New Views on a ‘Stuck’ Issue: Communicating about Childhood Immunisation in Aotearoa New Zealand

This article explores attitudes towards immunisation and immunisation communication materials among parents and caregivers currently facing immunisation decisions in Aotearoa New Zealand. The research aimed to discover, from an open-ended qualitative investigation, new ways to conceptualise and explain immunisation decision-making, and identify participants' own views on approaches worth trialling as ways to increase immunisation rates. The research used communication artefacts as talking points, and an action research process to modify these to reflect participants' design suggestions, but was primarily exploratory. It started a broad conversation with participants about their decision-making influences rather than being designed to test any particular attributes of the immunisation communication process. From a qualitative analysis of transcripts of focus-group and in-depth interviews with 107 immunisation decision-makers, themes were drawn. Applying an emic process enabled identification of participants' own ideas that have now broadened the range of possible approaches currently being considered for immunisation communication in Aotearoa New Zealand. Given that immunisation decline is a problem internationally, these participant-driven ideas may also be worth testing in other contexts.

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The incorporation of Māori environmental values as part of the Ruamāhanga Whaitua Implementation Programme in the Wellington Region, Aotearoa New Zealand

10.26686/wgtn.17151569.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

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Bryn Cal Hickson Rowden

Keyword(s):

Environmental Management ◽

Decision Making ◽

New Zealand ◽

Theory Approach ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Environmental Decision Making ◽

Aotearoa New Zealand ◽

Management Processes ◽

Local Government Level ◽

Implementation Programme

In recent years, there has been significant efforts to create frameworks in which Māori values are incorporated as part of environmental management processes in Aotearoa New Zealand(Forster, 2014; Harmsworth et al., 2016). This research explores the factors that influence the incorporation of Māori values at the local government level, and what barriers Māori values face to being incorporated in environmental management. This research focused on a case study of the Ruamāhanga Whaitua Committe Implementation Programme process in the Wellington region. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect information on the opinions of members of the Ruamāhanga Whaitua Committee. The interviews were analysed using a critical theory approach. The research found that there was a clear discrepancy between the values and behaviours expressed by some non-Māori members of the Committee. The result of such a discrepancy was that Māori values were not sufficiently part of environmental decision making. Such a discrepancy was a result of the political structures of the Regional Council’s Whaitua Implementation Programme process. The majority of the decision-making power was found to be situated ‘higher’ up in the organisation, outside of the Committee. Overall this research found that there are important opportunities to make sure iwi values are not only included, but form the basis of decisions.

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Cessation strategies used successfully by individuals in recovery from methamphetamine addiction

Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work ◽

10.11157/anzswj-vol33iss2id863 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 33 (2) ◽

pp. 32-44

Author(s):

Yvonne Gordon ◽

Christine Stephens

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Lived Experience ◽

Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽

Health Issue ◽

Aotearoa New Zealand ◽

Appropriate Treatment ◽

Important Health ◽

Important Health Issue ◽

Depth Interviews ◽

Insight Into

INTRODUCTION: Methamphetamine (MA) misuse is a recognised health issue in Aotearoa New Zealand, and there is a lack of appropriate treatment available for individuals who are methamphetamine dependent. This exploratory study, undertaken in 2019, sought to gain insight from individuals in Aotearoa who have experienced MA dependence and now identify as being in recovery, to discover which strategies, approaches or treatment appeared helpful in their recovery.METHODS: The participants in the study were seven adults (New Zealand European, Samoan and Māori ethnicity) who had abstained from methamphetamine for six months or more. In-depth interviews were audiotaped and transcribed before being analysed. The data were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis, which has its theoretical origins in phenomenology and hermeneutics.FINDINGS: Four themes emerged to describe the lived experience of recovery from methamphetamine misuse: Getting Away, Support, Personal Sources of Strength, and Treatment. Each theme held importance in the participants’ recovery from MA and provided insight into their journey in abstaining and being in recovery.CONCLUSIONS: These findings may be used to assist others entering recovery. The present findings are limited by the size of the sample; however, they provide valuable information on this important health issue as a basis for further research, which is urgently needed in Aotearoa.

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Co-Management in Theory and Practice: Co-Managing the Waipaˉ River

Decolonising Blue Spaces in the Anthropocene ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-61071-5_8 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 325-357

Author(s):

Meg Parsons ◽

Karen Fisher ◽

Roa Petra Crease

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

New Zealand ◽

Environmental Justice ◽

Sustainable Management ◽

Theory And Practice ◽

River Catchment ◽

Aotearoa New Zealand ◽

Equitable Sharing ◽

Research Findings ◽

Formal Recognition

AbstractIn Aotearoa New Zealand, co-management initiatives are increasingly commonplace and are intended to improve sustainable management of environments as well as foster more equitable sharing of power between the settler-state and Indigenous Māori iwi (tribes). In this chapter we examine one such co-management arrangement that recognises and includes Ngāti Maniapoto iwi in decision-making about their ancestral river (the upper section of the Waipā River Catchment) and whether the implementation of initiative translated into tangible benefits for the iwi. Our research findings highlight how co-management agreement is perceived as overwhelming positive by both government and Ngāti Maniapoto representatives. However iwi note that they still face substantive barriers to achieving environmental justice (including the lack of formal recognition of their authority and power, and limited resourcing).

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University Leadership for Sustainability: an Active Dendritic Framework for Enabling Connection and Collaboration

10.26686/wgtn.16946005 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

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Pamela Margaret Williams

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Education For Sustainability ◽

University Leadership ◽

Aotearoa New Zealand ◽

Sustainability Learning ◽

Research Findings ◽

Need For Support ◽

Sustainability Initiatives ◽

The University ◽

Depth Interviews

In a world with increasing environmental and social problems, education is widely accepted as being critical for meeting current and predicted sustainable development issues. This thesis explores possible reasons for the relatively low levels of education-for-sustainability programmes in universities in Aotearoa New Zealand, compared to selected international universities with coherent inter-disciplinary sustainability programmes of learning. The research involved qualitative in-depth interviews with two sub-sets of academic participants teaching in universities, twenty from selected international universities and ten from universities in Aotearoa New Zealand. A grounded theory methodology approach was chosen to analyse the extensive range of qualitative data. Analysis revealed generic essential themes underlying the experiences of the two sets of participants. Key themes included the importance of building connections between distributed sustainability leaders and the need for support from hierarchical university leadership for developing substantive sustainability learning initiatives. A theoretical model is proposed: an active dendritic framework for university leadership for sustainability, for improving collaborative learning within and across disciplinary areas, and building capacity for university-wide learning, leading to establishing coherent sustainability initiatives. Recommendations are offered for improving the uptake of education-forsustainability in universities in Aotearoa New Zealand, based on the research findings and the potential for using the dendritic framework for assisting connection and collaboration between transformational sustainability leaders within the university.

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First Birth at Home or in Hospital in Aotearoa/New Zealand: Intrapartum Midwifery Care and Related Outcomes

10.26686/wgtn.16959079.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

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Suzanne Claire Miller

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Focus Group ◽

Emotional Health ◽

Care Provision ◽

First Birth ◽

Aotearoa New Zealand ◽

Foetal Monitoring ◽

First Time Mothers ◽

First Time ◽

At Home

A woman's first birth experience can be a powerfully transformative event in her life, or can be so traumatic it affects her sense of 'self' for years. It can influence her maternity future, her physical and emotional health, and her ability to mother her baby. It matters greatly how her first birth unfolds. Women in Aotearoa/New Zealand enjoy a range of options for provision of maternity care, including, for most, their choice of birth setting. Midwives who practice in a range of settings perceive that birth outcomes for first-time mothers appear to be 'better' at home. An exploration of this perception seems warranted in light of the mainstream view that hospital is the optimal birth setting. The research question was: "Do midwives offer the same intrapartum care at home and in hospital, and if differences exist, how might they be made manifest in the labour and birth events of first-time mothers?" This mixed-methods study compared labour and birth events for two groups of first-time mothers who were cared for by the same midwives in a continuity of care context. One group of mothers planned to give birth at home and the other group planned to give birth in a hospital where anaesthetic and surgical services were available. Labour and birth event data were collected by a survey which was generated following a focus group discussion with a small group of midwives. This discussion centred around whether these midwives believed their practice differed in each setting, and what influenced care provision in each place. Content analysis of the focus group data saw the emergence of four themes relating to differences in practice: midwives' use of space, their use of time, the 'being' and 'doing' of midwifery and aspects relating to safety. Survey data were analysed using SPSS. Despite being cared for by the same midwives, women in the hospital-birth group were more likely to use pharmacological methods of pain management, experienced more interventions (ARM, vaginal examinations, IV hydration, active third stage management and electronic foetal monitoring) and achieved spontaneous vaginal birth less often than the women in the homebirth group. These findings strengthen the evidence that for low risk first-time mothers a choice to give birth at home can result in a greater likelihood of achieving a normal birth. The study offers some insights into how the woman's choice of birth place affects the care provided by midwives, and how differences in care provision can relate to differences in labour and birth event outcomes.

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Climate Change Adaptation in the Environment Court: Revisiting the 2010 Holt Case

Victoria University of Wellington Law Review ◽

10.26686/vuwlr.v50i4.6304 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 50 (4) ◽

pp. 609

Author(s):

CJ Iorns Magallanes ◽

MJ Dicken

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

New Zealand ◽

Climate Change Adaptation ◽

Coastal Area ◽

Common Law ◽

Decision Makers ◽

Court Case ◽

Aotearoa New Zealand

Common law precedents for some resource consent approvals in Aotearoa New Zealand are out of date due to the rapid increase in the science and understanding of the effects of climate change. This article considers one 2010 Environment Court case on a resource consent for building in the coastal area. It examines how the case would be decided if it arose today, with the benefit of the relevant law, policies and guidance now available to decision-makers. It suggests that the option taken by the Court in 2010, whereby the owners assumed the relevant inundation risks, would not be so available to a court today. This case is thus no longer good law.

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The incorporation of Māori environmental values as part of the Ruamāhanga Whaitua Implementation Programme in the Wellington Region, Aotearoa New Zealand

10.26686/wgtn.17151569 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

◽

Bryn Cal Hickson Rowden

Keyword(s):

Environmental Management ◽

Decision Making ◽

New Zealand ◽

Theory Approach ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Environmental Decision Making ◽

Aotearoa New Zealand ◽

Management Processes ◽

Local Government Level ◽

Implementation Programme

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“We are not privileged enough to have that foundation of language”: Pasifika young adults share their deep concerns about the decline of their ancestral/heritage languages in Aotearoa New Zealand

AlterNative An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples ◽

10.1177/1177180119835228 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 131-139

Author(s):

Lina-Jodi Vaine Samu ◽

Helen Moewaka Barnes ◽

Lanuola Asiasiga ◽

Tim McCreanor

Keyword(s):

Young Adults ◽

New Zealand ◽

Focus Group ◽

Language Policy ◽

National Language ◽

Minority Languages ◽

Focus Group Interviews ◽

Heritage Languages ◽

Aotearoa New Zealand ◽

Group Interviews

Focus group interviews conducted with Aotearoa New Zealand–born Pasifika young adults aged 18–25 years highlighted their intense apprehension about the diminishing abilities of New Zealand–born Pasifika people to speak their ancestral/heritage Pasifika languages in Aotearoa. Some Pasifika languages are also declining at their homeland wellsprings. There has been no comprehensive strategic national language policy developed in New Zealand where Pasifika heritage and other community languages can flourish. New Zealand appears to default to a monocultural given where English prevails without critique. Minority languages are battling it out with each other for legitimacy of existence. Resulting from New Zealand’s failure to create a comprehensive languages strategy for all, younger generations of Pasifika neither have fluency in their ancestral languages which impact negatively on their identity security and their ability to attain critical fluency in English to thrive as their migrant parents and grandparents envisioned they would in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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From apathy through anxiety to action: emotions as motivators for youth climate strike leaders

Australian Journal of Environmental Education ◽

10.1017/aee.2021.22 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-13

Author(s):

Maria L. Bright ◽

Chris Eames

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

New Zealand ◽

Global Climate ◽

Motivational Factors ◽

Educational Framework ◽

Aotearoa New Zealand ◽

Suitable Climate ◽

Climate Action ◽

Pedagogy Of Discomfort ◽

Depth Interviews

Abstract The climate strikes of 2019 motivated millions worldwide onto the street and provided a platform for youth voices that demanded global climate action. This article explores the experiences of climate strike leaders in Aotearoa New Zealand questioning the motivational factors behind the youth action. In-depth interviews with 15 climate strike leaders identified emotions that influenced engagement and could motivate action. Climate strike leaders reported experiencing a series of turbulent emotional stages from apathy to action. Their experiences suggest that anxiety and anger are important stages in the emotional journey towards action. Using Boler’s Pedagogy of Discomfort, this paper examines these emotional stages that can disable or enable action. Considering youth perspectives increases our understanding of a suitable climate change educational framework that potentially supports both educators and students on this challenging journey.

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