title: Portable digital libraries on an iPod

authors: Bainbridge, David

subjects: computer science

abstract: This paper describes the facilities we built to run a self-contained digital library on an iPod. The digital library software used was the open source package Greenstone, and the paper highlights the technical problems that were encountered and solved. It attempts to convey a feeling for the kind of issues that must be faced when adapting standard DL software for non-standard, leading-edge devices.

text: Portable digital libraries on an iPod This paper describes the facilities we built to run a self-contained digital library on an iPod. The digital library software used was the open source package Greenstone, and the paper highlights the technical problems that were encountered and solved. It attempts to convey a feeling for the kind of issues that must be faced when adapting standard DL software for non-standard, leading-edge devices.

year: 2008

title: New teachers respond to curriculum policy in a Master of Teaching and Learning Programme: A collection of working papers

authors: Hunter, Philippa Anne

abstract: How do new teachers in a Master of Teaching and Learning [MTchgLn] programme read, make sense of, and reflect on The New Zealand Curriculum [NZC] as policy intent, implementation and outcomes? (Ministry of Education (MoE), 2007). Why is scrutiny of educational policy an essential dimension of pedagogy in teacher education? And, what can new teachers’ analyses and responses to the NZC teach us in light of the profession’s powerful discourse of experience? This collection of working papers is shared by a group of Waikato University MTchgLn (2017) new teachers of primary and secondary curriculum. The writing evolved from an assignment to a publication opportunity. When we discussed the group’s professional identity as writers for the journal, it was agreed that the identity of ‘new teachers’ felt like a comfortable naming of initial teacher positioning and role. My involvement in introducing this collection of papers is grounded in the co-ordination and design of an MTchgLn curriculum paper, and my professional identities as teacher, assessor, researcher, mentor, professional colleague and advocate (Alsup, 2006; Britzman, 2003; Danielewicz, 2001; Hunter, 2013; Kincheloe, 2003). My work in teacher education in the fields of history, social sciences, and curriculum studies is shaped by a critical pedagogy stance (Apple, 1982, 1990; Giroux, 1988, 1996; Kincheloe, 2003, 2004). I am interested in problematising pedagogy and asking questions of why we do the things we do as teachers (Hunter, 2013).

text: New teachers respond to curriculum policy in a Master of Teaching and Learning Programme: A collection of working papers How do new teachers in a Master of Teaching and Learning [MTchgLn] programme read, make sense of, and reflect on The New Zealand Curriculum [NZC] as policy intent, implementation and outcomes? (Ministry of Education (MoE), 2007). Why is scrutiny of educational policy an essential dimension of pedagogy in teacher education? And, what can new teachers’ analyses and responses to the NZC teach us in light of the profession’s powerful discourse of experience? This collection of working papers is shared by a group of Waikato University MTchgLn (2017) new teachers of primary and secondary curriculum. The writing evolved from an assignment to a publication opportunity. When we discussed the group’s professional identity as writers for the journal, it was agreed that the identity of ‘new teachers’ felt like a comfortable naming of initial teacher positioning and role. My involvement in introducing this collection of papers is grounded in the co-ordination and design of an MTchgLn curriculum paper, and my professional identities as teacher, assessor, researcher, mentor, professional colleague and advocate (Alsup, 2006; Britzman, 2003; Danielewicz, 2001; Hunter, 2013; Kincheloe, 2003). My work in teacher education in the fields of history, social sciences, and curriculum studies is shaped by a critical pedagogy stance (Apple, 1982, 1990; Giroux, 1988, 1996; Kincheloe, 2003, 2004). I am interested in problematising pedagogy and asking questions of why we do the things we do as teachers (Hunter, 2013).

year: 2017

title: Boat electrofishing survey of fish abundance in the Ohau Channel, Rotorua, in 2015

authors: Hicks, Brendan J.

abstract: The aim of the survey was to provide on-going monitoring of the fish communities and abundance by boat electrofishing in the Ohau Channel, especially fish species that are taonga to Maori (eels, goldfish, and koura). In the current study, we present the findings from the ninth year of sampling (2015) and a summary of previous surveys.
We used the University of Waikato's 4.5 m-long, aluminium-hulled electrofishing boat to catch a total of total of 1,198 fish and koura (18.9 kg) at 13 sites on 2 December 2015, which comprised 2,671 lineal m and 10,684 m² in area. Koura (freshwater crayfish) and 6 fish species were present, with common bully the most abundant species (up to 45.5 fish 100 m⁻² at the site 6, edge habitat). Goldfish (up to 4.85 100 m⁻²) was the next most abundant species, with most goldfish at sites 7 and 12-13 in and around the side channel. Rainbow trout densities were up to 0.28 fish 100 m⁻². Mean bully density (11.41 fish 100 m⁻²) was much higher than for smelt (0.29 fish 100 m⁻²). Koura had a patchy distribution; only 3 individuals were caught at one site.
Comparing catches over the 9 years of sampling, the mean abundance of common bullies in 2015 was consistent with densities in most post-wall years (after 2007), but lower than in 2007 before wall closure (ANOVA P = 0.001). The cause of fluctuating bully abundance is not known, and was not accounted for by changes in water clarity expressed as black disc distance (BDD), water temperature, or water conductivity. Poor water clarity can reduce the efficiency of electrofishing, but high BDD did not correspond with high common bully densities. In 2015, smelt abundance had recovered somewhat from the low catch in 2014.
Goldfish biomass increased initially (2009-2010) because of targeted fishing in the excavated side branch (site 11), which has dense macrophytes and offers good habitat for goldfish. The continued rise in density from 2012 on, however, suggests a real increase in goldfish numbers. In 2012 and 2013 shortfin eels were caught, but no eels were caught in 2014 and only a single longfin eel was caught in 2015.
Analysis of fish densities before and after wall closure is hampered by the single data point before closure. However, we now have 9 years of post-wall data, and comparison of means suggest that the number of bullies has been lower since 2007. An obvious cause could be interruption of bully migration into the Ohau Channel from Lake Rotoiti by the wall. This suggests that the bully population in the Ohau Channel before wall construction and closure was a mixture of fish from lakes Rotorua and Rotoiti, and that recruitment from Rotoiti is now restricted. This hypothesis is testable with otolith microchemistry.

text: Boat electrofishing survey of fish abundance in the Ohau Channel, Rotorua, in 2015 The aim of the survey was to provide on-going monitoring of the fish communities and abundance by boat electrofishing in the Ohau Channel, especially fish species that are taonga to Maori (eels, goldfish, and koura). In the current study, we present the findings from the ninth year of sampling (2015) and a summary of previous surveys.
We used the University of Waikato's 4.5 m-long, aluminium-hulled electrofishing boat to catch a total of total of 1,198 fish and koura (18.9 kg) at 13 sites on 2 December 2015, which comprised 2,671 lineal m and 10,684 m² in area. Koura (freshwater crayfish) and 6 fish species were present, with common bully the most abundant species (up to 45.5 fish 100 m⁻² at the site 6, edge habitat). Goldfish (up to 4.85 100 m⁻²) was the next most abundant species, with most goldfish at sites 7 and 12-13 in and around the side channel. Rainbow trout densities were up to 0.28 fish 100 m⁻². Mean bully density (11.41 fish 100 m⁻²) was much higher than for smelt (0.29 fish 100 m⁻²). Koura had a patchy distribution; only 3 individuals were caught at one site.
Comparing catches over the 9 years of sampling, the mean abundance of common bullies in 2015 was consistent with densities in most post-wall years (after 2007), but lower than in 2007 before wall closure (ANOVA P = 0.001). The cause of fluctuating bully abundance is not known, and was not accounted for by changes in water clarity expressed as black disc distance (BDD), water temperature, or water conductivity. Poor water clarity can reduce the efficiency of electrofishing, but high BDD did not correspond with high common bully densities. In 2015, smelt abundance had recovered somewhat from the low catch in 2014.
Goldfish biomass increased initially (2009-2010) because of targeted fishing in the excavated side branch (site 11), which has dense macrophytes and offers good habitat for goldfish. The continued rise in density from 2012 on, however, suggests a real increase in goldfish numbers. In 2012 and 2013 shortfin eels were caught, but no eels were caught in 2014 and only a single longfin eel was caught in 2015.
Analysis of fish densities before and after wall closure is hampered by the single data point before closure. However, we now have 9 years of post-wall data, and comparison of means suggest that the number of bullies has been lower since 2007. An obvious cause could be interruption of bully migration into the Ohau Channel from Lake Rotoiti by the wall. This suggests that the bully population in the Ohau Channel before wall construction and closure was a mixture of fish from lakes Rotorua and Rotoiti, and that recruitment from Rotoiti is now restricted. This hypothesis is testable with otolith microchemistry.

year: 2016