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Looking Further and Deeper into Environmental Protection, Regulation and Policy Using Environmental DNA (eDNA)
Get PDFDNA sequencing technologies are transforming how environments are monitored. In this article, we pose the question: is environmental DNA (eDNA) the tool that Aotearoa New Zealand needs, but does not yet realise it does? The step change with eDNA is that genetic ‘breadcrumbs’ left behind in the environment can identify every living thing, from microbes to mammals, thus providing a more nuanced and holistic lens on ecosystems. Using eDNA, we can explore the biological networks that underpin healthy environments. Here we explore whether changes in policy setting, guidance, or pathways for uptake of eDNA are needed. Can eDNA help us make better decisions, inform policy and protections, track restoration, and act as a deterrent to reduce environmental harm
Sipping Tea and Sharing Kōrero: Reflections on ‘Activating Collectivity: Aroha and Power’
Get PDFOver literal and metaphorical cups of tea, the organising crew of ‘Activating Collectivity: Aroha and Power’ reflect on what went into planning and shaping the conference and what was gained from it. In doing so, they invite readers to grab a cup and join in the reflective process
Civil Drone Ethics and Sustainability
Get PDFIn order to solve the largely ignored issues of civil drones it is imperative to develop a framework that assures an ethical and sustainable practice. This paper analyses continuing ethical and sustainable issues, then reviews existing literature focused on these issues and their recommended solutions. Highlighted while reviewing literature was the common shortcoming of not considering that sensors other than cameras can breach privacy. Furthermore, a revised code of ethics/sustainability is developed and divided into the following principles: flying zones, data acquisition, data processing, and sustainable practice. To evaluate the code of ethics/sustainability it was applied to a case study of inspecting a solar farm in New Zealand. The case study showed the code createda non-invasive and sustainable drone practice. Rapid civil drone development calls for further development of this paper and related studies
What for the future, from learning the past? Exploring the implications of the compulsory Aotearoa New Zealand histories curriculum
Get PDFImportant curriculum development work has progressed since the 2019 announcement that Aotearoa New Zealand histories would become compulsory learning across all schools. Much effort has gone into considering how learning ‘our’ histories can engage, inspire and empower children in schools through years 1 to 10, and recent writing has focused on how to address challenges in building knowledge and capability to meet those aims. However, what will be the effects beyond those years? Will students still be drawn to choose history in their senior school years, or will they be ‘over it’? In a quest to gauge the implications of the new curriculum, our research team surveyed secondary school history students on their motivations and areas of interest in learning history, and their views on Aotearoa New Zealand history becoming compulsory for Years 1-10.
Findings from our research confirmed that students’ past engagement with history influenced their ongoing interest, motivation and understanding of the subject. However, the positive learning that had drawn them to history was often about everyone else’s history rather than their own. Students identified international histories – often involving war or conflict – as favourite topics. So, while most supported the implementation of the new curriculum, they equally expressed concern that the local focus should not be at the expense of wider perspectives. They felt history could become repetitive and boring; elements which could put students off engaging with history in future. We conclude by presenting important considerations for ensuring such negative impacts do not occur
Leadership practices and indicators of quality, connected through internal evaluation processes in the New Zealand ECE sector
Get PDFThe last few years has seen a significant increase in the attention paid to leadership in the New Zealand early childhood education (ECE) sector, particularly in guiding documents. While these provide greater clarity than previously on expectations around leadership practice, a greater understanding of what leadership means and how it is implemented in different contexts is still needed. This article is based on a study exploring how educational leadership is practised through internal evaluation processes in New Zealand ECE services, and how these practices support the professional capabilities and capacities of teachers. Previous research has highlighted that a practice approach to leadership removes the focus on the individual leader and allows leadership to emerge from collective action. The objectives of this research study were: to develop a better understanding of how educational leadership is practised through internal evaluation processes; explore what challenges or enables teachers to become involved and practise educational leadership through internal evaluation processes; and to understand how services monitor the impact of changes on teaching practice, made as a result of an internal evaluation.
This qualitative research, which took the form of an interpretive case study, was framed around a single case design with multiple units of analysis. Data were gathered from three participating ECE services through interviews, focus groups and observations, and drew on the perspectives of both teachers and positional leaders. A reflexive thematic data analysis approach was employed, and four key themes were developed: identification with leadership; supportive workplace culture; continuous improvement; and effective leadership practices in ECE services. Seven effective leadership practices were also identified: relational leadership; creating the conditions for teamwork; engagement; knowledge expertise and sharing opinions; shared decision making; facilitating and guiding and accountability and organisation. This article contributes to our further understanding of educational leadership practices in New Zealand ECE services
Pure Refined Variable Inclusion Logics
Get PDFIn this article, we explore the semantic characterization of the (right) pure refined variable inclusion companion of all logics, which is a further refinement of the nowadays well-studied pure right variable inclusion logics. In particular, we will focus on giving a characterization of these fragments via a single logical matrix, when possible, and via a class of finite matrices, otherwise. In order to achieve this, we will rely on extending the semantics of the logics whose companions we will be discussing with infectious values in direct and in more subtle ways. This further establishes the connection between infectious logics and variable inclusion logics
Germinating Resistance: Organising in the New Zealand Rental Sector
Get PDFLaunching in 2015, Renters United (RU) has sought to build a movement to push back against Iandlordism in New Zealand and secure healthy and affordable homes for all renters. RU organisers Robert Whitaker and Geordie Rogers sit down with Nic Guerrero to discuss the organisational strategy of RU and reflect on what has worked well over the past seven years. They discuss the need to empower renters to speak out, the search for crux issues around which meaningful reform can be built, and, above all, the importance of telling renters’ stories
The Revenge Economy and the Problem of Unpayability
Get PDFIn Revenge Capitalism Max Haiven draws on a rich set of historical scholarship and theoretical traditions to formulate the concept of the revenge economy and outline its characteristics. Haiven also examines modes of social, political, and economic organisation that run counter to the revenge economy and explores the avenging imaginaries that underlie them. After highlighting some of the traditions that inform Haiven’s thesis, I focus on his engagement with different theories and arrangements of debt. I suggest that a distinguishing aspect of Haiven’s thesis is the way he reads debt as a fundamental principle of social and economic life. At the same time, I put this reading into conversation with our own context in Aotearoa New Zealand and suggest that a serious engagement with the institution and philosophy of utu is indispensable for both transforming debt relations as well as abolishing revenge capitalism
Wealth, Money, Power, and Class in Aotearoa New Zealand
Get PDFReview of Max Rashbrooke, Too Much Money: How Wealth Disparities Are Unbalancing Aotearoa New Zealand. A masterful overview of the available statistical information on the size of wealth holdings and their degree of concentration in Aotearoa New Zealand
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