title: A reflective account of successful leadership: Māori special character secondary boarding schools.

authors: McAllister, Theresa

abstract: This thesis explores the leadership and Māori student achievement in Māori boarding schools taking into account cultural contexts, environments and the leadership ideologies around educational leadership. What are the leadership practices in Māori boarding schools that have made a difference for Māori student achievement? I argue that, Māori secondary boarding schools continue to offer an educational framework whereby Māori students achieve as Maori.
In order to better understand the philosophies and goals of those early Māori boarding school leaders through to the present time I have researched a sample of current leaders within those boarding schools. This research interest arose many years ago when I first realised that there was a significant gap in Māori student educational achievement compared to non-Māori. What was also realised was that few people understood the contribution that Māori boarding schools have played in Māori student achievement and success over many decades. While some people had heard of Māori boarding schools, not a great deal was really known about what Māori boarding schools delivered in terms of education for Māori and Māori culture. What is apparent from an historical perspective is that Māori boarding schools have contributed to the retention of Māori culture, language and identity resulting in student achievement. This is a result of what successful leadership has provided for Māori students to achieve.
Student achievement is a direct result of leadership. In a Māori boarding school setting, achievement is multifaceted. For Māori secondary boarding schools, achievement is taken from three perspectives: Christian, Māori and Academic. Flowing down from those three perspectives is the holistic wellbeing of students’, mind, body and soul, while recognizing and including whānau, hapū and iwi. Therefore, this research investigates the leadership practices in Māori boarding schools that have made a difference for Māori student achievement.

text: A reflective account of successful leadership: Māori special character secondary boarding schools. This thesis explores the leadership and Māori student achievement in Māori boarding schools taking into account cultural contexts, environments and the leadership ideologies around educational leadership. What are the leadership practices in Māori boarding schools that have made a difference for Māori student achievement? I argue that, Māori secondary boarding schools continue to offer an educational framework whereby Māori students achieve as Maori.
In order to better understand the philosophies and goals of those early Māori boarding school leaders through to the present time I have researched a sample of current leaders within those boarding schools. This research interest arose many years ago when I first realised that there was a significant gap in Māori student educational achievement compared to non-Māori. What was also realised was that few people understood the contribution that Māori boarding schools have played in Māori student achievement and success over many decades. While some people had heard of Māori boarding schools, not a great deal was really known about what Māori boarding schools delivered in terms of education for Māori and Māori culture. What is apparent from an historical perspective is that Māori boarding schools have contributed to the retention of Māori culture, language and identity resulting in student achievement. This is a result of what successful leadership has provided for Māori students to achieve.
Student achievement is a direct result of leadership. In a Māori boarding school setting, achievement is multifaceted. For Māori secondary boarding schools, achievement is taken from three perspectives: Christian, Māori and Academic. Flowing down from those three perspectives is the holistic wellbeing of students’, mind, body and soul, while recognizing and including whānau, hapū and iwi. Therefore, this research investigates the leadership practices in Māori boarding schools that have made a difference for Māori student achievement.

year: 2016

title: Hostile shores: catastrophic events in prehistoric New Zealand and their impact on Maori coastal communities [Book Review]

authors: Lowe, David J.

abstract: This article reviews the book: “Hostile shores: catastrophic events in prehistoric New Zealand and their impact on Maori coastal communities”, by Bruct McFadgen.

text: Hostile shores: catastrophic events in prehistoric New Zealand and their impact on Maori coastal communities [Book Review] This article reviews the book: “Hostile shores: catastrophic events in prehistoric New Zealand and their impact on Maori coastal communities”, by Bruct McFadgen.

year: 2008

title: Impact of the Ruakura Inland Port on the Golden Triangle - a system dynamics simulation study

authors: Kuo, Kuan-Yu (Jessica)

abstract: The Ruakura Inland Port, a project developed in anticipation of the increasing freight flows in the future, is an inland port that is expected to add an additional one million TEUs per annum to the Golden Triangle’s freight capacities. Such a change to the system will result in impacts to the other members within it, but traditional research methods cannot fully capture the complexities of a freight system that involves so many variables, hence the need for simulation modelling.

This pragmatic study presents a pilot simulation model using a system dynamics approach so that the relationships within the complex freight system could be better understood. Constructed using the iThink software, not only does this evolvable model show how the addition of the Ruakura Inland Port is going to affect the current freight flows with the Golden Triangle, it was also designed with the aim of helping practitioners identify drivers and enablers within the system so that informed decisions can be made. The results from the simulation showed that the in the first 20 years it is unlikely that the Ruakura Inland Port will have significant impacts on the system until much higher utilisation rates can be achieved. It was also found that the addition of the Third Main and the Waikato Expressway will have relatively small to none impacts.

text: Impact of the Ruakura Inland Port on the Golden Triangle - a system dynamics simulation study The Ruakura Inland Port, a project developed in anticipation of the increasing freight flows in the future, is an inland port that is expected to add an additional one million TEUs per annum to the Golden Triangle’s freight capacities. Such a change to the system will result in impacts to the other members within it, but traditional research methods cannot fully capture the complexities of a freight system that involves so many variables, hence the need for simulation modelling.

This pragmatic study presents a pilot simulation model using a system dynamics approach so that the relationships within the complex freight system could be better understood. Constructed using the iThink software, not only does this evolvable model show how the addition of the Ruakura Inland Port is going to affect the current freight flows with the Golden Triangle, it was also designed with the aim of helping practitioners identify drivers and enablers within the system so that informed decisions can be made. The results from the simulation showed that the in the first 20 years it is unlikely that the Ruakura Inland Port will have significant impacts on the system until much higher utilisation rates can be achieved. It was also found that the addition of the Third Main and the Waikato Expressway will have relatively small to none impacts.

year: 2019