Welcome to Research Bank, our open research repository that includes research produced by students and staff while affiliated with Unitec, Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT), Otago Polytechnic, Toi Ohomai and Southern Institute of Technology (SIT). These institutes are part of Te Pūkenga. It is intended to facilitate scholarly communication and shared access to our research outputs.

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Connection and collaboration: “Knowledge full” learners, and the potential of counter hegemonies to Western individualism from within a Pacific perspective and world view
(2022-12)About the presenters The context of change - Unitec Social Practice degree and a new unified curriculum The practice context - Acknowledging hegemonic structures in social work education ; strategies to disrupt dominant ... -
Field study of summer indoor thermal environment of school buildings with different building envelopes, structures and partitions
(2022-12-08)The redevelopment of Avondale College from 2010 to 2014 (design by Jasmax ) represented one of the biggest school rebuilding programs in New Zealand’s history. The project provides the school’s 2750 students with 92 new ... -
Improving teaching practice using peer observation of teaching while participating in a Community of Practice
(2022)This paper discusses research that was conducted at the Otago Polytechnic Auckland International Campus with the aim of creating a programme for peer observation of teaching. The motivation for the research was to discover ... -
Can long-term musculoskeletal, spinal pain improve with movement education using SEMG biofeedback?
(2021)The research explained the impact of using surface electromyography (SEMG) as a biofeedback tool to improve long-term musculoskeletal, spinal pain. The study aimed to understand the impact of using SEMG within the context ... -
Reflective practices for veterinary nurses
(2022)Reflective practice is a skill that is currently underutilised in the veterinary industry. Teaching reflectiveness to our veterinary nurses and educators is part of looking at how we can improve mental wellbeing and create ...