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Relevant Research - October 2022

We are looking forward to another Inaugural Professorial Lecture on 15 November. Professor Yvonne Thomas will be speaking on the topic Reflections on Home: From passionate practitioner to compassionate researcher. All are welcome to come to hear Yvonne in person and celebrate her promotion with her. For more information and to register click here.

Congratulations to Vincent Egan, an Otago Polytechnic Master of Design student, for winning a gold medal in the Student - Digital category of the Best Design Awards 2022. You can read about his virtual reality game, Mythik Tāne, in this issue along with other staff and student research.

Prof Leoni Schmidt
Director: Research and Postgraduate Studies
ISSN 2624-084X

Contents

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Good for people and the planet

by Lesley Brook

What do climate action and conservation look like to rangatahi in an urban context?

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Keyboard warriors

by Lesley Brook

Kathryn van Beek has recently completed her Doctorate of Professional Practice on writing as a tool for positive change. This is an extract from one of her essays, Going Dutch.

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"I belong at school"

by Lesley Brook

Feeling they belong at school is critically important for the mental health of young people.

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Job Skills Monitor

by Lesley Brook

Job advertisements disclose what technical and professional skills employers are looking for.

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The Last Kai (2022), tapa artwork by Tui Emma Gillies and Sulieti Fieme’a Burrows MNZM

The art of giving

by Victoria Bell and Natalie Smith

A recent exhibition presented a series of artworks that relate to unique and personal stories of giving.

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Third year Nursing students' working bee sewing for Fiji

Sustainable hygiene

by Lesley Brook

A Fijian village will benefit from a supply of reusable sanitary hygiene products from our students.

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Hapū-led business development - He whanaketanga pakihi e ārahi ā-hapu ai

by Lesley Brook and Naumai Taurua

Māori communities can design and implement their own business solutions to create jobs locally. Ka whakaahua, ka whakatinana ngā hapori Māori i ō rātou ake otinga kia whakatū mahi.

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Pregnant at computer

Making and maintaining connections

by Lesley Brook

Communications technology has potential to help midwives connect with pregnant women/people.

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Scene from Virtual Reality game Mythik Tāne: The Path of the Chosen

The Path of the Chosen

by Lesley Brook

Virtual Reality provides a new way of telling old stories.

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Older men

Active in older age

by Lesley Brook

How might older men be encouraged to attend exercise programmes that improve their health?

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