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Mid-Holocene Aboriginal occupation of offshore islands in northern Australia? A reassessment of Wurdukanhan, Mornington Island, southern Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia
(Elsevier, 2015)Claims for mid-Holocene Aboriginal occupation at the shell matrix site of Wurdukanhan, Mornington Island, Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia, are reassessed through an analysis of the excavated assemblage coupled with new ... -
Middle learners' learning in a university context
(2014)This paper focuses on the phenomenon of middle leadership as experienced in a university context and specifically, directs attention to the significance of learning as a central facet of leadership development. Drawing on ... -
Midwives' experiences when working with third year midwifery students
(University of Waikato, 2010)Purpose: Midwifery students require appropriate and timely access to clinical learning opportunities during their education toward a Bachelor of Midwifery and the quality of this clinical experience influences the student’s ... -
Migrants in their family contexts: Application of a methodology
(University of Waikato, Population Studies Centre, 2000-06)The composition of immigrant families is a topic which has attracted considerable public and political attention in recent years. In the late 1980s concern was expressed over the size of some households of Pacific Island ... -
Migrants straddling the "here" and "there": Explorations of habitus and hybrid identities among Sri Lankan migrants in New Zealand
(Wiley, 2019)Migrant settlement is of particular interest to the field of psychology due to a notable increase in the movement of people over the past few decades. This article explores the ways in which Sri Lankan migrants in New ... -
Migrants’ communication practices with ICTs: tools for facilitating migration and adaptation?
(Common Ground, 2008)Migrants to a new homeland face significant adaptation and communication challenges. Information communication technologies (ICTs) are obvious tools to bridge these challenges. In this paper we investigate how migrants’ ... -
Migration and career success: testing a time-sequenced model
(Emerald Group, 2010)Purpose – The paper seeks to determine whether different aspects of migrant pre-migration characteristics (human capital and motivation to migrate) and post-migration behaviour (social integration and career self-management) ... -
Migration and mental health: Evidence from a natural experiment
(Department of Economics, 2006-03)People migrate to improve their well-being, whether through an expansion of economic and social opportunities or a reduction in persecution. Yet a large literature suggests that migration can be a very stressful process, ... -
Migration and mental health: Evidence from a natural experiment
(Elsevier, 2009)People migrate to improve their well-being. Yet a large literature suggests that migration can be a stressful process, with potentially negative impacts on mental health. However, to truly understand the effect of migration ... -
Migration paradigm shifts and transformation of migrant communities: The case of Dutch Kiwis
(Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration, 2011)This paper explores the dynamics of Dutch community change in New Zealand since 1950. The Netherlands has been the largest source country of migrants from continental Europe to New Zealand, but by 2006 40 percent of the ... -
Migration, household composition and child welfare in rural Northeast Thailand
(2005-11)In many developing countries, the composition of rural households is influenced by the migration of adult household members to urban locations in search of employment. Children may be left in the care of their mother alone, ... -
Migration, relationship capital and international travel: Theory and evidence
(2008-08)In this paper we consider how international migration is related to the frequency and duration of trips to the home country. For many migrants, international migration triggers a series of trips to visit the home country ... -
Migration, relationship capital and international travel: theory and evidence
(Oxford University Press, 2010)In this article we consider how international migration is related to the frequency and duration of trips to the home country. For many migrants, international migration triggers a series of trips to visit the home country ... -
Migration: A means to create work-life balance?
(Cambridge University Press, 2018)In this article, we examine the postmigration work–life balance or conflict experiences of 15 Chinese-born mothers living in New Zealand. Our analysis contributes theoretically to the work–life balance and migration ... -
Mihi (Foreword)
(University of Waikato, 2016)Mihi of Te Kōtihitihi - Ngā Tuhinga Reo Māori Putanga 3 -
Mild traumatic brain injury during infancy: Executive function and behavioural outcomes 24 months post-injury
(University of Waikato, 2014)Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability for children and young people worldwide. Research has found that children in infancy and early childhood are at the highest risk of sustaining a TBI; ... -
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Childhood: Injury Outcomes, Teacher Perspectives and Educating Educators
(University of Waikato, 2014)Paediatric mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) has the potential to impact on a wide range of developmental functions in childhood. However, the relationship between mTBI and persistent developmental difficulties is ... -
The military as a distinct ethnic or quasi-ethnic identity in developing countries
(Sage, 2006)Culture, identity, and ethnicity are central to understanding political behavior and the complex questions of military behavior in developing countries. Drawing on distinctive military periods in Fiji, Pakistan, and Uganda, ... -
Military operations and the right to life: the uneasy bedfellows
(Intersentia, 2011)This article explores the challenges facing the European Court of Human Rights in relation to a High Contracting Party's right to deploy the military as a resull of insurgent or terrorist activity, and the obligations under ... -
Military Regimes, Political Power and Human Rights Violations in Postcolonial Algeria
(University of Waikato, 2014)Following Algeria’s bloody war of independence, a new, revolutionary military establishment gradually formed out of several largely independent revolutionary units, stationed mostly on Algeria’s borders. It soon expanded ...
