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ePress Series

Implementation of Tikanga Māori in Animal Euthanasia Teaching

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 […]

  • Author(s): A. Dale, J. Walker & J. Perrott
  • Date of Publication: 18.11.15
  • ISSN: 2324-3635

Show me the Money: Perspectives on Applying for Government Research and Development Co-funding

In 2012-14 Unitec Institute of Technology (in partnership with The Innovation Workshop) carried out research into the application process for New Zealand Government Research & Development [R&D] cofunding administered by the Ministry of Science & Innovation (now Callaghan Innovation Ltd). This research revealed widespread applicant frustration with the application criteria and process. A significant problem […]

  • Author(s): N. Kearns & W. Beale
  • Date of Publication: 16.10.15
  • ISSN: 2324-3635

Queensland Fruit Fly Invasion of New Zealand: Predicting Area Suitability Under Future Climate Change Scenarios

The Queensland fruit fly (Bactrocera tryoni) is a significant horticultural pest in Australia, and has also established in other parts of the Pacific. There is a significant risk to New Zealand of invasion by this species, and several recent incursions have occurred. The potential effects of climate change on the distribution and impacts of invasive […]

  • Author(s): G. Aguilar, D. Blanchon, H. Foote, C. Pollonais & A. Mosee
  • Date of Publication: 07.10.15
  • ISSN: 2422-8494

Embedding Learning for Future and Imagined Communities in Portfolio Assessment

In tertiary contexts where adults study writing for future academic purposes, teaching and learning via portfolio provides them with multiple opportunities to create and recreate texts characteristic of their future and imagined discourse communities. This paper discusses the value of portfolios as vehicles for rehearsing membership of what Benedict Anderson (1983) called “imagined communities”, a […]

  • Author(s): Z. Romova & M. Andrew
  • Date of Publication: 24.09.15
  • ISSN: 2357-206X

Biology is not Alone: The Interdisciplinary Nature of Biosecurity

Recognition and management of anthropogenic environmental impacts as ‘biosecurity’ is a relatively new concept to our society. Although biosecurity risks are based on biological impacts, biosecurity management is truly interdisciplinary-transdisciplinary since the definition and interpretation of risk and adverse effects are socially constructed, and the outcomes and management of the risks can have significant social […]

  • Author(s): M. Galbraith & D. Blanchon
  • Date of Publication: 01.09.15
  • ISSN: 2422-8494

A Revisit of Price Discovery Dynamics Across Australia and New Zealand

This study re-investigates 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. A differing price discovery dynamic in a bear market versus a bull market may occur because of variations in investor […]

  • Author(s): W. Dassanayake, X. Li & K. Buhr
  • Date of Publication: 26.08.15
  • ISSN: 2357-206X

Experiencing Women’s Advocacy: Connections with and Departures from a Feminist Socio-Political Movement to end Violence Against Women

This article examines 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. Ten women’s advocates from ten different organisations were interviewed two times. First interviews involved participants commenting on […]

  • Author(s): D. Woolson Neville & H. Gremillion
  • Date of Publication: 13.08.15
  • ISSN: 2357-206X

The Participation of Women Employed in Traditionally Male-Dominated Occupations including Plumbing: 1975 – 2013

In 1975 employment in the majority of trades’ areas was dominated by men, and this fact, associated with a significant wage disparity, generated considerable social debate at that time. A number of newspaper articles in New Zealand highlighted the lack of female participation in traditionally male occupations. Using an intensive literature review and statistical analysis […]

  • Author(s): G. Cruickshank
  • Date of Publication: 25.02.15
  • ISSN: 2324-3635

Thesis Review: Dis/identifications and Dis/articulations: Young Women and Feminism in Aotearoa/New Zealand

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 […]

  • Author(s): H. Connor
  • Date of Publication: 02.02.15
  • ISSN: 2382-2228

Advancing Local Marine Protection, Cross Cultural Collaboration and Dialogue in Northland

This research report summarises findings and observations arising from the Advancing marine protection through cross-cultural dialogue project, which examines community-driven, collaborative marine protection campaigns currently being pursued in Northland. This project consists of a series of case studies undertaken between 2012–2014 and draws on data obtained from archival research, semistructured interviews with campaign participants, and […]

  • Author(s): G. Dodson
  • Date of Publication: 30.01.15
  • ISSN: 2357-206X
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