title: New Zealand culture of intoxication: Local and global influences

authors: McEwan, Brett James

subjects: New Zealand

abstract: This article shows that attitudes towards and behaviours involving the consumption of alcohol in New Zealand have long been problematic. It provides an historical account of social, economic and legislative factors which have influenced the development of the New Zealand drinking culture. Accordingly, it tracks a combination of local and global alcohol-related influences and documents the interrelationships amongst these factors. In particular, it proposes that the liberalisation of alcohol licensing laws and advertising/sponsorship regulations, alongside the growth of the alcohol-based hospitality industry have promoted the normalisation of an alcohol-based leisure lifestyle. Against this backdrop, the growth of consumer culture , tertiary student culture and the New Zealand drug culture, along with the development of new alcohol products and the establishment of commercial and social-networking websites have conjointly enabled the growth of a culture of intoxication, which is characterised by drinkers intentionally drinking to intoxication and viewing this behaviour as socially acceptable.

text: New Zealand culture of intoxication: Local and global influences This article shows that attitudes towards and behaviours involving the consumption of alcohol in New Zealand have long been problematic. It provides an historical account of social, economic and legislative factors which have influenced the development of the New Zealand drinking culture. Accordingly, it tracks a combination of local and global alcohol-related influences and documents the interrelationships amongst these factors. In particular, it proposes that the liberalisation of alcohol licensing laws and advertising/sponsorship regulations, alongside the growth of the alcohol-based hospitality industry have promoted the normalisation of an alcohol-based leisure lifestyle. Against this backdrop, the growth of consumer culture , tertiary student culture and the New Zealand drug culture, along with the development of new alcohol products and the establishment of commercial and social-networking websites have conjointly enabled the growth of a culture of intoxication, which is characterised by drinkers intentionally drinking to intoxication and viewing this behaviour as socially acceptable.

year: 2010

title: Improving the probing depth of thermographic inspections of polymer composite materials

authors: Olafsson, G.

subjects: Science & Technology

abstract: The maximum depth for which a defect of a given size can be detected in thermographic inspections is known as the 'probing depth'. For materials such as polymer composites, with low through-thickness thermal diffusivity, inspections are limited to thin materials or near surface inspection. With the aim of improving probing depth, the paper describes how established signal processing techniques are adapted for thermographic inspections. The procedures are implemented for both pulse thermography and pulse phase thermography inspections of laminated composite materials and sandwich structures. It is demonstrated that the adaptation significantly improves the probing depth, identifying defects that could not be identified using existing procedures. The applicability of the new approaches is discussed, paying particular attention to systematic and random errors resulting from equipment setup. Simple and efficient compensation methods to reduce the effect these errors are presented.

text: Improving the probing depth of thermographic inspections of polymer composite materials The maximum depth for which a defect of a given size can be detected in thermographic inspections is known as the 'probing depth'. For materials such as polymer composites, with low through-thickness thermal diffusivity, inspections are limited to thin materials or near surface inspection. With the aim of improving probing depth, the paper describes how established signal processing techniques are adapted for thermographic inspections. The procedures are implemented for both pulse thermography and pulse phase thermography inspections of laminated composite materials and sandwich structures. It is demonstrated that the adaptation significantly improves the probing depth, identifying defects that could not be identified using existing procedures. The applicability of the new approaches is discussed, paying particular attention to systematic and random errors resulting from equipment setup. Simple and efficient compensation methods to reduce the effect these errors are presented.

year: 2019

title: He tirohanga ki ngā iwi o Hauraki

authors: Ngāpō, Korohere

subjects: Kōrero nehe

abstract: Ahakoa kua kīia nei tekau mā rua ngā iwi o Hauraki i ēnei rangi, kua mōhiotia whānuitia e ngā tūnohunohu me ngā tohunga whakapapa o te kāinga e toru ngā tino nohonga tūturu ake o ngā iwi o Hauraki i mua i te tae putuputu mai o te iwi Pākehā. Ka mutu, he whakarāpopoto noa iho tēnei tuhinga ki ngā tūrangawaewae me ngā tapuwae o ngā iwi ki roto i ngā whaitua o Te Tara o Te Ika-a-Māui-tikitiki-a-Taranga. Ehara i te mea kua ruku hōhonu ake ahau ki ngā āhuatanga katoa o ngā whakapapa o Hauraki engari he paku makamaka tirotiro noa iho nā te rarahi, nā te whānui rawa o tēnei kaupapa. Mehemea ka tōminamina te tangata kia mōhio ai ki ngā hītori o Hauraki mokori anō tana whana atu ki ngā wāhi tapu, ki ngā kōrero tuku iho a ngā mātanga whakapapa.

Mehemea e tōminamina ana te tangata kia mōhio ai ko wai mā ngā tūpuna o Hauraki i ngā wā o mua, me hoki whakamuri ki ngā iwi tuatahi tae noa mai ki ngā iwi 12 e noho atu ana ki ngā ripa tauārai o Hauraki ā mohoa nei.

text: He tirohanga ki ngā iwi o Hauraki Ahakoa kua kīia nei tekau mā rua ngā iwi o Hauraki i ēnei rangi, kua mōhiotia whānuitia e ngā tūnohunohu me ngā tohunga whakapapa o te kāinga e toru ngā tino nohonga tūturu ake o ngā iwi o Hauraki i mua i te tae putuputu mai o te iwi Pākehā. Ka mutu, he whakarāpopoto noa iho tēnei tuhinga ki ngā tūrangawaewae me ngā tapuwae o ngā iwi ki roto i ngā whaitua o Te Tara o Te Ika-a-Māui-tikitiki-a-Taranga. Ehara i te mea kua ruku hōhonu ake ahau ki ngā āhuatanga katoa o ngā whakapapa o Hauraki engari he paku makamaka tirotiro noa iho nā te rarahi, nā te whānui rawa o tēnei kaupapa. Mehemea ka tōminamina te tangata kia mōhio ai ki ngā hītori o Hauraki mokori anō tana whana atu ki ngā wāhi tapu, ki ngā kōrero tuku iho a ngā mātanga whakapapa.

Mehemea e tōminamina ana te tangata kia mōhio ai ko wai mā ngā tūpuna o Hauraki i ngā wā o mua, me hoki whakamuri ki ngā iwi tuatahi tae noa mai ki ngā iwi 12 e noho atu ana ki ngā ripa tauārai o Hauraki ā mohoa nei.

year: 2016