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A Qualitative Exploration of Drone Technology Adoption in Southland-Otago Farming Practice
No full textThis research aimed to explore Southland Otago farmers’ perspective on adopting drone technology in their agriculture practice. The objectives were to identify the level of adoption, awareness, driving factors, and barriers to adopting among farmers. The research employed an interpretive research philosophy and an explanatory approach to identify farmers’ perceptions. By interviewing 10 participants, the following thematic analysis found a low-level adoption of drone technology but a high awareness of the advantages of drone technology for monitoring livestock and farm conditions, mapping, spaying, and mitigating risk in farming operations. The results from the study showed that the key factors driving the adoption of drone technology among Southland-Otago farmers include demands for time efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and real-time and remote monitoring capabilities. However, the study also found that several barriers hinder farmers from fully adopting drone technology, including drone costs, limited functionality and challenges in integrating drone technology with existing farm technologies. To encourage adoption, efforts should strengthen these driving factors and address barriers through collaboration. The collaboration among farmers, researchers, farm organisations and drone technology companies can facilitate the sharing experience, best practices and demonstration events to allow farmers to witness firsthand the capabilities of drones in various agricultural tasks
An Analysis of The Banking Experience of International Students in Invercargill, New Zealand
No full textThis research examines the banking experiences of Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) international ākonga (students) in Invercargill, New Zealand. The research question that emerged was what kind of banking experience and quality of service did ākonga internationals receive when they opened their first account in Invercargill.
This research also adheres to the research philosophy of pragmatism. A mixed-method approach using a survey based on the SERVQUAL model collected data from 103 questionnaires and interviews with six participants.
Based on the research findings, international students were pleased with the banking services they received when they opened their accounts in Invercargill. Nonetheless, a few areas could improve, such as providing more helpful information and more customer-oriented service from bank staff during their interactions.
Banks in Invercargill have provided good service quality to international students through aspects of reliability, assurance and tangibles but need to improve further in empathy and responsiveness. These things are aspects that may be different from other research studies.
The main findings of this research can be used as recommendations for banks to improve service quality and ensure high customer satisfaction, which is very important for their business growth. Meanwhile, future researchers can more widely research customers' banking experiences to find differences in the quality of service obtained in the banking industry and other service industries
Positive outcomes of incorporating bite-size Pacific and Maori values for learners' success
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Environmental exposure to asbestos: Assessing and managing risks for New Zealand
No full textAsbestos related sisease: a global picture
Mesothelioma
Mesothelioma trends - global
Exposure pathways - occupational
Changing risk
Exposure pathways – other routes
Raising awareness
MSAA Trust
Leonie's story
Research
RA1: Risk hotspots and emergency planning
RA1: Risk predictions and emergency planning
RA2: Bioremediation for contaminated soils
Asbestos as a carcinogen
Why fungi?
Bioremediation design
RA2: Bioremediation research
RA3: Asbestos awareness & monitorin
A manifesto for practice that makes us possible
No full textThis is an (im)possible manifesto for a practice that assembles us. It brings the many parts of us together
Modelo de referência para avaliação da sustentabilidade urbana, baseado nas representações e práticas sustentáveis de cidades identificadas por Cyria Emelianoff e Henri Acselrad = Reference model for assessing urban sustainability, based on the representations and sustainable practices of cities identified by Cyria Emelianoff and Henri Acselrad
No full textRESUMO
O termo "desenvolvimento sustentável" surgiu pela primeira vez como parte das discussões sobre a capacidade dos ecossistemas naturais de sustentar o modelo atual de crescimento econômico, assumindo uma forte preocupação com a preservação das estruturas ambientais do planeta. Inicialmente, essas preocupações eram concebidas em escala global, mas logo se percebeu a necessidade de trazer as discussões para o âmbito urbano - o impacto das grandes aglomerações humanas no território e em seus recursos naturais. Assim, a escala local ganhou importância, uma vez que grande parte dos problemas ambientais tem origem nas estruturas urbanas e no estilo de vida que preconizam. As cidades são consumidoras e degradadoras significativas do ecossistema natural, impermeabilizando solos, alterando ciclos biogeoquímicos, degradando corpos hídricos, poluindo a atmosfera, alterando a paisagem, e consumindo recursos além da sua capacidade regenerativa. Com base em estudos realizados pela geógrafa francesa Cyria Emelianoff e pelo economista brasileiro Henri Acselrad, sobre a sistematização de diferentes representações e práticas sustentáveis urbanas, este artigo tem como objetivo apresentar o desenvolvimento e a construção de um modelo de avaliação da sustentabilidade urbana, através do uso e aplicação de critérios tecno-materiais e socioambientais. Este modelo destinase a servir como referência tanto para a formulação quanto para a avaliação de planos, projetos e políticas públicas urbanas voltados para um desenvolvimento plenamente sustentável.
ABSTRACT
The term “sustainable development” first appeared as part of discussions regarding the capacity of natural ecosystems to support the current model of economic growth, assuming a strong concern with the preservation of the planet's environmental structures. Initially, these concerns were conceived on a global scale, but soon the need to bring the discussions to the urban locus - the impact of large human agglomerations on the territory and its natural resources - was realized. Thus, the local scale gained importance, since most of the environmental problems originate in the local urban structures and through the lifestyle that they advocate. Cities are serious consumers and degraders of the natural ecosystem, waterproofing soils, polluting the atmosphere, altering the landscape and consuming resources. Based on studies produced by French geographer Cyria Emelianoff and Brazilian economist Henri Acselrad, on the systematization of different representations and practices in urban sustainability, this research paper aims to introduce the design and development of an evaluation model able to assess the degree of sustainability using a techno-material and socio-environmental set of criteria. This model is intended to serve as a benchmark for both the formulation and evaluation of plans, projects and public policies focused on genuine sustainable development
Building stability in times of crisis: Analysing the impact of Covid-19 on the construction industry in New Zealand
No full textThe Covid-19 pandemic has had extreme impacts on various industries globally, and the construction industry in New Zealand was not exempt to Covid-19's impacts. These impacts were felt in multiple ways, which in turn lead to delays to projects, significant rises to materials and labour costs and the inability to resource some materials. In response to this, this study set out to carry out an extensive examination into the impact of the pandemic on the construction industry in New Zealand. This was done employing a mixed research method using both qualitative and quantitative research methods. Using a mixed-method approach facilitated the collection, analysis and reporting of relevant findings, providing a thorough insight into the pandemics impact on the industry.
This study researched into the large number of impacts and challenges that the industry encountered as a result of the pandemic. It uncovered impacts and weak points within the industry comprising of mental health issues, financial issues and labour shortages.
These factors were researched and actionable recommendations were able to be provided based on findings.
Furthermore, this research hopes to stand as a guide for industry stakeholders and construction managers, backed up with knowledge drawn from a thorough examination of existing literature, surveys and interviews with industry professionals, and finally drawn all together with data analysis of financial reports of multiple construction companies.
Finally, this research doesn’t only document the impacts on the construction industry brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic. It also provides recommendations for resilience and recovery, derived from evidence and data found in results from surveys, interviews and data analysis. This research aimed to build stability in times of crisis for the construction industry in New Zealand
How does STEM knowledge, skills and understanding inform visual art in early childhood?
No full textTe Whāriki (Ministry of Education, 2017) curriculum is interpreted very broadly and includes experiences, activities and events that occur both directly and indirectly in an early childhood setting
Ages referred to in Te Whāriki (Ministry of Education, 2017) overlap to recognise that all children develop in their own time
Visual art tells our stories
How do we put the A into STEM learning? making STEAM
Why are the arts important in an early childhood programme?
Working theories are developed through our experiences and interactions with the world...
Play and imagination: children’s working theories
Teacher as provider of an environment rich in opportunities
Intentional teachers of STEAM
Learning dispositions
Providing opportunities to develop learning dispositions
Multi-sensory exploration
Babies as explorers and scientists
Toddlers
Exploring in nature
Toddlers: open ended visual art and STEM
Symbolism
Environmental sustainability
Teachers as artists and creators
Teacher as provider of an environment rich in opportunities
Building with everyday objects
Reflective questions
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The fires of ambition: Te Awa Tupua 2040
No full textUpon introduction, Māori will often, ask “Ko wai koe?”, or at the beginning of a pepeha, Māori might say, “Ko wai au?” The concept of ‘ko wai au’ is both a question and a statement in one. In one sense ‘ko wai au’ is asking “Who am I?”, in another, it is also stating who I am by saying “I am water.” Ko wai au – wai is me. So the question really asks, which waters are you from? Which are the waters that feed you, that nourish you, that have sustained you and given you life? Ancestrally, tūrangawaewae (a place to stand and belong) was founded within the centralised societal frameworks of pre colonial Aotearoa, based on whānau/hapū (family/sub-tribe), and it was formed in relation to the geographical features of a place: to the mountains, the rivers and the lakes that define a place. For Māori, water is central to who we are; and our waters have become inaccessible to us. For many of us, growing up Māori in New Zealand can be an extremely confusing time, particularly when living in urban centres, which applies to 84 percent of Māori, according to Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Contemporary urban neighbourhoods in Aotearoa do not reflect our whakapapa, histories and connections to whenua, disconnecting us from tūrangawaewae, providing an unstable environment to build our identity and culture on. We know we’re from here, but we don’t really know how, and what that means anymore. Not in the sense that our ancestors knew in detail how they were connected to every little part of the ecosystem that they were in. So if we don’t really know who we are, and where we come from, how do we then know where to go? How do we build an abundant pathway forward, without a clear understanding of the cultural, historical, ancestral, geographical and spiritual foundations that we live on? How do we connect to place? How do we build a strong sense of identity, when the awa (rivers) continue to be siphoned for money and power, the maunga (mountains) are quarried or built over, and the moana (ocean) is dominated by our built environment and polluted with our waste? And how do we connect to place, especially when we feel disconnected from our hau kāinga (true home)
Fauna of feathers: Bird sanctuary and hospital
No full textRESEARCH QUESTION
How could an architectural proposition assist in providing for the sustainability, and an educational experience, of wild-life fauna and their natural habitats, in New Zealand and from elsewhere in our world?
ABSTRACT
What would be the impact on New Zealand if native birds ceased to exist? Birds and the natural environment are crucial to human growth, knowledge and survival. Even so, humans continue to negatively impact the environment, contributing to a downward trend in the state of our planet and eventually, this decline could lead to the end of life on our planet for all living species. The function of conservation and protection of these native bird species is becoming increasingly more crucial to their survival as the majority of the New Zealand birds still present are migratory or flightless.
The “Fauna of Feathers” project addresses the city of Auckland’s dearth of avian conservation and protection facilities. A hypothetical architectural approach would focus on giving back to native species and the environment whilst also allowing a wide range of professions access to education opportunities. A comprehensive analysis of the conservation and sustainability of native fauna and flora, biodiversity, ornithology and biophilic design through literature and precedent reviews will be conducted in order to create a responsive architectural outcome that takes into account the natural environment