Massey University postgraduate student Abdulquadri Alaka has won the Postgraduate Researcher of the year in 2022. This year three of the four universities' students presented in person. Abdulquadri Alaka presented online. The subjects were varied and prompted some interesting questions for the candidates.

​Abdulquadri​'s topic was Testing the validity of scale modelling theory in order to develop a physical scale model of a refrigerated container.​