Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Tikanga Māori and Labour Frameworks: An Exploration of Collective Agreement Clauses and the Experiences of Māori Workers

By: Ria Te Uira Holmes
Published: 2025

This thesis examines the integration of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and tikanga Māori within labour frameworks. The labour framework is comprehensively conceptualised to include statute, common law, terms and conditions,…continue reading

Learning from lived experience: How phenomenology could help transform Aotearoa’s justice system and navigate the barrier of public opinion

By: Corrina Thompson (Dixon)
Published: 2021

This project researched the narratives of those with a personal lived experience of the justice system in Aotearoa, from the premise that lived experience is specialist knowledge. This thesis argues…continue reading

Queer migration, heteronormativity and the ‘ethnic closet’: Chinese queer international students’ intersectional experience in New Zealand

By: Taylor Le Cui & Lin Song
Published: 2024

Drawing on semi-structured in-depth interviews with 15 Chinese queer international students from New Zealand’s tertiary institutions, this paper explores their motivations to pursue higher education transnationally and unpacks the interconnected…continue reading

Amplifying Pacific Voices in a Christchurch (New Zealand) Secondary school: A Study Guided by Tīvaevae & Talanoa

By: Joseph Bruce Tutonga Houghton
Published: 2024

Pacific voices are often drowned out in schools, as there are competing communities, issues, and value systems at play. The main objective of this research therefore was to engage with…continue reading

LGBTQIA+

Rainbow inclusion as the ongoing work of queering: Rainbow employees’ positive perceptions of workplace climate in New Zealand

By: Taylor Le Cui
Published: 2026-06-09

Purpose: This study aims to explore Rainbow employees' positive perceptions of workplace climate in New Zealand organisations to understand how Rainbow inclusion is conceptualised and enacted in practice, addressing the…continue reading

Ethnicity and Diversity

Exploring Perspectives on Identity, Belonging, Inclusion and Social Cohesion: Implications for Placed-Based Early Childhood Education

By: Angel Chan; Jenny Ritchie
Published: 2025-08-15

This article applies an analysis of data from research undertaken by the Inclusive Aotearoa Collective Tāhono (IACT) in 2020 to the field of early childhood education (ECE). The IACT study…continue reading

LGBTQIA+

Rainbow tokenism, cis-heteronormativity and global backlash: Rainbow employees’ concerns about workplace climate in New Zealand

By: Taylor Le Cui
Published: 2026-01-01

Purpose: This article examines the perspectives of Rainbow employees on workplace climate challenges across New Zealand organisations. It also reveals the impacts of contemporary conservative political discourses surrounding diversity, equity…continue reading

Rainbow/LGBTQIA+
Law and Justice

CTA Community of Practice March 2025 – Indigenous Critical Policy Analysis: an adaption of CTA into the Australian context

By: Natalie Bryant
Published: 2025-03-18

Indigenist Critical Policy Analysis (ICPA) is an evaluative framework designed to assess whether policies, programs, and processes meaningfully engage with Indigenous perspectives, particularly within the socio-political context of post-colonizing Australia.…continue reading

Health

Application of CTA for Private Healthcare

By: Dean Cowles
Published: 2025-07-16

Dean Cowles completed his Master’s thesis exploring strategies to improve Māori health outcomes, in private surgical settings, by understanding the value of Māori nurses in this space. He has extensively…continue reading

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