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No full textIrene Ayallo suggests ways we can engage with former refugee people.
THE LIVES OF former refugee communities are intricate, beginning with a complex refugee journey that involves many processes and actors (people). I do not have a lived experience of being a former refugee. I come from an ethnic migrant background. My experience with former refugees stems from engaging with these communities on professional (social work, pastoral care, and community work) and personal levels.
Migrants differ from refugees
Refugee status
Resettlement journey
Barriers to safe resettlement
Don't ask "Where are you from?"
Ask: "Where is home for you?
Internal transcribed spacer and 16s amplicon sequencing identifies microbial species associated with asbestos in New Zealand
No full textInhalation of asbestos fibres can cause lung inflammation and the later development of asbestosis, lung cancer, and mesothelioma, and the use of asbestos is banned in many countries. In most countries, large amounts of asbestos exists within building stock, buried in landfills, and in contaminated soil. Mechanical, thermal, and chemical treatment options do exist, but these are expensive, and they are not effective for contaminated soil, where only small numbers of asbestos fibres may be present in a large volume of soil. Research has been underway for the last 20 years into the potential use of microbial action to remove iron and other metal cations from the surface of asbestos fibres to reduce their toxicity. To access sufficient iron for metabolism, many bacteria and fungi produce organic acids, or iron-chelating siderophores, and in a growing number of experiments these have been found to degrade asbestos fibres in vitro. This paper uses the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and 16S amplicon sequencing to investigate the fungal and bacterial diversity found on naturally-occurring asbestos minerals, asbestos-containing building materials, and asbestos contaminated soils with a view to later selectively culturing promising species, screening them for siderophore production, and testing them with asbestos fibres in vitro. After filtering, 895 ITS and 1265 16S amplicon sequencing variants (ASVs) were detected across the 38 samples, corresponding to a range of fungal, bacteria, cyanobacterial, and lichenized fungal species. Samples from Auckland (North Island, New Zealand) asbestos cement, Auckland asbestos-contaminated soils, and raw asbestos rocks from Kahurangi National Park (South Island, New Zealand) were comprised of very different microbial communities. Five of the fungal species detected in this study are known to produce siderophores
Using kaupapa Māori research to inform practice
Get PDFThis paper explores the profound connections between Kaupapa Māori research and practice through the reflections of Māori practitioners. As part of a Kaupapa Māori research internship funded by Te Whatu Ora, hosted at Ngā Wai a Te Tūī, and co-led by Dr Hinekura Smith and Associate Professor Byron Rangiwai, this paper presents the perspectives of four Māori practitioners. Marcel Croul (Ngāti Tamaterā) discusses his film-editing practice in the context of a collaboration with Dr Hinekura Smith to create a short documentary on the wahine-led practice of whatuora. Allana Goldsmith (Ngāti Porou, Ngāi Tai) explores her jazz-singing practice, combining jazz music with a Māori worldview. Manaaki Fletcher (Ngāti Awa, Ngāi Tūhoe) examines the connection between Kaupapa Māori research and kapa haka, and discovers that kapa haka may be understood as a manifestation of Kaupapa Māori research. Atareta Moses (Ngāti Awa, Ngāi Tūhoe) investigates the intersections and opportunities concerning Kaupapa Māori and human-resource management
Exploring the quality of life of New Zealand adults who practise intermittent fasting: A cross-sectional survey study
No full textINTRODUCTION
Intermittent fasting (IF) has been investigated for its potential ability to improve aspects of quality of life (QoL). Current findings suggest that IF may be able to positively affect QoL. Additionally, only one study on IF has taken place in New Zealand, however, QoL was not their primary focus. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the QoL of New Zealand adults who practise IF.
METHODS
A cross-sectional study on New Zealand adults who practise intermittent fasting was conducted using a self-administered online survey. The survey asked respondents about demographic information, QoL using Short-Form 36, and questions about their IF practice. Frequency and percentages were calculated for ordinal and ratio data. Spearman's rank correlation coefficient tests were conducted between each QoL’s domain and age, education level, perceived level of challenge adhering to IF protocols and length of time practising IF. Data from open-ended questions was analysed using a truncated version of a manifest content analysis was employed.
RESULTS
153 respondents completed the survey. The majority were females (93%) between the ages of 45-54 (37%) who lived in Auckland (36%). Mean scores for six of the eight QoL’s domains were 80% or greater. Time-Restricted Eating was the most common intermittent fasting regime (87%). Most respondents thought IF was easy to adhere to and effective for helping them reach their health goals. Benefits such as reduced hunger, improved energy, mood, and overall happiness were commonly reported. The most common challenges associated with practising IF were social and environmental temptations, followed by hunger and cravings. Over half of the statistically significant correlations were associated with respondents’ perceived level of challenge adhering to IF.
CONCLUSION
This retrospective cross-sectional survey explored the QoL of New Zealand adults who practise IF. Respondents thought that IF, specifically Time-Restricted Eating, is often easy to adhere to and effective for helping them reach their health goals. Additionally, people who thought IF was easy to adhere to, were positively correlated with greater scores in several QoL’s domains. These findings provide exploratory data on the QoL of people who practice IF in New Zealand. Future research should employ control groups to facilitate comparisons of QoL between fasters and non-fasters
Embedding mātauranga Māori in achitectural education
No full textABSTRACT / TUHINGA WHAKARĀPOPOTO
The School of Architecture at Unitec | Te Pūkenga has developed a te reo Māori kuputaka (glossary). This resource is included in the first-year Bachelor of Architectural Studies content to help embed mātauranga Māori in pedagogy. The initiative reflects the determination on the part of Te Whare Wānanga o Wairaka Unitec | Te Pūkenga and the School of Architecture to honour te Tiriti o Waitangi (the Treaty of Waitangi) and meet programme aims.
This bicultural approach mirrors professional practice: in Ōtautahi Christchurch, after the 2011 earthquake, Indigenous sustainable practices were successfully integrated during the rebuild in collaboration with Ngāi Tahu and local hapū Ngāi Tūāhuriri; in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Te Aranga Māori Design Principles recognise the authority of mana whenua and ensure Indigenous values are incorporated in the design of the built environment. Frameworks for the integration of te ao Māori sustainable values into Building Information Modelling (BIM) data are currently being developed to become a nationwide resource expanding and enriching the New Zealand BIM Handbook
Including specific architectural vocabulary in te reo Māori sensitises all involved in the course to the interaction and layering of languages. The poetic and resonant qualities of te reo equivalents of English terms enrich the discussion of a more existential significance of architecture’s concepts, components and acts. Cases in point are ‘āputa whai take’ – ‘purposeful gap/space’; ‘nōhanga hāneanea’ – ‘comfortable habitat/ergonomics’; and ‘whare kiato’ – ‘compact house/tiny home’. This additional layer of meaning reflects our bicultural circumstances. In addition, the kuputaka introduces tikanga Māori in terms such as ‘tapu’ – ‘sacred, set apart’ – and ‘noa’ – ‘common, ordinary’ – as well as ‘iwi’, ‘hapū’ and other essential components of te ao Māori
Introducing mātauranga Māori and a te reo Māori kuputaka creates foundations that successive years of architectural study can build on – this provides our graduates with essential skills and the instruments to engage effectively within professional practice and to shape our environment
Characterising the spatial distribution of lichens on Pōhutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa) in Auckland urban forests
No full textRoyal Society National Science Foundation Grant: Aim & Objectives
Sites
Methods
Lichen data and variable measurements
Results
Autocorrelation, hotspots and CLOA
Statistics results
Relationships foun
Expanding Diversional and Recreational Therapy to other healthcare and support settings
No full textDiversional and Recreational Therapy is a healthcare practice in Aotearoa New Zealand which uses recreation and activity-based interventions to enhance wellbeing. Diversional and Recreational Therapy is a goal-oriented practice with a strong holistic approach to care. This project highlights the need to expand these services to other healthcare and support settings to benefit New Zealanders
Understanding occupational therapists' use of acceptance and commitment therapy in New Zealand
No full textAcceptance and commitment therapy is a gold standard third wave behaviour therapy effective in treating a range of conditions including depression, anxiety, phobias, schizophrenia and pain, yet there is little empirical research supporting its use by occupational therapists. Acceptance and commitment therapy aims to increase engagement in meaningful activities in a strengths-based non-judgmental way. It combines talk therapy with real world skills building. Importantly in a New Zealand context, there is evidence to suggest that acceptance and commitment therapy is able to work well alongside indigenous models of health to improve equitable outcomes. Anecdotally there is much support for its use by occupational therapists.
However, occupational therapy interventions are research informed and therefore research is needed to demonstrate effectiveness within the occupational therapy paradigm. The current research is a mixed methods study incorporating surveys and focus groups to gather qualitative and quantitative data. The goal of the research was to ascertain whether New Zealand occupational therapists believe that acceptance and commitment therapy is congruent with occupational therapy, including a clear clinical rational as to their answer. Occupational therapists who engaged in this research identified a range of theoretical underpinnings, such as the importance of context and flexibility within assessment and intervention, shared between ACT and occupational therapy. They also identified and were able to identify ACT processes and interventions useful within an occupational therapy perspective, including metaphors, values-guided meaningful occupation, doing-based interventions, and mindfulness.
The outcomes of this research support tertiary institutions and workplaces to fund this gold standard treatment as part of an occupational therapist’s toolkit
Turn and face the strange, ch-ch-changes: Maintaining the value of social work education and student centered learning
No full textKo wai au?
Reflections on change
Changes on our horizons- reflections
Wider changes education
Te Pukenga and Te Ata Mahina
Challenges facing social work students
What has worked well?
Strategies to face the strange
A work in progress
Security analysis and evaluation of Bluetooth technology
No full textOverview - Bluetooth technology
Implementation - attack stages:
obfuscation, surveillance, fuzzer attack, range extension, sniffing, man-in-the-middle, denial of service
(DOS), unauthorised direct data access (UDDA), malware
Vulnerabilities
Challenges
Risk assessment
Mitigation measures & security recommendation for user awareness
Conclusio