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Hua Dai

Senior Lecturer
Learning and Achievement
Location: 520-3011 or Waitakere Campus

Publications

Dai, H. (2025). Baby Dragon and Me -a Memoir. (E-book ed.). Wonder House Foundation - self publisher.

Dai, H. (2025, October). A Poetry Book of Healing [Paper presentation]. Vaughan Park 2025 March Scholar-in-Residence Presentation, Vaughan Angelican Retreat & Conference Center.

Dai, H. (2025, Nov). Language, thought, and reality: The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. How can tertiary learning advisors use this concept to the benefit of learners? [Paper presentation]. ATLAANZ-Association of Tertiray Learning Advisors of Aotearoa NZ Northern Regional Hui, Online.

Dai, H. (2025). Myers-Briggs Personality Types? How do they matter to our learning advisorrole?. ATLAANZ Journal, Vol. 8 No. 1 (2025): ATLAANZ Journal, Article 3. https://doi.org/10.26473/ATLAANZ.2025.1/003

Dai, H. (2025). "Becoming a learning advisor was a dream come true"- a reflection on the learning advisor's work. Vol. 8 No. 2 (2025): Special Issue: Forty years of Learning Advising in Aotearoa New Zealand. Journal of Association of Tertiray Learning Advisors Aotearoa NZ. https://journal.atlaanz.org/atlaanz/issue/view/10.

Dai, H. W. (2024). Baby Dragon and Me -a Memoir. (1st ed.). Wonder House.

Dai, H., & Toki, L. (2024, November). 以不变应万变 - Remaining steady and constant to support our students to succeed in the changing world of education. (page 10 in conference booklet attached) [Paper presentation]. ATLAANZ-Association of Tertiary Learning Advisors Australia New Zealand, Online.

Dai, H. W., & Toki, W. L. (2024). Ka mua, ka muri - Looking back to move forward: Culturally conscious support for kaimahi/tauira as whole persons in the educational system. ATLAANZ Journal -The Journal of the Association of Tertiary Learning Advisors Aotearoa/New Zealand, 7 (1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.26473/ATLAANZ.2024/005

Dai, H., & Pelling, N. (2023, Dec). Personality Types and Ako? How do they matter to our learning and development lecturers’ role? [Paper presentation]. ATLAANZ (Association of Tertiary Learning Advisors Aotearoa NZ Australia) Northern Regional Conference, Unitec/Te Pukenga.

Dai, H., & Bentley-Gray, D. (2023). Cultural Perspectives on the Concept of Whānau and Health Decisions. ATLAANZ Journal, Volume 6 of the ATLAANZ Journal (2023), No. 1 Article 5. https://doi.org/10.26473/ATLAANZ.2023/005

Dai, H. (2023). Poems and artwork for Kāranga Wānanga e-book. (pp. 70-72). Editors: Whaea Lynda Toki, Dr Jo Diamond, Dr Diane Menzies. doi.org/10.34074/book.104.

Dai, H., & Bentley-Grey, D. (2022, October). Cultural preparedness for a sustainable future in education: two forms of cultural knowledge in health decisions for Medical Imaging and the concept of whanau in Social Practice to prepare our graduates to work safely in the community [Paper presentation]. Sustainable Futures Symposium/Wintec, Hamilton.

Dai, H. (2022, November). Revitalizing small study groups and embedded workshops after lockdown [Paper presentation]. Te Puna Aurei LearnFest Higher Education Symposium-Waikato University, Online.

Dai, H., & Toki, L. (2022, December). Ka mua, ka muri-looking back to move forward: cultural conscious awareness for kaimahi/tauira as whole persons in the educational system [Paper presentation]. ANZSSA -Australia NZ Student Support Assosication, Online.

Dai, H., & Toki, L. (2022, November). Ka mua, ka muri-looking back to move forward: cultural conscious awareness for kaimahi/tauira as whole persons in a mindful educational system [Paper presentation]. ALTAANZ Central Conference, Online.

Dai, H., & Bentley-Grey, D. (2022, November). Revitalizing culture for a sustainable future in education: two forms of cultural knowledge in health decisions for Medical Imaging and the concept of whanau in Social Practice to prepare our graduates to work safely in the community [Paper presentation]. LearnFest Waikato University & Cardiff University, UK, Online.

Dai, H. (2022, November). Revitalizing small Study Groups & Embedded Workshops for the schools of Social Practice and Health Science after lockdown [Paper presentation]. LearnFest Waikato University & Cardiff University, UK, Online.

Dai, H. (2022, December). 长歌当哭-Long Poetry/Lyric/Singing out loud as my tangi: The lived experience of bereaved parents of children murdered in intimate partner violence - Research design [Paper presentation]. Unitec/MIT Research Symposium 2022, Online.

Dai, H. (2021, December). The lived experience of bereaved parents of children murdered in intimate partner violence who have opened up to the public about their bereavement -A research proposalbased on my research seminar at Auckland Uni on 8th Dec 2020, with new development [Paper presentation]. MIT/Unitec Research Symposium 2021, Unitec/online.

Dai, H. (2021, December). Crossing over the cultural boundary to success -a case study [Paper presentation]. LearnFest Waikato University, Online.

Dai, H. (2021, December). Building inclusivity, diversity and equity in my practice -a case study [Paper presentation]. ATLAANZ Northern Regional Hui 2021, Online.

Dai, H. (2021, December). When language skills support is not enough for an international nursing student to pass her placement - a case study [Paper presentation]. ALTAANZ Central Hui, Online.

Dai, H. (2021, December). Giving what it takes to support students succeeding while on their evolutionary journey as human beings [Poster presentation]. ANZSSA -Australia NZ Student Support Association, Online.

Dai, H. (2021). Pop the “maths anxiety” bubble An approach to support nursing students to self-manage anxiety while studying drug calculation. ALAANZ Journl, 5 (1), (2021): ATLAANZ Journal, article 1. https://doi.org/10.26473/ATLAANZ.2021/001

Dai, H. (2020, December). “Let’s not die with the dead!” The lived experience of bereaved parents of children murdered in intimate partner violence who have chosen to open up to the public about their bereavement -A phenomenological inquiry. [Paper presentation]. Doctoral provisional year review Research Seminar at the Faculty of Education and Social Work of Auckland University, N415 Auckland University Epsom Campus,.

Dai, H. (2016). What we are building on. Association of Tertiary Learning Advisors of Aotearoa New Zealand (ATLAANZ) Conference, Lincoln University, Christchurch, New Zealand.
https://hdl.handle.net/10652/3790

Dai, H. (2014). Supporting Anxious Students with their Numeracy Studies. ATLAANZ Conference, AUT University, 26-28 November, 2014.