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The News and musings from the yards, barrel halls and tasting panels, and from on the road traveled between.
Irene Ayallo
Dr Irene (is a Registered Social Worker) teaches social work and community development at Unitec in the social practice field. Her teaching and practice in this field is significantly informed…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
Deb J Hill (Dr)
I am a graphic designer and researcher working out of the Whanganui Learning Centre’s Creative Hub. I design graphic resources that are easy to read and easy to understand for…continue reading
Natalie Allen
Dr Natalie Allen is a director at The Urban Advisory, an urban strategy consultancy that specialises in regeneration and housing strategy. She and her team work alongside diverse clients across…continue reading
Angela Jeong
I am a music therapist who studied Master’s in Music Therapy at Victoria University of Wellington. As part of the music therapy exegesis, I conducted a research: How did music…continue reading
Maree Young
I have 25 years experience as a Researcher/Evaluator. I hold a MA (Applied) Social Science Research. Since graduating in 1994, I have worked as a Community Researcher, Exhibition Evaluator (Project…continue reading
David Mitchell
I complete research aimed at surfacing the voice of marginalised groups on topics such as the homeless, men and health, family violence, mental ill-health, sexual abuse of males, fathering, and…continue reading
Tanja Rother
I’ve been a researcher at Shared Landscapes – Intercultural Research & Engagement Services, based at Ōhiwa Harbour in the Eastern Bay of Plenty, since 2016. Locally, I have led various…continue reading
Gillian White (Dr)
40 years in health services and academic research including supervision of Masters and Doctoral theses and examination of same.30 completed research projects. 53 international and national peer-reviewed publicationsAreas of expertise:…continue reading
Marg Wilkie
I grew up in Te Awakairangi (Lower Hutt) and studied at Victoria University of Wellington. I worked in Community Development and coordinated and managed Vocational Education and Training. I completed my PhD in 2010…continue reading