Enabling Wilderness

10.26686/wgtn.17064446.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

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Matt McKone

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Landscape Architecture ◽

Mental Wellbeing ◽

Outdoor Activity ◽

Conservation Area ◽

Impaired People ◽

Personal Connections ◽

The Many ◽

Outdoor Experiences ◽

The Relationship

Internationally known for its picturesque landscapes, New Zealand encourages both locals and tourists to experience them first hand by walking one of the many tracks around the country, an activity locally known as tramping. The Department of Conservation has identified a small number of these tracks as showcasing particularly picturesque areas; naming them the ‘Great Walks’ of New Zealand. These allow fit individuals to traverse unique landscapes over multiple days, staying over night in rustic huts. The relationship between healthy wellbeing and outdoor experiences is well documented; however, not every fit individual is physically able to experience some of New Zealand’s most significant landscapes due to the difficulty of access. This thesis combines elements of landscape architecture with the existing practises of construction in a conservation area to propose a new ‘Great Walk’ for New Zealand that would allow athletes with a physical impairment to experience New Zealand’s unique landscapes. In doing so, it will provide the opportunity for physically impaired people to continue tramping, or discover a new outdoor activity that not only improves their physical and mental wellbeing; but also allows them to establish personal connections to the land they are from or visiting. Physically pulling/pushing and manoeuvring through ‘backcountry’ landscapes, this research-led-design encourages the physically impaired community to engage with difficult terrains in a multi-sensorial manner.

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Legal Research: Techniques and Ideas

Victoria University of Wellington Law Review ◽

10.26686/vuwlr.v30i2.6000 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 30 (2) ◽

pp. 459

Author(s):

E P Ellinger ◽

K J Keith

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

"hey architect, ko wai hoki koe?" Decolonising mainstream placemaking in Aotearoa, New Zealand.

10.26686/wgtn.17149088.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

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Amelia Blundell

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Cultural Landscapes ◽

Theory And Practice ◽

Power Structures ◽

Aotearoa New Zealand ◽

Western Theory ◽

Ontological Reality ◽

The Many ◽

The Relationship

The colonising of Aotearoa, New Zealand has meant, for the most part, that decisions determining the past and future of our cultural landscapes are made by distant ‘experts’ within mainstream practices. Around the world, many Indigenous peoples remain resilient in defending their centuries-old knowledge and their inherent right to determine their own lives in the places around them. Although Indigenous placemaking is not new, it remains mostly unexplored and commonly misunderstood in Western theory and practice. As discussions of climate change, spatial and social justice intensify and inundate placemaking agendas, Indigenous placemaking emerges as much more than a box-to-tick, providing an entirely different ontological reality of what placemaking is and has the potential to be. This thesis examines the relationship between mainstream placemaking and contemporary Māori placemaking. It assesses decision-making mechanisms and power structures within mainstream practice, questioning how placemaking kaimahi can better recognise the different aspirations of whānau, hapū and iwi. This thesis sought to capture and highlight the essence of contemporary Māori placemaking in te whare tapu ō Ngāpuhi, the far north of Aotearoa, New Zealand. ĀKAU, a design and architecture firm that works with local taitamariki in Kaikohe provided the centre point and case study for the research. In addition to this, several interviews took place with design kaimahi working within Northland. This research found that the many place-keepers and place-makers of contemporary Māori placemaking create much more than built outcomes. It also highlighted significant opportunities for mainstream practice to transform how its practitioners and processes interact with our communities. This thesis demonstrates how mainstream methods of placemaking and professionals who prioritise rules over people and process, fail to be active treaty partners to contemporary Māori placemaking.

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"hey architect, ko wai hoki koe?" Decolonising mainstream placemaking in Aotearoa, New Zealand.

10.26686/wgtn.17149088 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

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Amelia Blundell

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Cultural Landscapes ◽

Theory And Practice ◽

Power Structures ◽

Aotearoa New Zealand ◽

Western Theory ◽

Ontological Reality ◽

The Many ◽

The Relationship

The colonising of Aotearoa, New Zealand has meant, for the most part, that decisions determining the past and future of our cultural landscapes are made by distant ‘experts’ within mainstream practices. Around the world, many Indigenous peoples remain resilient in defending their centuries-old knowledge and their inherent right to determine their own lives in the places around them. Although Indigenous placemaking is not new, it remains mostly unexplored and commonly misunderstood in Western theory and practice. As discussions of climate change, spatial and social justice intensify and inundate placemaking agendas, Indigenous placemaking emerges as much more than a box-to-tick, providing an entirely different ontological reality of what placemaking is and has the potential to be. This thesis examines the relationship between mainstream placemaking and contemporary Māori placemaking. It assesses decision-making mechanisms and power structures within mainstream practice, questioning how placemaking kaimahi can better recognise the different aspirations of whānau, hapū and iwi. This thesis sought to capture and highlight the essence of contemporary Māori placemaking in te whare tapu ō Ngāpuhi, the far north of Aotearoa, New Zealand. ĀKAU, a design and architecture firm that works with local taitamariki in Kaikohe provided the centre point and case study for the research. In addition to this, several interviews took place with design kaimahi working within Northland. This research found that the many place-keepers and place-makers of contemporary Māori placemaking create much more than built outcomes. It also highlighted significant opportunities for mainstream practice to transform how its practitioners and processes interact with our communities. This thesis demonstrates how mainstream methods of placemaking and professionals who prioritise rules over people and process, fail to be active treaty partners to contemporary Māori placemaking.

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The impact of cultural factors on attachment dynamics: a view from Irish society

Attachment New Directions in Psychotherapy and Relational Psychoanalysis ◽

10.33212/att.v13n2.2019.207 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 207-223

Author(s):

Michael O’Toole

Keyword(s):

Significant Role ◽

Emotional Development ◽

Cultural Factors ◽

Seamus Heaney ◽

Irish Society ◽

Irish Context ◽

Key Points ◽

The Many ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

In this article I examine aspects of the relationship between mothers and sons from an attachment perspective in an Irish context. Through the works of Irish writers such as Seamus Heaney, John McGahern, and Colm Tóibín, I focus on particular aspects of this relationship, which fails to support the developmental processes of separation and individuation in the many men who come to me for psychotherapy. I illustrate key points concerning this attachment dynamic through the use of clinical examples of my work with two men from my practice. While acknowledging that many other cultural factors play a significant role in the emotional development of children, integrating the work of our poets, novelists, and scholars with an attachment perspective

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John Cranko's Antigone (1959): A Ballet Lost and Found

Dance Research ◽

10.3366/drs.2015.0120 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 33 (1) ◽

pp. 1-15

Author(s):

Henrietta Bannerman

Keyword(s):

World War Ii ◽

Jean Racine ◽

World War ◽

Martha Graham ◽

Detailed Consideration ◽

Lost And Found ◽

The Many ◽

Tragic Drama ◽

The Relationship

John Cranko's dramatic and theatrically powerful Antigone (1959) disappeared from the ballet repertory in 1966 and this essay calls for a reappraisal and restaging of the work for 21st century audiences. Created in a post-World War II environment, and in the wake of appearances in London by the Martha Graham Company and Jerome Robbins’ Ballets USA, I point to American influences in Cranko's choreography. However, the discussion of the Greek-themed Antigone involves detailed consideration of the relationship between the ballet and the ancient dramas which inspired it, especially as the programme notes accompanying performances emphasised its Sophoclean source but failed to recognise that Cranko mainly based his ballet on an early play by Jean Racine. As Antigone derives from tragic drama, the essay investigates catharsis, one of the many principles that Aristotle delineated in the Poetics. This well-known effect is produced by Greek tragedies but the critics of the era complained about its lack in Cranko's ballet – views which I challenge. There is also an investigation of the role of Antigone, both in the play and in the ballet, and since Cranko created the role for Svetlana Beriosova, I reflect on memories of Beriosova's interpretation supported by more recent viewings of Edmée Wood's 1959 film.

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More Traffic, Less Bat Activity: The Relationship between Overnight Traffic Volumes and Chalinolobus tuberculatus Activity along New Zealand Highways

Acta Chiropterologica ◽

10.3161/15081109acc2019.21.2.007 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 21 (2) ◽

pp. 321

Author(s):

Kerry M. Borkin ◽

Des H. V. Smith ◽

William B. Shaw ◽

Joanna C. McQueen

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Bat Activity ◽

Traffic Volumes ◽

The Relationship

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Australian and New Zealand Biosolids Partnership: Collaboration for more effective biosolids management

Water Practice & Technology ◽

10.2166/wpt.2010.037 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Andrew Speers ◽

Allen Gale ◽

Nancy Penney

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Policy Development ◽

Sustainable Management ◽

Best Practice ◽

Community Consultation ◽

Critical Research ◽

Community Attitudes ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship ◽

Sustainability Framework

This paper describes an international biosolids management initiative, known as the Australian and New Zealand Biosolids Partnership (ANZBP). The ANZBP - known formerly as the Australasian Biosolids Partnership – comprises 33 members dedicated to promoting the sustainable management of biosolids across the two nations. Two critical research projects are described, each of which contributes to the ANZBP goal of promoting the sustainable management of biosolids. The first is a review of community attitudes to biosolids management, the outcomes of which will be used to refine communication tools and methods of community consultation and which will provide input to policy development over time. The second is a review of regulations in place in Australia and New Zealand carried out to identify inconsistencies and improvements that could be made. An outcome of this initiative is potentially the development of a best practice manual. The relationship of the two projects to a sustainability framework adopted by the ANZBP is also described, as is the relationship of the two projects to each other.

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Archaeologists and the Dead

10.1093/oso/9780198753537.001.0001 ◽

2016 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Keyword(s):

Historical Context ◽

Ethical Considerations ◽

International Context ◽

The Public ◽

The Us ◽

The Dead ◽

The Many ◽

The Uk ◽

The Relationship ◽

Experience Effect

This volume addresses the relationship between archaeologists and the dead, through the many dimensions of their relationships: in the field (through practical and legal issues), in the lab (through their analysis and interpretation), and in their written, visual and exhibitionary practice--disseminated to a variety of academic and public audiences. Written from a variety of perspectives, its authors address the experience, effect, ethical considerations, and cultural politics of working with mortuary archaeology. Whilst some papers reflect institutional or organizational approaches, others are more personal in their view: creating exciting and frank insights into contemporary issues that have hitherto often remained "unspoken" among the discipline. Reframing funerary archaeologists as "death-workers" of a kind, the contributors reflect on their own experience to provide both guidance and inspiration to future practitioners, arguing strongly that we have a central role to play in engaging the public with themes of mortality and commemoration, through the lens of the past. Spurred by the recent debates in the UK, papers from Scandinavia, Austria, Italy, the US, and the mid-Atlantic, frame these issues within a much wider international context that highlights the importance of cultural and historical context in which this work takes place.

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An Investigation of the Relationship between Cyniclomyces guttulatus and Rabbit Diarrhoea

Pathogens ◽

10.3390/pathogens10070880 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (7) ◽

pp. 880

Author(s):

Tuanyuan Shi ◽

Xinlei Yan ◽

Hongchao Sun ◽

Yuan Fu ◽

Lili Hao ◽

...

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Body Weight Gain ◽

Animal Experiments ◽

Zealand White Rabbit ◽

Opportunistic Pathogen ◽

Large Numbers ◽

New Zealand White Rabbits ◽

Positive Rate ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

Cyniclomyces guttulatus is usually recognised as an inhabitant of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract in rabbits. However, large numbers of C. guttulatus are often detected in the faeces of diarrhoeic rabbits. The relationship of C. guttulatus with rabbit diarrhoea needs to be clearly identified. In this study, a C. guttulatus Zhejiang strain was isolated from a New Zealand White rabbit with severe diarrhoea and then inoculated into SPF New Zealand white rabbits alone or co-inoculated with Eimeriaintestinalis, another kind of pathogen in rabbits. Our results showed that the optimal culture medium pH and temperature for this yeast were pH 4.5 and 40–42 °C, respectively. The sequence lengths of the 18S and 26S ribosomal DNA fragments were 1559 bp and 632 bp, respectively, and showed 99.8% homology with the 18S ribosomal sequence of the NRRL Y-17561 isolate from dogs and 100% homology with the 26S ribosomal sequence of DPA-CGR1 and CGDPA-GP1 isolates from rabbits and guinea pigs, respectively. In animal experiments, the C. guttulatus Zhejiang strain was not pathogenic to healthy rabbits, even when 1 × 108 vegetative cells were used per rabbit. Surprisingly, rabbits inoculated with yeast showed a slightly better body weight gain and higher food intake. However, SPF rabbits co-inoculated with C. guttulatus and E. intestinalis developed more severe coccidiosis than rabbits inoculated with C. guttulatus or E. intestinalis alone. In addition, we surveyed the prevalence of C. guttulatus in rabbits and found that the positive rate was 83% in Zhejiang Province. In summary, the results indicated that C. guttulatus alone is not pathogenic to healthy rabbits, although might be an opportunistic pathogen when the digestive tract is damaged by other pathogens, such as coccidia.

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