Tag Aotearoa
Pasifika peoples remain significantly underrepresented in Aotearoa New Zealand’s technology sector; despite comprising 8.9% of the population they make up less than 3% of those in digital and IT pathways. This disparity reflects structural inequities that constrain access, progression and… Continue Reading →
Achieving consistent marking of architectural drawings between different tutors can present challenges, including reliable benchmarking of acceptable standards to ensure valid, trusted and justifiable final grades. The purpose of this project is to develop and analyse a marking approach using… Continue Reading →
The purpose of this workforce capability study is to quantify the magnitude of the challenge for tertiary education teachers. The automotive service sector is continuously evolving, so it is essential to stay updated on vehicle innovations and technological changes. As… Continue Reading →
Asylum design research journal is produced by Unitec’s School of Architecture and published annually by ePress, Unitec’s publishing platform. Now well into its third decade, and a highlight of the academic year, Asylum was named for the former hospital building that… Continue Reading →
Creating an inclusive workplace in construction is essential if gender diversity is to be achieved in the sector. Women continue to be underrepresented in the industry, and despite recent initiatives to increase their numbers, attracting and retaining women remains a… Continue Reading →
This article explores a collaborative arts-research exchange between Māori and Aboriginal women cloak-makers, positioning traditional cloaking practices as powerful sites of healing, resistance and cultural regeneration. Grounded in Kaupapa Māori and Whatuora (H. Smith, 2017; 2019) methodologies, the article weaves… Continue Reading →
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… Continue Reading →
Whanake: The Pacific Journal of Community Development is a bi-annual digital journal for practitioners and academics who love community development. This issue features articles on youth volunteering, voluntourism, discrimination against gender-diverse tertiary students, poverty in Aotearoa New Zealand, youth HIV/AIDS awareness… Continue Reading →
This fascinating and original work explores the experiences of third-culture children of African descent in New Zealand. The term ‘third-culture kid’ refers to an individual who grows up in a culture different from the culture of their parents. Experiences of… Continue Reading →
In 2016, the Momentum North Hīhīaua Community Group asked the Unitec Architecture Pathway to investigate the development of a new masterplan for the Hīhīaua Peninsula in Whangarei, Northland. This request became the basis of a twelve-week joint Landscape Architecture /Architecture… Continue Reading →