Welcome to the 2022 edition of the Unitec School of Architecture’s architecture design research journal, Asylum. For a third year, the journal combines student work from across the architecture, landscape architecture, landscape design and interior design disciplines. The journal seeks to draw attention to the development of understanding of design as a vehicle for research, […]
Welcome to the 2022 edition of the Unitec School of Architecture’s architecture design research journal, Asylum. For a third year, the journal combines student work from across the architecture, landscape architecture, landscape design and interior design disciplines. The journal seeks to draw attention to the development of understanding of design as a vehicle for research, […]
Welcome to the 2022 edition of the Unitec School of Architecture’s architecture design research journal, Asylum. For a third year, the journal combines student work from across the architecture, landscape architecture, landscape design and interior design disciplines. The journal seeks to draw attention to the development of understanding of design as a vehicle for research, […]
The method of heating water by means of a water jacket installed in the firebox of a solid-fuel burner, connected by pipes to a hot-water cylinder (HWC), was once commonplace in New Zealand, but has become less so in recent years. These systems, known as wetbacks, are covered by Building Code Clause G12, but considerable […]
Welcome to the inaugural volume and first issue of Perspectives in Animal Health and Welfare. This journal was established to provide an opportunity for the publication of outputs by, and for, veterinary nurses, veterinary technicians and allied veterinary professionals. The scope of the journal is broad, with a multi-disciplinary approach – we are interested in […]
We are pleased to present the proceedings of Rangahau Horonuku Hou – New Research Landscapes, an online research symposium collaboratively organised by Unitec and Manukau Institute of Technology in December 2021. Although face-to-face interactions are usually considered preferable, shifting to an online symposium during the Covid-19 pandemic facilitated a high degree of engagement from Institutes […]
Perspectives in Biosecurity is a multi-disciplinary electronic journal of research papers and other outputs covering all aspects of the field of biosecurity including, but not restricted to invasion biology and ecology, invasive species identification/diagnostics, management and eradication/control, new invasive species records, modelling, biosecurity law and policy, relationships between human society and invasive species. This journal has […]
The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, Whitireia and WelTec had the pleasure of co-hosting the 2021 ITP Research Symposium online on 25 and 26 November 2021. The theme for the 2021 symposium was aumangea (resilience), a concept that resonated across the sector through the multiplicities of change and the realities of Covid-19. The event was […]
The Ngā Wai a Te Tūī – Hiringa Hauora Summer Research Mentorship is a kaupapa Māori collaboration to increase hauora Māori (Māori wellbeing) research capacity. The idea of research internships is not new, nor is a focus on hauora Māori. What is distinctive about this summer mentorship is its kaupapa Māori approach to support a […]
Kristi Shaw has completed an exceptional piece of research, providing critical analysis and originality in her dissertation Creating appreciation and community support for mothers caring for a child with anxiety disorder. She has completed a substantial dissertation that would achieve the goal of a thesis at a higher credit level. Shaw’s inside knowledge of caring […]