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Cognitive Performance following different Postprandial Glycaemic Responses
Background: Optimal cognitive performance is important for learning. The brain uses glucose for fuel, so one proposed factor influencing cognition is circulating blood glucose concentrations. However, the existing body of ... -
Exploring culturally-determined food preferences of Indian and South Asian patients in New Zealand
Background: The increase in the Indian and South Asian population in New Zealand creates demand for culturally appropriate hospital food services. As these peoples have rich food cultures, traditions, and strong religious ... -
Andesitic glaciovolcanic interactions at Tongariro and Ruapehu volcanoes, New Zealand
Glaciers that cap or flank volcanoes have a major control on the eruption style and distribution of volcanic material. Ancient deposits that were formed by the interaction of lava and ice inform our understanding of ... -
Kia mārama ai te ihi, te wehi o Mukukai: The influence of swimming on whānau engagement with water
Māori consider water to be the foundation of all life (Royal, 2010). It is a valued taonga gifted by our ancestors for the use of future generations (Hall, 2012). Māori have a long history of engagement with water through ... -
Becoming-Mystic: The Posthuman in Contemporary Fiction
The Posthuman in Contemporary Fiction is a full-length study of contemporary fiction from the perspective of critical posthumanism. Moving beyond the limitations of humanism, critical posthumanism is a discourse that builds ... -
Fluoride intakes of nine to eleven year-old children living in fluoridated and non-fluoridated areas of the lower South Island of New Zealand
Background: Fluoride is effective at preventing dental caries, however ingesting too much can lead to fluorosis. New Zealand (NZ) has naturally low levels of fluoride in water (~0.15 mg/l). Worldwide, the prevalence of ... -
Planning for Flood Adaptation: Lessons from Dunedin and Mosgiel Taieri
The anticipated effects of climate change in Aotearoa New Zealand include an increased incidence of high temperatures, frequency of extreme daily rainfalls, potential increase in strong winds, and a decrease in frost and ... -
My Food My Medicine: The Culturally Determined Food Preference Study of Chinese and South-East Asian Adult Patients in New Zealand
Background: The Asian population in NZ is increasing rapidly with projections that Asians will become the second largest ethnic group in NZ. These increasing numbers create demand for appropriate healthcare services for ... -
Multifunctional Rural Space: A Case Study of Rural Change and Planning within the Cromwell Basin
It is evident through the literature that rural areas are continually evolving and changing. From a New Zealand planning perspective it is important to understand the implications and factors driving this change in order ... -
The ecology and conservation of hotspots for Hector’s dolphin
Many species of marine top-predator have ‘hotspots’ in their distribution. Hotspots can be defined as areas within the distribution of a population that are used disproportionately more than other locations. Usually ... -
The Water Quality and Geochemistry of Legacy Acid Mine Drainage on the Denniston Plateau, West Coast
The Eocene Brunner Coal Measures on the West Coast of New Zealand are pyritic, paired with low neutralisation capacity in the coal measures, resulting in a high acid producing potential. Historic mining located on the ... -
Barbarians Within the Gates: Congressional Debates on Mormon Polygamy
In 1879, the Supreme Court of the United States delivered its judgment in Reynolds vs United States on the constitutionality of a federal anti-polygamy statute. The Reynolds decision brought to a halt the nearly three-decade ... -
Reviving the Obligatory Abstention Rule in the UN Security Council: Reform from the Inside Out
The decision-making protocol for the United Nations (UN) Security Council follows the Charter of the United Nations, which states that decisions of the Council “shall be made by an affirmative vote of nine members including ... -
Indigenous Voices at Work
‘Indigenous Voices at Work’ surveys workplace issues that have faced Indigenous people in the common law countries of New Zealand, Australia, the United States, and Canada. Colonisation deprived many Indigenous people of ... -
The Way We Do Things Back Home: Do Expatriate Judges Preferentially Cite the Jurisprudence of Their Home Countries?
This study considers ‘expatriate model’ judicial systems, whereby some or all of the judges that sit on a country’s courts are nationals of a foreign state. The author explores whether these foreign judges ‘favour’ their ... -
Autonomy, Capacity and Vulnerable Adults: Filling the Gaps in the Mental Capacity Act
This paper explores the distinction between being autonomous and having capacity for the purposes of the Mental Capacity Act. These include where a person misuses affective attitudes in making the decision; where a person's ... -
Asian Privacy Scholars Network 5th International Conference
This article considers the 5th Asian Privacy Scholars Network (APSN) International Conference. The Conference encouraged privacy scholars from the Asia Pacific region to share research, ask difficult questions, push the ... -
Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities Meet in Mexico
The 46th Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities Forum (APPA) was hosted by the National Institute for Transparency, Access to Information and Personal Data Protection (INAI), in Manzanillo, Mexico, from 30 November to 2 December ... -
Just an Hour of Your Time? Providing Limited (Unbundled) Assistance to Litigants in Person
This article considers the landscape for “unbundled” legal assistance in New Zealand. The author draws on and discusses the substantial international literature and data from a study conducted on litigants in person in the ... -
The Philosophical Underpinnings of Human Rights
Once a conversation is started about “human rights”, two things quickly become apparent. First, there is a widespread agreement that human rights matter, and second, that there is extensive disagreement as to exactly what ...