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). It is intended to facilitate scholarly communication and shared access to our research outputs
Recent Additions
Item 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.Item Healthy nutrition, physical activity, and sleep hygiene to promote cardiometabolic health of airline pilots : a narrative review(SAGE, 2023)Airline pilots experience unique occupational demands that may contribute to adverse physical and psychological health outcomes. Epidemiological reports have shown a substantial prevalence of cardiometabolic health risk factors including excessive body weight, elevated blood pressure, poor lifestyle behaviors, and psychological fatigue. Achieving health guidelines for lifestyle behavior nutrition, physical activity, and sleep are protective factors against the development of noncommunicable diseases and may mitigate the unfavorable occupational demands of airline pilots. This narrative review examines occupational characteristics for sleep, nutrition, and physical activity and outlines evidence-based strategies to inform health behavior interventions to mitigate cardiometabolic health risk factors among airline pilots.
Institutions in Research Bank
Select an institution to browse its study areas.