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Southern Catchments and the Evolution of New Zealand's Environmental Law
Our research team (the authors of this paper and Professor Jacinta Ruru) based at the School of Law, University of Canterbury and the Faculty of Law, University of Otago has been granted funding from the Building Research ... -
The spectre of standards in Aotearoa New Zealand early childhood education and care.
In this chapter we argue that the New Zealand early childhood curriculum Te Whāriki, and its subsequent mandating in law negates any imposition of standards upon child learning outcomes of New Zealand early childhood ... -
Shaping gender relations in early childhood education: Children's interactions and learning about gender
There are many theories about how one gets their gender and what this may mean for how people live their lives. Developmental texts typically present a range of psychological theories for sex differences, gender, or sex ... -
Children's Use of Objects in Their Storytelling
Children’s academic achievements are often measured by their levels of literacy and numeracy where a considerable amount of interest has been given to these specific learning domains. Narrative skills feature prominently ... -
Using Insights from Interactions Research to Improve Policy and Practice in Early Childhood Education
The study of human development and learning in the West has broadened its focus across the twentieth century from a position that largely privileged the individual human subject as separated from the world and effected by ... -
Human Rights and the Environment
This chapter is published in the book International Human Rights Law in Aotearoa New Zealand, edited by Margaret Beddgood, Kris Gledhill and Ian McIntosh. This chapter considers whether New Zealand law should contain ... -
Will-Substitutes in New Zealand and Australia
Australia and New Zealand have some similarities in their succession law, including high rates of testation. Yet will-substitutes are used widely in both countries. These include joint tenancies, trusts and life insurance. ... -
Contract Law, Contracting and Instrumentalism
This essay in an edited book, which the author was invited to contribute, discusses the relationship between contract law and the practice of contracting with reference to John Gava’s critique of John Smillie’s account of ... -
Bear Images: Human Performativity and Animal Touch in Grizzly Man
In Grizzly Man (2005) Werner Herzog edits and presents footage shot by Timothy Dexter while in the company of grizzly bears. As the film states, Grizzly Man centres on the human story that unfolds in Treadwell’s videos, ... -
The Impact of Therapeutic Jurisprudence on the New Zealand Coronial Jurisdiction
Coroners in New Zealand can make recommendations that may reduce the chances of occurrence of similar deaths in the future. Coronial recommendations can have pro-therapeutic outcomes. The recommendations hold therapeutic ... -
Global Atmospheric Pollution: Climate Change and Ozone
This chapter is published in the book Environmental Law in New Zealand, edited by Peter Salmon and David Grinlinton. The chapter briefly explains the nature of anthropogenic-induced climate change and ozone depletion, ...