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The Halloween Party
(2023)My studio project, the final exhibition for which will also be named The Halloween Party, is a mix of individual works and a picture-book. The individual works consist of oil paintings on canvas, and gouache paintings on ... -
How can the NZ Diploma in Tourism and Travel pave the way for a regenerative future in tourism?
(2023)The tourism industry in New Zealand has emerged from a Covid 19 pandemic that halted international travel into the country. Due to the impact of the pandemic, many tourism businesses were compelled to lay off employees, ... -
How relevant is the metal trades brand for work-ready students to consider as a serious career option?
(2023)Due to a significant skills shortage within the metal trades, the purpose of this research project was to identify if the metal trades ’brand’ is outdated or out of touch with the current work-ready generation of students, ... -
How to grow a culturally responsive career practice
(2022)As a career practitioner working towards opening a career service in South Auckland, I intended to explore the lived experience of Pacific youth in shaping their entry into their careers whilst negotiating the dual ... -
Identification and prevention of banking fraud and scams in New Zealand
(2022)RESEARCH QUESTIONS 1. To identify the forms of banking fraud and scams in New Zealand 2. To examine the Government and financial institution's response to the prevention and control of bank fraud in New Zealand, what ... -
Identifying motivational factors to increase the selection of a career in the engineering profession
(2022)The shortage of skilled workers, specifically engineers, in New Zealand is well published (Freeman-Greene, 2020). To recruit the best talent into engineering careers and address the increasing shortfall of highly skilled ... -
Identifying the factors influencing the occupational identity of people journeying from adolescent anorexia nervosa toward well-being
(2023)Occupational Identity describes the way occupation (doing) interacts with a person’s identity, and includes the constructs of occupational identity disruption, discrepancy, and construction. It is not well understood within ... -
Immersed: Case studies in art and ecology
(2022)Climate change and biodiversity loss are cultural as much as scientific events, and art can play a role in exploring and debating the current climate crisis. Observational drawing is used as a way of paying careful attention ... -
Impact of emotional intelligence on employee’s job performance and job satisfaction in the aged care industry
(2022)The purpose of this research was to explore emotional intelligence, as defined by Mayer & Salovey (1997, p.3), being “the ability to perceive one's own and others' emotions, ability to understand, manage and use of emotions”, ... -
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 ... -
Incandescent molecules: An analytical investigation into materiality in contemporary abstract painting
(2022-12)This project began by considering abstract painting across the twentieth century, from Malevich to Nozkowski, and subsequently looked at contemporary New Zealand practice. This analysis secured my work within the genres ... -
Insights into the impacts Facebook can have on management decisions for (recreational) sport horses in New Zealand
(2021)The aims of this project are to firstly explore whether recreational horse owners in New Zealand are using equestrian-themed groups on Facebook to gain knowledge and advice on matters of horse husbandry rather than using ... -
Interactive reflective dialogue to support learning on role-emerging placements: It's all about sensemaking!
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION How does interactive reflective dialogue facilitate learning on role-emerging placement? SUB-QUESTIONS • What is the role of interactive reflective dialogue specifically within the role-emerging ... -
Investing in health education to reduce rural health disparities
(IntechOpen, 2023)The global rural population accounts for almost half of the total global population. Access to health care for these rural populations is reduced, leading to increased health disparities. Nurses play a critical role in ... -
Job satisfaction: What are the factors influencing satisfaction for physical health occupational therapists working in rural New Zealand?
(2021)BACKGROUND The purpose of this research is to assist in recognising the factors influencing satisfaction for physical health occupational therapists working in rural New Zealand. Overseas research suggests that job ... -
A kaupapa Māori framework approach to filmmaking
(2022-12-01)The aim of this project is to explore kaupapa Māori filmmaking practices through practise-led research. I will focus on the processes and environments and how these create barriers or encourage Māori filmmaking aspirations. ... -
Keyboard warriors: Writing as a tool for positive change. Practitioner thesis
(2023)From children’s literature through to the works of poets, scholars and activists such as bell hooks and Audre Lorde, it is widely acknowledged that writing can help create a better world. In this practitioner thesis, I ... -
Ko te reo Māori te tatau ki te ao: Rautaki reo Māori ki Te Kura Matatini ki Otago
(2021)TUHINGA WHAKARĀPOPOTO I mua i te taenga mai o te Pākehā, ko te reo Māori te reo i mōhio whānuitia ki Aotearoa nei. Engari i mua i te mutunga o te rautau 19, ko te reo Pākehā kē te reo i mōhio whānuitia ki Aotearoa ... -
Maintaining client mental well-being within a physical health setting through therapeutic mechanisms: A scoping review for occupational therapy
(2021)BACKGROUND Well-being is a subjective concept embedded within the core values of the occupational therapy philosophy. Well-being is comprised of mental/emotional, physical, cultural/spiritual, social, financial, ... -
Mother’s Ruin: Refracting the imperial gaze
(2023)By considering the histories of a colonial object on the Taieri Plain in New Zealand, this text invites readers to critically examine dominant narratives and envision alternative ways of perceiving the world. The text ...