CHANCE, PROVIDENCE, AND IMPERIAL ENNUI IN ALFRED DOMETT’S RANOLF AND AMOHIA: A SOUTH-SEA DAY-DREAM

2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 317-341
Author(s):  
Hugh Roberts
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Close Friend ◽  
Robert Browning ◽  
Present Condition ◽  
South Sea ◽  
Partial Retirement

“I have read your poems – you can do anything” wrote Robert Browning to his close friend Alfred Domett on May 22, 1842, shortly after the latter had emigrated to New Zealand (Browning, Domett and Arnould 35). If this was in part friendly overpraise of Domett's verse, it was also a prognostication as to the effect of emigration. The idea (which also underlies Browning's poetic treatment of Domett's departure in the figure of Waring who “gave us all the slip”) was that “partial retirement and stopping the ears against the noise outside” would open up the possibility of something startlingly new: the little I, or anybody, can do as it is, comes of them going to New Zealand. . . . What I meant to say was – that only in your present condition of life, so far as I can see, is there any chance of your being able to find out . . . (sic) what is wanted, and how to supply the want when you precisely find it (35).

scholarly journals XIV.—On Ostracoda collected by H. B. Brady, Esq., LL.D., F.R.S., in the South Sea Islands

1890 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 489-525 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Stewardson Brady
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Fresh Water ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Marine Species ◽  
Present Knowledge ◽  
Sea Islands ◽  
The South ◽  
Zoological Society ◽  
South Sea

Excepting the few species noticed in the Report on the Ostracoda of the “Challenger” Expedition, scarcely anything, so far as I know, has been published respecting the Ostracoda of the South Sea Islands. Prof. G. M. Thomson has indeed published in the Transactions of the New Zealand Institute (1878), a paper on Crustacea, which includes a few marine and fresh-water Ostracoda of New Zealand; and the Rev. R. L. King, in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land (1855), described numerous species of Entomostraca, amongst which were several fresh-water, but no marine, Ostracoda. Dr Baird also published a species of Cypridina from New Zealand. I have myself contributed to the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1886) a paper on Entomostraca collected in South Australia, chiefly by Professor Ralph Tate of Adelaide, including a considerable number of fresh-water Ostracoda; and in a French publication (Les Fonds de la Mer), edited by the Marquis de Folin, there are likewise, by myself, descriptions of a few species taken at Nouméa, New Caledonia. There are also, in a paper of mine published in the Transactions of the Zoological Society (1865), notes of a few Australian marine species. This, I think, represents the sum of our present knowledge respecting the Ostracoda of these regions.

XXV.—The Prothallus of Tmesipteris Tannensis

1917 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 785-794 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Anstruther Lawson
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Life Histories ◽  
Sea Islands ◽  
New Information ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
South Sea ◽  
The Tropics ◽  
Peculiar Nature ◽  
Marked Tendency

The Psilotaceæ constitute one of the most interesting of existing Pteridophyte groups. This interest is mainly due to their phylogenetic isolation. They are perhaps the most isolated of existing types—showing no close affinity to other Pteridophytes. They are very highly specialised in their anatomy, habit, and habitat, and limited to a comparatively narrow geographical distribution. They include two probably monotypic genera—Tmesipteris and Psilotum—which are closely related. Although both genera are limited to the tropics and sub-tropics, Psilotum has a much wider distribution than Tmesipteris. The latter is confined to the South Sea Islands, Australia, New Zealand, and parts of Polynesia. Up till recent years they have been classed with the Lycopodiales, but this has been more a matter of convenience than an indication of close relationship, and has only served as a temporary classification until more knowledge has been obtained regarding them. The peculiar nature of these plants, as shown in their structure and in their habitat, suggests that they are highly specialised remnants of a much larger group which has practically become extinct. Recent inquiry into the structure of the sporophyte of both plants has made this much more than a suggestion. As a result of the careful investigations of Scott (1908), Boodle (1904), Bower (1894-1908), Ford (1904), and others, there has been a marked tendency to remove the Psilotaceæ from their temporary position among the Lycopodiales and associate them with the extinct Sphenophyllales. Scott (p. 631) states that it seems best to regard the Psilotaceæ as forming a class of their own, the Psilotales, under the main division Sphenopsida—their closest affinity under this class being the Sphenophyllales. This probable affinity of the Psilotaceæ to such an ancient and long extinct race as the Sphenophylls, and the great uncertainty of their relationship to other existing types, have awakened a great interest in these two specialised and isolated genera. When, in addition to this, we consider that the Psilotaceæ is the only group of Pteridophytes in which the gametophyte generation and embryo are not yet definitely known, our interest in these plants becomes twofold, and any new information throwing additional light on their life-histories will be welcomed.

"There Is a Lot That I Want to Do": Reflections on the Relief Efforts in Haiti

2011 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 331-343
Author(s):  
Maryse Desgrottes
Keyword(s):  
Medical Care ◽  
Close Friend ◽  
Present Condition ◽  
Harvard Educational Review ◽  
Children And Families ◽  
New School ◽  
School Superintendent ◽  
Review Editor ◽  
The Face ◽  
Relief Efforts

In October 2010, Harvard Educational Review editor Raygine DiAquoi interviewed Maryse Desgrottes, the mother of a close friend and a visible presence in the relief efforts in Petit Goave, Haiti. Desgrottes, a former physician's assistant turned educator and school superintendent, shares the story of her involvement in Haiti's relief efforts since the January 12, 2010, earthquake. Her story takes us from the initial terror and trauma of the first tremors to the present condition of the Haitian people. In her role as founder of the Henri Gerard Desgranges Foundation, which provides education and medical care to the town's people, Desgrottes reflects on the importance of education in the midst of disaster and the role that her school has played in the lives of Petit Goave's children and families. She also discusses the importance of partnerships with foreign organizations and the delicate balance between helping and hurting after a disaster. Desgrottes travels to Haiti every few months to monitor the rebuilding of the École Village Lucina. Currently, this school serves two hundred children, including a number of students who were orphaned by the earthquake. As the final touches are added to the new school building, Desgrottes looks ahead to the future of the students. Her story reveals themes of the importance of culture, sovereignty,and strength in the face of disaster.

Late Quaternary Evolution of a Fjord Environment in Preservation Inlet, New Zealand

1992 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 331-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard A. Pickrill ◽  
Julianne M. Fenner ◽  
Mathew S. McGlone
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Late Quaternary ◽  
Present Condition ◽  
Sedimentation Rates ◽  
Seismic Profiles ◽  
Isostatic Rebound ◽  
Last Glaciation ◽  
Freshwater Fauna ◽  
Rising Sea Level

AbstractHigh-resolution seismic profiles, as well as sedimentological and micropaleontological analyses of three cores, are used to reconstruct the environmental and sedimentological evolution of Preservation Inlet, the southernmost New Zealand fjord. Toward the end of the last glaciation, a series of deep oligotrophic lakes, impounded by shallow sills, occupied Preservation Inlet. Glaciers filled the headwater valleys and the vegetation consisted of a sparse cover of grass, scrub, and shrubs. The principal rivers discharged into the head of these lakes forming large sandy deltas, while finely laminated clays were deposited in the distal basins. As the climate started warming ca. 18,000 yr B.P., the snowline rose and glaciers retreated. Developing forests were dominated by Metrosideros and Cyathea fringed by coastal shrubland. In the now more productive lakes, a rich freshwater fauna developed, sedimentation rates increased, and organic mud accumulated. Under rapidly rising sea level, between 9500 and ca. 8000 yr B.P., the sills enclosing the lakes were successively overtopped. Marine water intruded into the fjord basins and flooded the deltas at the head of the lakes. By 6500 yr B.P. sea level had stabilized and the fjord assumed its present condition. Shrubs decreased in abundance and forests dominated by Weinmannia and Dacrydium cupressinum then developed. A forest dominated by Nothofagus fusca spread between 2000 and 1500 yr B.P., indicating a cooler climate. In Preservation Inlet and other New Zealand fjords, eustatic sea-level rise has been greater than isostatic rebound or tectonic uplift. Coastal inundation has resulted in a transgressional sequence from a limnic to marine environment. This contrasts with fjord coasts of the northern hemisphere where isostatic rebound has produced coastal emergence, or coastal emergence followed by submergence.

scholarly journals Factors Associated with Having Family/Whānau or Close Friends Who Used Alcohol or Other Drugs in Harmful Ways among University Students in New Zealand

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 243
Author(s):  
Ben Wamamili ◽  
Pauline Stewart ◽  
Mark Wallace-Bell
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
University Students ◽  
Health Survey ◽  
Prescription Drugs ◽  
Close Friend ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Heroin Prescription

The consequences of alcohol and other drug (AoD) use are well documented. This study investigated factors associated with having family/whānau or close friend who used AoD in harmful ways in New Zealand. Data came from a July–August 2020 cross-sectional survey of students from eight universities (n = 946). Participants were asked if they had family/whānau or close friends in New Zealand who consumed alcohol or used other drugs (cannabis, ecstasy/MDMA, methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, prescription drugs, inhalants, or other) in a way that negatively impacted them, their family, or close friends in the last 12 months. Logistic regression assessed associations of having family/whānau or close friend who used AoD harmfully with student characteristics. Of respondents, 36.2% (33.1–39.4) had family/whānau or close friend who had consumed alcohol harmfully, and 42.9% (39.5–46.3) had family/whānau or close friend who had used at least one drug harmfully. Respondents’ age and ethnicity were significantly associated with having family/whānau or close friend who used AoD harmfully. The results suggest widespread harmful AoD use and potentially significant second-hand effects of AoD use in New Zealand. These data can be used to supplement information from traditional in-person surveys of individuals using alcohol and other drug (e.g., the New Zealand Health Survey).

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