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Item Strategies that could help parents better identify and respond to suicide risk(2023)RESEARCH QUESTIONS 1 What was the awareness of parents and guardians in relation to… prior to their gaining the knowledge of their children's suicidal thoughts or attempts at suicide? 2 What were the responses of parents and guardians and support services, immediately and over time, when they became aware that suicidal issues were present with their children? 3 To what extent were parents and guardians prepared for the possibility of a suicidal event and what was the value of support services post event? 4 How could parents and guardians be better resourced around suicide awareness and prevention, and around post-event recovery? 5 What are the demographics of the participant group? ABSTRACT This research explores youth suicide prevention strategy and the role that parents have in youth suicide prevention. Through participants’ interviews on their experience of their child’s suicide, we hope to discover strategies that could help parents better identify and respond to suicide risk, and for community agencies to use information from this research to develop better suicide prevention strategies for parents to use with their adolescences. This research was based on lived experiences from six parents and one whangai carer (three Māori, two Pasifika and two Pākehā) collected in 2021. Six who had lost a child to suicide and one who had survived but has had multiple serious suicide attempts. These all happened in the period of 2014 and 2018. The process was undertaken with a narrative interview approach guided by a small number of pre-set questions and a larger number of interview prompts used to deepen the conversation if needed. The verbatim was then analysed by thematic analysis which demonstrated and supported themes in the literature such as current, relatively recent and life-time indicators of suicide risk. The analysis showed consistent predicted and emerging themes in the narratives. The main areas of risk were mental health and drug use concerns; and prior self-harm or suicide attempt; cultural disconnection; the presence of abuse and trauma; and relationship issues particularly parental separation; and frequently very early in life. Key issues were the failure of many of the parents to recognise and /or respond to risk factors, particularly their own trauma issues and the failure of mainstream mental health services to respond to suicide attempts appropriately. Cultural practices and services were often absent or unhelpful and, in some circumstances, cultural services needed to work more closely with mainstream services to prevent further suicide attempts. Important post-suicide themes included powerful post-suicide depression in the male participants; the ineffectiveness of victim support; the value of whānau, marae and community support; as well as the power of love and commitment from whānau. Within these themes the issues of ideation, connection and capability and contagion play out. The research confirmed the clear gaps found in the literature review around education and support for parents on youth suicide prevention. Participants confirmed there was little to no resources currently available specifically for parents with adolescents around this topic. Parents stated they had to search for support and even then, it was not guaranteedItem Poipoia te mauri ki a puāwai te mauri o te whānau: The Poutama - is it working in Hauraki?(2023)RESEARCH QUESTIONS The following overarching inquiries will guide this research: • What is the relationship between colonisation, intergenerational historical trauma and whānau violence in Hauraki that emerges from the narratives of the participants in the study? • What processes, ideas, activities in the Poutama Mauri Ora, Mauri Tū wānanga contribute to healing whānau violence in Hauraki? • To what extent have graduates of the wānanga utilised their knowledge and experience of the Poutama Mauri Ora, Mauri Tū wānanga to assist their whakapapa whānau in taking responsibility for and being accountable to their whānau for the extent of violence in their whānau? ABSTRACT This study explores the effectiveness of the Poutama Mauri Ora, Mauri Tū wānanga, a mātauranga Māori approach for healing whānau violence in Hauraki. The study is essential as it highlights that a tangata whenua approach to healing whānau violence has been potent, memorable, and life-changing for nine wānanga participants. Moreover, this research contends there is a connection between whānau violence, intergenerational historical trauma, and colonisation for Hauraki whānau Māori. Therefore, Hauraki mātauranga approaches to healing emotional and spiritual wounds inflicted by colonisation and whānau violence are required. This research delves deep into the lived experience of nine kai pūrākau (participants) who attended a Poutama Mauri Ora, Mauri Tu wānanga to explore the effectiveness of transferring mātauranga Māori in practice and how that transfer has contributed to healing whānau violence. Moreover, this study's research design and thinking are grounded in kaupapa Māori research principles. It covers how I engaged with the nine kai pūrākau and the research methods I used to analyse their pūrākau (narratives). There are four ancestral archetypes central to the Poutama: the Tohunga (healer), Toa (leader), Matakite (seer), and Kai Ako (educator). My kaumatua, who supported me in developing the wānanga, chose these because they are gender-neutral. This study indicates that the fluidity of gender-neutral archetypes enables wāhine and tāne participating in a Poutama wānanga to traverse Te Ao Māori healing practices free from imposed Western male-dominated gender hierarchies. One of the biggest surprises in this study is that kai pūrākau did not mention hapū and iwi as having a role in healing whānau violence. The conclusions drawn from this study are: a) the Poutama Mauri Ora, Mauri Tu wānanga is an effective tangata whenua healing modality for supporting whānau Māori to heal their lived experiences of whānau violence. b) the four Poutama archetypes are sites for transformation. c) that research regarding Hauraki gender-neutral exemplars and the role of hapū and iwi; in healing whānau violence need further examination by Hauraki researchers.Item Developing a collaborative and cooperative delivery network(2023-02)What? Cooperation vs collaboration Why? Our vision for the future How? Communities of practice What? Content delivery Questions/Comments/DisagreementsItem Representation of financial time series data in a three dimensional space using a geographic model(2022-06)This paper introduces a new approach to visualising and interpolating financial time series data, e.g., Bitcoin prices, in a spatial domain using the notion of spatialization: forming a spatial representation of non-spatial phenomena. The proposed algorithm first utilises temporal components of the observations, i.e., date and time, to build a 2D map-like space. It then uses the coordinates of the observations in the 2D map along with the Bitcoin prices to construct a 3D topographic map. We use this map to create 30-minute frequency data, and compare it with the actual observed Bitcoin prices. The results show the reliability and effectiveness of the proposed method as a new graphical tool in analysing time series data.Item Learning support for distance learners : towards the future(ATLAANZ, 2023)Following the merger of Bay of Plenty Polytechnic and Waiariki Institute of Technology to become Toi Ohomai Te Pūkenga, the newly formed Te Ranga Eke Panuku / Learning Success and Engagement (LSE) team combined and redeveloped their services. In this article the author reflects on her ATLAANZ 2022 conference presentation, which shared distance students’ perspectives from her master’s research on the revised services. The author’s study explored whether and how the LSE services were meeting student needs and how the services could be further improved. Analysis of the survey (n=278) and interview (n=12) data revealed gaps in awareness of support services across all learner groups. However, distance students were less connected to the support services than on-campus learners, and the researcher found unmet academic and pastoral needs among distance participants. In addition, participants stated that they had been looking for ways to express their opinions and saw the research survey as an opportunity to ‘have their say’ to make improvements. As per the Pastoral Education (Pastoral Care of Tertiary and International Learners) Code of Practice 2021, the LSE team has increased promotion of services for distance learners, and developed more resources. A booking system now gives ākonga agency in accessing the services, and tutors can similarly book in-class support. The research illustrates that all Te Pūkenga students, whether distance, campus-based, or work-based, require access to online services during flexible hours. Further, every distance and work-based learner, should be able to access face-to-face support at their nearest campus, alongside their campus-based peers, within and beyond regular hours.
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