title: Te Mata Ono-The six faces of Māori broadcasting

authors: Kaire-Melbourne, Kimiora

subjects: Māori broadcasting

abstract: Māori have always been involved in media communication and from a traditional viewpoint karanga, whaikōrero, taonga pūoro, haka, waiata and mōteatea are all mediums used to share messages across a mass audience. Since the arrival of European settlers, we have seen Māori content disseminated through platforms such as newspaper, radio, and more recently via the medium of television. This particular study is concerned with the way that Māori are represented and information is shared via indigenous broadcaster, Māori Television. Using a theoretical model made up of six key components, this thesis asserts that Te Mata Ono could not only help to improve the production of Māori content but also reshape and modify the medium of television itself, to become more culturally appropriate. Ultimately, this model could guide Māori Television, outlining a Māori specific approach to broadcasting. This study is one part of a two-part study. Due to the limitations of a four-paper masters thesis, I will only be examining three elements of Te Mata Ono, which are Mata Māori, Mata ō-tua and Mata Pākehā. Another thesis that was conducted simultaneously by Te Aorere Pewhairangi explores the remaining three elements of the same model, Mata Iwi, Mata Ako and Mata Tikanga. Te Mata Ono could be applied to Māori Television, making a positive contribution to the future development of Māori broadcasting.

text: Te Mata Ono-The six faces of Māori broadcasting Māori have always been involved in media communication and from a traditional viewpoint karanga, whaikōrero, taonga pūoro, haka, waiata and mōteatea are all mediums used to share messages across a mass audience. Since the arrival of European settlers, we have seen Māori content disseminated through platforms such as newspaper, radio, and more recently via the medium of television. This particular study is concerned with the way that Māori are represented and information is shared via indigenous broadcaster, Māori Television. Using a theoretical model made up of six key components, this thesis asserts that Te Mata Ono could not only help to improve the production of Māori content but also reshape and modify the medium of television itself, to become more culturally appropriate. Ultimately, this model could guide Māori Television, outlining a Māori specific approach to broadcasting. This study is one part of a two-part study. Due to the limitations of a four-paper masters thesis, I will only be examining three elements of Te Mata Ono, which are Mata Māori, Mata ō-tua and Mata Pākehā. Another thesis that was conducted simultaneously by Te Aorere Pewhairangi explores the remaining three elements of the same model, Mata Iwi, Mata Ako and Mata Tikanga. Te Mata Ono could be applied to Māori Television, making a positive contribution to the future development of Māori broadcasting.

year: 2019

title: Legal responses to mental health: Is therapeutic jurisprudence the answer – the experience in New Zealand

authors: Toki, Valmaine

abstract: The orthodox understanding of ‘ethics’ encompasses a system of moral principles that define good and bad behavior. When applied to mental health, various jurisdictions, including New Zealand, have codified these principles together with the obligations on health service providers to meet these codified principles and standards. Underpinning this relationship is one of mutual trust where the physician has a responsibility, for example, to secure informed consent prior to any treatment. The existence of this therapeutic relationship can be applied when an offender who presents with a mental illness is subject to the criminal justice system.

text: Legal responses to mental health: Is therapeutic jurisprudence the answer – the experience in New Zealand The orthodox understanding of ‘ethics’ encompasses a system of moral principles that define good and bad behavior. When applied to mental health, various jurisdictions, including New Zealand, have codified these principles together with the obligations on health service providers to meet these codified principles and standards. Underpinning this relationship is one of mutual trust where the physician has a responsibility, for example, to secure informed consent prior to any treatment. The existence of this therapeutic relationship can be applied when an offender who presents with a mental illness is subject to the criminal justice system.

year: 2017

title: A refinement theory for μ∼Charts

authors: Reeve, Greg

abstract: The language μ-Charts is one of many Statechart-like languages, a family of visual languages that are used for designing reactive systems. We introduce a logic for reasoning about and constructing refinements for μ-Charts. The logic itself is interesting and important because it allows reasoning about μ-charts in terms of partial relations rather than the more traditional traces approach. The method of derivation of the logic is also worthy of report. AZ-based model for the language μ-Charts is constructed and the existing logic and refinement calculus of Z is used as the basis for the logic of μ-Charts. As well as describing the logic we introduce some of the ways such a logic can be used to reason about properties of μ-Charts and the refinement of abstract specifications into concrete realisations of reactive systems.
A refinement theory for Statechart-like languages is an important contribution because it allows us to formally investigate and reason about properties of the object language μ-Charts. In particular, we can conjecture and prove general properties required of the object language. This allows us to contrast possible language design decisions and comment on their consequences with respect to the design of Statechart-like languages. 
This thesis gives a comprehensive description of the μ-Charts language and details the development of a partial relations based logic and refinement calculus for the language. The logic and refinement calculus are presented as natural deduction style proof rules that allow us to give formal proofs of language properties and provide the basis for a formal program development framework. The notion of refinement that is encoded by the refinement rules is also extensively investigated.

text: A refinement theory for μ∼Charts The language μ-Charts is one of many Statechart-like languages, a family of visual languages that are used for designing reactive systems. We introduce a logic for reasoning about and constructing refinements for μ-Charts. The logic itself is interesting and important because it allows reasoning about μ-charts in terms of partial relations rather than the more traditional traces approach. The method of derivation of the logic is also worthy of report. AZ-based model for the language μ-Charts is constructed and the existing logic and refinement calculus of Z is used as the basis for the logic of μ-Charts. As well as describing the logic we introduce some of the ways such a logic can be used to reason about properties of μ-Charts and the refinement of abstract specifications into concrete realisations of reactive systems.
A refinement theory for Statechart-like languages is an important contribution because it allows us to formally investigate and reason about properties of the object language μ-Charts. In particular, we can conjecture and prove general properties required of the object language. This allows us to contrast possible language design decisions and comment on their consequences with respect to the design of Statechart-like languages. 
This thesis gives a comprehensive description of the μ-Charts language and details the development of a partial relations based logic and refinement calculus for the language. The logic and refinement calculus are presented as natural deduction style proof rules that allow us to give formal proofs of language properties and provide the basis for a formal program development framework. The notion of refinement that is encoded by the refinement rules is also extensively investigated.

year: 2005