title: Utuhina Stream monitoring 2014: Effects of continuous alum dosing on fish and aquatic invertebrates

authors: Ling, Nicholas

abstract: This report presents the results of an ongoing assessment of the fish and aquatic macroinvertebrate communities of the Utuhina Stream from 2006 to 2014, and an assessment of the bioavailability of aluminium in fish and koura to satisfy annual resource consent conditions 9.6, 9.8 and 9.7, respectively, for the discharge of alum. Macroinvertebrates, fish and koura were sampled from one control and two treatment reaches of the Utuhina Stream in August 2014. Catch rates for common bully, juvenile trout and koura have fluctuated across all sites since monitoring began in 2006. Common bully, koura and juvenile trout were present at all sites. Differences in species abundance compared with previous years is most likely due to flood related disturbances to stream bank morphology and vegetative cover. No obvious effects of alum dosing on stream fish or macroinvertebrate communities were observed.

text: Utuhina Stream monitoring 2014: Effects of continuous alum dosing on fish and aquatic invertebrates This report presents the results of an ongoing assessment of the fish and aquatic macroinvertebrate communities of the Utuhina Stream from 2006 to 2014, and an assessment of the bioavailability of aluminium in fish and koura to satisfy annual resource consent conditions 9.6, 9.8 and 9.7, respectively, for the discharge of alum. Macroinvertebrates, fish and koura were sampled from one control and two treatment reaches of the Utuhina Stream in August 2014. Catch rates for common bully, juvenile trout and koura have fluctuated across all sites since monitoring began in 2006. Common bully, koura and juvenile trout were present at all sites. Differences in species abundance compared with previous years is most likely due to flood related disturbances to stream bank morphology and vegetative cover. No obvious effects of alum dosing on stream fish or macroinvertebrate communities were observed.

year: 2015

title: The military as a distinct ethnic or quasi-ethnic identity in developing countries

authors: Zirker, Daniel

subjects: military

abstract: Culture, identity, and ethnicity are central to understanding political behavior and the complex questions of military behavior in developing countries. Drawing on distinctive military periods in Fiji, Pakistan, and Uganda, each of which exemplifies, respectively, the main elements of the three schools of thought regarding ethnicity—primordialist, instrumentalist, and constructivist—this study argues that the fundamental behavior patterns associated with ethnicity relate directly to the problems and promises of military establishments in developing countries. By recognizing and understanding the dynamics of the culture of identity, military establishments in new political systems may better understand their own ethnic or “quasi-ethnic” politics. As developing military establishments build a quasi-ethnic identity, this will reinforce the growth of nationalism, which, in an age of ethnicity, would seem to posit a direct threat to democracy.

text: The military as a distinct ethnic or quasi-ethnic identity in developing countries Culture, identity, and ethnicity are central to understanding political behavior and the complex questions of military behavior in developing countries. Drawing on distinctive military periods in Fiji, Pakistan, and Uganda, each of which exemplifies, respectively, the main elements of the three schools of thought regarding ethnicity—primordialist, instrumentalist, and constructivist—this study argues that the fundamental behavior patterns associated with ethnicity relate directly to the problems and promises of military establishments in developing countries. By recognizing and understanding the dynamics of the culture of identity, military establishments in new political systems may better understand their own ethnic or “quasi-ethnic” politics. As developing military establishments build a quasi-ethnic identity, this will reinforce the growth of nationalism, which, in an age of ethnicity, would seem to posit a direct threat to democracy.

year: 2006

title: Tauira Rangatahi Numeracy and Literacy Programme: Apps in Numeracy and Literacy Research

authors: Calder, Nigel Stuart

subjects: Youth Guarantee

abstract: A key aspect of tertiary education undertaken by Te Wananga o Aotearoa (TWoA) is re-establishing engagement and success in the rangatahi space through meeting the literacy and numeracy demands for programmes at levels 1–3. TWoA has Youth Guarantee programmes that deliver introductory Sport and Leisure and Contemporary Māori Arts programmes with embedded literacy and numeracy. The purpose of this research project was to investigate tauira rangatahi attitudes towards literacy and numeracy development through the application of appropriate cultural capital in conjunction with contemporary digital technologies. The research examined the influence of iPad apps on the beliefs and attitudes of Youth Guarantee tauira towards numeracy and literacy.

text: Tauira Rangatahi Numeracy and Literacy Programme: Apps in Numeracy and Literacy Research A key aspect of tertiary education undertaken by Te Wananga o Aotearoa (TWoA) is re-establishing engagement and success in the rangatahi space through meeting the literacy and numeracy demands for programmes at levels 1–3. TWoA has Youth Guarantee programmes that deliver introductory Sport and Leisure and Contemporary Māori Arts programmes with embedded literacy and numeracy. The purpose of this research project was to investigate tauira rangatahi attitudes towards literacy and numeracy development through the application of appropriate cultural capital in conjunction with contemporary digital technologies. The research examined the influence of iPad apps on the beliefs and attitudes of Youth Guarantee tauira towards numeracy and literacy.

year: 2014