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Is there a match between the Education Review Office's identification of concerns and the Ministry of Education's Statutory Intervention in schools on Supplementary Review in specific case studies?
(The University of Waikato, 2008)Abstract In New Zealand's compulsory education sector quality assurance is undertaken by the Education Review Office (ERO). When a school is found to be less effective than is acceptable through the triennial review ... -
Is there a potassium-based solution to sensitive soil slipping within the Bay of Plenty?
(New Zealand Geotechnical Society, 2017)Landslides are common in sensitive, weathered pyroclastic soils in the Bay of Plenty (BOP). The clay mineralogy of these soils is dominated by halloysite, an inactive 1:1 clay mineral. Manipulation of cation content within ... -
Is there a salty solution to sensitive soil sliding in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand?
(The University of Waikato, 2017)Found globally, sensitive soils are widely regarded as a key cause of slope instability. These sensitive soils often contribute to the production of large retrogressive landslides that pose significant danger to a people ... -
Is there an association between controlling behaviour and intimate partner violence revictimization
(2021)It is becoming increasingly recognized that controlling behaviours are a widespread form of harm experienced by victims of intimate partner violence; and in some countries ‘coercive control’ – the repetitive and systematic ... -
Is there any Evidence for Regional Atmospheric 14C Offsets in the Southern Hemisphere?
(The University of Arizona, 2013)Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (CAMS) Tasmanian huon pine (Lagarostrobos franklinii) decadal measurements for the interval AD 745–855 suggest a mean interhemispheric radiocarbon offset (20 ± 5 yr), which is ... -
Is there long-run convergence among regional house prices in the UK?
(Sage, 2008)This paper investigates the long-run convergence of regional house prices in the UK. Existing studies have failed to reach a consensus on whether or not regional house prices exhibit long-run convergence with each other. ... -
Is there market discipline for New Zealand non-bank financial institutions?
(Elsevier, 2007)This paper studies effects of market discipline on the pricing of term deposit type investment products issued by New Zealand Non-Bank Financial Institutions (NBFIs) and how risk disclosure by NBFIs affects this relationship. ... -
'Is This Student Voice?' Students and Teachers Re-negotiate Power through Governance Partnerships in the Classroom
(University of Waikato, 2014)A change in status for students to position them influentially as educational decision-makers with teachers is identified as a key dimension of student voice research and pedagogy. Despite over 30 years of student voice ... -
Is TRUTH primitive?
(Oxford University Press, 2022-11-17)Primitivist theories of truth have been defended by some of the luminaries of analytic philosophy, including the early Moore and Russell, Frege, Davidson, and Sosa. In this paper, I take up a contemporary primitivist theory ... -
Is wellbeing and public policy on the same flight path as positive psychology?
(2018)In this talk, I outline the progress in wellbeing and public policy in New Zealand and discuss the potential roles for subjective measures of wellbeing. I will argue that subjective measures should be incorporated, including ... -
Islam and Christian–Muslim relations in Germany: Recent developments and continuing issues
(Routledge, 2007-01)The field of Christian-Muslim relations in Germany today is an increasingly important subject for study and analysis. In this article the authors give a short expository description of the religious context of Germany, ... -
Islam and contemporary civilization: evolving ideas, transforming relations [Book Review]
(ta, 2012-03)This article reviews the book 'Islam and contemporary civilization: evolving ideas, transforming relations', by Halim Rane. -
Islam ex situ: The 'Othering' of the Ottoman at and after the great exhibition, 1851-1901
(The University of Waikato, 2018)This thesis takes a material culture approach to one aspect of Anglo-Ottoman relations, that of the ‘othering’ of the Ottoman by the Anglo-Christian observer. I analyse how Ottoman objects were assembled, ordered, exhibited, ... -
Islam in China: From Silk Road to separatism
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2012)Islam came to China via the Silk Road, the great trading route beginning in the ancient Chinese capital of Xian. Islam flourished during the brutal but religiously tolerant Mongol Yuan dynasty. Harsh repressive measures ... -
Islam in the contemporary world: Western image and Muslim ideology
(2005-07-27)The issue of Western perceptions of Islam, and concerns about Islamic ideology vis-à-vis the relation of Muslims to the West, constitute topics of ongoing concern both for Muslims and non-Muslims alike. They have come to ... -
Islam on the Move: The Tablighi Jama'at in Southeast Asia [Book Review]
(Taylor & Francis, 2013-10)This article reviews the book 'Islam on the Move: The Tablighi Jama’at in Southeast Asia', by Farish A. Noor. -
Islam: A challenge to Christianity
(Dynamic Graphics Ltd, 2007-05)The coming together of people of diverse religions to plan or reflect upon a common action or venture, and to consider, let alone engage in, an act of shared spiritual experience – such as interreligious prayer – is something ... -
Islam: a short guide to the faith [Book Review]
(Taylor & Francis, 2012-03)This article reviews the book 'Islam: a short guide to the faith', edited by Roger Allen and Shawkat M. Toorawa. -
Islamic headscarves and female circumcision: Unveiling the threat posed by Islam to human rights
(Faculty of Law, University of Auckland, 2005)This paper is, in part, a response to the NZPGLeJ Editor-in-Chief Herman Salton’s article,“‘Veiled Threats?’ Islam, Headscarves and Freedom of Religion in France and the United States”, which was published in the first ... -
The Islamic law of war: justifications and regulations [Book Review]
(Taylor & Francis, 2012-01)This article reviews the book 'The Islamic law of war: justifications and regulations', by Ahmed Al-Dawoody.
