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Financial self-efficacy scale for people living in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ FSES)
No full textAs indicated by the increased amount of literature that examines the role of financial self-efficacy in current or future financial behaviours, it is important to have a valid and reliable tool to measure financial self-efficacy. This study contributes to this growing area of literature by validating a financial self-efficacy scale with New Zealanders. The sample consists of 303 individuals with diverse ages, cultural backgrounds, genders and educational levels. Results show that the scale has a strong reliability with a coefficient alpha of 0.94, capable of measuring both high and low levels of financial self-efficacy, and is equally accurate for participants of different genders, age groups and cultures
Addressing diversity during Covid-19 pandemic 2020
No full textIntroduction
Pedagogies of Teaching
International and Domestic Students
Digital Inclusion & Literacy
Reference
Jade Speaks Up : empowering children's voice in wellbeing
No full textWhat do we want for our children?
How well is New Zealand doing?
What's happening for our children?
Schools involved and evaluation processes
How was SJU delivered?
The issues that most concerned teachers
Big drop in concerns : follow-up vs pre-test
Continuing progress at follow up
The at-risk children improve most at follow-up
What was not so good about Jade Speaks Up? / What was good about Jade Speaks Up?
Students were more positive about JSU with teachers who valued JSU
The most vulnerable children make the greatest improvement
Jade Speaks Up 2020 and beyond
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The role of cross multi-sensory marketing strategies in pet care stores: A hermeneutic phenomenological investigation at Animates Invercargill
No full textSensory marketing has become a trending topic in contemporary business strategies. Managerial attitudes increasing the store atmospherics with sensory cues have found to be more influential in determining purchase behaviour than attitudes toward mere merchandise. There is robust literature investigating the positive correlation among multi-sensory marketing strategies, customer behaviour and brand loyalty. However, as humans and their pets respond differently to the same sensory stimuli, the challenges in managing a cross multi-sensory marketing strategy in the pet care segment created a gap in the literature. Through a hermeneutic phenomenological investigation, the present research unveils the feasibility of cross multi-sensory marketing strategies to the pet care retailing segment and its impacts on customer behaviour and brand loyalty. Data collection used a sequential-explanatory design through a questionnaire, focus group and phenomenological observation. The data was triangulated to ensure analytical rigour and findings' reliability. Adopting a cross multi-sensory strategy at Animates, a pet care store in Invercargill – New Zealand, proved to impact the customers' perceptions, creating an emotional-eliciting circumstance where customers expressed their wish to engage in a deeper engagement to the brand. Customer behaviour and brand loyalty were positively impacted by the lived experience, with a robust increase in the time spent in the store visit, average purchasing value per customer, and customer's perception of brand differentiation and uniqueness of Animates' purchasing experience. Recommendations are made to further studies investigating the limits of cross multi-sensory strategies in the pet care segment to avoid sensory overload
Architecture sculptured for the betterment of the elderly
Get PDFRESEARCH QUESTION
How can the application of sustainable design practices enhance the quality of life of senior citizens in retirement facilities in Mauritius?
ABSTRACT
This study endeavours to address concerns regarding a dearth of elderly care facilities in Port Louis, Mauritius. In Mauritius, the senior population has increased, owing to better lives and advancements in medical treatment. The growing older population has an immediate effect on current social welfare and health care programmes. Poverty, land leasing disputes and natural catastrophes as a result of climate change are just some of the problems Mauritians face. These factors have impacted family relocations from rural to urban areas in search of work. This urbanisation is also likely to negatively impact rural communities, mainly if older people are left behind without family members to care for them.
This study investigates architectural solutions to the issues encountered by older Mauritians living in metropolitan areas by creating alternate living arrangements for senior people in need of housing and care. The study examined Mauritians' existing conventional living configurations in a multicultural and multiracial society. The architectural method used by modern Mauritians has had an effect on the design result as well. Modern materials and technology were used to guarantee efficient resource usage and a sustainable design that enhanced the necessary level of comfort in the care setting.
To create the architectural proposal, a number of antecedents in connection to various care settings were studied. On the basis of these precedents, an elderly care facility for Port Louis was designed that both represents and honours the local traditions. It enables community living in an urban setting and includes the idea of ageing in place. Overall, the design proposal serves as a model for future advances in elderly care facility design in a multicultural tropical environment and marks a significant step forward in addressing Mauritius's shortage of suitable elderly care facilities
The flora and vegetation of Dayrell Island, Herald Islets, northern Kermadec Island group
No full textThe flora, avifauna, lichenised mycobiota and vegetation of Dayrell I, northern Kermadec Is, is described based on a four-hour visit made there on 18 May 2011. Dayrell I has a flora and lichenised mycobiota of 80 taxa (one unidentified cyanobacterium, 10 marine algae, 21 lichens, four mosses, four ferns, and 40 flowering plants). Five vegetation associations are described including the first documented record of makatea from the Kermadec Is. The vegetation of Dayrell I was at the time of the visit recovering from the impact of Cyclone Bune which traversed the Kermadecs on 28 March 2011
Flexible pavement crack's severity identification and classification using deep convolution neural network
No full textEffective road maintenance program is vital to ensure traffic safety, serviceability, and prolong the life span of the road. Maintenance will be carried out on pavements when signs of degradation begin to appear and delays may also lead to increased maintenance costs in the future, when more severe changes may be required. In Malaysia, manual visual observation is practiced in the inspection of distressed pavements. Nonetheless, this method of inspection is ineffective as it is more laborious, time consuming and poses safety hazard. This study focuses in utilizing an Artificial Intelligence (AI) method to automatically classify pavement crack severity. Field data collection was conducted to allow meaningful verification of accuracy and reliability of the crack's severity prediction based on AI. Several important phases are required in research methodology processes including data collection, image labelling, image resizing, image enhancement, deep convolution neural network (DCNN) training and performance evaluation. Throughout the analysis of image processing results, the image ouqJUt was successfully classified using MATLAB software. The good agreement between field measurement data and DCNN prediction of crack's severity proved the reliability of the system. In conclusion, the established method can classify the crack's severity based on JKR guideline of visual assessment
Impact of Covid-19 on the NZ electricity sector
No full text• What was the impact of Covid-19 lockdowns on electricity demand?
• What effect did this have on the electricity system?
• How did the electricity sector respond?
• How did the NZ impact and response compare to other countries
Rewind on imagining future cities through drama and design
No full textIt is asserted that people in first world countries have become consumed by ‘things’ and ‘wants’, rather than ‘needs.’ This mindset has been challenged by the Covid-19 pandemic, as we have experienced a reduced existence from ‘normal’, without travel, shopping malls, restaurants/cafes, sport, social gatherings, libraries, pools and, especially for children, playgrounds. These ‘things’ have turned out to be ‘non-essential’ as people’s safety is prioritized, which has led to some creative alternatives for play and amusement.
As we emerge into a post-Covid-19 alert level world, this paper proposes that we need to reconsider what children ‘need’ from their city, given that many public amenities were recently off-limits, as unsafe. It does this by re-visiting a recent design project that focused on using children’s imagined ideas for improving future Auckland, generated through drama. Following a description of the performance art project, which involved local schoolchildren, and an outline of the data collection process, the paper re-evaluates the data and its interpretation into design moves, that were done by a Masters student.
Critiquing a previous project, in light of new information, highlights the importance of designing with flexibility and ‘use affordance’ when creating enduring and sustainable public spaces that capture the imagination of children
The mauri of Māori media: Whakawātea - a decolonising practice
No full textTE AKA MATUA O TE RANGAHAU - RESEARCH QUESTION
What is the relevance of mauri - the life force of Māori language - to Māori media, and how is it applicable to Māori media?
TE TAIKĀKĀ - ABSTRACT
This applied masters’ thesis concerns Māori media and its future development. After a decade of working at Māori Television in various senior roles of programming and production, this is a scholarly opportunity for me to engage in a research study of Māori media practice. This study will explore the concept of mauri in relation to Māori language media and its holistic importance in sustaining Māori culture, identity, language and people. Everything created has mauri and I argue that mauri is critical to the sustainability and development of te reo Māori in Māori media. Using a Kaupapa Māori approach, this study reviews relevant Māori scholarship, and importantly, includes the voices of several Māori media practitioners, alongside a critique of my own professional and lived experiences. An analysis of these sources presents a way of thinking about Māori media and how to enhance te mauri o te reo (the life force of the Māori language). In doing so, it highlights the importance of the practice of whakawātea to assist in the protection and sustenance of te mauri o te reo in Māori media as a decolonising agenda. Framed by Kaupapa Māori theory, this thesis foregrounds pūrākau as a research methodology, which is appropriate for the storytelling nature of Māori media