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Ecological Observations Within the Remnant Red Tussock (Chionochloa rubra) Tussock Grasslands of...

Thursday, 30 October 2025
Jordon Trail & Yannick Dorsman
Abstract Sandy Point Peninsula, a unique coastal landform in Southland, New Zealand, supports threatened lowland red tussock (Chionochloa rubra) grasslands amidst a heavily modified landscape....
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Why student attrition and how to retain students? A case study of NorthTec

Thursday, 30 October 2025
Angie Dang & Sue Vaughan
Abstract This paper examines student attrition using findings from the NorthTec Attrition Study (NTAS) 2023-2024. It adopted Rovai's (2003) Composite Persistence Model (CPM) to guide the...
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Feasibility of cultivating Ulva lactuca in an Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture system in Big...

Monday, 17 March 2025
Georgia Wilson & Anna Palliser
Abstract Ulva lactuca is a species of macroalgae (green seaweed) with a variety of commercial applications such as animal and human nutrition and the creation of bioplastics. In addition, U....
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Teaching presence behaviours: The impact of the instructor, learner, and institution

Monday, 17 March 2025
Jerrylynn Manuel
Abstract Instructors play a significant role in shaping students’ learning experiences. Despite the existence of numerous strategies for online teaching, implementation of them has been...
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Can you hear me? The use of narrative inquiry to express participant voice

Monday, 17 March 2025
Selena Coburn
Abstract The tertiary education environment in Aotearoa New Zealand is changing. Students coming into the Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITP) sector come with increasingly complex...
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I’ll be back: The Davinator enables repeatable habitat assessment and mapping in shallow aquatic...

Monday, 17 March 2025
David Culliford
Abstract The ‘Davinator’ is a low-cost and portable system for mapping underwater habitats in shallow coastal waters. The system combines sonar data with photogrammetry, using a...
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Navigating workplace communication for business graduates

Monday, 5 August 2024
Rachel Byars, Helen Geytenbeek, Rachel van Gorp, Caryn Hayes & Lamith Caldera
Abstract This research explores the changing environment of workplace communication and the communication skills required of business graduates. The growth of technology has led to a...
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Demystifying the entanglement of relationality, temporality, and collective identity in a...

Monday, 24 June 2024
Juan Liang
Abstract This study explores how the past, present, and future relationships with employees’ home organisations have influenced their ongoing sensemaking of collective identity in a...
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