Unitec Research Bank: Recent submissions
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Ngā kite hauora nō Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Pourewa Gardens : blending Māori tradition and contemporary design towards a healthier future for Ngā Uri o Tūperiri
(2020)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can mātauranga Māori guide the development of a contemporary multi-purpose garden for Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei? ABSTRACT: Gardens were critical to Māori survival in Aotearoa New Zealand since their ... -
Identifying critical leadership soft skills for career success : a content analysis of project management job advertisements in New Zealand
(2020-12-07)Overview Introduction & rationale Literature review Methodology Analysis & results Discussion & implications Limitations Conclusions Areas for further research -
Application of spectroscopy in additive manufacturing
(MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute), 2021-01-04)Additive manufacturing (AM) is a rapidly expanding material production technique that brings new opportunities in various fields as it enables fast and low-cost prototyping as well as easy customisation. However, it is ... -
Modular construction and prefabrication for post disaster reconstruction projects : case studies and clients’ perspectives
(2019-10-16)Benefits of modular construction for PDR Industry opportunities & Participants need to make changes Apartment construction duration: traditional vs offsite 3D volumetric Construction cost: traditional vs offsite 3D ... -
Nature’s prescription : making room for green spaces in highly dense cities to combat urban stress
(2021)Continuous urban growth and sprawling city development in the outskirts of Metro Manila means less and less areas to develop and thus the city is left with few open green spaces. Despite of being the nation’s major center ... -
Regenerating social space to support the elderly : create an age-friendly, sociable and supportive housing environment for the ageing population
(2020)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can a new approach to the housing development provide a better prospect for the fast-growing ageing population in New Zealand, by designing an age-friendly, sociable and supportive environment for ... -
Waiora Healing Home : creating better quality of life for children with life-limiting and terminal illnesses in N.Z.
(2020)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can architecture make a positive contribution to palliative and hospice care for children in order to enhance their quality of life? ABSTRACT: What does wellbeing and dying well mean? Hospitals ... -
Understanding the experiences of whānau caregivers of stroke survivors
(2020)INTRODUCTION: Access to support services for post-stroke care is essential for family/whānau to sustain their commitment to the long-term care of stroke survivors. Lack of, and inappropriate support along the post-stroke ... -
Marketisation and managerialism in vocational education : Unitec TEU member's views on RoVE
(2019-04-13)On Local Autonomy Staff voice over managerialism A focus on the learner and the public good -
Interview with Joan Lardner-Rivlin
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Research report : youth volunteering in Auckland, 2019
(Unitec ePress, 2020-12-17)PREFACE: This research was sponsored by Volunteering Auckland (VA). It is part of their wider research into volunteering by young people (13 to 18 years). Previous work carried out by VA showed that at the age of 18 years ... -
First-year student achievement, attendance, and demography at NorthTec’s Bachelor of Applied Social Work Programme : a quantitative inquiry
(Unitec ePress, 2020-12-17)This paper reports on a quantitative inquiry into student achievement, attendance and demography and their correlations in the first year of an undergraduate social work degree at NorthTec, Whangārei, New Zealand. Data on ... -
Pūrākau : our world is made of stories
(Unitec ePress, 2020-12-17)Ua ta‘u mai e Pālagi i a i tatou, o le lalolagi e faū i atoma [atoms], ae tatou Sāmoa e lē valelea-matou [tagata-Sāmoa] e te iloa o le lalolagi e tele tala. The white man has told us that the world is made of atoms, but ... -
Community development in a fractured future
(Unitec ePress, 2020-12-17)This article explores the implications for community development in a near-term future context of some degree of ecological and societal collapse. The extreme likelihood of near-term future collapse is well known to most ... -
Erionite in Auckland bedrock and malignant mesothelioma: an emerging public and occupational health hazard?
(New Zealand Medical Association (NZMA), 2020-07-17)Overseas, emerging research has shown that where erionite is present in bedrock as a zeolite, and then subsequently disturbed and blown into the atmosphere, resulting exposure is associated with health effects similar to ... -
Landscape regionalism : sketching Auckland as a resilient city-region
(2020-10-02)Conventional urban and regional planning is dominated by economic development agendas and ignores urban growth issues resulting from complex geography and landscape. This paper proposes an alternative approach, based on ... -
Kakala : a cultural research framework engaging at-risk youth
(2020-10-09)Background Information My companions in research Methodology Kakala Research Framework Kakala in action How did Kakala enhance the research process? Conclusion -
Staff attitudes toward borderline personality disorder
(2020-12-07)Overview - Borderline Personality Disorder - Current Study - Future Study - Questions & Answers Sigma and discrimination Why does this matter? Self-harm Suicide Impact on staff Current study - Factors influencing ... -
Capturing construction client values
(New Zealand Built Environment Research Symposium (NZBERS), 2017-10)To improve the delivery of construction services, it is important to understand client values. The research aims to capture construction client values. To help achieve this, a systematic literature review was used. The ...
