In my fifth writer’s toolkit post I set out a plan for writing an introduction for a research report after initially developing my abstract to both guide and focus my…continue reading
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The Effectiveness of Online and Mobile Technologies for Changing Health Behaviour
The Knowledge Translation Project aims to help translate health promotion evidence into action. It is a project of The Agencies for Nutrition Action. The report begins with an outline of…continue reading
Super City? State of Auckland. Report into the Auckland Experiment
This paper analyses whether the consolidation of Auckland’s Cities into a “super city” three years ago has been a success, a disappointment or something in between. It examines various areas…continue reading
Spirituality as Decolonizing
Spirituality as Decolonizing: Elders Albert Desjarlais, George McDermott, and Tom McCallum Share Understandings of Life in Healing Practices Judy Iseke This paper looks at the importance of story and maintaining…continue reading
Mind The Gap
This is Bryan Bruce’s latest documentary on what is driving the gap between rich and poor in New Zealand. Bruce investigates why the current state of child health in New…continue reading
Māori Research Position Available at Te Atawhai o Te Ora
Te Atawhai O te Ao : Independent Māori institute for environment and health are looking to employ a full-time researcher. This is a great opportunity to work with Kaupapa Māori…continue reading
Juggling community circus research
A research project looking into community circus had some surprising results. The two primary aims of the research were to begin to quantify the impact of circus programmes, and to…continue reading
Maximising the Impacts of your Research: A Handbook for Social Scientists
“There are few academics who are interested in doing research that simply has no influence on anyone else in academia or outside.” Social science research can be used to inform…continue reading
Progressing Collective Impact in New Zealand
This discussion piece by Megan Thomas provides an Aotearoa New Zealand perspective on Collective Impact. See also our Collective Impact resource page The complexity of the problems we need to…continue reading
Fulbright-Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Scholar Award
Fulbright New Zealand and Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, New Zealand’s Indigenous Centre of Research Excellence, call for applications to the Fulbright-Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Scholar Award. This award,…continue reading
Te Ahi Kaa – Keeping our Marae Safe from Fire
In September 2005, fire damaged the dining room, Ngaparetaihinu, at Tukorehe Marae, Kuku, Horowhenua. With the support of the New Zealand Fire Service Commission, Te Iwi o Ngāti Tukorehe Trust…continue reading
INZONE for Academic achievement
Native Affairs recently filmed a piece on the Inzone Project, which is a project that looks at establishing a means for young Māori and Pasifika boys who are living beyond…continue reading