Final-year doctorate student Shashi Ekanayake is the first Massey University student to be granted a border exemption to enter New Zealand. Massey University has welcomed back its first PhD student granted a border exemption to enter New Zealand. Shashi Ekanayake, a final-year doctorate student from the School of Veterinary Science, has returned to New Zealand after nearly a year in Sri Lanka. Ekanayake’s PhD project is on dairy cattle lameness and reproduction and milk production in New Zealand and Sri Lanka. Ekanayake was originally scheduled to be in Sri Lanka for six months researching, but then Covid-19 hit.

Source: Stuff January 25, 2021 23:36 UTC