Multiple perpetrator sexual homicide in Australia and New Zealand: An exploratory study of groups, victims, offenders and offences

Aim: This exploratory study aimed to uncover the strategies that older adults employ to ameliorate the impact of impairments and barriers to participation. Method: Eight participants were interviewed in their own homes, in a town or city in New Zealand. Findings: Inductive analysis of data revealed four main categories of strategies: strategies to keep safe, to recruit and accept help, to meet social and biological needs (nutritional and medical), and to conserve financial, material and bodily resources. Discussion: The study supports some previous findings of strategies used by older people, and demonstrates that enquiring into the strategies that older people devise and adopt into their own lives is a productive line of inquiry. The strategies described differ from those that occupational therapists recommend, and do not incorporate public health messages about the benefits of physical activity or recommendations about falls prevention. Conclusion: The findings suggest that asking older clients about the strategies that they use will uncover valuable information for therapists giving advice or issuing equipment to help older adults to manage in the community.

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Sexual homicide in Australia and New Zealand: A description of offenders, offences and victims

Psychiatry Psychology and Law ◽

10.1080/13218719.2021.1894261 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-24

Author(s):

Michaela Eichinger ◽

Rajan Darjee

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Sexual Homicide

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An Exploratory Study of the Sexual Health Knowledge and Attitudes of Asian Male Student Sojourners in New Zealand

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal ◽

10.1177/011719680601500205 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 267-276

Author(s):

Saburo Omura ◽

Michael Hills ◽

Jane Ritchie

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Sexual Health ◽

Exploratory Study ◽

Health Knowledge ◽

Male Student ◽

Knowledge And Attitudes ◽

Asian Male ◽

Health Knowledge And Attitudes ◽

Sexual Health Knowledge

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Teachers as readers in New Zealand Primary Schools

10.18296/rep.0016 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Sue MacDowall ◽

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Educational Research ◽

Exploratory Study ◽

Primary Schools ◽

National Library ◽

Equitable Distribution ◽

Aotearoa New Zealand ◽

Reading For Pleasure ◽

Teachers As Readers

This report presents the findings of a small exploratory study carried out in 2021 by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) for the National Library of New Zealand | Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa. The project is part of a wider suite of six studies commissioned by the National Library as part of their Communities of Readers initiative. This initiative foregrounds the benefits of reading for pleasure and the equitable distribution of these benefits across all communities in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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An Analysis of Employer Perceptions of Business Graduate Competencies

Advances in Human Resources Management and Organizational Development - Integration and Application of Business Graduate and Business Leader Competency-Models ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-6537-7.ch004 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 57-70

Author(s):

Adnan Iqbal ◽

Lawton Hakaraia

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Public Sector ◽

Exploratory Study ◽

Tertiary Education ◽

Educational Institutions ◽

Employer Perceptions ◽

Work Perceptions

This exploratory study assesses employers' perceptions of the importance and competence levels of performing identified graduates' competencies in the New Zealand public sector. The tertiary education institutions in New Zealand are facing increasing demands from employers and stakeholders. The employers demand that the educational institutions today should provide relevant skillset needed by the current organisations. What kind of skillsets required by employers and what institutes are offering to their graduates, however, are yet to be determined. This study attempts to fill the gap in the literature by examining this in the New Zealand public sector. Therefore, this study will determine what employers' work perceptions are regarding skills needed versus what skills graduates actually bring to the workplace.

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Taste the Bass: Low Frequencies Increase the Perception of Body and Aromatic Intensity in Red Wine

Multisensory Research ◽

10.1163/22134808-20191406 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 32 (4-5) ◽

pp. 429-454 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Jo Burzynska ◽

Qian Janice Wang ◽

Charles Spence ◽

Susan Elaine Putnam Bastian

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Cultural Production ◽

Exploratory Study ◽

Red Wine ◽

Low Frequency ◽

Sine Wave ◽

Pinot Noir ◽

Practical Application ◽

Low Frequencies ◽

Frequency Sound

Abstract Associations between heaviness and bass/low-pitched sounds reverberate throughout music, philosophy, literature, and language. Given that recent research into the field of cross-modal correspondences has revealed a number of robust relationships between sound and flavour, this exploratory study was designed to investigate the effects of lower frequency sound (10 Hz to 200 Hz) on the perception of the mouthfeel character of palate weight/body. This is supported by an overview of relevant cross-modal studies and cultural production. Wines were the tastants — a New Zealand Pinot Noir and a Spanish Garnacha — which were tasted in silence and with a 100 Hz (bass) and a higher 1000 Hz sine wave tone. Aromatic intensity was included as an additional character given suggestions that pitch may influence the perception of aromas, which might presumably affect the perception of wine body. Intensity of acidity and liking were also evaluated. The results revealed that the Pinot Noir wine was rated as significantly fuller-bodied when tasted with a bass frequency than in silence or with a higher frequency sound. The low frequency stimulus also resulted in the Garnacha wine being rated as significantly more aromatically intense than when tasted in the presence of the higher frequency auditory stimulus. Acidity was rated considerably higher with the higher frequency in both wines by those with high wine familiarity and the Pinot Noir significantly better liked than the Garnacha. Possible reasons as to why the tones used in this study affected perception of the two wines differently are discussed. Practical application of the findings are also proposed.

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