In this opinion piece, the first in the Perspectives in Biosecurity Research Series, author Jack Craw discusses biosecurity systems in New Zealand, invisible to the majority of the public precisely because they are pest management programmes developed and implemented by regional and unitary councils. This is a non-peer reviewed opinion piece in the series Click […]
Authors Arnja Dale, Jessica Walker and John Perrott, write on the use of animal cadavers to teach euthanasia techniques to students studying towards the Certificate in Animal Welfare Investigations at Unitec. The programme attracts a multi-cultural student body. Working with animal cadavers can be emotionally challenging and requires cultural sensitivity. This article reports on a […]
In Show me the Money: Perspectives on Applying for Government Research and Development Co-funding, authors Nick Kearns and William Beale discuss widespread applicant frustration with the application criteria and process when applying for New Zealand Government Research & Development co-funding administered by the Ministry of Science & Innovation. Consideration of the user experience, captured in […]
The Queensland fruit fly Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt) (Diptera: Tephritidae) is consistently described as the most damaging pest to Australia’s horticulture industries with an annual economic cost averaging around $25.7 million from 2003 to 2008. In this paper, and corresponding online map, the authors discuss the significant risk to New Zealand of invasion by this species; […]
How can first year, tertiary-level EAL academic writing programmes for adult learners use both portfolio assessment and emerging understandings about the importance of discourse community and imagined communities to target participant needs? Authors Zina Romova and Martin Andrew explore the value of portfolios as vehicles for rehearsing membership of imagined communities. Click here to read […]
In this introductory paper of the Perspectives in Biosecurity Research Series authors Mel Galbraith and Dan Blanchon discuss the interdisciplinary nature of biosecurity, exploring how disciplines other than biology may contribute to the understanding of biosecurity risks, their management and mitigation. This paper outlines the interdisciplinary-transdisciplinary nature of biosecurity, with an emphasis on the social […]
Authors Dassanayake, Li and Buhr re-investigate the price discovery dynamics of selected stocks cross-listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) and the New Zealand Stock Exchange (NZX) during a bear trading phase from January 2008 to December 2011. Their findings suggest that the NZX is deviating from being a pure satellite market. Click here to […]
Authors Diane Woolson Neville and Helen Gremillion examine how contemporary women’s advocates working in New Zealand with women experiencing intimate partner violence regard their work and how these experiences both connect with and depart from a feminist movement to end violence against women. Findings suggest that the relationship between advocacy and the feminist movement to […]
Author Garry Cruickshank investigates the gender gap in New Zealand’s plumbing profession. Having established that the proportion of female plumbers is almost unchanged since 1975, Cruickshank compares this information with data gathered from other trades and exposes the widespread nature of this trend across traditionally male dominated industries. The author reflects on what could to […]
In the first of the Theses Review Series Dr Helene Connor reviews the work of Laura Ashton: “I don’t necessarily go out there and tell everyone that I’m a feminist, but I won’t go out there and tell everyone that I’m a musician either”: Dis/identifications and Dis/articulations: Young Women and Feminism in Aotearoa/New Zealand. In this thoroughly researched […]