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Eye of the Taika: New Zealand Comedy and the Films of Taika Waititi
No full textEye of the Taika: New Zealand Comedy and the Films of Taika Waititi is the first book-length study of comic film director and media celebrity Taika Waititi. Author Matthew Bannister analyses Waititi’s feature films and places his other works and performances—short films, TV series, advertisements, music videos, and media appearances—in the fabric of popular culture. The book’s thesis is that Waititi’s playful comic style draws on an ironic reading of NZ identity as Antipodean camp, a style which reflects NZ’s historic status as colonial underdog.
The first four chapters of Eye of the Taika explore Waititi’s early life and career, the history of New Zealand and its film industry, the history of local comedy and its undervaluation in favor of more "serious" art, and ethnicity in New Zealand comedy. Bannister then focuses on Waititi’s films, beginning with Eagle vs Shark (2007) and its place in "New Geek Cinema," despite being an outsider even in this realm. Bannister uses Boy (2010) to address the "comedian comedy," arguing that Waititi is a comedic entertainer before being a director. With What We Do in The Shadows (2014), Bannister explores Waititi’s use of the vampire as the archetypal immigrant struggling to fit into mainstream society, under the guise of a mockumentary. Waititi’s Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016), Bannister argues, is a family-friendly, rural-based romp that plays on and ironizes aspects of Aotearoa/New Zealand identity. Thor: Ragnarok (2017) launched Waititi into the Hollywood realm, while introducing a Polynesian perspective on Western superhero ideology. Finally, Bannister addresses Jojo Rabbit (2019) as an "anti-hate satire" and questions its quality versus its topicality and timeliness in Hollywood.
By viewing Waititi’s career and filmography as a series of pranks, Bannister identifies Waititi’s playful balance between dominant art worlds and emergent postcolonial innovations, New Zealand national identity and indigenous Aotearoan (and Jewish) roots, and masculinity and androgyny. Eye of the Taika is intended for film scholars and film lovers alike
Language support for new New Zealanders: Strategies for meeting language development needs of refugee-background learners.
Full text linkLanguage support for new New Zealanders: Strategies for meeting language development needs of refugee-background learners.
Aotearoa New Zealand has expanded its refugee quota, effective July 2020, doubling the number to 1,500 (Immigration New Zealand, 2018). This will mean increased need for English language development opportunities. Programmes which have run in community and institutional contexts for decades have experience to offer as language programmes are extended to new towns which will become reception areas for these new New Zealanders.
This paper draws on already published research on language development needs for refugee background learners in Aotearoa New Zealand (Benseman, 2014; Shamem, McDermot, Martin Blaker & Carryer, 2002; Watts, White, & Triln, 2001) and North American Douglas Fir Group’s transdisciplinary framework for language acquisition in a multilingual world (2016).
It foregrounds the experiences of learners with refugee backgrounds, drawn from a mixed method two-year study (Field 2019). Using Grounded Theory as a methodology (Charmaz 2014) interviews of teachers of learners from this group were later added to the learner data set. This paper analyses teachers’ experiences, including reflections on teaching this learner group online as a result of Covid 19. It offers suggestions for teaching strategies for teachers in the new programmes which will need to be developed around the country to accommodate the increase in the yearly refugee quota as a result of the change in government policy
Mum's Kitchen, The Meteor Theatre, February 2021
No full textAn original two-act musical written by Kyle Chuen (libretto), Nick Braae (lyrics/composer), David Sidwell (lyrics/composer), and Jeremy Mayall (orchestrations). The show focuses on the three Alexander brothers, as they return to their family home to settle the estate after their mother's passing. Featuring 16 songs, Mum's Kitchen had its full length premiere season in February 2021, after workshop development in 2019 and 2020. The show's cast featured Kyle Chuen, Scot Hall, Julia Booth, and Wintec Visiting Research Fellow Nic Kyle. Nick Braae was Musical Director/Pianist; David Sidwell was Director. The show's season was a commercial success and garnered positive criticism and feedback from reviewers and audiences
A meta ethnography of the cultural constructs of menopause in indigenous women and the context of Aotearoa/New Zealand
No full textAbstract
The researchers aim in this synthesis is to interpret the cultural constructions of menopause in Indigenous women and apply these interpretations to the context of Māori women in Aotearoa/New Zealand. There is a lack of research about Indigenous women’s interpretations of health, and how culture mediates understandings and experiences of menopause. There is even less research regarding Māori women’s understandings and experiences of menopause, as the discourse is dominated by Western ideology. Using meta ethnography methodology, the researchers selected eight studies, that provided the foundations to enable the interpretation of the cultural constructions of menopause in Indigenous women. The findings were then translated into four metaphors- natural, cultural protection, freedom and idiomatic and then were subsequently translated to Māori concepts mana wahine, Mātauranga Māori, tikanga and pepeha. We suggest that broader mainstream understandings of the cultural constructions of menopause for Indigenous women are necessary to provide equitable health outcomes for Māori and other Indigenous women. The researchers further developed a model that can be used to represent the foundations of Māori women’s conscious understandings and experience of menopause
Consistency Is Key When Setting a New World Record for Running 10 Marathons in 10 Days
Full text linkBackground: We describe the requirements and physiological changes when running 10 consecutive marathons in 10 days at the same consistent pace by a female ultra-endurance
athlete. Methods: Sharon Gayter (SG) 54 yrs, 162.5 cm, 49.3 kg maximal oxygen uptake (VO2 max) 53 mL/kg−1/min−1
. SG completed 42.195 km on a treadmill every day for 10 days. We measured heart rate (HR), Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE), oxygen uptake (VO2), weight, body
composition, blood parameters, nutrition, and hydration. Results: SG broke the previous record by ~2.5 h, with a cumulative completion time of 43 h 51 min 39 s. Over the 10 days, weight decreased from 51 kg to 48.4 kg, bodyfat mass from 9.1 kg to 7.2 kg (17.9% to 14.8%), and muscle mass
from 23.2 kg to 22.8 kg. For all marathons combined, exercise intensity was ~60% VO2 max; VO2 1.6 ± 0.1 L.min−1/32.3 ± 1.1 mL.kg−1 .min−1, RER 0.8 ± 0, HR 143 ± 4 b.min−1
. Energy expenditure
(EE) was 2030 ± 82 kcal/marathon, total EE for 10 days (including BMR) was 33,056 kcal, daily energy intake (EI) 2036 ± 418 kcal (20,356 kcal total), resulting an energy deficit (ED) of 12,700 kcal.
Discussion: Performance and pacing were highly consistent across all 10 marathons without any substantial hysiological decrements. Although overall EI did not match EE, leading to a significant ED, resulting in a 2.6 kg weight loss and decreases in bodyfat and skeletal muscle mass, this did not
affect performance
Ngā Roopu Awhi: Integration in social work education
Full text linkNgā Roopu Awhi (NRA) is closed small group session students participate within during their 4 years on the Bachelor of Social Work. The group sessions provide a vehicle for integration of learning. Data collection undertaken in 2019 from students and program graduates have shown NRA has supported ability to participate in supervision, integrate theory and practice manage conflict and participate in teams are among developments acquired and making graduates ready to work as beginning social workers. The presentation provides historic development, theoretical underpinning, how NRA works and details responses from students and graduates. A tutor process that operates alongside the NRA sessions is provided also
In the Absence of Rules (series): “Fight or Flight”
No full textContribution to Ramp Gallery curated exhibition - Rauhi.
Photograph - analogue multi-exposure - digital print on Dibon
Chicago (Musical Director/Performer)
No full textMusical director and performer for Hamilton Operatic Society's Chicago; Clarence Street Theatre, 25 June - 10 July 2021
Using data science tools and techniques for creating and maintaining a passive investment portfolio
Full text linkIn this workshop, we will explore how data science tools and techniques can be used to build and maintain an ETF-based investment portfolio. You will also understand what are exchange traded funds (ETFs) and what is a passive investment portfolio.
Data science techniques such as confidence intervals play an important role when comparing and selecting ETFs that are statistically capable to perform according to the investor's expected returns.
Data Science tools also help to track and periodically rebalance the portfolio
The effects of menthol on a modified three-minute maximal test in the heat.
Full text linkPrevious menthol studies have been demonstrated alongside endurance-based physical
activity. However, in current literature there is a need for research with athletes participating in sports that require short bouts of exercise that exceed aerobic capacity. The aim of this study was
to trial 0.1% menthol concentrate with participants completing a modified 3-minute maximal test in an environmental heat chamber (33.0 ± 3.0° with RH 46.0 ± 5.0%). In a randomised crossover single blind placebo-controlled study, 11 participants completed 3 modified maximal tests, and each trial included a different mouth rinse; either menthol (A), cold water (B) or placebo (C). Participants were asked their thermal comfort (TC), sensation (TS) and rating of perceived exertion (RPE) throughout the test while being measured for heart rate, core temperature, oxygen uptake (V̇O2), ventilatory equivalent (VE) and respiratory exchange ratio (RER) for the entirety of the test. Blood lactate
(BLa) was taken before and after the test. Results reported small to moderate effects through effects sizes (Cohen’s d) accompanying a 90% confidence interval. Main effects between solutions A, B and C in relation to relative power towards the end of the test. During 75-105 seconds between solutions A vs B (ES:0.795; 90% CI: 0.204 to 1.352) and A vs C (ES:1.059; 90% CI: 0.412 to 1.666) also between A vs B (ES:0.729; 90% CI: 0.152 to 1.276) and A vs C (ES:0.791; 90% CI: 0.202 to 1.348) for seconds 105-135 while also for 135-165 seconds there was a moderate effect seen for A vs B solution (ES:1.058; 90% CI: 0.411 to 1.665). This alludes to participants producing higher power for a longer duration at high intensities with the addition of the menthol mouth rinse. The use of menthol (0.1%) as a mouth rinse has shown small performance benefits for short bouts of high intensity exercise in the heat