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Viewing the world through a wider lens: Māori and council planning documents

Kennedy, Nathan (IGCI, The University of Waikato, 2008-07-30)

My effort to convey an iwi perspective on environmental resource management - what we call kaitiakitanga – should highlight for new planners about to enter the profession that the environmental perspectives of hapū and ...

Viewpoints on the Veldt: The Attitudes and Opinions of New Zealand Soldiers during the South African War, 1899-1902

Nicholson, Blair (University of Waikato, 2012)

The purpose of this study was to take a critical look at the attitudes and beliefs of New Zealander who served in the South African War, 1899-1902, through a close and critical reading of letters, diaries and reminiscences ...

Views on clinical trial recruitment, biospecimen collection, and cancer research: population science from landscapes of the Haudenosaunee (People of the Longhouse).

Haring, Rodney C.; Henry, Whitney Ann; Hudson, Maui; Rodriguez, Elisa M.; Taualii, Maile (Springer US, 2018)

Biomedical research in culturally distinct communities is often a challenge. Potential barriers to participation occur because science is presented in a format that lacks cultural acknowledgement. Investigations may also ...

Violation of te whare tangata - the maternal body: Young women's journeys through pregnancy and partner terrorism

Marsh, Tuihana M. (The University of Waikato, 2019)

Partner terrorism is a leading social issue in Aotearoa. It occurs with such frequency and ferocity that it is often considered an epidemic. This has placed us in the shameful position of being the highest ranked nation ...

Violence in New Zealand women's prisons

Lancaster, Fraya Eileen (The University of Waikato, 2020)

Female violence in institutional settings is a growing issue as female incarceration numbers have been persistently increasing over the past three decades in New Zealand. Women’s prison violence and misconduct behaviours ...

Virtual bioprocess simulation laboratory for teaching and learning

Berenjian, Aydin; Smith, Tony C.; Soo, Chin-En Keith (Ako Aotearoa, 2018)

There is great potential in applying virtual technology to support teaching and learning. A 3D virtual bioprocess simulation will enable users to learn about both basics of laboratory safety and fermentation principles. ...

A virtual cocktail party: Supporting informal social interactions in a virtual conference

Rogers, Bill; Masoodian, Masood; Apperley, Mark (ACM, 2018)

Whilst the primary purpose of conferences is work — formal exchange and sharing of information — they almost always also include elements of play: Informal social and entertainment elements, such as receptions, dinners, ...

A virtual community of practice approach to teacher professional development and learning

Keown, Paul Ashley (The University of Waikato, 2009)

Research over a long period has suggested that professional development and learning for teachers often produces disappointing results. Recent theory suggests that teacher professional learning presented within a situated ...

Virtual numbers for virtual machines?

Tan, Alan Y.S.; Ko, Ryan K.L.; Mendiratta, Veena (IEEE, 2014)

Knowing the number of virtual machines (VMs) that a cloud physical hardware can (further) support is critical as it has implications on provisioning and hardware procurement. However, current methods for estimating the ...

Virtual spaces and networks in Geographical Education and research

Chalmers, Lex (Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2009)

This paper relates developments in the use of Internet-based communication technologies to contemporary exchanges of geographical ideas and content. A brief history of the Internet provides the basis for a review of uses ...

Virtual team learning: An introductory study team exercise

Clark, Delwyn N.; Gibb, Jenny L. (Sage Publications, 2006)

This article outlines the design, implementation, and evaluation of an innovative virtual team exercise. Cognitive, affective, and action-learning outcomes highlight the relevance of this grounded experiential exercise for ...

Virtual teleportation of a theatre audience onto the stage: VR as an assistive technology

Srinivasan, Saikrishna; Schott, Gareth R. (Springer, 2020)

For more than a decade, virtual reality (VR) has been employed to enrich and heighten media experiences. Despite the recognized potential and promise of VR, and ample investment, it has yet to fully transform or replace ...

Virtue and argument: Taking character into account

Bowell, Tracy; Kingsbury, Justine (University of Windsor, 2013)

In this paper we consider the prospects for an account of good argument that takes the character of the arguer into consideration. We conclude that although there is much to be gained by identifying the virtues of the good ...

Virtue and self-interest

Hardwicke, Tery Vance (The University of Waikato, 2007)

Why be moral? One possible, and compelling answer is that to act morally is in an agent's self-interest. Such an answer can be either elevationist (broadly speaking the Aristotelian/Platonic approach) where self-interest ...

Virtue Ethics and Corporate Governance

Grant, Patricia Louise (University of Waikato, 2013)

The purpose of this interpretative phenomenological study was to explore directors’ lived experience of ethics in their task of corporate governance so as to capture some of the multiple facets of this phenomenon: specifically ...

Viruses without vaccines, or valuing indigenous research? The tensions of introducing Western research assessment practices into an indigenous university

Bruce Ferguson, Pip (2012)

Over my past twenty-five years of educational practice, I have striven to develop a better understanding of indigenous ways of being and doing (in New Zealand’s case, this involves the values and knowledge of Māori). I ...