title: Insects as mini-livestock: New Zealand’s public attitudes toward consuming insects

authors: Payne, Penny

abstract: Insects are a relatively sustainable food source with a high proteincontent, and an alternative food option for the growing globalpopulation. However, while entomophagy (eating insects) is agrowing food trend on the global stage, very few studies focuson New Zealanders’perceptions of it. This research aims to betterunderstand  the  New  Zealand  publics’attitudes  to  theconsumption of insects, by exploring willingness to eat insects,the preferred processing methods for consumption, and barriersto adopting insects into participants’diets. An online survey wasconducted via SurveyMonkey in 2019 recruiting via social mediaplatforms. Within the sample (n= 1322), male participants weremore likely to express a willingness to consume insects, as wereyounger participants (<56 years) and those who consume meat.Over sixty percent of participants responded that they would eatinsects, and possibly regularly, if in an acceptable form such as acapsule for improved health. Participants were aware of theenvironmental benefits of eating insects over other proteinsources but less aware or certain of the potential health benefits.New Zealand may be a candidate for well-marketed productscontaining insects, most likely in the form of a powder to add toexisting foods or health products.

text: Insects as mini-livestock: New Zealand’s public attitudes toward consuming insects Insects are a relatively sustainable food source with a high proteincontent, and an alternative food option for the growing globalpopulation. However, while entomophagy (eating insects) is agrowing food trend on the global stage, very few studies focuson New Zealanders’perceptions of it. This research aims to betterunderstand  the  New  Zealand  publics’attitudes  to  theconsumption of insects, by exploring willingness to eat insects,the preferred processing methods for consumption, and barriersto adopting insects into participants’diets. An online survey wasconducted via SurveyMonkey in 2019 recruiting via social mediaplatforms. Within the sample (n= 1322), male participants weremore likely to express a willingness to consume insects, as wereyounger participants (<56 years) and those who consume meat.Over sixty percent of participants responded that they would eatinsects, and possibly regularly, if in an acceptable form such as acapsule for improved health. Participants were aware of theenvironmental benefits of eating insects over other proteinsources but less aware or certain of the potential health benefits.New Zealand may be a candidate for well-marketed productscontaining insects, most likely in the form of a powder to add toexisting foods or health products.

year: 2023-01-26

title: Reply to: 'Analysing accounting discourse: avoiding the 'fallacy of internalism''

authors: Gallhofer, Sonja

subjects: accounting

abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a response to “Analysing accounting discourse: avoiding the ‘fallacy of internalism’”, an article by Ferguson in which a work by Gallhofer et al. is critiqued. 
Design/methodology/approach – The paper responds to critique by Ferguson that one of their papers does not consider the “social-historical contexts of text production, transmission and reception”. It also looks at Ferguson's challenge of critical discourse analysis (CDA) and its political motivation. 
Findings – The paper defends Gallhofer et al. in that they chose to “promote critical discourse analysis respecting the focus of accounting and finance” and that the aim of their work was pedagogical. They chose to focus on the production of the texts rather than their reception because the work wanted to gain insights into how accounting texts are read and mobilised by radical activists in pursuance of their emancipatory goals, especially through CDA. 
Originality/value – The paper provides a defence of a previous paper of the authors, which was concerned with emancipatory change, evident in Fairclough's version of CDA.

text: Reply to: 'Analysing accounting discourse: avoiding the 'fallacy of internalism'' Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a response to “Analysing accounting discourse: avoiding the ‘fallacy of internalism’”, an article by Ferguson in which a work by Gallhofer et al. is critiqued. 
Design/methodology/approach – The paper responds to critique by Ferguson that one of their papers does not consider the “social-historical contexts of text production, transmission and reception”. It also looks at Ferguson's challenge of critical discourse analysis (CDA) and its political motivation. 
Findings – The paper defends Gallhofer et al. in that they chose to “promote critical discourse analysis respecting the focus of accounting and finance” and that the aim of their work was pedagogical. They chose to focus on the production of the texts rather than their reception because the work wanted to gain insights into how accounting texts are read and mobilised by radical activists in pursuance of their emancipatory goals, especially through CDA. 
Originality/value – The paper provides a defence of a previous paper of the authors, which was concerned with emancipatory change, evident in Fairclough's version of CDA.

year: 2007

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