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The News and musings from the yards, barrel halls and tasting panels, and from on the road traveled between.
“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 |
Improving Educational Achievement for Students From Somali Backgrounds in Auckland, New Zealand: An Evaluation of a School Catch–Up Programme.
From arrival in New Zealand refugee students are disadvantaged as they will often not have had the experience of formal education. In New Zealand, the mismatch of age and placement…continue reading
Posted on 3 December 2014 |
Walking a tightrope: Asian health research in New Zealand
Interest in how knowledge is constructed in multiethnic, multi-lingual, and multi-faith communities is gaining momentum in countries such as New Zealand as they become more diverse. In turn, this provides…continue reading
Posted on 20 June 2019 |
Evaluation of jigsaw Whanganui’s White Water Years Parenting Programme
This report presents the results of a small scale process and outcomes evaluation of jigsaw Whanganui’s White Water Years Parenting Programme carried out during 2014 and funded through a Lottery…continue reading
Posted on 28 November 2014 |
The Art of Walking Upright Here: Realising a Multicultural Society
Background paper for the AsiaNZ Foundation’s Kiwi India Seminar Series: An Outline of the challenges facing Indian communities in New Zealand by drawing together the history of migration to New…continue reading
Posted on 20 June 2019 |