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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 ... -
Multidisciplined student projects: A systems case study, leading to a regenerative implementation strategy
(2023)This thesis is a systems level evaluation of the multi-disciplined project (the electric vehicle design and build by students). The study looked at the immediate systems surrounding the build project, and identified some ... -
Neo-neoliberalist capitalism, intensification by stealth and campus real estate in the modern university in Aotearoa/New Zealand
(Kaplan Higher Education Academy, 2023-08-02)This article critiques media commentary on reforms in higher education (HE) and the polytechnic or vocational education and training (VET) in Aotearoa/New Zealand during 2023. It used as its epicentre Gaston’s (2023) opinion ... -
Neurodiversity in vocational education: Facilitating success
(2022)RESEARCH AIM The aim was to explore how lecturers can create successful learning experiences for neurodiverse learners that not only include but take account of their challenges and utilise and enhance the capabilities ... -
Older men’s falls risk and confidence in completing activities of daily living: A retrospective cohort study
(2022-11-11)RESEARCH QUESTION Is there a relationship between the clinician-assessed falls risk for older men compared to their self-assessed confidence in completing activities of daily living without falling? BACKGROUND AND ... -
Playcentre leadership: A learning story
(2020)Research into leadership in early childhood education in Aotearoa New Zealand is in its infancy. At this early stage, distributed leadership has been identified as the most common style of leadership used in teacher-led ... -
The potentiating effects of different warm-up protocols on sprint cycling performance
(2023)Analysing current knowledge surrounding acute post activation potentiation (PAP) of athletic performance, this study investigated whether using accommodating resistance or modified band resistance (MBR) will enhance sprint ... -
A practitioner inquiry and framework for seeding entrepreneurial leadership as part of identity formation in teenagers
(2023)The research question addressed in this thesis queries how we might better prepare our future entrepreneurial leaders, in New Zealand and South Africa, earlier in their education. A possible resolution is explored by means ... -
Product stewardship: Linking waste back to primary production
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTIONS: In what ways are regulated Product Stewardship schemes likely to contribute to waste reduction in New Zealand? a. How do organisations explain and make sense of Product Stewardship? b. How do people ... -
Project managers in Scrum Teams: Software development conditions influencing the relative presence of a project manager within Agile Scrum Teams in Oceania and Southeast Asia
(2021)Software development and design are known to be the workhorse of a growing ICT industry. There are many software development project management models that have risen over the past 50 years. These were initially controlled ... -
Psychological impacts of COVID-19 on Indian immigrants working in the retail industry of Auckland, New Zealand, and their job performance
(2022)RESEARCH QUESTIONS 1) What are the potential psychological impacts of COVID-19 on the lives of Indian immigrants working in the retail industry and their job performance? 2) What are the potential psychological impacts ... -
(Re)Designing food waste systems using the design frameworks of chefs: An exploration of the potential application in the New Zealand context: The case of 'Good Neighbour'
(2020)Approximately thirty per cent of all food produced around the globe is wasted at some point in the food chain while there is still hunger in the population. Tackling food waste is a global necessity for our populations, ... -
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 ... -
The relationships between physical fitness attributes and match demands in rugby union referees officiating the 2019 Rugby World Cup
(Routledge, 2022-01-22)NOTE: The Research Bank document is a pre-print/author's manuscript. This means this paper is an early draft before it is submitted to a journal for a formal peer review. The final published version can be found at DOI: ... -
Renegotiating the narrative: EQ students’ attitudes and engagement in relation to the language of the Socioeconomic Equity ‘EQ’ Project and inequity
(2023)The Socioeconomic Equity (EQ) Project is a comprehensive programme of support for students from decile 1-3 secondary schools in Health Sciences at the University of Otago. It is underpinned by Māori values and was established ... -
Research ethics as practice
(2022)The ethical principles underpinning the current research ethics system were developed based on a bio-medical ethical model where the assumption is that these principles are valid and applicable in all research situations ... -
Rural entrepreneurship for sustainable rural development with conscious capitalism
(2021)OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY To provide an overview of the benefits of moulded fiber packaging products and establishing and manufacturing company of paper based sustainable products for the Indian subcontinent markets. ... -
The rural way: Rural nurses’ contribution to new models of health care, reducing health disparities - stories from practice
(IntechOpen, 2023-01-27)This chapter reports on a research project that set out to capture the unique stories from rural nurses from Aotearoa, New Zealand. During the past three decades changing socio-political and economic contexts have affected ... -
A scoping review of interventions used with individuals with dyslexia to improve their writing performance
(2023)Developmental dyslexia is the common term for the neurobiological disorder known as “Specific Learning Disorder in Reading” in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 5. It is believed that 14% of students in the United ...