Kaupapa Māori, is a term that surfaced within the educational realm but its concept is one that was derived from our tupuna. It is a contested term and has become common-place but what hasn't occurred is its 'defined ...

For the past two decades there has been an ever expanding interest in the implications of spirituality and, or, religion within the professional practice of social work (Anderson and Angell, 1999; Bishop, Avila-Juarbe, & ...

When the first settlers departed for Otago from Britain in 1847, the leaders of the settlement envisioned a class based society populated by law abiding, Scottish Presbyterians. The founders had proposed that the settlement ...

This study explores the varying perspectives of caregivers with a family member who has a diagnosis of schizophrenia, in the West Coast region. The study was carried out between January 2013 and November 2013. The aim was ...

A Health and Wellbeing Connection pilot study was undertaken by Richmond Services in partnership with Pegasus Health, Partnership Health, and the Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB). The purpose of the study was to ...

This thesis surveys the life of expatriate writer James Courage (1903-63). More than a literary biography, Speak To Me, Stranger exhibits the ‘strangeness’ and unique historicity of past lives. It uses one man’s experience ...

With New Zealand’s ageing population increasing, knowledge on ageing citizens’ intentions and retirement lifestyles is of growing importance for future government policies. Most research to date, however, has been quantitative. ...

In an image driven world, the bodies of female celebrities fascinate us. We devour a plethora of publications ranging from pregnancy bumps to postpartum beauties, with good mothers like Gwyneth and bad mothers like Britney. ...

Parenting programmes both educate and support parents. It is important to understand and ascertain how effective they are in making a difference to the fundamental human experience of parenting. Evidence-based research of ...

Improvement of freshwater quality within New Zealand poses a threat not only to the country’s treasured and pristine waterways, but the culturally and economically dominant agricultural sector as well. Encompassing the ...