title: Digital libraries unfurled: supporting the New Zealand flag debate

authors: Thomas, Brandon M.

subjects: computer science

abstract: This article reports on the development of an interactive web environment, backed by a digital library, that supports the creation of new flag designs. Specifically, it supports the user through an iterative design process, guided by principles drawn from the field of Vexillology. The work has been motivated by a legally binding referendum on the issue in New Zealand, planned to occur in late 2015/early 2016.

text: Digital libraries unfurled: supporting the New Zealand flag debate This article reports on the development of an interactive web environment, backed by a digital library, that supports the creation of new flag designs. Specifically, it supports the user through an iterative design process, guided by principles drawn from the field of Vexillology. The work has been motivated by a legally binding referendum on the issue in New Zealand, planned to occur in late 2015/early 2016.

year: 2015

title: Ensuring higher education campus maps support visibility and inclusion for parents

authors: McChesney, Katrina

subjects: parents

abstract: In 2022, we reviewed publicly available campus maps for all 37 Australian and 8 New Zealand public universities to identify what parentrelated facilities were evident. Of 281 distinct teaching and/or research sites, only 36% had maps showing one or more parent-related facilities. Childcare services (26% of sites) and parents’ rooms (25%) were the most common facilities, although still relatively rare. It was often unclear what some facilities entailed or who could access them.

text: Ensuring higher education campus maps support visibility and inclusion for parents In 2022, we reviewed publicly available campus maps for all 37 Australian and 8 New Zealand public universities to identify what parentrelated facilities were evident. Of 281 distinct teaching and/or research sites, only 36% had maps showing one or more parent-related facilities. Childcare services (26% of sites) and parents’ rooms (25%) were the most common facilities, although still relatively rare. It was often unclear what some facilities entailed or who could access them.

year: 2023

title: Ethics systems in the New Zealand psychological society

authors: Dixon, Brian

subjects: Maori

abstract: It is important to remember that the Psychological Society does not exist in isolation. It is part of a wider society and must be accountable to and responsive to the needs of the public, its clients and changes occurring in the community. Ethics largely arise out of the public’s expectations of the profession and implied in that is compliance with the law. Psychologists are obviously answerable to the Courts when their actions transgress the law; no one can legally claim that inclusions or omissions from a code of ethics permit them to act outside of the law. Fortunately, there are seldom conflicts between ethical and legal obligations as certain statutory provisions now reflect some of the more important of our ethical standards. Any consideration of ethics in the Society must take account of the wider societal context within which psychologists operate.

text: Ethics systems in the New Zealand psychological society It is important to remember that the Psychological Society does not exist in isolation. It is part of a wider society and must be accountable to and responsive to the needs of the public, its clients and changes occurring in the community. Ethics largely arise out of the public’s expectations of the profession and implied in that is compliance with the law. Psychologists are obviously answerable to the Courts when their actions transgress the law; no one can legally claim that inclusions or omissions from a code of ethics permit them to act outside of the law. Fortunately, there are seldom conflicts between ethical and legal obligations as certain statutory provisions now reflect some of the more important of our ethical standards. Any consideration of ethics in the Society must take account of the wider societal context within which psychologists operate.

year: 1993