title: Whiti te rā: A guide to connecting Māori to traditional wellbeing pathways.

authors: McLachlan, Andre David

abstract: Māori health models, introduced in the 1980s, brought needed cultural worldviews to an otherwise monocultural health system. However, minimal changes have occurred. In mainstream practice, deeper cultural understandings and action-orientations of these models can be overlooked, to the detriment of Māori wellbeing.
In particular, Māori cultural concepts such as mauri ora (an active state of wellbeing) and a secure cultural identity are notable core wellbeing pathways that need further exploration. Using a systematic narrative literature review, 36 papers identified pathways that used core cultural activities for Māori wellbeing. A thematic analysis produced six themes or pathways towards wellbeing for Māori – te reo Māori: Māori language, taiao: connection with the environment, wairua: Māori spiritual beliefs and practices, mahi-a-toi:
Māori expressive art forms, take pū whānau: Māori relational values, and whakapapa: intergenerational relationships. Forty experienced Māori psychologists analysed the themes and offered expert examples practice pathways for Māori wellbeing. The six themes and feedback is presented in a visual image Whiti Te Rā with instructions for Māori practitioners to guide whai ora Māori (Māori clients) to explore their level of knowledge and comfort, and active engagement with Māori pathways to wellbeing. The model has potential for mental health policy, future research, curriculum development, and synthesising Māori knowledge towards wellbeing pathways.

text: Whiti te rā: A guide to connecting Māori to traditional wellbeing pathways. Māori health models, introduced in the 1980s, brought needed cultural worldviews to an otherwise monocultural health system. However, minimal changes have occurred. In mainstream practice, deeper cultural understandings and action-orientations of these models can be overlooked, to the detriment of Māori wellbeing.
In particular, Māori cultural concepts such as mauri ora (an active state of wellbeing) and a secure cultural identity are notable core wellbeing pathways that need further exploration. Using a systematic narrative literature review, 36 papers identified pathways that used core cultural activities for Māori wellbeing. A thematic analysis produced six themes or pathways towards wellbeing for Māori – te reo Māori: Māori language, taiao: connection with the environment, wairua: Māori spiritual beliefs and practices, mahi-a-toi:
Māori expressive art forms, take pū whānau: Māori relational values, and whakapapa: intergenerational relationships. Forty experienced Māori psychologists analysed the themes and offered expert examples practice pathways for Māori wellbeing. The six themes and feedback is presented in a visual image Whiti Te Rā with instructions for Māori practitioners to guide whai ora Māori (Māori clients) to explore their level of knowledge and comfort, and active engagement with Māori pathways to wellbeing. The model has potential for mental health policy, future research, curriculum development, and synthesising Māori knowledge towards wellbeing pathways.

year: 2021

title: An old story, a new voice: Tertiary education in the Bay of Plenty region

authors: Amundsen, Diana Leigh

subjects: Bay of Plenty

abstract: In this article, I first critique neoliberal effects on the Aotearoa New Zealand tertiary education sector and then provide a close-up look at tertiary education in the Bay of Plenty region. Information is based on aspects of my doctoral research which was located across three tertiary education organisations comprising the Bay of Plenty Tertiary Education Partnership: The University of Waikato, Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology and, Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi.  The findings of this research examine connections across the partnership, delving into relevant aspects of universities, polytechnics and wānanga. I evaluate the historical, geographical, political and socio-cultural context of all three institutions. Lastly, I discuss campus connections between the partnership organisations. The emerging picture reveals an old story of expansion and growth with a new voice of tension between collaboration and competition in the face of a neoliberal education context. This article offers timely implications for contemporary and future University of Waikato campus connections and may appeal to academics, graduate students, policymakers and the general public.

text: An old story, a new voice: Tertiary education in the Bay of Plenty region In this article, I first critique neoliberal effects on the Aotearoa New Zealand tertiary education sector and then provide a close-up look at tertiary education in the Bay of Plenty region. Information is based on aspects of my doctoral research which was located across three tertiary education organisations comprising the Bay of Plenty Tertiary Education Partnership: The University of Waikato, Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology and, Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi.  The findings of this research examine connections across the partnership, delving into relevant aspects of universities, polytechnics and wānanga. I evaluate the historical, geographical, political and socio-cultural context of all three institutions. Lastly, I discuss campus connections between the partnership organisations. The emerging picture reveals an old story of expansion and growth with a new voice of tension between collaboration and competition in the face of a neoliberal education context. This article offers timely implications for contemporary and future University of Waikato campus connections and may appeal to academics, graduate students, policymakers and the general public.

year: 2019

title: A master equation approach to nonlinear optics and chemical reactions

authors: McNeil, Kenneth James

abstract: Part 1 of this thesis consists of a theoretical quantum statistical analysis of several nonlinear optical processes. As an introduction a master equation describing the time behaviour of the field in a general irreversible nonlinear interaction between an optical photon field and a number of two level atoms is given. This master equation is then used to calculate the exact time dependent statistical properties of the light fields in certain special processes: two photon emission by atoms, two photon absorption by atoms and Raman scattering of photons by atoms. The steady states of the emission-absorption processes are examined, and found to have interesting statistical properties not found in the field states normally met with. Part 1 is concluded with a brief examination of approximate methods of solutions for the nonlinear processes studied.
Part 2 is a brief study of the nature of concentration fluctuations and correlations in chemically reacting systems, using the stochastic master equation approach. The time dependent fluctuations and spatial correlations are discussed for a space dependent model of a linear chemically reacting system. These results are compared with those obtained when correlations are ignored. The steady state behaviour of a particular nonlinear chemical system is then examined. Deterministic and non space-dependent stochastic analysis show that when certain system parameters are varied, the system’s behaviour is very similar to that of a thermodynamic system which undergoes a second order phase transition. A space-dependent analysis is then given, and this makes the analogy very close indeed.

text: A master equation approach to nonlinear optics and chemical reactions Part 1 of this thesis consists of a theoretical quantum statistical analysis of several nonlinear optical processes. As an introduction a master equation describing the time behaviour of the field in a general irreversible nonlinear interaction between an optical photon field and a number of two level atoms is given. This master equation is then used to calculate the exact time dependent statistical properties of the light fields in certain special processes: two photon emission by atoms, two photon absorption by atoms and Raman scattering of photons by atoms. The steady states of the emission-absorption processes are examined, and found to have interesting statistical properties not found in the field states normally met with. Part 1 is concluded with a brief examination of approximate methods of solutions for the nonlinear processes studied.
Part 2 is a brief study of the nature of concentration fluctuations and correlations in chemically reacting systems, using the stochastic master equation approach. The time dependent fluctuations and spatial correlations are discussed for a space dependent model of a linear chemically reacting system. These results are compared with those obtained when correlations are ignored. The steady state behaviour of a particular nonlinear chemical system is then examined. Deterministic and non space-dependent stochastic analysis show that when certain system parameters are varied, the system’s behaviour is very similar to that of a thermodynamic system which undergoes a second order phase transition. A space-dependent analysis is then given, and this makes the analogy very close indeed.

year: 1976