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The News and musings from the yards, barrel halls and tasting panels, and from on the road traveled between.

The Need for an Organ Donation Policy Change: A Sensible Choice with Minimal Risk

Mandated organ donation would greatly increase the overall functionality and wellbeing of populations in the United States. It therefore should be considered to change the current default from having to…continue reading

Posted on 21 June 2019 |

Wellness for all: the possibilities of cultural safety and cultural competence in New Zealand

Responses to cultural diversity in nursing need to consider the theory and practice developments of the profession, whilst also responding to broader social and historical process that prevent marginalised groups…continue reading

Posted on 20 June 2019 |

Sailing in a new direction: Multicultural mental health in New Zealand

Migrants and refugees make up an increasingly significant number of Aotearoa/New Zealand’s population with one in five New Zealanders being born in another country compared with one in eight people…continue reading

Posted on 20 June 2019 |

Motherhood, Migration and Methodology: Giving Voice to the “Other”

This paper discusses the need for multi-cultural methodologies that develop knowledge about the maternity experience of migrant women and that are attuned to women’s maternity-related requirements under multi-cultural conditions. Little…continue reading

Posted on 20 June 2019 |

Walking a tightrope: Asian health research in New Zealand

Interest in how knowledge is constructed in multiethnic, multi-lingual, and multi-faith communities is gaining momentum in countries such as New Zealand as they become more diverse. In turn, this provides…continue reading

Posted on 20 June 2019 |

The Art of Walking Upright Here: Realising a Multicultural Society

Background paper for the AsiaNZ Foundation’s Kiwi India Seminar Series: An Outline of the challenges facing Indian communities in New Zealand by drawing together the history of migration to New…continue reading

Posted on 20 June 2019 |

Randwick Park’s Neighbourhood-led DNA: A Community-Led Study

This research is a community-managed discovery of the ingredients underlying the neighbourhood-led approach of Randwick Park’s community leadership. It explains the basis of this shared kaupapa and explores some of…continue reading

Posted on 18 June 2019 |

Kaupapa Aukati Iwi: the language of motivation to inspire movement in the arena of racial inequity

This is an article written by a Maori business partnership who presented and attended a conference on racial equity in the United States in October 2018. Looking through a Maori…continue reading

Posted on 18 February 2019 |

A Paradox in Action? A Critical Analysis of an Appreciative Inquiry.

A journey comprised of three paths is the metaphor through which I: i) reflect and report on my involvement with four New Zealand primary school Boards of Trustees (BOTs) investigating…continue reading

Posted on 18 February 2019 |

Anagotus fairburni Monitoring Orua Wairua

6 years ago, 74 flax weevils (Anagotus fairburni) and 100 Cook Strait giant weta (Deinacrida rugosa) were translocated from Maud Island and released over 2 sites across Oruawairua. One site…continue reading

Posted on 12 February 2019 |