title: Methods of a national colorectal cancer cohort study: the PIPER Project

authors: Firth, Melissa

abstract: A national study looking at bowel cancer in New Zealand has previously been completed (the PIPER Project). The study included 5,610 patients and collected medical information about how each person was found to have bowel cancer and the treatment they received. This paper reports how the study was carried out. The information collected in the study will be used to look at the quality of care being provided to New Zealand patients with bowel cancer, and to find out if differences in care occur based on where people live, their ethnicity and their socioeconomic status.

text: Methods of a national colorectal cancer cohort study: the PIPER Project A national study looking at bowel cancer in New Zealand has previously been completed (the PIPER Project). The study included 5,610 patients and collected medical information about how each person was found to have bowel cancer and the treatment they received. This paper reports how the study was carried out. The information collected in the study will be used to look at the quality of care being provided to New Zealand patients with bowel cancer, and to find out if differences in care occur based on where people live, their ethnicity and their socioeconomic status.

year: 2016

title: Aluminium content in near-shore sediments of Lake Rotorua

authors: Tempero, Grant Wayne

abstract: The application of alum (aluminium sulphate) is widely used for lake restoration. Aluminium binds dissolved reactive phosphate (DRP), reducing its availability to phytoplankton and inhibiting algal blooms. The Bay of Plenty Regional Council has conducted continuous alum dosing of the Utuhina Stream since 2006 and the Puarenga Stream from 2010 to 2018. This has resulted in the addition of more than 730 tonnes of aluminium to Lake Rotorua. Improvements in Lake Rotorua water quality occurred concurrently with peak alum dosing, although sediment surveys conducted in 2012 and 2015 were unable to locate significant depositional areas of aluminium floc in the main basin of Lake Rotorua.

Elevated amorphous aluminium (i.e., recently deposited aluminium) was reported at sites closest to the Utuhina and Puarenga discharge points in the 2015 sediment survey, indicating that aluminium was potentially accumulating in the nearshore zone. The University of Waikato was contracted by the Bay of Plenty Regional Council to conduct a follow-up survey of near-shore sites along the southern edge of Lake Rotorua. In addition to sediment total and amorphous aluminium content, total phosphorus content was also determined. Amorphous aluminium is recognised as the fraction of total aluminium able to adsorb dissolved phosphorus, sequestering it from the water column. For this study it was assumed that increased proportions of amorphous aluminium were primarily derived from alum dosing.

text: Aluminium content in near-shore sediments of Lake Rotorua The application of alum (aluminium sulphate) is widely used for lake restoration. Aluminium binds dissolved reactive phosphate (DRP), reducing its availability to phytoplankton and inhibiting algal blooms. The Bay of Plenty Regional Council has conducted continuous alum dosing of the Utuhina Stream since 2006 and the Puarenga Stream from 2010 to 2018. This has resulted in the addition of more than 730 tonnes of aluminium to Lake Rotorua. Improvements in Lake Rotorua water quality occurred concurrently with peak alum dosing, although sediment surveys conducted in 2012 and 2015 were unable to locate significant depositional areas of aluminium floc in the main basin of Lake Rotorua.

Elevated amorphous aluminium (i.e., recently deposited aluminium) was reported at sites closest to the Utuhina and Puarenga discharge points in the 2015 sediment survey, indicating that aluminium was potentially accumulating in the nearshore zone. The University of Waikato was contracted by the Bay of Plenty Regional Council to conduct a follow-up survey of near-shore sites along the southern edge of Lake Rotorua. In addition to sediment total and amorphous aluminium content, total phosphorus content was also determined. Amorphous aluminium is recognised as the fraction of total aluminium able to adsorb dissolved phosphorus, sequestering it from the water column. For this study it was assumed that increased proportions of amorphous aluminium were primarily derived from alum dosing.

year: 2019

title: Aroha

authors: Maxwell, Te Kahautu

abstract: Waita Tira (choral), Lyrics composed by Te Kahautu Maxwell and Performed by Ōpotoki Mai Tawhiti (Kapa Haka group)

Waiata ā Tira: Aroha
Whakaeke: Pinepine Te Kura, Hau Te Kura
Mōteatea: Te Ao o Te Pārerā
Waiata ā Ringa: E pā to reo, Te Matatini, Herewini Parata
Poi: E ia e ia
Haka: Te Kōtiritiri, Te Kōtaratara
Whakawātea: Ōranga Tōiti, tōnui kōrero

text: Aroha Waita Tira (choral), Lyrics composed by Te Kahautu Maxwell and Performed by Ōpotoki Mai Tawhiti (Kapa Haka group)

Waiata ā Tira: Aroha
Whakaeke: Pinepine Te Kura, Hau Te Kura
Mōteatea: Te Ao o Te Pārerā
Waiata ā Ringa: E pā to reo, Te Matatini, Herewini Parata
Poi: E ia e ia
Haka: Te Kōtiritiri, Te Kōtaratara
Whakawātea: Ōranga Tōiti, tōnui kōrero

year: 2023-02-22