Blog
The News and musings from the yards, barrel halls and tasting panels, and from on the road traveled between.
Refugees and Asylum Seekers Implications for ED Care in Auckland, New Zealand
The increasing use of emergency departments by refugee and migrant groups reflects the shifting ethnic composition of central Auckland. Refugees are different from other immigrants and from low-income families in…continue reading
Posted on 26 January 2020 |
Whānau Ora & Action Research
Action Research is a participatory research method in which research is then undertaken to answer the question, with the findings reflected upon for their practice implications. Practice is then changed…continue reading
Posted on 2 November 2012 |
African Philosophy: An analysis of its existence as Ubuntu among the ovaHerero people
Research project for my undergraduate degree. Researching on African philosophy, Ubuntu and the ovaHerero people
Posted on 15 January 2020 |
“Hope for Change – Change Can Happen”: Healing the Wounds of Family Violence with Indigenous Traditional holistic Practices
This Indigenous Collaborative Research (ICR) investigates with the community agency, Warrior Against Violence Society, how culturally-based healing practices provide a more comprehensive and thus more effective method to assist Aboriginal…continue reading
Posted on 10 October 2012 |
New Land, New Life: Long-Term Settlement of Refugees in New Zealand Main Report
Quota Refugees Ten Years On: Perspectives on Integration, Community, and Identity is a multi-year research programme that was developed to better understand the long-term journeys of refugees in New Zealand.…continue reading
Posted on 4 January 2020 |
Using Digital Media to Report Back Information Rich Research and Evaluation Results
Since digital storytelling was first developed, technological changes have meant that they are now relatively simple to put together. In light of personal success with digital stories helping stakeholders and…continue reading
Posted on 10 October 2012 |
MEETING THE NEEDS AND CHALLENGES OF MIGRANTS AND FORMER REFUGEES IN THE NELSON AND TASMAN REGIONS
In pursuing their purpose of supporting migrants, former refugees, and people from minority ethnicities with their settlement processes, the Nelson Multicultural Council contracted the Centre for Applied Cross-cultural Research at…continue reading
Posted on 4 January 2020 |
Empty Food Baskets: Food Poverty in Whangarei
The effects of lack of food are seen by teachers daily in the school classroom and is experienced by children in both their educational achievements and in their relationships with…continue reading
Posted on 10 October 2012 |
Diverse Communities – Exploring the Migrant and Refugee Experience in New Zealand
Why this report has been produced The Ministry of Social Development’s (MSD) Diverse Communities – Exploring the Migrant and Refugee Experience in New Zealand report brings together existing data and…continue reading
Posted on 4 January 2020 |
A major leftwing think tank in Aotearoa – impossible dream or a call to action?
This article summarises the background to my current PhD work, considering questions around what academics and activists on the left in Aotearoa in 2012 think about the idea of establishing…continue reading
Posted on 10 October 2012 |
Refugee-focused service providers: improving the welcome in New Zealand
When refugees are resettled into a destination, refugee-focused service providers offer frontline services to ease refugees’ experiences of trauma and marginalisation, providing advocacy and welcome through reception processes, translation services,…continue reading
Posted on 21 December 2019 |
Rangatahi Initiative: Process Evaluation
WCA hosts the Rangatahi Initiative which works in “hard to reach” whānau (mostly Black Power affiliated) with a focus on improving physical and emotional/mental health outcomes. It operates as a…continue reading
Posted on 10 October 2012 |