title: Communication for Poverty Alleviation: How Aid and Development Agencies in New Zealand View the Relationships Between Communication and Development

authors: Campbell, Michelle

subjects: international development

abstract: A highly debated topic of the last few decades has centred on the idea of communication as a means for poverty reduction. With two-thirds of the world's population living in poverty, there is a dire need to understand why global poverty and inequality continue to increase, and what role communication can, and is playing in the fight against poverty. This study therefore seeks to understand how three aid and development agencies in New Zealand, New Zealand Aid (NZAID), Oxfam New Zealand (NZ), and Christian World Service (CWS), construct poverty in the context of international development. Additionally it seeks to establish how these three organisations view relationships between communication and poverty. Eleven semi-structured, in-depth interviews with key informants were conducted, transcribed, and analysed in order to extract information surrounding the issues of poverty and international development. From this analysis, it is evident that these three organisations recognise official and unofficial definitions of poverty. It is also apparent that these definitions of poverty affect the ways in which these organisations view the causes of poverty, as well as their outlook on international development. Furthermore, three topics emerged when examining relationships between communication and poverty: communication with local people and local organisations, communication about local people and local organisations, and dealing with communication issues through accountability, transparency, and legitimacy. Implications on communication and development theory as well as theory on the discursive constructions of poverty are addressed. Finally, this study addresses practical implications for aid and development agency practice, and offers recommendations for further study in the area development communication.

text: Communication for Poverty Alleviation: How Aid and Development Agencies in New Zealand View the Relationships Between Communication and Development A highly debated topic of the last few decades has centred on the idea of communication as a means for poverty reduction. With two-thirds of the world's population living in poverty, there is a dire need to understand why global poverty and inequality continue to increase, and what role communication can, and is playing in the fight against poverty. This study therefore seeks to understand how three aid and development agencies in New Zealand, New Zealand Aid (NZAID), Oxfam New Zealand (NZ), and Christian World Service (CWS), construct poverty in the context of international development. Additionally it seeks to establish how these three organisations view relationships between communication and poverty. Eleven semi-structured, in-depth interviews with key informants were conducted, transcribed, and analysed in order to extract information surrounding the issues of poverty and international development. From this analysis, it is evident that these three organisations recognise official and unofficial definitions of poverty. It is also apparent that these definitions of poverty affect the ways in which these organisations view the causes of poverty, as well as their outlook on international development. Furthermore, three topics emerged when examining relationships between communication and poverty: communication with local people and local organisations, communication about local people and local organisations, and dealing with communication issues through accountability, transparency, and legitimacy. Implications on communication and development theory as well as theory on the discursive constructions of poverty are addressed. Finally, this study addresses practical implications for aid and development agency practice, and offers recommendations for further study in the area development communication.

year: 2009

title: A Review of the Dynamics and Oscillations of the Atmosphere

authors: Ross, Joseph

subjects: fluid dynamics

abstract: The atmosphere is a complex, dynamic system and the weather depends on its state. There are many different phenomena that affect the state of the atmosphere - some only involve the atmosphere, others involve the interaction between the atmosphere and the ocean. These phenomena can be modelled using many equations originating from fluid dynamics and thermodynamics, and many of them are considered here. Energy travels around the atmosphere in the form of waves, such as Kelvin waves and Rossby waves. It is possible for a triad of Rossby waves to interact with each other in a way such that resonance occurs. A computer simulation investigating the sensitivity of such waves to turbulence was completed, and it was found that the energetic dominance of the resonant triad does not persist, and the greater the turbulence added to the Rossby triad, the earlier in the integration the instabilities occur.

text: A Review of the Dynamics and Oscillations of the Atmosphere The atmosphere is a complex, dynamic system and the weather depends on its state. There are many different phenomena that affect the state of the atmosphere - some only involve the atmosphere, others involve the interaction between the atmosphere and the ocean. These phenomena can be modelled using many equations originating from fluid dynamics and thermodynamics, and many of them are considered here. Energy travels around the atmosphere in the form of waves, such as Kelvin waves and Rossby waves. It is possible for a triad of Rossby waves to interact with each other in a way such that resonance occurs. A computer simulation investigating the sensitivity of such waves to turbulence was completed, and it was found that the energetic dominance of the resonant triad does not persist, and the greater the turbulence added to the Rossby triad, the earlier in the integration the instabilities occur.

year: 2012

title: Rototuna, 2024

authors: Apiata, Hāwea

abstract: Bilingual poetry in response to the public sculpture 'Te Ohomauri o Matariki' by Dion Hitchens in collaboration with James Ormsby.

text: Rototuna, 2024 Bilingual poetry in response to the public sculpture 'Te Ohomauri o Matariki' by Dion Hitchens in collaboration with James Ormsby.

year: 2024-03-29