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Risk Assessment for Family Violence Aggressors in Aotearoa New Zealand
(The University of Waikato, 2023)In recent decades Family Violence (FV) researchers have developed risk assessment instruments to enable practitioners to identify the people who are most likely to commit FV in the future, and the families who are most ... -
The uptake of artificial roosts by long-tailed bats (Chalinolobus tuberculatus) in Hamilton City
(The University of Waikato, 2022)Globally, short to medium-term mitigation for the loss of bat roosting habitat has largely favoured the implementation of artificial roosts. However, their implementation has somewhat outpaced research, resulting in highly ... -
When things go wrong: An exploration of the effectiveness of Te Whatu Ora – Waikato ‘Patient-at- Risk’ service, from the perspective of healthcare professionals
(The University of Waikato, 2023)Abstract: Background: Within an acute hospital, critically ill patients are not always located in the intensive care or high dependency unit. Most often, deteriorating patients are managed in the emergency department or ... -
Principals’ partnerships: an action research study on the professional development of New Zealand school leaders
(The University of Waikato, 1995)This report describes an action research study conducted between 1992 and 1995 with 12 New Zealand primary school principals. Prior to this study, major administrative changes in the education system in New Zealand had ... -
Between the lines: A critical realist discourse analysis of inclusive education policy development in Malaysia from 1996 to 2018
(The University of Waikato, 2023)Enhancing access to equitable and quality education for children with special educational needs in Malaysia has been a vexing policy issue. Within these debates, its inclusive education policy has been nationally promoted ... -
Pōuri: Two Original Screenplays
(The University of Waikato, 2023)Pōuri, as defined on Te Aka Māori Dictionary, means “regret, mournful, gloomy, in the dark.” It is an apt description of the following stories: Unprivate Moments, and Haytham; or, The Māori Gothic. A common thematic tie ... -
Induced reproduction in Pātiki (Rhombosolea leporina), a novel endemic aquaculture candidate
(The University of Waikato, 2022)The rapid global population growth combined with the decline of wild-capture fisheries has resulted in the global expansion of aquaculture. New Zealand’s aquaculture industry remains largely underdeveloped and as such, ... -
Passing Lane and other stories
(The University of Waikato, 2022)Abstract The process of growing into ourselves is one that we navigate through interactions with other people and, in turn, through interactions with the self. We learn from how the world refracts back to us and lodges ... -
Carbon dosing of denitrifying bioreactors to remove nitrate from agricultural drainage
(The University of Waikato, 2023)Several studies have demonstrated that denitrifying woodchips bioreactors effectively remove nitrate from a broad spectrum of wastewater. Even though bioreactors have a comparatively small spatial footprint and are ... -
Content and Language Integrated Learning in Practice: Exploring Pre-service EFL Teachers’ Beliefs and Negotiation of Meaning of Subject-specific Language in Thai Secondary Classrooms
(The University of Waikato, 2023)The demand for English in Thailand has been increasing rapidly due to socio-political developments and the continuing growth of the economy. For Thai students, being proficient in English can enhance their education and ... -
Exploring teachers' knowledge and practice of multiliteracies pedagogy: A narrative inquiry
(The University of Waikato, 2023)Multiliteracies encapsulates literacy that is understood as deictic and plural. Furthermore, advances in digital technologies and digital spaces are encouraging the emergence of new literacy practices and new texts. This ... -
Senior leaders’ approaches to transition to primary school: A discourse analysis
(The University of Waikato, 2022)For most children in New Zealand, starting school is a significant life event. The move from early childhood education (ECE) to primary school has been well documented and researched internationally and locally. The current ... -
Blockchain technology: disruptor or enhancer to the accounting and auditing profession
(The University of Waikato, 2023)The unique features of blockchain technology (BCT) - peer-to-peer network, distribution ledger, consensus decision-making, transparency, immutability, auditability, and cryptographic security - coupled with the success ... -
Using Gamification to Support Positive Health Behaviour Change: A Kaupapa Māori Approach
(The University of Waikato, 2023)As our lives become increasingly technology-dependent, healthcare practitioners and researchers recognise the opportunities to deliver effective digital healthcare initiatives to improve patient outcomes. Gamification is ... -
Beyond structuralism: Exploring a semantic based approach for describing the Māori language in grammar books and textbooks for pedagogical purposes.
(The University of Waikato, 2023)Since the 1950s, the advancements and developments in English language studies has had a profound impact on its description that has made it less syntactically driven and more communicatively oriented. This has the potential ... -
Blockchain technology: Disruptor or enhancer to the accounting and auditing profession
(The University of Waikato, 2023)The unique features of blockchain technology (BCT) - peer-to-peer network, distribution ledger, consensus decision-making, transparency, immutability, auditability, and cryptographic security - coupled with the success ... -
"I forget I have a disability": Understanding young peoples’ experiences in disability sport and active recreation in Aotearoa New Zealand
(The University of Waikato, 2023)In Aotearoa NZ, although 1 in 4 people identify as disabled, participation rates of young people with impairments (YPwI) in sport and active recreation is lower than their non-disabled peers. Over the last 85 years, the ... -
Responses of zooplankton assemblages to spatio-temporal variability in environmental conditions of brackish coastal ponds, Auckland, New Zealand
(The University of Waikato, 2022)Brackish waters, including estuaries, lagoons and coastal ponds, all experience fluctuations in their physicochemical properties, particularly their salt concentrations, due to the mixing of marine and freshwater inflows. ... -
Politics of the Huntly Power Project
(The University of Waikato, 1976)The political activity associated with the Huntly Power Project was examined in relation to a number of case studies using a Symbolic Interactionist approach to illustrate processes of power. A broad view of the politics ... -
Key concepts in Māori and iwi histories: A critique of Te Takanga o te Wā (2015)
(The University of Waikato, 2022)In 2019, the New Zealand government announced a “reset” of the national history curriculum, with the intention of including more Māori content and addressing ongoing petitions to make the New Zealand Wars compulsory in all ...
