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Toulanganga : a Tongan model for community engagement and social enterprise
(2014)This thesis, Toulanganga: A Tongan model for community engagement and social enterprise, investigates a Tongan model of tapa-making and a process of Toulanganga which it is argued, could be viewed as a metaphor for the ... -
Toward equal participation : an auto-ethnography of facilitating consultations in the refugee sector
(Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers (ANZASW), 2015)This article uses an auto-ethnographic approach to exploring how one positions oneself as a facilitator in a layered and power-laden context in the refugee sector in New Zealand to ensure just and collaborative negotiations. ... -
Toward partnership, building conditions of mutual reciprocity
(2015-09)How we can create a truly partnered and collaborative way of engaging with communities of practice and of assessing the placement experience? -
Transgender expression as productive disruption
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A Treaty based framework for mainstream social work education in Aotearoa New Zealand : educators talk about their practice
(Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers, 2019)INTRODUCTION: Globally, indigenous social work educators have pursued decolonisation and the development of decolonising practices as part of the indigenous peoples’ rights movement and based on social work principles ... -
Values based politics and new structural social work : theory for a post-neoliberal age? Initial experience under newly elected progressive government in Aotearoa / New Zealand
(2018-07) Mission of social work to address the connection of personal troubles and public issues (Mills, 1959) Includes implementing positive changes in the structures of society to enhance social justice, not simply assisting ... -
Values-based politics and new structural social work: Theory for a post-neoliberal age?
(Unitec ePress, 2021-12-16)The mission of social work includes implementing positive changes in the structures of society to enhance social justice, not simply assisting individuals and families to achieve personal growth and better adaptation to ... -
Walking a tightrope: A balancing act by school counsellors
(New Zealand Association of Counsellors, 2021)When clients report harm or abuse to a counsellor and the threshold of “imminent harm” is not met, the counsellor faces potentially competing ethical imperatives. While reporting or informing others can bring safety, it ... -
Wealth creation and other reflections on community development
(Unitec Te Pūkenga ePress, 2023-09-26)I started working in aid and development in 1993, some 30 years ago. As an engineer, I mainly worked on construction projects funded by donors. As is often the case, these projects had a strong training and community ... -
What lies within? : an exploration of Asset Based Community Development (ABCD)
(2015)Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) has in recent times been gaining visibility in community development practice. Practice is asset based, internally focused and relationship driven. Dimensions of community development ... -
What role does the church have in promoting the SDGs?
(2017-02)What role does the church have in promoting the SDGs? This presentation will use the case study of The Community of St Luke, a local church attended by the presenters and explore the way it promotes SD Goal 16: Promote ... -
What to do about student selection for social work programmes?
(2016-11)Research project: *This paper is a precursor to a research project being undertaken by the authors which is focused on the Aotearoa New Zealand (ANZ) context – A single school case study from Unitec *Multivariate ... -
“Write the world” and tell the stories of your ancestors
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021-07-27)William Cuthers is of Cook Islands Māori and New Zealand Māori descent. He was raised in South Auckland in the 1980s by his mother (Cuthers, 2020). William’s connections to the Cook Islands and his ancestors' involvement ... -
Young care leavers in Vietnam: Lotus in the mud pond
(2021-04)RESEARCH QUESTIONS • How do young people leaving care in Vietnam manage? • What happens to them after leaving the care homes/ centers? • Where do they find help and support? • What are the challenges that they face? • ... -
Young provincial Cambodian university students’ perceptions and reflections on their future opportunities while coping with their contemporary lives
(2015-06)This thesis examined how young provincial Cambodian students perceive their future. This study also explored some of the obstacles the participants have faced since childhood and how these challenges have affected their ...
