Special Issue: Attracting New Arrivals to Smaller Cities and Rural Communities: Findings from Australia, Canada and New Zealand

2008 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryann Wulff ◽  
Tom Carter ◽  
Rob Vineberg ◽  
Stephen Ward
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Special Issue

Pathways ahead for New Zealand hill country farming

2016 ◽  
Vol 78 ◽  
pp. 73-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
F.G. Scrimgeour
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Hill Country ◽  
The Status ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Hill Farming ◽  
The Hill

This paper provides a stocktake of the status of hill country farming in New Zealand and addresses the challenges which will determine its future state and performance. It arises out of the Hill Country Symposium, held in Rotorua, New Zealand, 12-13 April 2016. This paper surveys people, policy, business and change, farming systems for hill country, soil nutrients and the environment, plants for hill country, animals, animal feeding and productivity, and strategies for achieving sustainable outcomes in the hill country. This paper concludes by identifying approaches to: support current and future hill country farmers and service providers, to effectively and efficiently deal with change; link hill farming businesses to effective value chains and new markets to achieve sufficient and stable profitability; reward farmers for the careful management of natural resources on their farm; ensure that new technologies which improve the efficient use of input resources are developed; and strategies to achieve vibrant rural communities which strengthen hill country farming businesses and their service providers. Keywords: farming systems, hill country, people, policy, productivity, profitability, sustainability

scholarly journals Meet Our International Editorial Consultants

2015 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-8
Author(s):  
Jennifer Lehmann
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Guest Editor ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Regular Feature ◽  
Professional Practitioners ◽  
The University

Children Australia has had the support and advice of many academic and professional practitioners over its many years of publication, with a number of people serving as Editorial Consultants. More recently, a number of international academics have joined our ranks, following in the footsteps of Nicola Taylor, Director of the Children's Issues Centre at the University of Otago, in Auckland, New Zealand, who was the first of our overseas academics. Nicola was the Guest Editor of a Special Issue some time ago, heralding what is now a more regular feature of the journal – encouraging collections of papers addressing specific topics.

scholarly journals A Comparison of Rural Educational Disadvantage in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand Using OECD’s PISA

SAGE Open ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 215824401880579 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Sullivan ◽  
Andrew McConney ◽  
Laura B. Perry
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Educational Outcomes ◽  
International Student ◽  
Strong Predictor ◽  
Student Assessment ◽  
Future Research ◽  
International Student Assessment ◽  
Educational Disadvantage ◽  
Student Reading

This study compares rural educational disadvantage across Australia, Canada, and New Zealand using data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). Across the three countries, student reading literacy and school learning environments are less positive in rural communities than in urban. Furthermore, rural disadvantage in educational outcomes (reading) and opportunities is greater in Australia than Canada or New Zealand. This could be seen as surprising as student socioeconomic status (SES), typically a strong predictor of educational outcomes, is similar for rural communities in Australia and Canada, but lower in New Zealand. Rural school principals in Australia are most likely among the three countries to report that shortages of teaching personnel hinder learning. This could suggest that policies and structures can play a role in ameliorating or exacerbating rural educational disadvantage. We conclude with questions and recommendations for future research.

Restructuring health and rural communities in New Zealand

1997 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin A. Kearns ◽  
Alun E. Joseph
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Rural Communities

Identifying resilience dimensions and thresholds: evidence from four rural communities in New Zealand

Resilience ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Penny R. Payne ◽  
William H. Kaye-Blake ◽  
Kelly A. Stirrat ◽  
Ranui A. Ellison ◽  
Matthew J. Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Rural Communities

Assessing Writing special issue: Studies in writing assessment in New Zealand and Australia

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-80
Author(s):  
Martin East ◽  
John Bitchener
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Writing Assessment ◽  
Special Issue

Rural midwifery practice in Aotearoa/New Zealand: Strengths, vulnerabilities, opportunities and challenges

2020 ◽  
Vol 56 ◽  
pp. 17-25
Author(s):  
Rea Daellenbach ◽  
Lorna Davies ◽  
Mary Kensington ◽  
Susan Crowther ◽  
Andrea Gilkison ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Rural Practice ◽  
Midwifery Practice ◽  
Adverse Weather

Background: The sustainability of rural maternity services is threatened by underfunding, insufficient resourcing and challenges with recruitment and retention of midwives. Aims: The broader aim of this study was to gain knowledge to inform the optimisation of equitable and sustainable maternity care for rural communities within New Zealand and Scotland, through eliciting the views of rural midwives about their working conditions and practice. This article focuses on the New Zealand midwives’ responses. Method: Invitations to participate in an online questionnaire were sent out to midwives working in rural areas. Subsequently, themes from the survey results were followed up for more in-depth discussion in confidential, online group forums. 145 New Zealand midwives responded to the survey and 12 took part in the forums. Findings: The New Zealand rural midwives who participated in this study outlined that they are attracted to, and sustained in, rural practice by their sense of connectedness to the countryside and rural communities, and that they need to be uniquely skilled for rural practice. Rural midwives, and the women they provide care to, frequently experience long travel times and distances which are economically costly. Adverse weather conditions, occasional lack of cell phone coverage and variable access to emergency transport are other factors that need to be taken into account in rural midwifery practice. Additionally, many participants noted challenges at the rural/urban interface in relation to referral or transfer of care of a woman and/or a baby. Strategies identified that support rural midwives in New Zealand include: locum and mentoring services, networking with other health professionals, support from social services and community service providers, developing supportive relationships with other rural midwives and providing rural placements for student midwives. Conclusion: Midwives face economic, topographic, meteorological and workforce challenges in providing a service for rural women. However, midwives draw strength through their respect of the women, and the support of their midwifery colleagues and other health professionals in their community.

Virtual Structures and Collaborative Processes to Enhance Teaching and Learning Across Dispersed Sites

2010 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Ken Stevens
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Rural Schools ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
School Students ◽  
Audio Technology ◽  
Internet Education ◽  
Educational Structures

This case outlines the development of a pre-internet education initiative in New Zealand that linked eight rural schools, each with declining enrollments, to collaborate through audio technology in sharing specialist high school teachers. The collaborative structure that was formed enabled senior high school students in the intranet to access courses not available on-site, thereby expanding their range of curriculum options. Replication of the New Zealand model in rural Atlantic Canada, enhanced by the Internet, enabled senior students in an intranet to access four Advanced Placement (AP) science subjects, each taught from a participating site. Within the New Zealand and Canadian intranets collaborative teaching and learning has developed. The creation of virtual educational structures that support and enhance traditional classes has expanded the capacity of participating rural schools and reduced the significance of their physical locations. The New Zealand and Canadian initiatives highlight the possibilities of inter-school collaboration to sustain education in small rural communities.

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