title: The sediment, river plume, and inner shelf variability in a bay with multiple fluvial inputs

authors: Conroy, Ted

subjects: Physical oceanography

abstract: Small mountainous rivers deliver considerable sediment loading to the coastal ocean and play a disproportionate role in marine sediment deposition globally. Discharge in these rivers is often driven by short episodic events and they typically deliver sediment to energetic coastal environments where in-situ observations of cross-shelf sediment transport are spatially limited and are difficult to maintain over representative periods of time. How these river plumes respond to environmental conditions, and where sediment is initially deposited from the river plumes are essential to understanding long-term sediment transport and deposition patterns in the coastal ocean. This thesis explores this problem using three approaches applied to Hawke Bay (Aotearoa New Zealand) and its river plumes: remote sensing (paper 1), large-scale numerical modelling (paper 2) and high resolution in situ observations at one of the river mouths (the Tukituki River) (paper 3).

text: The sediment, river plume, and inner shelf variability in a bay with multiple fluvial inputs Small mountainous rivers deliver considerable sediment loading to the coastal ocean and play a disproportionate role in marine sediment deposition globally. Discharge in these rivers is often driven by short episodic events and they typically deliver sediment to energetic coastal environments where in-situ observations of cross-shelf sediment transport are spatially limited and are difficult to maintain over representative periods of time. How these river plumes respond to environmental conditions, and where sediment is initially deposited from the river plumes are essential to understanding long-term sediment transport and deposition patterns in the coastal ocean. This thesis explores this problem using three approaches applied to Hawke Bay (Aotearoa New Zealand) and its river plumes: remote sensing (paper 1), large-scale numerical modelling (paper 2) and high resolution in situ observations at one of the river mouths (the Tukituki River) (paper 3).

year: 2024

title: Decolonising content narratives in mathematics and science education: The case of reinventing length measurement

authors: Visnovska, Jana

abstract: In South Africa and in many other parts of the world, decolonising the curriculum has become a valued goal, while frameworks that would systematically support the decolonising project through instructional design are not broadly available. In this conceptual paper we bring readers to consider one framework for instructional design, the theory of Realistic Mathematics Education, and discuss how it can aid in decolonising education in primary years. We exemplify our conceptual position through an instructional design for teaching length measurement—a key grounding practice in both early years mathematics and science throughout the world. We propose that the resulting decolonised narratives are not only useful in marginalised contexts of countries with a history of colonisation. Due to their positioning of mathematics as a human endeavour, these narratives are capable of generating meaningful, equitable engagement with mathematics for diverse student groups in a variety of educational settings.

text: Decolonising content narratives in mathematics and science education: The case of reinventing length measurement In South Africa and in many other parts of the world, decolonising the curriculum has become a valued goal, while frameworks that would systematically support the decolonising project through instructional design are not broadly available. In this conceptual paper we bring readers to consider one framework for instructional design, the theory of Realistic Mathematics Education, and discuss how it can aid in decolonising education in primary years. We exemplify our conceptual position through an instructional design for teaching length measurement—a key grounding practice in both early years mathematics and science throughout the world. We propose that the resulting decolonised narratives are not only useful in marginalised contexts of countries with a history of colonisation. Due to their positioning of mathematics as a human endeavour, these narratives are capable of generating meaningful, equitable engagement with mathematics for diverse student groups in a variety of educational settings.

year: 2024

title: New Zealand regions, 1986 – 2001: Hospitalisation and some related health facts

authors: Pool, Ian

subjects: health

abstract: Once age and gender composition is controlled for, regional health differentials are a function of problems of health service delivery, of socio-economic variance, and overall Māori Pakeha health differences. They indicate relative levels of exclusion and of inequality. This paper shows that these differentials follow in general the patterns seen in other papers in this series.

text: New Zealand regions, 1986 – 2001: Hospitalisation and some related health facts Once age and gender composition is controlled for, regional health differentials are a function of problems of health service delivery, of socio-economic variance, and overall Māori Pakeha health differences. They indicate relative levels of exclusion and of inequality. This paper shows that these differentials follow in general the patterns seen in other papers in this series.

year: 2006-03