Browsing by Author "Simpson, Mary Louisa"

• Communication in Aotearoa New Zealand: The challenge of engaging globally and acting locally 

  Henderson, Alison; Simpson, Mary Louisa; Weaver, C. Kay (2010)

  This article outlines the evolution of communication studies within the university sector in Aotearoa New Zealand and how this diverse disciplinary field is situated within the academy through teaching and research. It ...

• Enhancing well-being and social connectedness for Maori elders through a peer education (Tuakana-Teina) programme: A cross-sectional baseline study 

  Oetzel, John G.; Ruru, Stacey Mariu; Zhang, Yingsha; Simpson, Mary Louisa; Nock, Sophie; Meha, Pare; Holmes, Kath; Clark, Marama; Adams, Hariata; Akapita, Ngapera; Ngaia, Kawarau; Murphy, Shane; Moses, Reuben; Reddy, Rangimahora; Hokowhitu, Brendan (Frontiers Media SA, 2021)

  Background: Māori kaumātua (elders) face stark health and social inequities compared to non-Māori New Zealanders. The tuakana-teina (older sibling-younger sibling) peer education programme is a strengths-based approach to ...

  

• Health equity and wellbeing among older people's caregivers in New Zealand during COVID-19: Protocol for a qualitative study. 

  Burholt, Vanessa; Balmer, Deborah; Frey, Rosemary; Meha, Pare; Parsons, John; Roberts, Mary; Simpson, Mary Louisa; Wiles, Janine; Gregorzewski, Moema; Percival, Teuila; Reddy, Rangimahora (2022)

  BACKGROUND: Knowledge of the challenges unpaid caregivers faced providing care to older people during the COVID-19 pandemic is limited. Challenges may be especially pronounced for those experiencing inequitable access to ...

  

• A job, a dream or a trap? Multiple meanings for encore careers 

  Simpson, Mary Louisa; Richardson, Margaret Ann; Zorn, Theodore E. (Sage, 2012)

  Governments and activists are interested in the ageing workforce, as both a problem and, potentially, an asset. Terms such as ‘positive ageing’ and ‘successful ageing’ are increasingly used rhetorically to (re)frame the ...

• Kaumātua mana motuhake: Kaumātua managing life-transitions through tuakana-teina/peer-education 

  Hokowhitu, Brendan; Oetzel, John G.; Reddy, Rangimahora; Smith, Linda Tuhiwai; Simpson, Mary Louisa; Nock, Sophie; Greensill, Hineitimoana; Cameron, Michael Patrick; Meha, Pare; Johnston, Kirsten (2017)

  People face signifi cant transition points as they age, such as loss of independent living, loss of a spouse and changing health conditions. Successfully navigating these transitions depends on being able to manage emotional ...

  

• Sojourners and social exchange: Family and friends’ interpersonal ties across China-New Zealand borders 

  Wang, Xi (The University of Waikato, 2022)

  Sojourners are peripatetic, making multiple, open-ended circular trips to other countries for a range of purposes. Nonetheless, sojourners retain interpersonal ties with their families and friends who remain in the homeland, ...

  

• Women’s equality—stalled or achieved? An intersectional analysis of New Zealand women’s experiences of (in)equality and perceptions of feminism 

  Holdsworth, Roxanna Elizabeth (The University of Waikato, 2021)

  A statement made in 2013 by Professor Judy McGregor, the former Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner of the New Zealand Human Rights Commission, suggested that equality for women in New Zealand had stalled, and that ...

  

• Effective implementation science processes for Māori and Indigenous health interventions 

  Harding, Truely Janine (The University of Waikato, 2021)

  Background This thesis considers the implications implementation science has for Indigenous communities, specifically in reducing health inequities for the Māori community of New Zealand. Implementation science has been ...

  

• Volunteering at the edge of chaos: A case study on the self-organising of younger volunteers during the Rena oil spill crisis 

  Lockwood, Sarah Jane (The University of Waikato, 2019)

  This thesis investigates the self-organising of younger volunteers during the 2011 Rena oil spill crisis in Aotearoa/New Zealand. It builds on emerging research that considers the relationships between volunteering and ...

  

• Communication challenges of web development SMEs: The benefits and challenges of organizational tensions 

  Sheffer, Bridget Reynolds (The University of Waikato, 2018)

  This thesis examines the communicative constitution of organisations (CCO) through the communication challenges faced by web development small and medium enterprises (Cooren, Kuhn, Cornelissen, & Clark, 2011; Putnam & ...

  

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