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Determining the feasibility of a circular economy for plastic waste from the construction sector in New Zealand
(IOP Publishing, 2022-12-22)By 2012, the annual quantity of C&D waste produced by 40 countries had reached three billion tonnes, contributing 10-50% to total municipal solid waste around the world. Recent data from Australia and New Zealand estimated ... -
Tau-utuutu: The development of a LIVING VISION for the Unitec School of Architecture Te Kura Hoahoanga
(Unitec ePress, Te Pūkenga, 2022-12-27)Late in 2019 a small group of Pākehā staff at Unitec School of Architecture organised an initiative to review the course structure after relocating to a different building on campus. Gifted a name, Tau-utuutu, by Kaihautū ... -
Auranga Abodo Seating Pavilion
(Unitec ePress, Te Pūkenga, 2022-12-27)Sustainability within the built environment has become a significant issue with the design and fabrication of architecture. Construction waste is just one of many issues that need to be resolved. To tackle this problem, ... -
Courtyard housing: A mid-density alternative house-type
(Unitec ePress, Te Pūkenga, 2022-12-27)The main objectives of housing policy in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland are to increase the city’s density and to increase its total stock of affordable housing. In the current market, family housing for lower-priced mid-density ... -
The design of the Dilworth Building
(Unitec ePress, Te Pūkenga, 2022-12-27)The Dilworth Building was architecture firm Gummer and Ford’s first significant building. It was completed in 1927 and sits on one of the most prominent locations in Aotearoa New Zealand, the corner of Queen Street and ... -
Wetback research: Thermodynamic flow characteristics of passive thermosyphon energy transfer from independent heat source to remote storage using both direct and indirect systems
(ePress, Unitec, Te Pūkenga, 2022-12-16)The method of heating water by means of a water jacket installed in the firebox of a solid-fuel burner, connected by pipes to a hot-water cylinder (HWC), was once commonplace in New Zealand, but has become less so in recent ... -
Vocational education and training reform in Aotearoa New Zealand: The value of educators and education in a new VET environment
(New Zealand Council for Educational Research + Victoria University of Wellington, 2022-11-24)NOTE: Issue Vol. 27 (2021): New Zealand Annual Review of Education -- Updated on 2022-11-24. The Education and Training Act 2020 provides an opportunity to transform the Vocational Education and Training (VET) system ... -
A small-N study of body weight during free-feeding in the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)
(ePress, Unitec, Te Pūkenga, 2022-12-06)Animals in captivity can develop physiological characteristics such as obesity that could negatively affect their health. In the captive brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula), it is unknown what effect longterm free-feeding ... -
Identifying the prevalence and implications of bullying in the Aotearoa New Zealand veterinary nursing industry
(ePress, Unitec, Te Pūkenga, 2022-12-06)Veterinary nursing, alongside other healthcare vocations, has been widely acknowledged as a high-stress occupation. Workplace stress, burnout and compassion fatigue have been described in veterinary nurses, but the prevalence ... -
Male secondary-school student engagement rates with school counsellors, as compared with female engagement rates
(ePress, Unitec, Te Pūkenga, 2022-12-06)This article reports on a statistical investigation into the engagement rates of male secondary-school students with school counsellors in co-educational state secondary schools in Aotearoa New Zealand. The data analysis ... -
Forecasting water-level fluctuation in water-supply dams of the Auckland and Waikato regions
(ePress, Unitec, Te Pūkenga, 2022-12-06)Dams play a vital role in supplying fresh water to many cities all over the world. With increasing pressure on and demand for natural resources, water supply remains a scarce resource worldwide. During times of uncertainty, ... -
Inquiring about cultural components of early childhood education
(ePress, Unitec, Te Pūkenga, 2022-12-06)Culture and diversity are familiar yet challenging concepts for early childhood kaiako (teachers). This is a background paper to stimulate thoughts and queries around cultural components in early childhood environments. ... -
Online from Monday: Lecturers’ experiences of the rapid transition to online learning delivery following the first national emergency response to Covid-19
(ePress, Unitec, Te Pūkenga, 2022-12-06)Aotearoa New Zealand’s health response during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic significantly impacted the tertiary education sector. Lecturers at tertiary institutions were required to make a rapid transition from ... -
Foliage consumption of the Honshu white admiral Limenitis glorifica Fruhstorfer, 1909 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) on Japanese honeysuckle Lonicera japonica Thunb. (Dipsacales: Caprifoliaceae) in Aotearoa / New Zealand
(Unitec ePress, Te Pūkenga, 2022-12-05)Aotearoa / New Zealand harbours more naturalised non-native plant species than almost any other island group in the world, some of which are serious threats to indigenous biodiversity. Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera ... -
The biota and geology of Ngārango Otainui: A mixed indigenous / naturalised vegetation association of the Māngere Inlet, Manukau Harbour
(Unitec ePress, Te Pūkenga, 2022-12-05)An account of the geology, vegetation associations, mycobiota, flora and avifauna of Ngārango Otainui, a 0.309 ha island located at the eastern end of the Māngere Inlet, Manukau Harbour, Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland is ... -
A Māori Modern Learning Environment: Ko te akā pūkaea kia ita, ko te akā pūkaea kia eke!
(Unitec ePress, Te Pūkenga, 2022-11-25)This Kaupapa Māori research project investigates the ways that two Māori-medium pathways (bilingual and immersion) work together in a newly built Flexible Learning Space (FLS) to progress te reo Māori and the aspirations ... -
Marae ora, kāinga ora: A marae-led response to Covid-19
(Unitec ePress, Te Pūkenga, 2022-11-25)Marae Ora, Kāinga Ora (MOKO) is a marae-led community development and wellbeing research project. Lee-Morgan et al. (2021) explain this three-year research project, stating: “MOKO investigates the potential of five marae ... -
Ecological communities of Aotearoa / New Zealand species threatened by myrtle rust (Austropuccinia psidii (G. Winter) Beenken): The flora and mycobiota of the endemic genus Lophomyrtus Burret
(Unitec ePress, Te Pūkenga, 2022-12-05)The invasive rust Austropuccinia psidii, responsible for myrtle rust disease, poses a serious threat to the New Zealand Myrtaceae. Since the 2017 detection of Austropuccinia psidii i n A otearoa / N ew Z ealand, t he rust ... -
Digital transformation among SMEs in New Zealand: Challenges and opportunities
(2020-12-07)While a successful digital transformation is much beyond online selling, it includes designing and adopting a suitable business model and implementing it correctly among others (Gupta, 2016). Over 90% of New Zealand ...
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