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The News and musings from the yards, barrel halls and tasting panels, and from on the road traveled between.
ParentWorks Review
Since 2002, ParentWorks, a programme of Christchurch Methodist Mission, has been helping non-custodial parents to build better relationships with their children and assist them both in the short and long…continue reading
Posted on 9 March 2015 |
Quantifying Māori spend on tobacco, alcohol & gambling
NZIER report prepared for the Centre of Research Excellence: Indigenous Sovereignty & Smoking as part of a programme of research supported by a grant from the Foundation for a Smoke-Free…continue reading
Posted on 10 July 2019 |
Place-Based and Community-Led: Specific Disaster Preparedness and Generalisable Community Resilience
The action research process that informed the report was initially made possible through CatholicCare Bushfire Community Recovery Service, with the support and involvement of service Manager, Janet Cribbes. The study…continue reading
Posted on 25 February 2015 |
Understanding the barriers and drivers for Māori to undertake succession to ownership of Māori Land
This report focuses on understanding the barriers and drivers for Māori to undertake succession through the Māori Land Court (MLC) to become owners of Māori freehold or customary land (Māori…continue reading
Posted on 24 June 2019 |
“Purchase-of-Service Contracting, Voluntary Organisations, and Civil Society: Dissecting the Goose that Lays the Golden Eggs?”
Governments around the world are making increasing use of contracting “technologies” to purchase services from voluntary organizations – both in privatising (contracting out) previously government-provided services and in reining in…continue reading
Posted on 24 February 2015 |
The Need for an Organ Donation Policy Change: A Sensible Choice with Minimal Risk
Mandated organ donation would greatly increase the overall functionality and wellbeing of populations in the United States. It therefore should be considered to change the current default from having to…continue reading
Posted on 21 June 2019 |
Mind the Gap!: Fundraisers and their nonprofit organisational leaders do think differently and this difference matters
Fundraisers and their organisational leaders (CEOs and board members) diverge sometimes in how they think about fundraising. In fact, eight key differences emerged in the recent Australian study that sparked…continue reading
Posted on 17 December 2014 |
Wellness for all: the possibilities of cultural safety and cultural competence in New Zealand
Responses to cultural diversity in nursing need to consider the theory and practice developments of the profession, whilst also responding to broader social and historical process that prevent marginalised groups…continue reading
Posted on 20 June 2019 |
Indigenous communities, disasters, and disaster research: surviving disaster research on, with, and by Māori.
This paper presents insights into the impacts on Māori of the Christchurch earthquakes and draws on personal research experiences to discuss disaster research with impacted minority communities. Three topics are…continue reading
Posted on 15 December 2014 |
Sailing in a new direction: Multicultural mental health in New Zealand
Migrants and refugees make up an increasingly significant number of Aotearoa/New Zealand’s population with one in five New Zealanders being born in another country compared with one in eight people…continue reading
Posted on 20 June 2019 |
Her Stories – Women, Research and Recovery
A paper written and presented by Megan Woods MP for the inaugural Christchurch Womens Researchers Breakfast, Otauatahi-Christchurch, Thursday 21st November 2014
Posted on 12 December 2014 |
Motherhood, Migration and Methodology: Giving Voice to the “Other”
This paper discusses the need for multi-cultural methodologies that develop knowledge about the maternity experience of migrant women and that are attuned to women’s maternity-related requirements under multi-cultural conditions. Little…continue reading
Posted on 20 June 2019 |