title: Researching our own practice

authors: Spiller, Dorothy

abstract: In this chapter, we argue that using research to inform our teaching is a vital element in the reflection process and empowers us to keep developing our teaching in ways that can be transformative for ourselves and our learners.

text: Researching our own practice In this chapter, we argue that using research to inform our teaching is a vital element in the reflection process and empowers us to keep developing our teaching in ways that can be transformative for ourselves and our learners.

year: 2011

title: New Zealand Guidelines for cyanobacteria in recreational fresh waters: Interim Guidelines

authors: Wood, Susanna A.

abstract: This document is divided into four main sections, plus 14 appendices.
Section 1. Introduction provides an overview of the purpose and status of the document as well as advice on who should use it.
Section 2. Framework provides a background to the overall guidelines approach, recommendations on agency roles and responsibilities, and information on the condition of use of this document.
Section 3. Guidelines describes the recommended three-tier monitoring and action sequence for planktonic and benthic cyanobacteria.
Section 4. Sampling provides advice on sampling planktonic and benthic cyanobacteria.
The appendices give further background information and include templates for data collection and reporting, including:
• background information on known cyanotoxins and their distribution in New Zealand
• information on the derivation of guideline values
• photographs of typical bloom events
• a list of biovolumes for common New Zealand cyanobacteria
• templates for field assessments
• suggested media releases and warning sign templates.
A glossary provides definitions for abbreviations and terms used in these guidelines.

text: New Zealand Guidelines for cyanobacteria in recreational fresh waters: Interim Guidelines This document is divided into four main sections, plus 14 appendices.
Section 1. Introduction provides an overview of the purpose and status of the document as well as advice on who should use it.
Section 2. Framework provides a background to the overall guidelines approach, recommendations on agency roles and responsibilities, and information on the condition of use of this document.
Section 3. Guidelines describes the recommended three-tier monitoring and action sequence for planktonic and benthic cyanobacteria.
Section 4. Sampling provides advice on sampling planktonic and benthic cyanobacteria.
The appendices give further background information and include templates for data collection and reporting, including:
• background information on known cyanotoxins and their distribution in New Zealand
• information on the derivation of guideline values
• photographs of typical bloom events
• a list of biovolumes for common New Zealand cyanobacteria
• templates for field assessments
• suggested media releases and warning sign templates.
A glossary provides definitions for abbreviations and terms used in these guidelines.

year: 2009

title: Book Review: The Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand’s law and constitution

authors: Olivier, Morne

subjects: The Treaty of Waitangi

abstract: The Treaty of Waitangi occupies an unsettled place in New Zealand’s constitution, law and life. Although there is almost universal agreement that it is a foundation document, this is not reflected in the legal status of the Treaty, or necessarily in its treatment by government. The Treaty engenders strong emotions on both sides of the political divide. Many New Zealanders are ambivalent about it. For some, it is a private issue; for others, it is very public, and very political. Both the legal and constitutional status of the Treaty is uncertain and unsettled, and so is the question of who exercises public power in relation to it. Harris has described the Treaty as one ingredient of a ‘cauldron of quietly simmering constitutional issues’. In this well-researched book, Matthew Palmer confronts these issues head on, and argues his vision for settling the legal and constitutional position of the Treaty.

text: Book Review: The Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand’s law and constitution The Treaty of Waitangi occupies an unsettled place in New Zealand’s constitution, law and life. Although there is almost universal agreement that it is a foundation document, this is not reflected in the legal status of the Treaty, or necessarily in its treatment by government. The Treaty engenders strong emotions on both sides of the political divide. Many New Zealanders are ambivalent about it. For some, it is a private issue; for others, it is very public, and very political. Both the legal and constitutional status of the Treaty is uncertain and unsettled, and so is the question of who exercises public power in relation to it. Harris has described the Treaty as one ingredient of a ‘cauldron of quietly simmering constitutional issues’. In this well-researched book, Matthew Palmer confronts these issues head on, and argues his vision for settling the legal and constitutional position of the Treaty.

year: 2006