title: High performance aligned short natural fibre - Epoxy composites

authors: Pickering, Kim L.

abstract: Aligned short harakeke fibre (New Zealand flax) mats were produced using dynamic sheet forming, impregnated with epoxy resin, then pressed and cured on a compression moulder to manufacture composite materials. These composites were found to have significantly higher tensile properties than planar random oriented short fibre composites; the tensile strength (136 MPa) obtained for the composites is higher than any seen in the literature to date for short natural fibre composites. Fibre orientation was not affected by fibre content despite the higher processing pressure required and fibre orientation factors obtained from Modified Rule of Mixtures equations for Young's modulus and tensile strength were found to be similar.

text: High performance aligned short natural fibre - Epoxy composites Aligned short harakeke fibre (New Zealand flax) mats were produced using dynamic sheet forming, impregnated with epoxy resin, then pressed and cured on a compression moulder to manufacture composite materials. These composites were found to have significantly higher tensile properties than planar random oriented short fibre composites; the tensile strength (136 MPa) obtained for the composites is higher than any seen in the literature to date for short natural fibre composites. Fibre orientation was not affected by fibre content despite the higher processing pressure required and fibre orientation factors obtained from Modified Rule of Mixtures equations for Young's modulus and tensile strength were found to be similar.

year: 2016-02-01

title: Pest fish throughout New Zealand

authors: Grainger, Natasha

abstract: Kia ora koutou. I have been asked to give a general overview of pest fish in New Zealand. Introduced fish are highly adaptable, frequently invasive and often cause problems. They are difficult to detect and notoriously hard to eradicate. For that reason it
is no surprise that a group of goldfish is known as troubling. But it is not all doom and gloom. I will talk about what species are pests, who has a role in managing them, what problems they cause, what has been done about them and what we still need to work on.

text: Pest fish throughout New Zealand Kia ora koutou. I have been asked to give a general overview of pest fish in New Zealand. Introduced fish are highly adaptable, frequently invasive and often cause problems. They are difficult to detect and notoriously hard to eradicate. For that reason it
is no surprise that a group of goldfish is known as troubling. But it is not all doom and gloom. I will talk about what species are pests, who has a role in managing them, what problems they cause, what has been done about them and what we still need to work on.

year: 2017

title: Through the eyes of whānau: Destruction of cultural identity through education

authors: Ngaamo, Raewyn Brenda

subjects: Māori

abstract: This thesis examines how the schooling experiences of a dual cultural heritage whānau influenced the development of their identity, their language and culture across three generations. Koro, Tuakana, Teina and Moko share their experiences with us and through these stories reveal how they were forced through the colonising beliefs and practices of schooling to reshape themselves in a bid to belong. The compromise and abuse of cultural identity in wider society, replicated and validated in schooling, created a vicious and dehumanising experience for each of them. School was a major site of assimilation for this whānau. They experienced racism, rejection, low expectations and cultural disconnection across the three generations. They suffered particularly as dual heritage children who experienced rejection and racial micro aggressions from both Pākehā and Māori alike. Instead of education being a means to realise their potential and to achieve success it was actually the vehicle for the destruction of their cultural identity.

text: Through the eyes of whānau: Destruction of cultural identity through education This thesis examines how the schooling experiences of a dual cultural heritage whānau influenced the development of their identity, their language and culture across three generations. Koro, Tuakana, Teina and Moko share their experiences with us and through these stories reveal how they were forced through the colonising beliefs and practices of schooling to reshape themselves in a bid to belong. The compromise and abuse of cultural identity in wider society, replicated and validated in schooling, created a vicious and dehumanising experience for each of them. School was a major site of assimilation for this whānau. They experienced racism, rejection, low expectations and cultural disconnection across the three generations. They suffered particularly as dual heritage children who experienced rejection and racial micro aggressions from both Pākehā and Māori alike. Instead of education being a means to realise their potential and to achieve success it was actually the vehicle for the destruction of their cultural identity.

year: 2019