title: From charity to 'not-for-profit': Changes in the role and structure of voluntary social service agencies

authors: Barnes, Jo

subjects: New Zealand

abstract: This chapter discusses findings from a study undertaken in 2001-02 on not-for-profit social service organisations in the regional city of Hamilton, a city of 166,000 people, in the context of changes in New Zealand welfare governance from 1984 to 1999 and inTampa, Florida, a city of just over 300,000 people, following the US welfare reforms of the Clinton administration.

text: From charity to 'not-for-profit': Changes in the role and structure of voluntary social service agencies This chapter discusses findings from a study undertaken in 2001-02 on not-for-profit social service organisations in the regional city of Hamilton, a city of 166,000 people, in the context of changes in New Zealand welfare governance from 1984 to 1999 and inTampa, Florida, a city of just over 300,000 people, following the US welfare reforms of the Clinton administration.

year: 2006

title: Processing, microstructure and high strain rate behaviour of Ti-6Al-4V Alloy produced from a blended mixture using powder compact extrusion

authors: Singh, Ajit Pal

subjects: Blended powder metallurgy

abstract: Powder compact extrusion (PCE) is an innovative way of processing titanium and titanium alloys to produce good-quality material with a wide range of compositions, microstructures and mechanical properties. This paper explores PCE processing of Ti-6Al-4V alloy prepared from a blended powder mixture, containing elemental hydride-dehydride (HDH) titanium powder and master alloy (60Al-40V) powder. The warm pressed compacts of blended powders were sintered using a vacuum sintering furnace prior to β extrusion. The resulting material was used to measure the performance under high strain rate and tri-axial stress state using Charpy v-notch testing. A comparison was made of the microstructure after vacuum sintering and hot extrusion in addition to oxygen measurements to determine the degree of oxygen pickup during each processing stage. A comprehensive study of fracture surfaces in selected samples was carried out using optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. Based on the results, it is clear that certain samples picked up varying amounts of interstitial impurities during processing and as a consequence a significant number of micro-cracks were observed in lamellar type microstructures. The oxygen content of all as-extruded samples was between 0.34-0.44 wt.% with resultant impact toughness in the range of 10-14 J. The best impact toughness attained for the lowest oxygen as-extruded rods was 20% lower than the literature values for wrought material. In terms of fracture behaviour, ductile dimples, cleavage facets and cracks passing through lamellar structures were observed in all samples. However, the quantity of these fracture features varied significantly in each sample.

text: Processing, microstructure and high strain rate behaviour of Ti-6Al-4V Alloy produced from a blended mixture using powder compact extrusion Powder compact extrusion (PCE) is an innovative way of processing titanium and titanium alloys to produce good-quality material with a wide range of compositions, microstructures and mechanical properties. This paper explores PCE processing of Ti-6Al-4V alloy prepared from a blended powder mixture, containing elemental hydride-dehydride (HDH) titanium powder and master alloy (60Al-40V) powder. The warm pressed compacts of blended powders were sintered using a vacuum sintering furnace prior to β extrusion. The resulting material was used to measure the performance under high strain rate and tri-axial stress state using Charpy v-notch testing. A comparison was made of the microstructure after vacuum sintering and hot extrusion in addition to oxygen measurements to determine the degree of oxygen pickup during each processing stage. A comprehensive study of fracture surfaces in selected samples was carried out using optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. Based on the results, it is clear that certain samples picked up varying amounts of interstitial impurities during processing and as a consequence a significant number of micro-cracks were observed in lamellar type microstructures. The oxygen content of all as-extruded samples was between 0.34-0.44 wt.% with resultant impact toughness in the range of 10-14 J. The best impact toughness attained for the lowest oxygen as-extruded rods was 20% lower than the literature values for wrought material. In terms of fracture behaviour, ductile dimples, cleavage facets and cracks passing through lamellar structures were observed in all samples. However, the quantity of these fracture features varied significantly in each sample.

year: 2016

title: How Maori have been affected through the notion and practice of schooling: A theoretical analysis

authors: Williamson, Laurie Thomas

abstract: Education has always been associated according to the public with a necessary function to equip individuals to fit into society when they reach adulthood. The fact that it functions with efficiency is attributed in part to the implementation of social norms, which "impose uniformity of behaviour" (Young 2006, p. 1).

This thesis delves into how Maori have been positioned under a mainstream schooling discourse which has put them at a disadvantage since the implementation of a discourse requires the subjugation of those who are not the majority power holders to assimilate into someone else's discourse. The effect of assimilation into a mainstream discourse has political implications for Maori, as schools are the gateway towards social stratification. This thesis will look at the historical and developmental concept of schooling within a western context, moving towards the development of formal schooling in New Zealand and also look at the sociological and political impact of schooling upon Maori students.

I will also differentiate between the terms schooling and education to suggest Maori forms of educational discourse has been marginalised in favour of assimilation into a supposedly equitable rigid, formal system of schooling. I will illustrate the broader concept of education that takes place outside of schools formal boundaries as a way to contrast the level of control and regulation the government initiates within the formal schooling environment. I will also look at the way schools have been used from its colonial beginnings in New Zealand as a way to civilise or impose one cultural practice on another as a way of breaking down uncivilised beliefs and traditions.

text: How Maori have been affected through the notion and practice of schooling: A theoretical analysis Education has always been associated according to the public with a necessary function to equip individuals to fit into society when they reach adulthood. The fact that it functions with efficiency is attributed in part to the implementation of social norms, which "impose uniformity of behaviour" (Young 2006, p. 1).

This thesis delves into how Maori have been positioned under a mainstream schooling discourse which has put them at a disadvantage since the implementation of a discourse requires the subjugation of those who are not the majority power holders to assimilate into someone else's discourse. The effect of assimilation into a mainstream discourse has political implications for Maori, as schools are the gateway towards social stratification. This thesis will look at the historical and developmental concept of schooling within a western context, moving towards the development of formal schooling in New Zealand and also look at the sociological and political impact of schooling upon Maori students.

I will also differentiate between the terms schooling and education to suggest Maori forms of educational discourse has been marginalised in favour of assimilation into a supposedly equitable rigid, formal system of schooling. I will illustrate the broader concept of education that takes place outside of schools formal boundaries as a way to contrast the level of control and regulation the government initiates within the formal schooling environment. I will also look at the way schools have been used from its colonial beginnings in New Zealand as a way to civilise or impose one cultural practice on another as a way of breaking down uncivilised beliefs and traditions.

year: 2012