Browsing by Author "Simpson, Mary Louisa"
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Kaumtua Mana Motuhake: A study protocol for a peer education intervention to help Māori elders work through later-stage life transitions
(BMC, 2019)Background The Aotearoa/New Zealand population is ageing and numerous studies demonstrate with this phenomenon comes increases in non-communicable diseases, injuries and healthcare costs among other issues. Further, ... -
Marketization, participation and communication within New Zealand retirement villages: a critical-rhetorical and discursive analysis
(Sage Publications, 2007)The retirement village sector1 is one part of the increasingly marketized `aged-care' services in New Zealand and in many other parts of the industrialized world. While critical researchers have examined organizational and ... -
A mosaic of visions, daydreams, and memories: diverse inlays of organizing and communicating from around the globe
(Sage, 2008)This collaboratively multiauthored essay presents diverse tales of organizing and communicative practices in our global context. Authors from India, Nepal, Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, Brazil, the United States, and ... -
Organisational transformations in the New Zealand retirement village sector: A critical-rhetorical and -discursive analysis of promotion, community, and resident participation.
(The University of Waikato, 2007)This thesis examines quotcustomer-focusedquot communication and resident participation within the retirement village sector which is one part of the increasingly quotmarketisedquot aged-care services in New Zealand. In ... -
Te tuangi (the clam): A metaphor for teaching, learning and the key competencies
(NZCER Press, 2011)This article explores the shift from “essential skills” to “key competencies” in the school curriculum. Drawing on information gathered from teacher interviews and observations at a New Zealand primary school, this article ...
