title: Audience responses to news media images of Pacific health

authors: Loto, Robert

subjects: Maori

abstract: News media contain a multitude of images of Pacific peoples and health. This paper presents findings from a social psychological study of audience responses to such images. Two Pacific and two Palagi groups took part in discussions in which they responded to specific print media articles. These discussions were used to explore how different New Zealand audiences view and respond to the portrayals of Pacific people and their health. Responses from the Pacific and Palagi focus groups were compared showing both salience and difference in audience reactions. In appropriating aspects of news coverage, audience members do not simply regurgitate what they are shown by the media. They engage in complex dialogues with other audience members regarding issues raised by media coverage and in the process socially negotiate shared interpretations.

text: Audience responses to news media images of Pacific health News media contain a multitude of images of Pacific peoples and health. This paper presents findings from a social psychological study of audience responses to such images. Two Pacific and two Palagi groups took part in discussions in which they responded to specific print media articles. These discussions were used to explore how different New Zealand audiences view and respond to the portrayals of Pacific people and their health. Responses from the Pacific and Palagi focus groups were compared showing both salience and difference in audience reactions. In appropriating aspects of news coverage, audience members do not simply regurgitate what they are shown by the media. They engage in complex dialogues with other audience members regarding issues raised by media coverage and in the process socially negotiate shared interpretations.

year: 2008

title: Hydrogen bonding in crystalline alcohol solvates of the platinum(II) sulfido complex [Pt2( -S)2(PPh3)4]

authors: Henderson, William

subjects: Platinum complexes

abstract: Suspension of [Pt₂( -S)₂(PPh₃)₄] in lower alcohols results in recrystallisation, forming yellow to yellow-orange microcrystals of the solvates [Pt₂( -S)₂(PPh₃)₄]•nROH (R = Me, Et, nBu). The di-ethanol solvate was characterised by means of a single-crystal X-ray diffraction study and 1H NMR spectroscopy. The structure consists of an ethanol molecule hydrogen-bonded in an asymmetric bifurcated fashion to the {Pt₂S₂} group, with the second, disordered ethanol molecule involved in a cooperative hydrogen-bonding interaction with the oxygen of the first ethanol. Thermogravimetric analysis shows that the alcohol is relatively easily lost, regenerating orange, unsolvated [Pt₂( -S)₂(PPh₃)₄]. [Pt₂( -S)₂(PPh₃)₄] readily dissolves in hexafluoro-2-propanol, yielding yellow crystals of [Pt₂( -S)₂(PPh₃)₄]•6(CF₃)₂CHOH on evaporation. Characterisation by X-ray diffraction shows that the structure contains a [Pt₂ ( -S)₂(PPh₃)₄] hydrogen-bonded to a single(CF₃)₂CHOH molecule, with the additional (CF₃)₂CHOH molecules forming a discrete hydrogen-bonded pentameric cluster in the crystal.

text: Hydrogen bonding in crystalline alcohol solvates of the platinum(II) sulfido complex [Pt2( -S)2(PPh3)4] Suspension of [Pt₂( -S)₂(PPh₃)₄] in lower alcohols results in recrystallisation, forming yellow to yellow-orange microcrystals of the solvates [Pt₂( -S)₂(PPh₃)₄]•nROH (R = Me, Et, nBu). The di-ethanol solvate was characterised by means of a single-crystal X-ray diffraction study and 1H NMR spectroscopy. The structure consists of an ethanol molecule hydrogen-bonded in an asymmetric bifurcated fashion to the {Pt₂S₂} group, with the second, disordered ethanol molecule involved in a cooperative hydrogen-bonding interaction with the oxygen of the first ethanol. Thermogravimetric analysis shows that the alcohol is relatively easily lost, regenerating orange, unsolvated [Pt₂( -S)₂(PPh₃)₄]. [Pt₂( -S)₂(PPh₃)₄] readily dissolves in hexafluoro-2-propanol, yielding yellow crystals of [Pt₂( -S)₂(PPh₃)₄]•6(CF₃)₂CHOH on evaporation. Characterisation by X-ray diffraction shows that the structure contains a [Pt₂ ( -S)₂(PPh₃)₄] hydrogen-bonded to a single(CF₃)₂CHOH molecule, with the additional (CF₃)₂CHOH molecules forming a discrete hydrogen-bonded pentameric cluster in the crystal.

year: 2008

title: Speaking the unspoken: Racism, sport and Māori

authors: Hippolite, Holly Raima

subjects: New Zealand

abstract: In this paper, we consider the silence that surrounds issues of racism in New Zealand sport. We argue that the intersection of two key ideologies – New Zealand’s purported history of good race relations, and the positive contribution that sport is believed to make to racial equality – contribute to a culture of silence in which it is difficult to talk about, let alone discuss constructively, Māori experiences of racism. Our aim is to put the issue on the agenda through engagement with ten experienced Māori sport participants, coaches and administrators whose experiences demonstrate the existence of, and pain caused by, cultural and institutional racism in New Zealand sport. In this aim, we do not seek to hide behind a veil of neutrality or objectivity. Rather, following a kaupapa Māori research approach, our interest is in bringing to light the voices, frustrations and concerns of Māori sportspeople in order to contribute to a much-needed conversation.

text: Speaking the unspoken: Racism, sport and Māori In this paper, we consider the silence that surrounds issues of racism in New Zealand sport. We argue that the intersection of two key ideologies – New Zealand’s purported history of good race relations, and the positive contribution that sport is believed to make to racial equality – contribute to a culture of silence in which it is difficult to talk about, let alone discuss constructively, Māori experiences of racism. Our aim is to put the issue on the agenda through engagement with ten experienced Māori sport participants, coaches and administrators whose experiences demonstrate the existence of, and pain caused by, cultural and institutional racism in New Zealand sport. In this aim, we do not seek to hide behind a veil of neutrality or objectivity. Rather, following a kaupapa Māori research approach, our interest is in bringing to light the voices, frustrations and concerns of Māori sportspeople in order to contribute to a much-needed conversation.

year: 2010