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Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Tikanga Māori and Labour Frameworks: An Exploration of Collective Agreement Clauses and the Experiences of Māori Workers
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
Child to Parent Violence and Abuse (CPVA) Professional Perspectives Survey A summary of VisAble’s 2026 survey: The Professionals Voice
The VisAble 2026 Professional Perspectives Survey highlights that Child to Parent Violence and Abuse (CPVA) is a common yet under-recognised issue across Aotearoa New Zealand, with most professionals reporting experience…continue reading
Child to Parent Violence and Abuse: Understanding the Types of Traumas Experienced by Families and Whānau
This report examines Child to Parent Violence and Abuse (CPVA) through a trauma-informed lens, highlighting the complex, cumulative, and often overlapping forms of trauma experienced by parents, caregivers, siblings, and…continue reading
Learning from lived experience: How phenomenology could help transform Aotearoa’s justice system and navigate the barrier of public opinion
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
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
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
A just transition for Taranaki: views from workers and employers
There is little New Zealand research on workers’ own expectations of a just transition, and this report attempts to begin to provide this worker voice for policy makers. This research,…continue reading
Rainbow inclusion as the ongoing work of queering: Rainbow employees’ positive perceptions of workplace climate in New Zealand
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
Living with an invisible neurological condition: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
Living with an invisible neurological condition can involve physical, cognitive and psychosocial challenges. The aim of this study was to explore the experience of living with an invisible neurological condition,…continue reading
Rainbow inclusion as the ongoing work of queering: rainbow employees’ positive perceptions of workplace climate in New Zealand
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
Exploring Perspectives on Identity, Belonging, Inclusion and Social Cohesion: Implications for Placed-Based Early Childhood Education
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