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The News and musings from the yards, barrel halls and tasting panels, and from on the road traveled between.

Stefan Lindsay

BA then MA in Social, Cultural, and Human Factors Psychology. Undergraduate and Post Graduate paper in Social Anthropology. 11 years alternating between Quality Assurance, Performance Evaluation, and research, while alternating…continue reading

Jumoke Giwa

I am a community development, social justice and equity advocate who conducts research with diverse communities in the Global North and Global South. I am passionate about building the capacity…continue reading

SULIASI VUNIBOLA

Dr. Suli Vunibola is Climate Research Fellow, Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies, University of Canterbury. His expertise is in the broad interdisciplinary areas of development studies, human geography, ethnography,…continue reading

Madeline Shelling

Kia Ora! Ko Madeline tōku ingoa =) He uri tēnei nō Ngāti Porou, heoi i tipu ake au ki Kaipara, ā, ināianei kei te noho au ki Ōtautahi! I am…continue reading

Sarah Wylie

Coming from a fairly short stint as a researcher and evaluator in the public sector, I have worked as an independent researcher and evaluator across a broad range of sectors,…continue reading

Nadeera Ranabahu

I am a researcher at University of Canterbury. My main research focus is disadvantaged or under-represented groups in entrepreneurship, employment and innovation. Examples of such groups include women, refugees, youth/students,…continue reading

Annette Rotherham

Measuring conversational success with couples where one person has aphasia. I ma carrying out this research as a PhD through the University of Queensland, but as I am based in…continue reading

Caralyn Purvis

I am a research and evaluation professional with a wide-range of interests and experience across health, education, and social sectors. I am skilled in using a range of mixed-method data…continue reading

Bridget Frame

The world of Grant Making is an interesting one: an industry which has burgeoned, with the growth of banking and energy trusts, and gaming trusts. Many Councils also run substantial…continue reading

Gary Watts

Have completed extensive research within the community (for a number of years) which includes social issues which indicate distinctly unusual (regularly major and often ongoing) forms of societal produced disadvantage.

Garth Nowland-Foreman

Garth is a founding partner of the capacity-building social enterprise, LEAD Centre for Not for Profit Governance & Leadership. He also taught part-time for 18 years in Graduate Programmes in…continue reading

Liz Gordon

Managing Director, Pukeko Research Ltd. We do research across the education, social services and justice sectors. I research in the areas of law and justice, sexual harm, alcohol harm, wahine…continue reading

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