title: Waiwhakareke Natural Heritage Park 2022 ground truthing

authors: Nepia, Rachel E.

abstract: This report presents the findings of routine monitoring of Waiwhakareke Natural Heritage Park (WNHP) in preparation for enrichment and infill planting in 2023 to 2024. The monitoring was carried out during September 2022 and included 44 plots across 10 polygons in landforms designated as kauri forest, rimu/tawa forest, swamp shrubland, pukatea-kahikatea forest and kahikatea-pukatea-swamp maire forest. Plot size and number in each polygon were selected to represent a sample area of 5 % of the total polygon area. In each plot the plants were counted by height class, and a percentage of canopy cover was estimated. Vegetation composition, canopy openness, regeneration and plant mortality are discussed in the report. These observations were considered with recommended planting plans generated by the WNHP planting tool, and changes were recommended to provide finalised planting plans. We recommend that this data is regularly fed back into the tool to refine recommended planting plans based on observed patterns of survival.

text: Waiwhakareke Natural Heritage Park 2022 ground truthing This report presents the findings of routine monitoring of Waiwhakareke Natural Heritage Park (WNHP) in preparation for enrichment and infill planting in 2023 to 2024. The monitoring was carried out during September 2022 and included 44 plots across 10 polygons in landforms designated as kauri forest, rimu/tawa forest, swamp shrubland, pukatea-kahikatea forest and kahikatea-pukatea-swamp maire forest. Plot size and number in each polygon were selected to represent a sample area of 5 % of the total polygon area. In each plot the plants were counted by height class, and a percentage of canopy cover was estimated. Vegetation composition, canopy openness, regeneration and plant mortality are discussed in the report. These observations were considered with recommended planting plans generated by the WNHP planting tool, and changes were recommended to provide finalised planting plans. We recommend that this data is regularly fed back into the tool to refine recommended planting plans based on observed patterns of survival.

year: 2022

title: Reservoir hill and audiences for online interactive drama

authors: Hardy, Ann

subjects: online drama

abstract: This paper analyses the interactive experiences constructed for users of the New Zealand online interactive drama Reservoir Hill (2009, 2010), focusing both on the nature and levels of engagement which the series provided to users and the difficulties of audience research into this kind of media content. The series itself provided tightly prescribed forms of interactivity across multiple platforms, allowing forms of engagement that were greatly appreciated by its audience overall but actively explored only by a small proportion of users. The responses from members of the Reservoir Hill audience suggests that online users themselves are still learning the nature of, and constraints on, their engagements with various forms of online interactive media. This paper also engages with issue of how interactivity itself is defined, the difficulties of both connecting with audience members and securing timely access to online data, and the challenges of undertaking collaborative research with media producers in order to gain access to user data.

text: Reservoir hill and audiences for online interactive drama This paper analyses the interactive experiences constructed for users of the New Zealand online interactive drama Reservoir Hill (2009, 2010), focusing both on the nature and levels of engagement which the series provided to users and the difficulties of audience research into this kind of media content. The series itself provided tightly prescribed forms of interactivity across multiple platforms, allowing forms of engagement that were greatly appreciated by its audience overall but actively explored only by a small proportion of users. The responses from members of the Reservoir Hill audience suggests that online users themselves are still learning the nature of, and constraints on, their engagements with various forms of online interactive media. This paper also engages with issue of how interactivity itself is defined, the difficulties of both connecting with audience members and securing timely access to online data, and the challenges of undertaking collaborative research with media producers in order to gain access to user data.

year: 2011

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