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Introduction
Get PDFThis volume derives from a small symposium, “He Tuhinga nō Neherā”, held at the Hocken Collections in November 2018.[i] The event’s title, which may be translated as “Writings from the Past”, defined the subject of the meeting, that is, historical texts written by Māori. We have changed the name slightly for this publication; “He Tuhinga Tuku Iho”, playing with the kīwaha, “he taonga tuku iho” (treasures handed down), writings that pass on the language of earlier generations, and the thoughts, feelings and aspirations of tūpuna. Nine authors contribute to this collection, all but one of whom presented at the symposium. We encouraged them to consider various textual genres, such as petitions, newspaper articles, wills, pamphlets, letters, and speeches, although they could be interpret the term “text” as broadly as they wished.
We would like to thank Megan Pōtiki as a co-convenor of the symposium, the Hocken Library for hosting the event, and the University of Otago’s Centre for Research on Colonial Culture for its financial support of the symposium and subsequent publication. We hope that this volume aligns with the Centre’s stated goal of producing “critical histories of the present”
Board Gender Diversity and Banks’ Performance in Africa
Get PDFPurpose – This paper aims to examine whether gender diversity on boards of directors is associated to bank performance.
Methodology – This paper relies on a comprehensive sample of banks operating in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU)
Results/findings – The study finds a negative and significant association between these variables, which is robust to a large set of sensitivity analyses and persists over several years. The negative effect is concentrated in firms that need more of an “advisory” board relative to a “monitoring” board, since women appear to be more monitoring oriented.
Limitations/Implications – Policies aimed at fostering greater gender diversity on boards can of course have beneficial aspects; however, arguments that these policies will improve company performance must be made with great caution.
Originality – Given that previous literature has generally provided mixed conclusions on the effect of board gender diversity on performance, our article provides evidence relevant to the public and academic debate about the use of gender diversity policies in corporate governance codes
(In Some Fictions) Everything is True
Get PDFI defend the idea that there are universal fictions, and that the Routley-Deutsch-Kapsner way of generating them – namely, with a story including deliberately and explicitly the proposition Everything is true – is still the best one. I reconstruct Wildman and Folde’s Finean criticisms to universal fictions a la Routley-Deutsch-Kapsner based on the idea that the universal quantifier in such fictions may not target the intended range of quantification, that is, all propositions. I show that Wildman and Folde’s argument does not succeed, for they fail to show that every universal sentence has to be understood as involving a restricted quantifier
The Geometry of Relevant Implication II
Get PDFThis note extends earlier results on geometrical interpretations of the logic KR to prove some additional results, including a simple undecidability proof for the four-variable fragment of KR
“Eyes are eyes & can’t be neglected”: A New Insight into Frances Hodgkins?
Get PDFAn aspect of the Anglo-New Zealand artist Frances Hodgkins (1869–1947) which has been largely overlooked by art historians is the challenges that she faced with her eyesight, particularly from the 1930s onwards. These are documented here, using her letters to family and friends. The article then applies findings in the pioneering studies of art and ophthalmology by Patrick Trevor-Roper and John S. Werner to a selection of Hodgkins’ paintings of the period. Links are made between her use of colour – which earlier writers have described as lyrical and “rapturous” – and the strong probability that she was suffering from cataracts.
Anzac Nations: The Legacy of Gallipoli In New Zealand And Australia 1965 – 2015
Get PDFAdapted from his doctoral thesis, Rowan Light’s Anzac Nations examines the changing position of Anzac commemoration in Australia and New Zealand between 1965 and 2015. This period opens at a time when Anzac Day attendance rates were in decline, the 50th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings were marked by relatively limited proceedings on the peninsula and predictions that the event would pass alongside the greying veterans of Gallipoli were heard on both sides of the Tasman. 
Maintaining good working experiences in the context of NCEA changes: Enablers and influences
Get PDFBased on findings from The National Survey of Schools project, this study aimed to examine the interactions between schools’ professional learning and development cultures, teachers’ general attitudes towards NCEA changes, their equity-related attitudes towards NCEA changes, and their working experiences (morale and workload views). The participants were 749 teachers from Years 9-13 and Years 7-13 English medium secondary schools who completed our national surveys. Data were analysed quantitatively through descriptive and exploratory techniques. Results suggested a positive association between a perceived culture of ongoing PLD in schools, and teachers’ general attitudes towards NCEA changes. Teachers who reported positive attitudes towards the NCEA changes in general, were more likely to understand how these changes can improve outcomes for Māori learners, Pacific learners, and those with disabilities and who need learning support. In addition, a strong culture of ongoing PLD was also positively associated with teachers’ morale and workload views. The study has practical implications by indicating how teachers can be better supported to enact educational changes in Aotearoa New Zealand
Exploring the shift to an improvement-oriented approach to external evaluation in Aotearoa New Zealand: The case of the Education Review Office
Get PDFExternal evaluation in Aotearoa New Zealand is an important accountability mechanism in education. In 2019 the Tomorrow’s Schools Independent Taskforce recommended that the Education Review Office (ERO) develop and implement an improvement-oriented approach to external evaluation in schools. This approach requires fundamental shifts in evaluation practice. In implementing an improvement-oriented approach, while maintaining accountability functions in a public sector context, evaluators need to balance key tensions: relational, epistemological, pedagogical, contextual, political, methodological, and organisational. The role of the evaluator in implementing ERO’s new approach, and managing the shifts required, is key to the approach’s success. Building evaluation capability and capacity and strengthening the evaluation evidence base are critical areas for further development
The Liberation Argument for Inconsistent Mathematics
Get PDFVal Plumwood charged classical logic not only with the invalidity of some of its laws, but also with the support of systemic oppression through naturalization of the logical structure of dualisms. In this paper I show that the latter charge - unlike the former - can be carried over to classical mathematics, and I propose a new conception of inconsistent mathematics - queer incomaths - as a liberatory activity meant to undermine said naturalization
Reassessing Actus Reus
Get PDFThis article focuses on Tony Smith's criticisms of criminal lawyers' use of the concept of actus reus. It explores how those criticisms relate to the proliferation of types of actus reus in the last five decades, especially in connection with the spread of offences of omission
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