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'Water we do about the river?' An Integrated Approach to Understanding Water Quality in the Waikaka Stream, Southland, New Zealand
Water quality causes are a highly contested issue in New Zealand, with rivers and streams struggling with the effects of intensive pastoral agriculture. The Waikaka Stream in Southland is an example of a catchment that ... -
Tracing the lines of race & health online: A mixed-methods exploration of the African-American HIV/AIDS movement on Twitter
Although accounting for 13 percent of the American population, in 2017, African-Americans made up over 42 percent of people living with HIV or AIDS (PLWHA) in the United States. In addition to the highest prevalence, ... -
Mechanisms of bactericidal action and β-lactam synergy by the zinc ionophore PBT2
The emergence and global spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an increasingly serious threat to human and veterinary medicine. Driven by the misuse and overuse of antibiotics, resistance to our antibiotic armoury ... -
A Comparative Analysis of Emotion Recognition: Young Versus Older Adults Across Gender and Cultures
The purpose of this research was to investigate emotion recognition in adults across age, gender and culture. Using the six basic emotions of anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise as stimuli, the aim is ... -
Survival, not resilience: Young people's housing instability
Young people’s experiences of housing instability need to be recognised. The extant literature tends to equate young people’s experiences with that of adults and the limited literature that exclusively examines young people ... -
Development and preclinical evaluation of an oral therapeutic colorectal cancer vaccine
Colorectal cancer (CRC) has become the second most common cause of cancer death worldwide, indicating the need for novel therapies to reduce mortality rates and the global burden of this disease. Therapeutic subunit vaccines ... -
Two approaches for fostering self-regulatory competencies in home-based early childhood education and care: exploring benefits for children’s developing self-regulatory and socio-emotional competencies through the transition to school
Home-based early childhood education and care (ECEC) is a unique early childhood environment in which learning can take place to foster skills important for early school adjustment. The present studies examined the impact ... -
Does Size Matter? Using Osteology and Ancient DNA to Reconstruct Extinct Diversity in Duvaucel’s Gecko
The dynamic geology and climate of the New Zealand archipelago has had pronounced effects on the evolution of its endemic flora and fauna. However, contemporary biodiversity is depauperate, with previous studies revealing ... -
Effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on the healthcare experiences of medical crowdfunders in Aotearoa New Zealand
New Zealand went into a strict, nation-wide lockdown at 11:59pm, on Wednesday the 25th of March 2020, in an early effort to stem community transmission of – and later, eliminate – COVID-19. This lockdown was justified by ... -
Child Poverty Monitor 2020: Technical Report
Whakatōngia te kākano aroha i roto i ā tātou taitamariki kia puāwai i roto i tō rātou tupuranga aranui oranga ‘Plant the seed of love in our children and they will blossom, grow and journey towards the greatest pathway ... -
Materialising Ancestral Madang: Pottery Production and Subsistence Trading on the Northeast Coast of New Guinea
Materialising Ancestral Madang documents the emergence of pottery production processes and exchange networks along the northeast coast of New Guinea during the last millennium before the present. This dynamic period in the ... -
New Zealand’s vocational Rural Hospital Medicine training program: the first ten years
Aims: The Rural Hospital Medicine Training Programme (RHMTP) was established in 2008 to develop NZ’s rural hospital medical workforce. This study evaluates the RHMTP’s first ten- year outcomes. Methods: A mixed-methods ... -
Waitangi Tribunal evidence brief (WAI2915): explaining and responding to causes of Māori disparities in the child protection system
This invited brief responds to the three inquiry questions: (a) Why has there been such a significant and consistent disparity between the number of tamariki Māori and non- Māori children being taken into state care under ... -
Dunedin Energy Study 2018-19
The Dunedin Energy Study is a joint annual research project between the Dunedin City Council (DCC) and the Centre for Sustainability at the University of Otago. This study takes stock of, and analyses energy inputs into ... -
Remote Working during COVID19
Our current research, prompted by the COVID19 pandemic, aims to understand employee experiences of remote working during these unprecedented times. We are interested in the adjustments made by both individuals and organisations ... -
In Search of Competitive Givers
Much of the theoretical and experimental research on charitable giving allows for three main types of donor: pure altruists, impure altruists, and pure warm-glow givers. For none of these types should donations be increasing ... -
Splinting for thumb carpometacarpal osteoarthritis: protocol for a feasibility randomized controlled trial
Background: Evidence for the use of splints to reduce pain and improve function and quality of life in thumb carpometacarpal osteoarthritis (CMC OA) is sparse and poor despite recommendations by international guidelines. ...