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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 ... -
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 ... -
Understanding the ‘Pink’ vote in Aotearoa
There is little written on how gay men engage in the electoral process, and this lack of data extends to New Zealand. When speaking to peers about this topic, it was the widely held view that gay men support the Labour ... -
"I'm lucky to have a house." A critique of current and past housing policy and practice, and the effects on a group of Invercargill residents and housing providers.
Housing is not just about the building. It is a home, where people create their identity, live out their relationships, their plans and their social and cultural obligations (Easthope, 2004:135; Clapham, 2002:48). It is ... -
The survivor imperative: an autoethnography of secondary victimization after sexual violence
In this thesis, I explore the lived repercussions of dominant discourses around victimhood and survivorship, informed by rape myths, by focusing on interpersonal responses to victims of sexual violence and the consequences ... -
Leisure activities and well-being in residential care: Voices of older Adults in New Zealand.
This doctoral thesis contributes to gerontology research by investigating the leisure experiences of older adults living in residential care in New Zealand. There is a need to understand how frail residents experience their ... -
The principles of Māori directed practice and development
This research used a Qualitative Kaupapa Māori research methodology using semi-structured interviews to identify the principles of Māori Social and Community Work practice and development and how they are implemented. ... -
Arab battered women in Israel: How social and political contexts shape their experiences
Despite the abundant literature concerning domestic violence against women, very little is known about Arab battered women in Israel. This project uses qualitative methodology, a narrative approach in particular, to further ... -
Film Families and Friends: Creative Networks in a Precarious Industry
Films have been made in Aotearoa for more than a hundred years but the early 1970s saw significant growth in independent filmmaking. This thesis investigates the period of New Zealand film’s evolution from informal cottage ... -
Socio-ecological resilience and parental mental illness: Child and parent perspectives of service delivery
Service delivery for children of parents with mental illness (COPMI) and their families is considered essential in many countries for the prevention of mental illness and addiction in children, and their future resilience. ... -
“I’m in two minds about it” : decision variability in child protection
Decisions in the child protection context take place in a complex environment influenced by individual decision-makers, institutional resources and practices,demographic inequalities, and family responses. While some ... -
How Migrants and Refugees Experience Play Therapy: The Influences of Cultural Background and Interactions with Social Services
New Zealand is facing a major increase in the number of refugees and migrants arriving each year of whom approximately a quarter are children. Parents and children who mi-grate experience multiple stresses that can impact ... -
Becoming an Ex-Forensic Psychiatric Client: Transitioning to Recovery within the Community
This study used Constructivist Grounded Theory to explore both how clients within a forensic psychiatric service in Aotearoa/New Zealand transitioned to living in the community and what factors influenced this transition. ... -
Social work skills for students prior to fieldwork placement
Social work skill is a key component of social work education yet it is an under researched area. This thesis seeks to address the gap in research around preparing social work students with skills they need for fieldwork ... -
Fertility stalls in Bangladesh
This study uncovered the causes of fertility stalls in Bangladesh. A fertility stall occurs when fertility rate levels off or increases following a trend of decline. Fertility in Bangladesh has declined rapidly since the ... -
There's a new kid on the block: A longitudinal study of the aspirations held by members of the social work profession for the introduction of statutory registration for social workers in Aotearoa New Zealand...... and the consequences
The Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers (ANZASW) was established in 1964 and for nearly 40 years members of the Association debated the merits of statutory registration and its possible forms and processes. ... -
Sustainable Development and Sustainable Wine New Zealand: Bridging Neoliberal Statecraft and Locally Appropriate Development
James C. Scott argues that states require schematic knowledge of local realities. This standardized knowledge produces one-size-fits-all development solutions, which can fail to adequately account for context and thus ... -
In Pursuit of Beauty Within the Ageing Body: Voices from Older Korean Women in New Zealand
Researchers have attempted to explore the experience of ageing bodies and the use of beauty and anti ageing practices among older women. However, an insufficient number of such studies have focused on women from diverse ... -
Saints or Communists? The Story of Dunedin/Ōtepoti Food Banks and FoodShare
Food banks began in Aotearoa New Zealand in the 1980s and experienced a rapid rise from the early 1990s because of significant neoliberal reforms. Food banks and latterly “food rescue” organisations have become a normalised ...