title: Exploring consumer’s preferences for farmed sea bream

authors: Stefani, Gianluca

subjects: Consumer preferences

abstract: Sea bream (Sparus aurata) production plays a significant part in Italian aquaculture, contributing to almost 18% of national pisciculture sales revenue. In recent years, Italian firms faced higher competition from countries with lower production costs. This prompted responses toward both cost reduction and product differentiation. The objective of this study was to investigate the preferences of Italian consumers for sea bream from fish farms, with a focus on aspects of product differentiation as gleaned from the analysis of the market situation: price, product origin, type and place of fish farming, and, in particular, type of feed. Data were collected with a consumers' survey using personal interviews conducted on a questionnaire that included a choice experiment. Consumer preferences were analyzed with choice models based on stated preference data. The models made it possible to evaluate the potential of products with different combinations of attributes for which there is currently no market information available. In particular, the country of origin emerged as an important element of consumer choice, and to a lesser degree, organic certification and fish farming in marine cages also play a relevant role and may command a price premium

text: Exploring consumer’s preferences for farmed sea bream Sea bream (Sparus aurata) production plays a significant part in Italian aquaculture, contributing to almost 18% of national pisciculture sales revenue. In recent years, Italian firms faced higher competition from countries with lower production costs. This prompted responses toward both cost reduction and product differentiation. The objective of this study was to investigate the preferences of Italian consumers for sea bream from fish farms, with a focus on aspects of product differentiation as gleaned from the analysis of the market situation: price, product origin, type and place of fish farming, and, in particular, type of feed. Data were collected with a consumers' survey using personal interviews conducted on a questionnaire that included a choice experiment. Consumer preferences were analyzed with choice models based on stated preference data. The models made it possible to evaluate the potential of products with different combinations of attributes for which there is currently no market information available. In particular, the country of origin emerged as an important element of consumer choice, and to a lesser degree, organic certification and fish farming in marine cages also play a relevant role and may command a price premium

year: 2012

title: Linking proximal ignimbrites and coeval distal tephra deposits to establish a record of voluminous Early Quaternary (2.4–1.9 Ma) volcanism of the Tauranga Volcanic Centre, New Zealand

authors: Prentice, Marlena Lee

subjects: Taupō Volcanic Zone

abstract: The Tauranga Volcanic Centre (TgaVC) of the North Island, New Zealand, was active from 2.95 to 1.9 Ma. It lies temporally and spatially between the currently active Taupō Volcanic Zone, one of the most productive regions of Quaternary silicic volcanism globally, and its predecessor, the Coromandel Volcanic Zone. This study provides an enhanced chronology for pyroclastic volcanism of the TgaVC with four locally widespread units named and defined as follows: Welcome Bay and Wharo ignimbrites (together formerly known as Lower Pāpāmoa Ignimbrite); Otawera Ignimbrite; and Arateka Ignimbrite (formerly known as Upper Pāpāmoa Ignimbrite). These eruptives were followed by the eruption of the large-volume Waiteariki Ignimbrite at 2.1 Ma. In northern Hawke’s Bay (150-170 km southeast of TgaVC), several distal tephra-fall horizons and an ignimbrite (Hikuroa Pumice Member) are preserved in marine-hosted sediments and are stratigraphically equivalent to the five ignimbrites of the TgaVC. Using new major- and trace-element data on glass in conjunction with new zircon-derived U-Pb ages, a correlation between the Hawke’s Bay tephras and the TgaVC ignimbrites is established and the Hikuroa Pumice Member is confirmed as the distal deposit of the Waiteariki Ignimbrite. The integrated proximal and distal records show that at least eight eruptions occurred in the TgaVC between 2.4 and 1.9 Ma and provide a maximum repose period between explosive eruptions of ca. 50 kyrs.

text: Linking proximal ignimbrites and coeval distal tephra deposits to establish a record of voluminous Early Quaternary (2.4–1.9 Ma) volcanism of the Tauranga Volcanic Centre, New Zealand The Tauranga Volcanic Centre (TgaVC) of the North Island, New Zealand, was active from 2.95 to 1.9 Ma. It lies temporally and spatially between the currently active Taupō Volcanic Zone, one of the most productive regions of Quaternary silicic volcanism globally, and its predecessor, the Coromandel Volcanic Zone. This study provides an enhanced chronology for pyroclastic volcanism of the TgaVC with four locally widespread units named and defined as follows: Welcome Bay and Wharo ignimbrites (together formerly known as Lower Pāpāmoa Ignimbrite); Otawera Ignimbrite; and Arateka Ignimbrite (formerly known as Upper Pāpāmoa Ignimbrite). These eruptives were followed by the eruption of the large-volume Waiteariki Ignimbrite at 2.1 Ma. In northern Hawke’s Bay (150-170 km southeast of TgaVC), several distal tephra-fall horizons and an ignimbrite (Hikuroa Pumice Member) are preserved in marine-hosted sediments and are stratigraphically equivalent to the five ignimbrites of the TgaVC. Using new major- and trace-element data on glass in conjunction with new zircon-derived U-Pb ages, a correlation between the Hawke’s Bay tephras and the TgaVC ignimbrites is established and the Hikuroa Pumice Member is confirmed as the distal deposit of the Waiteariki Ignimbrite. The integrated proximal and distal records show that at least eight eruptions occurred in the TgaVC between 2.4 and 1.9 Ma and provide a maximum repose period between explosive eruptions of ca. 50 kyrs.

year: 2022-09

title: Representations of te reo Māori and te ao Māori in a translingual picturebook: How my Koro became a Star

authors: Barbour, Julie Renee

subjects: Indigenous language and culture

abstract: While English is the most commonly used language in Aotearoa New Zealand, it is a multilingual nation with two languages recognised as official: te reo Māori (the Māori language) and New Zealand Sign Language. The English language is dominant in children’s literature published in Aotearoa New Zealand, but since the 1980s there has been an increase in the number of picturebooks featuring two languages, te reo Māori and English. Previous work has explored how representations of te reo Māori and English in pukapuka pikitia reorua (dual language picturebooks) in Aotearoa reflect changing attitudes towards the two languages. In this article, we focus particularly on Brianne Te Paa and Story Hemi-Morehouse’s picturebook How my Koro became a Star. Originally written in te reo Māori, this multi-award winning picturebook is located at the beginning of Matariki, the Māori New Year celebration. In a move away from the linguistic analysis of te reo Māori being ‘borrowed’ by English, we consider how storytellers like Te Paa weave Māori language together with English in a translingual publication, supporting reader comprehension of Māori vocabulary and cultural meanings through embedded illustrations and explanations, inviting the curious reader to learn beyond the story.

text: Representations of te reo Māori and te ao Māori in a translingual picturebook: How my Koro became a Star While English is the most commonly used language in Aotearoa New Zealand, it is a multilingual nation with two languages recognised as official: te reo Māori (the Māori language) and New Zealand Sign Language. The English language is dominant in children’s literature published in Aotearoa New Zealand, but since the 1980s there has been an increase in the number of picturebooks featuring two languages, te reo Māori and English. Previous work has explored how representations of te reo Māori and English in pukapuka pikitia reorua (dual language picturebooks) in Aotearoa reflect changing attitudes towards the two languages. In this article, we focus particularly on Brianne Te Paa and Story Hemi-Morehouse’s picturebook How my Koro became a Star. Originally written in te reo Māori, this multi-award winning picturebook is located at the beginning of Matariki, the Māori New Year celebration. In a move away from the linguistic analysis of te reo Māori being ‘borrowed’ by English, we consider how storytellers like Te Paa weave Māori language together with English in a translingual publication, supporting reader comprehension of Māori vocabulary and cultural meanings through embedded illustrations and explanations, inviting the curious reader to learn beyond the story.

year: 2025