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The rise and fall and rise again of an environmental social enterprise. (With apologies to the makers of The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, one of my favourite British comedy series)
(Unitec ePress, 2020-02-24)Ki te kahore, he whakakitenga, ka ngaro te iwi Without foresight or vision the people will be lost In this paper I update earlier work on the case study in social enterprise in waste and recycling, using a community- ... -
Strategies to establish Social Policy Units (SPUs) within community-based organisations
(Unitec ePress, 2020-02-24)Community organisations hold huge knowledge about the needs as well as the dynamics of different communities. However, they often struggle to provide input and contribute this knowledge into the policy decision making ... -
Change and development in Glen Eden 2017: report to Waitakere Ranges Local Board
(Unitec ePress, 2020-02-24)This paper has been expanded from the report previously published by ePress on 13.11.2017 [https://hdl.handle.net/10652/3981] This is a report on change and development issues facing Glen Eden. The Waitakere Ranges Local ... -
Language and myths of poverty
(Unitec ePress, 2020-02-24)“Poverty strikes dead the very souls of all who come within sight, sound or smell of it.” G.B. Shaw, Major Barbara This paper explores the popular and political myths and language used about poverty and those who are ... -
Early welfare in Kurow, New Zealand
(Unitec ePress, 2020-02-24)This story is taken mainly from the booklet Four Shillings and Threepence (2008), produced by the Kurow Heritage & Information Centre. One of New Zealand’s first hydroelectric power stations was built on the Waitaki ... -
Air tightness, friend or foe?
(2020-02-20)Industry standard calculations recognise airtightness as a positive characteristic when houses are designed to consume low levels of energy for heating or for cooling. In addition, airtightness will insulate the internal ... -
Urban resolutions : Auckland and Vancouver comparisons
(2020-02-20)The topic of Urban Resolutions is a research piece on Auckland’s urban plan, with the inclusion of heritage builds for reuse or repurpose. An international comparative analysis with Vancouver’s EcoDensity initiative was ... -
Reliable assessment of drawings on architectural technology courses
(2020-02-20)The purpose of this project is to refine and rationalise the process where different tutors assess architectural drawings in order to mitigate personal subjectivity thereby generating more reliable assessment decisions. ... -
Climate change adaptation legislation and the construction sector
(New Zealand Built Environment Research Symposium (NZBERS), 2020-02-20)Climate change will inevitably, drastically impact the coastal nation of New Zealand. Through literature review, it was identified that much of the existing work in relation to climate change literature, legislation and ... -
Are we building agile graduate capabilities to meet automotive service industry trends?
(ePress / Unitec, 2020-02-19)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can we secure the future professional competency of automotive technicians employed in the automotive service industry? ABSTRACT: The inexorable use of electronic technology and rising user ... -
Suicidal behaviours and moderator support in online health communities : protocol for a scoping review
(British Medical Journal, 2020)INTRODUCTION: Suicidal ideation and suicidal behaviours are common yet complex mental health presentations that can pose significant challenges for health professionals. The inability to accurately predict the individuals ... -
Culturally inclusive pedagogies of care : a narrative inquiry
(De Gruyter Open / University of Trnava, 2019-12-30)This paper is a reflection on culturally relevant pedagogies of care to achieve more equitable outcomes for diverse cultures within early childhood. The authors are academics at a tertiary institute in Auckland, New Zealand. ... -
Additional records and observations of monocotyledons naturalised or casual in Manawatu Ecological Region, New Zealand, 1980–2019
(Unitec ePress, 2019-12-19)It has been 38 years since a comprehensive account of adventive monocotyledons in New Zealand was published, other than for grasses. This paper examines new adventive monocotyledon records from the Manawatu Ecological ... -
First record of Himalayan wineberry (Rubus ellipticus var. obcordatus (Franch.) Focke., Rosaceae) in New Zealand
(Unitec ePress, 2019-12-19)INTRODUCTION: On June 4, 2019, during a visit by two of the authors to Gills Scenic Reserve, Albany, an unusual bramble (Figure 1) was observed emerging from a vegetated roadside bank on Gills Road (-36.722828, 174.696011). ... -
The effectiveness of concomitant use of cross-sectional anatomy and CT images in teaching anatomy to medical imaging students
(2019-12-05)BACKGROUND: Cross-sectional anatomy is crucial in the comprehensive study of the details of the whole body to the medical students in general; while to the medical imaging students in particular. Furthermore, it is most ... -
Usefulness of annual Reports : perceptions from Sri Lanka
(2019-12-02)The IASB standards (IFRS) guide general purpose financial reporting (GPFR) Conceptual framework for financial reporting Which Qualitative Characteristics (QCs) are perceived important in investment and lending decisions? IASB ... -
Motivations behind reporting on human capital in New Zealand
(2019-12-02)PURPOSE: The purpose of this paper is to examines the motivations of companies within the New Zealand banking sector for reporting on Human Capital (HC). DESIGN / METHODOLOGY / APPROACH: The research method included ... -
A perspective on S4.5 Residence Category for Victims of Domestic Violence (VDV) Policy : addressing domestic violence against ‘ethnic’ women
(2019-12)This presentation will focus on S4.5 Residence Category for victims of violence (Operational Manual - Immigration New Zealand), in the context of intimate partner violence experienced by women of migrant and refugee ... -
Evaluating efforts to promote diverse sexuality and gender inclusivity at a tertiary institution
(2019-12)This article presents findings from a mixed-method, utilisation-focused evaluation of an education workshop on diverse sexuality and gender (DSG) inclusivity offered at Unitec Institute of Technology in Auckland, New ...
