAJOR

BACHELOR OF PORTFOLIO ENTRY FORMAT

HONOURS SEMESTER 1 START 2023 2

OR APPLY WITH YOUR > experiment with different media, materials,

TO SHOW US. > Fashion, sewing, patterns and textiles

A It’s good to provide notes about

KIM NGAN NGUYEN (VIETNAM) JONAS PERSSON (SWEDEN)

CAITLIN SNELL, BDES (HONS)

TOM CALDER, (HONS)

MATA AHO COLLECTIVE

The major in Film Production offers Facilities FRANCESCA SEWELL, BCMP

Game is the medium of the new Facilities MOLLY BUGLASS-CLAPHAM, BCMP

Virtual and Augmented Realities Facilities THOMAS WILLIAMS, BCMP

The evolution of media and screen Facilities CATE MUNT, BCMP

The Visual Effects program is designed Facilities LIANNA SHAW, BCMP

TURUMEKE HARRINGTON (NGĀI TAHU)