title: Mates at the school gates:Investigating peer relationships among rangatahi Māori

authors: Knowles, Anthea Heather

subjects: school attendance

abstract: As a teacher, I have found that while some rangatahi feel connected to school, many others do not. In an attempt to reduce the gap between Māori and non-Māori educational achievement, there have been significant nationwide initiatives implemented into schools across New Zealand. These programmes have been centred mostly around improving school engagement. Despite these efforts, school attendance rates among Māori continue to decline. This thesis explores the role of peer relationships among rangatahi Māori, including how these relationships may influence various domains of engagement at school, such as participation, belonging and orientation to learning. 

This research involves focus group interviews with six rangatahi Māori aged 17-18, and in Years 12 and 13 in a small-town New Zealand High School. The wāhine Māori who contributed to the study, had been identified by the school as successfully engaged through regular attendance and participation of school activites. The findings from this study identify some critical aspects to building strong peer relationships, including: having a social space to gather, practicing manaakitanga, recognising equity, maintaining connection with each other, and welcoming humour. The rangatahi in this study value their peers and social relationships and they freely access these resources as needed. In doing so they are able to collectively critique experiences of marginalisation and acquire a collective source of resilience. The participants in this study then draw on this collective resilience during challenging situations.

text: Mates at the school gates:Investigating peer relationships among rangatahi Māori As a teacher, I have found that while some rangatahi feel connected to school, many others do not. In an attempt to reduce the gap between Māori and non-Māori educational achievement, there have been significant nationwide initiatives implemented into schools across New Zealand. These programmes have been centred mostly around improving school engagement. Despite these efforts, school attendance rates among Māori continue to decline. This thesis explores the role of peer relationships among rangatahi Māori, including how these relationships may influence various domains of engagement at school, such as participation, belonging and orientation to learning. 

This research involves focus group interviews with six rangatahi Māori aged 17-18, and in Years 12 and 13 in a small-town New Zealand High School. The wāhine Māori who contributed to the study, had been identified by the school as successfully engaged through regular attendance and participation of school activites. The findings from this study identify some critical aspects to building strong peer relationships, including: having a social space to gather, practicing manaakitanga, recognising equity, maintaining connection with each other, and welcoming humour. The rangatahi in this study value their peers and social relationships and they freely access these resources as needed. In doing so they are able to collectively critique experiences of marginalisation and acquire a collective source of resilience. The participants in this study then draw on this collective resilience during challenging situations.

year: 2019

title: A Critical Tiriti Analysis of the Treaty Statement From a University in Aotearoa New Zealand

authors: Hamley, Logan

abstract: Universities in Aotearoa New Zealand have been placed under the spotlight for claims of systemic racism. Following the claims made in relation to the University of Waikato in 2020 and University of Otago in 2022, universities have the responsibility to create an inclusive environment where systemic racism is dismantled, to meaningfully partner with Māori to construct a model for decolonisation, and to enhance the academic experience of Māori staff and students by weaving in mātauranga Māori into existing teaching and research practices. The University of Waikato progresses ahead of other universities in its attempt to fulfil Te Tiriti o Waitangi commitment through the introduction of the Treaty Statement. In this paper, the Treaty Statement is used as a case study to identify how universities articulate bicultural commitments. To do so, our team (consisting of Māori and tauiwi scholars) performed a critical Tiriti analysis comprising five phases to investigate the degree of alignment of the statement with Te Tiriti. The desktop analysis showed poor engagement with most Te Tiriti elements. The analysis evaluation of “good” (more than satisfactory) was measured for the consideration of “Māori exercising equitable citizenship”. This article concludes with recommendations of how universities can strengthen their practices to live up to Te Tiriti aspirations.

text: A Critical Tiriti Analysis of the Treaty Statement From a University in Aotearoa New Zealand Universities in Aotearoa New Zealand have been placed under the spotlight for claims of systemic racism. Following the claims made in relation to the University of Waikato in 2020 and University of Otago in 2022, universities have the responsibility to create an inclusive environment where systemic racism is dismantled, to meaningfully partner with Māori to construct a model for decolonisation, and to enhance the academic experience of Māori staff and students by weaving in mātauranga Māori into existing teaching and research practices. The University of Waikato progresses ahead of other universities in its attempt to fulfil Te Tiriti o Waitangi commitment through the introduction of the Treaty Statement. In this paper, the Treaty Statement is used as a case study to identify how universities articulate bicultural commitments. To do so, our team (consisting of Māori and tauiwi scholars) performed a critical Tiriti analysis comprising five phases to investigate the degree of alignment of the statement with Te Tiriti. The desktop analysis showed poor engagement with most Te Tiriti elements. The analysis evaluation of “good” (more than satisfactory) was measured for the consideration of “Māori exercising equitable citizenship”. This article concludes with recommendations of how universities can strengthen their practices to live up to Te Tiriti aspirations.

year: 2024-02-21

title: Command-line Instrument Control and Measurement Tools

authors: Ho, Cheng-Lin (Daniel)

subjects: VISA

abstract: The main purpose of this thesis is to automate laboratory instruments with
command lines. The created commands allow users to control instruments and
record measured values into a file, by using industrial standards, these commands
can communicate to the instruments through different interfaces. The users may
utilize these commands to execute an experiment remotely and records values
automatically. These commands made experiments flexible in location, reduce
the time spent for recording experiment values, and reduce any possible human
errors. The recorded values can be accepted by well-known analysis software
packages such as MATLAB, for further processing as a file. These commands
provide the users with convenience and personal safety, when executing
laboratory experiments with modern laboratory instruments.
The target of this thesis is producing a set of commands that allow users to control,
read, and record, the common instruments used on an electronics workbench.
These devices include power supplies, digital multimeters, function generators,
and oscilloscopes. The produced commands allow users to establish two
workbenches with these common laboratory instruments. The created
commands were written in C language in combination with the test and
measurement industrial standard to ensure the compatibility with instruments
from different vendors. This thesis also provides the readers with required
background knowledge that is related to the usage and development of these
commands. The target readers of this thesis are the graduates of Bachelor of
Electrical and Electronics Engineering or higher.

With these command sets, researchers do not need to spend a long time
controlling instruments and recording results from instrument manually. Apart
from setting up the hardware, they can simply enter the command, to get the result
they require.

text: Command-line Instrument Control and Measurement Tools The main purpose of this thesis is to automate laboratory instruments with
command lines. The created commands allow users to control instruments and
record measured values into a file, by using industrial standards, these commands
can communicate to the instruments through different interfaces. The users may
utilize these commands to execute an experiment remotely and records values
automatically. These commands made experiments flexible in location, reduce
the time spent for recording experiment values, and reduce any possible human
errors. The recorded values can be accepted by well-known analysis software
packages such as MATLAB, for further processing as a file. These commands
provide the users with convenience and personal safety, when executing
laboratory experiments with modern laboratory instruments.
The target of this thesis is producing a set of commands that allow users to control,
read, and record, the common instruments used on an electronics workbench.
These devices include power supplies, digital multimeters, function generators,
and oscilloscopes. The produced commands allow users to establish two
workbenches with these common laboratory instruments. The created
commands were written in C language in combination with the test and
measurement industrial standard to ensure the compatibility with instruments
from different vendors. This thesis also provides the readers with required
background knowledge that is related to the usage and development of these
commands. The target readers of this thesis are the graduates of Bachelor of
Electrical and Electronics Engineering or higher.

With these command sets, researchers do not need to spend a long time
controlling instruments and recording results from instrument manually. Apart
from setting up the hardware, they can simply enter the command, to get the result
they require.

year: 2008