New Zealand’s health and safety legislation now requires employers to manage exposure to hazards that result in stress and fatigue. Although policing is defined as a high stress occupation, due to the dangerous and unpleasant ...

While abortion discourses are often understood in terms of the opposing poles of pro-choice and pro-life, these labels belie the complexity of substantive understandings of abortion. This thesis examines dominant discourses ...

This thesis explores the concept of an ethical relationship with the self for women who engage in practices of bodily transformation. It asks whether the Foucauldian model of rapport à soi can have purchase in relation to ...

Partnerships between organizations are seen as one of the building blocks of the 'Third Way' approach to welfare provision both in Europe and in New Zealand. While there is much discussion of this emphasis on building ...

This research project investigates the factors that influence the communication of bad news within a hospital setting in New Zealand. Essentially, it is a power discussion that draws on the work of Opie (2000) and ...

This thesis explores the inherent challenges refugees and migrants face when immigrating to New Zealand. This exploration is undertaken alongside an examination of the concept of ‘demoralisation.’ The main focus of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

It is the role of Child, Youth and Family (CYF) Social Workers in Aotearoa New Zealand to decide whether pregnant adolescents have the capacity to raise and effectively parent their children when reports of concern are ...

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. ...