title: Modernity in the Margins: A study of the introduction of typographic modernity in New Zealand, 1920-1940

authors: Faber, Mary

subjects: typography

abstract: Publications on New Zealand’s typographical history are few, particularly for the period of typographic Modernism. This study extends the knowledge of New Zealand’s typographic history through investigating typeface utilisation from 1920 to 1940, contextualising this use against developments from what are considered the metropolitan centres of the development of typographic Modernism. It examines the arrival and form of Modernism and modernity into twentieth century New Zealand through the medium of typography, and considers what the outcome reveals about conditions of New Zealand’s theoretical marginality, and the transfer of cultural forms. Focussing on type selection and use within the popular medium of New Zealand newspapers, this study aims to establish greater understanding of a critical period in type design. This research serves an important role in defining a New Zealand typographic identity, through revealing the way typography was utilised as a vehicle to introduce modernity into New Zealand, establishing greater understanding of our type selection and use. Essentially, this study proposes an alternate way of examining the introduction of modernity in New Zealand, and through this knowledge supporting and inspiring New Zealand type design today.

text: Modernity in the Margins: A study of the introduction of typographic modernity in New Zealand, 1920-1940 Publications on New Zealand’s typographical history are few, particularly for the period of typographic Modernism. This study extends the knowledge of New Zealand’s typographic history through investigating typeface utilisation from 1920 to 1940, contextualising this use against developments from what are considered the metropolitan centres of the development of typographic Modernism. It examines the arrival and form of Modernism and modernity into twentieth century New Zealand through the medium of typography, and considers what the outcome reveals about conditions of New Zealand’s theoretical marginality, and the transfer of cultural forms. Focussing on type selection and use within the popular medium of New Zealand newspapers, this study aims to establish greater understanding of a critical period in type design. This research serves an important role in defining a New Zealand typographic identity, through revealing the way typography was utilised as a vehicle to introduce modernity into New Zealand, establishing greater understanding of our type selection and use. Essentially, this study proposes an alternate way of examining the introduction of modernity in New Zealand, and through this knowledge supporting and inspiring New Zealand type design today.

year: 2011

title: Pentaric acids and derivatives from nitric acid–oxidized pentoses

authors: Hinton, Michael R.

subjects: nitric acid

abstract: This report describes the preparation of the four stereoisomeric pentaric acids by nitric acid oxidation of d-xylose, d-arabinose, l-arabinose, and d-ribose, with xylaric, d-arabinaric, and l-arabinaric acids being made in a reactor under computer control. The pentaric acids were converted to their crystalline N,N′-dimethylpentaramides, derivatives that proved useful for isolation of the arabinaric acids from their respective oxidation mixtures. The N,N′-dimethylpentaramides were readily convertible to the corresponding pentaric acid disodium salts in aqueous sodium chloride. The 2,3,4-O-triacetyl-N,N′-dimethylpentaramides of xylaric, l-arabinaric, and ribaric acid were also prepared. Ribaric acid was isolated as crystalline 1,4(5,2)-ribarolactone and further characterized by x-ray crystallography.

text: Pentaric acids and derivatives from nitric acid–oxidized pentoses This report describes the preparation of the four stereoisomeric pentaric acids by nitric acid oxidation of d-xylose, d-arabinose, l-arabinose, and d-ribose, with xylaric, d-arabinaric, and l-arabinaric acids being made in a reactor under computer control. The pentaric acids were converted to their crystalline N,N′-dimethylpentaramides, derivatives that proved useful for isolation of the arabinaric acids from their respective oxidation mixtures. The N,N′-dimethylpentaramides were readily convertible to the corresponding pentaric acid disodium salts in aqueous sodium chloride. The 2,3,4-O-triacetyl-N,N′-dimethylpentaramides of xylaric, l-arabinaric, and ribaric acid were also prepared. Ribaric acid was isolated as crystalline 1,4(5,2)-ribarolactone and further characterized by x-ray crystallography.

year: 2013

title: Coaching for the game of life: Driving coaching with mana

authors: Were, Brandyn Māia

subjects: Kaupapa Māori

abstract: Coaching needs to account for culture. This indigenous autoethnography explores personal experience to show how I, a young Māori male coach in Aotearoa New Zealand, navigates the complex nature of coaching. By weaving together Kaupapa Māori, established coaching knowledge, and experiences from my playing and coaching journey to date, a Kaupapa Māori coaching framework emerges – Driving Coaching with Mana.

As I reflect on the teachings of my coach, Mr. Mel Young, combined with my cultural identity, I reconnect to critical moments in my life that have shaped the person I am today and the values I hold, elevating the centrality of culture through the practice of Kaupapa, Ako, Manaakitanga, Whanaungatanga, Wairuatanga, and self-reflection as Āta-kaiako (a reflective coach).

Driven to enhance the development of rangatahi (youth) through sport, and informed by literature and experience, Driving Coaching with Mana is personally and culturally grounded – a way of thinking about coaching differently and in a more holistic way. There is more to the people we coach than their lives as athletes. Coaching is more than skill acquisition.

text: Coaching for the game of life: Driving coaching with mana Coaching needs to account for culture. This indigenous autoethnography explores personal experience to show how I, a young Māori male coach in Aotearoa New Zealand, navigates the complex nature of coaching. By weaving together Kaupapa Māori, established coaching knowledge, and experiences from my playing and coaching journey to date, a Kaupapa Māori coaching framework emerges – Driving Coaching with Mana.

As I reflect on the teachings of my coach, Mr. Mel Young, combined with my cultural identity, I reconnect to critical moments in my life that have shaped the person I am today and the values I hold, elevating the centrality of culture through the practice of Kaupapa, Ako, Manaakitanga, Whanaungatanga, Wairuatanga, and self-reflection as Āta-kaiako (a reflective coach).

Driven to enhance the development of rangatahi (youth) through sport, and informed by literature and experience, Driving Coaching with Mana is personally and culturally grounded – a way of thinking about coaching differently and in a more holistic way. There is more to the people we coach than their lives as athletes. Coaching is more than skill acquisition.

year: 2023