OPSITARA Research


Welcome to this month's issue featuring a selection of staff and learner research. Our kaimahi | staff and ākonga | learners continue to grapple with issues that are important to people in our communities.

You might be wondering about the title of our feature article "Decolonising computing". Why does computing need decolonising? And what might that look like?  Professor Samuel Mann, Mawera Karetai and Rachel McNamara explain why it matters, and make a valuable contribution to the discussion about how it might be done, so that everyone benefits.

Thank you for reading Relevant Research.

Scott Klenner
Tumuaki Rakahau - Director Research
ISSN 2624-084X


  1. Decolonising computing | Kia wetetāmi rorohiko

    New Zealand is missing the value that Māori ways of being and knowing could contribute to computing. Kua mahue a Aotearoa i te whaihua ... Read more…
  2. Keeping honey runny

    When honey cools down, it can crystallise; a honey roller helps keep it liquid. Read more…
  3. Mindbody methods for Fibromyalgia

    How might mindbody techniques including massage therapy help people with fibromyalgia? Read more…
  4. Children's mental health

    Our Nursing learners have created mental health promotion resources for Queenstown's children. Read more…
  5. Ghostdoku

    Design Assembly recently interviewed Communications Design graduate Hina Macmaster. Read more…
  6. Relevant experiential learning

    A recent study explored key concepts of experiential learning with lecturers. Read more…
  7. Representing identity

    The design of the spaces we occupy contributes to shaping our identity, individually and collectively. Read more…
  8. KAPITAL

    A group exhibition at the Dunedin School of Art in October 2022 explored issues of global mass consumer culture. Read more…
  9. Simulation in Nursing and the importance of maintaining clinical placements

    Dr Julie Bowen-Withington, ARA: There is an abundance of literature supporting the use of high-fidelity simulation in health care ... Read more…