ePress

Unitec ePress

Page 11 of 15

Young People and Leadership: Questions of Access in Secondary Schools

Authors Sue Emerson, Lesley Ferkins, Gaye Bryham, and Mieke Sieuw examine the value and nature of informal leadership practices, identifying questions of access to leadership for young people in secondary school settings. The aim of the paper is to advance… Continue Reading →

Participatory Video and the Pacifica Mamas: A Pilot Project

Emerging literature highlights that in the Pacific, the use of participatory video (PV) is a new trend in research and community action. It can be employed as a tool to empower communities to have agency over their media outputs, meaning… Continue Reading →

A Whakapapa of Technical, Trade and Vocational Education in Aotearoa, New Zealand: Origins of a Hybrid VET System

In our first monograph for 2016, Unitec’s Head of Undergraduate in Te Miro Transdiciplinary Network, Lisa Maurice-Takerei, presents a whakapapa of technical, trade and vocational education. In doing so she explores the origins of a hybrid Vocational Education Training (VET) system in Aotearoa, New… Continue Reading →

Whanake: The Pacific Journal of Community Development, Volume 2, Edition 1, 2016

A bi-annual ejournal for practitioners and academics who love community development, Whanake presents the full first issue of 2016. The journal provides space for posing questions, documenting emerging trends in research and practice, and sharing case studies and biographies. Click… Continue Reading →

More Than A War: Remembering 1914-1918

More Than a War: Remembering 1914-1918 presents a creative juxtaposition of digital platforms—a combination of audio, video, archival images, soundscapes, and social media, among others—to tell the stories from 1914–1918 a century later. Led by Sara Donaghey, Sue Berman and Nina Seja, the transmedia… Continue Reading →

Perceptions and Impacts: An Observational Pilot Study of the Effects of Argentine Ants on Honey Bees in New Zealand

The Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) is an invasive species first identified in New Zealand in 1990. It is an aggressive tramp species that can form very large ‘super colonies’ extending over vast areas and has been reported to rob honey… Continue Reading →

Grounding Practice in Theory: The Development of a Literature-based Performance Framework in New Zealand Local Government

Author Zhivan Alach uses a narrative case study to examine the design and development of a performance measurement framework within a local government department. Read the paper https://doi.org/10.34074/ocds.058 Author(s): Zhivan Alach, PhD Date of Publication: 10.05.16 ISSN: 2324-3635

HTML versions of papers for Whanake now available

Community Development scholars and practitioners no longer have to wait until the full edition of ePress’ flagship journal is ready for publishing in order to access the latest thinking in the field. ePress is rolling out HTML versions of papers… Continue Reading →

Disclosure of Internal Control Information by Chinese Cross Listed Companies

Authors Xiangrong Hao and Elizabeth Rainsbury examine the internal control disclosures mandated for Chinese cross-listed companies in 2011. These were the first Chinese companies required to comply with the Basic Standards of Enterprise Internal Control. Click here to read the… Continue Reading →

Development of Engineering Qualifications in New Zealand: A Brief History

Author John Blakeley provides a brief history of engineering qualifications in New Zealand, starting in 1840 through to the present day. Read the paper https://doi.org/10.34074/ocds.027

« Older posts Newer posts »