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FilmGrain
(2019)Films are an integral part of our cultural zeitgeist, as time goes on, they have become more than entertainment, they have become a mirror that we point at ourselves in order to explore issues and our position in the world. ... -
Mapping Māori knowledge from the past to inform marine management futures
(New Zealand Association of Scientists, 2020)This article provides an overview of research which used mātauranga moana (Māori marine knowledge systems) to inform and assist Western science field research methods and surveys. Place-based Māori marine knowledge identified ... -
Small-Town Melancholy [Review of Gothic NZ: The Darker Side of Kiwi Culture by Misha Kavka, Jennifer Lawn, Mary Paul]
(2007)This book-an evocation of Gothic elements in New Zealand culture-rapidly announces itself as an impossible project, or at least, as a project dependent on an actively sympathetic disposition in its interpreters. It is, ... -
Using the stars to indigenize the public sphere: Matariki over New Zealand
(MDPI, 2019)As the rate of affiliation to Christian identity continues to decline in Aotearoa New Zealand (only 49 percent of the population said they were Christian in the last census), public space has become more receptive to other ... -
Information provision and restriction: The roles of the police, media and public in coverage of the Coral-Ellen Burrows murder inquiry
(AUT, School of Communication Studies, 2007)Six-year-old Coral-Ellen Burrows disappeared in September 2003 after her stepfather, Stephen Williams, had apparently dropped her off at school, though in fact he had murdered her. After extensive searches, her body was ... -
'It's part of me that I want them to know about': Maintaining distant New Zealand national identity in Canada using New Zealand picture books
(Wizard's Tower Press, 2013)The link between national identity and children’s picture books has been established in several countries including Canada (e.g., Bainbridge; Pantaleo) and New Zealand (e.g., author; Hebley; McNeur). However, few, if any, ... -
Kiwi, kapai, and kuia: Māori loanwords in New Zealand English children's picture books published between 1995 and 2005
(Wizard's Tower Press, 2013)Māori loanwords are a distinctive characteristic of New Zealand English (Deverson, 1991). A previous study of the frequency of Māori loanwords in New Zealand English children’s picture books showed an incidence of 56 words ... -
The Aotearoa New Zealand early childhood education and care: A collaborative and democratic space and place for all members of the learning community
(Visoka škola strukovnih studija za obrazovanje vaspitača, Novi Sad, 2019)This article draws on the author’s doctoral research study that investigated how teachers’ professional identities have been re constructed in response to shifting discourses in early childhood education and care (ECEC) ... -
Sociologies of New Zealand by Charles Crothers [Book review]
(SAGE Publications, 2021)This book offers a concise introduction to anyone interested in the formation of sociology in different national settings across the globe. Charles Crothers’ Sociologies of New Zealand is one of a series of national accounts, ... -
Parents’ and caregivers’ perceptions of the school climate: development and validation of the Parent and Caregiver Survey (PaCS)
(Springer, 2020)School climates are known to be associated with a range of student outcomes (including academic, social, behavioural and affective), and much work to date has focused on gathering students’ perceptions of their school ... -
Business managers in children’s playground : Exploring a problematic (or not!) identity construction of early childhood teachers in New Zealand.
(Sage, 2021)The impacts of neo-liberal education reforms on the early childhood education sector have been a focal point of scholarly critiques in New Zealand. Interestingly, only a few studies have addressed how teacher professional ... -
Evidence of variable performance responses to the Nike 4% shoe: Definitely not a game-changer for all recreational runners
(Center for Open Science, 2020)Purpose: We compared running economy (RE) and 3-km time-trial (TT) performances of male recreational runners wearing the Nike Vaporfly 4% (NIKE), lightweight racing flats (FLAT), and their habitual footwear (OWN). Methods: ... -
Technology as cause of and solution to the empathy problem
(The Committee for Communication and Media Theory, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2021)For decades, Sherry Turkle has explored the risks and opportunities of technology for people, relationships, and society. In The Second Self (1984), Turkle emphasised the positive potential of digital technologies and ... -
Sleep and performance during a preseason in elite rugby union athletes
(2021)BACKGROUND: Preseason training optimises adaptations in the physical qualities required in rugby union athletes. Sleep can be compromised during periods of intensified training. Therefore, we investigated the relationship ... -
Usable-by-Construction a formal framework
(University of Waikato, 2021)We propose here to look at how abstract a model of a usable system can be, but still say something useful and interesting, so this paper is an exercise in abstraction and formalisation, with usability-of-design as an example ... -
Space speaks: A portrait of an early childhood centre and the affordances provided by the learning environment
(NZCER Press, New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2020)The quality of early childhood education and care fundamentally depends on teachers’ wise practice. However, the environments in which that education and care occur can influence, inform, and shape teachers’ practice, and ... -
Consumer adoption of sustainable shellfish in China: Effects of psychological factors and segmentation
(Elsevier Science LTD, 2019)China's large and increasing demand for aquatic products has had a significant effect on the sustainability of global water ecosystems. This study explored the effects of psychological factors and segmentation on Chinese ... -
Associations between school climate and student life satisfaction: resilience and bullying as mediating factors
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019)Because adolescent life satisfaction is associated with important affective, behavioural and health-related outcomes during both adolescence and later life, strategies for promoting adolescent life satisfaction have potential ... -
What gets in the way? A new conceptual model for the trajectory from teacher professional development to impact
(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis LTD, 2019)Although school and education system leaders can mandate teachers’ participation in professional development activities, various school-related, teacher-related and student-related factors influence the degree to which ... -
Environmental and site dance in Aotearoa New Zealand: Tracing the legacy of Alison East
(The University of Waikato, 2020)Tracing lineages of dance practice and research has provided much insight into the growth of dance internationally. The focus of this paper is to extend the identification of lineages in environmental and site dance research ...
