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Disclosure of Internal Control Information by Chinese Cross Listed Companies

Authors Xiangrong Hao and Elizabeth Rainsbury examine the internal control disclosures mandated for Chinese cross-listed companies in 2011. These were the first Chinese companies required to comply with the Basic Standards of Enterprise Internal Control. Click here to read the… Continue Reading →

Development of Engineering Qualifications in New Zealand: A Brief History

Author John Blakeley provides a brief history of engineering qualifications in New Zealand, starting in 1840 through to the present day. Read the paper https://doi.org/10.34074/ocds.027

OPINION: Focus and Performance in Managing Post-border Security in New Zealand

The New Zealand public, its industries and the conservation sector, are greatly concerned about the state of national biosecurity protection, awareness, and system performance – and rightly so. Scarcely a day goes by without a new story in the media… Continue Reading →

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… Continue Reading →

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)…. Continue Reading →

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… Continue Reading →

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… Continue Reading →

Perspectives in Biosecurity | 2015 | Volume 1 | pp 1–12

Biology is not Alone: The Interdisciplinary Nature of Biosecurity Mel Galbraith, Dan Blanchon Affiliations:School of Environmental & Animal Sciences, Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand https://doi.org/10.34074/pibs.rs12015 Download PDF Abstract:Recognition and management of anthropogenic environmental impacts as ‘biosecurity’ is a… Continue Reading →

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… Continue Reading →

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… Continue Reading →

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