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Standing workstations : experience, acceptability, and effects on occupational sedentary behaviour and metabolic health of office workers
(2016-10)So what is SB and when do we do it? • SB is <1MET • SB in adults occurs in three phases throughout the day; during transport, occupationally and leisure time. • SB higher in younger, educated, white collar Prevalence: ... -
State housing in Aotearoa New Zealand : what future after National?
(Unitec ePress, 2017-12-13)New Zealand’s National-led government (2008 to 2017) made no secret of its plans to downsize the state’s housing stock. This downsizing is being achieved through demolitions, transfers and sales. It all started quietly in ... -
State of the art : integrating public art with the rebuilding and re-imaging of the public realm : Christchurch Central Business District
(2017)RESEARCH PROJECT: How can architecture employ urban art and use it as a catalyst to reinvigorate the urban centre in preparation for the future city plan of Christchurch? Due to the earthquakes, which occurred on ... -
The state-of-the-art of self-access in New Zealand : results of a SWOT analysis.
(TESOLANZ Inc, 2007)Self-access centres form an important part of language education in New Zealand. A recent study (Reinders et al., 2003) showed that all tertiary providers in the country offered some form of self-access language learning ... -
Statement of service performance reporting: A study of tier three registered charities in New Zealand
(2022-11-28)Charities have been an important component of most societies throughout human history. For as long as there are groups and individuals in need of help that they are not able to provide for themselves, charities have been ... -
‘Static dynamic’: An urban Outward Bound centre for youth
(2009)This proposal develops a design for an Urban Outward Bound Centre for youth. It is theorised that youthful participation in programmes aimed at resolving issues in their process of maturation would be more suitably conducted ... -
Status and implementation of integrated green-grey infrastructure in residential street retrofitting
(2022-12-02)Since the early 20th century, residential streets in low-density suburban neighbourhoods in developed countries have been designed as car-oriented, wide, paved spaces. These conventionally designed streets have increasingly ... -
Status of the spotted shag (Stictocarbo punctatus) in the Hauraki Gulf
(2012)This project studied aspects of the population of spotted shag (Stictocarbo punctatus) that is considered to be in decline in the Hauraki Gulf. The aim of the project was to initiate an update of population data, a necessary ... -
“The Steaks Are High” : how can architecture promote an intense grazing system that will define an educational farming facility that can bring forth a new and highly sustainable culture of beef farming?
(2014)This research shows the design of an intensive, multi-storied beef production facility that competes with the output rate of the current, American based, Feedlot Model. This Feedlot initiative of the late 19th century ... -
Stepping back : a look at managed retreat in NZ
(Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), 2018-11)In 1990 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change proposed the adaptation strategies of Protect, Accommodate and Retreat, and these were adopted and incorporated into New Zealand’s national policy. This paper investigates ... -
Stepping-stones and glass ceilings : the motivations and challenges of aspirant leaders
(2013)New Zealand secondary schools could face a shortage of aspirant leaders, both in terms of quantity and quality. The shortage of aspirant leaders may be due to a possible 'retirement boom’ as well as an environment of work ... -
Steps in a journey towards a fuzzy future
(Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), 2015-07)From 2009 to early 2015 the Department of Construction at Unitec Institute of Technology has grappled with the challenges of changing technology that have impacted on both what and how it teaches. It has done this within ... -
Stigma and women living with HIV: A co-operative inquiry
(2009)This thesis explores the impact of stigma on women in New Zealand living with HIV through the use of co-operative inquiry, an innovative, participatory, action-based and somewhat revolutionary, research method. Through the ... -
Stilled in the city by coloured light
(Screencity Lab, 2013-09)Does coloured light still have the power to silence us? In the current urban world of social media and 30-second sound bites, do we have any retreats from our “uba-paced” lifestyle? Is there time and are there places where ... -
Stimulating resilience : an architectural research project exploring gender based violence in internally displaced camps
(2015)It is widely known and accepted that during an emergency, whether it is a natural disaster or a man-made conflict, women and girls are especially vulnerable to violence due to their gender specific roles, specific needs ... -
Stocktake of clinical placements and preparation for clinical experience: A national perspective of practice employed in the polytechnic sector
(2023-05)Funding: MBIE Science Whitinga Fellowship/Te Apārangi Royal Society A collaborative research project between 13 New Zealand polytechnic institutes offering nursing programmes INTRODUCTION Nursing curricula need to ... -
Stocktake of placement preparation and clinical experience for Aotearoa New Zealand student nurses in aged care settings: July 2023
(ePress, Unitec, Te Pūkenga, 2023-10-24)The global population is getting older. In 2019 there were 703 million people aged ≥65 years. This figure is predicted to double to 1.5 billion, or 16% of the global population, by 2050 (United Nations, 2020). By comparison, ... -
Stocktake of placement preparation and clinical experience for New Zealand student nurses in aged care settings
(2022-12-01)By 2052, half of New Zealand’s population will be aged over 50. As older adults access every medical specialty, nurses will be at the forefront of the health response to the changing demographic. Therefore, they must be ... -
Stoking the flames of the digital fireplace. How can the practice of vlogging contribute to an understanding of the presentation of self in contemporary oral history making?
(2020-08-04)Stoking the Flames of the Digital Fireplace is a creative practice based project with an ethnographic and auto-ethnographic focus in which I experiment with and analyse the medium of video-logging (vlogging) on the Youtube ... -
Stood loyal right through
(Unitec ePress, 2017-09-11)Taken from Johnny Mitchell’s recorded reflections (1974) – 179 pages of transcripts. A friend of Johnny’s, Rev. Dr Bruce Hucker interviewed him. A group of deregistered waterside workers met the costs of tapes and ...