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Investigating Guesthouse and Cuisine Experiences in the Maldives: A New Research Method Utilising a Tasting Buffet
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Guesthouses have transformed the tourism industry in the Maldives, from being solely focussed on enclave, luxury resorts, to offering affordable local island tourism to a new market. Food and tourism are closely linked. ... -
Investigations into pronunciation teaching
(IATEFL, 2011)This article reports on the main findings of my recently completed PhD (Couper 2009) and discusses the implications for the classroom. The findings are based on a series of three cumulative studies. With the insights gained ... -
Is peer review in academic publishing still working?
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)Peer review is central to academic publishing. Yet for many it is a mysterious and contentious practice, which can cause distress for both reviewers, and those whose work is reviewed. This paper, produced by the Editors’ ... -
Islands apart: leadership studies in two island states
(Taylor & Francis, 2005)School leadership is situated within a context of social and political factors that work to distribute power while also holding it in check. There are connections between how societal political structures facilitate ... -
“It’s Not the Way We Use English”—Can We Resist the Native Speaker Stranglehold on Academic Publications?
(MDPI AG, 2017)English dominates the academic publishing world, and this dominance can, and often does, lead to the marginalisation of researchers who are not first-language speakers of English. There are different schools of thought ... -
Journalist Integrity or Arbiters of Taste: The Case Study of Restaurant Critic Peter Calder
(Elsevier, 2014)It is generally believed that the power of popular media is such that restaurants can be both positively and negatively impacted by the restaurant critic. With the growing public interest the opinions of critics are deemed ... -
Journalistic integrity or arbiter of taste? The case study of restaurant critic Peter Calder
(Elsevier, 2014)In these times of interactive IT it seems that ‘almost anyone’ has the potential to become a restaurant critic. However, with growing public interest in food and dining out, the opinions of dedicated food critics are ... -
Just transitions and a contested space: Antarctica and the Global South
(Taylor & Francis, 2014)This paper suggests that Global South states should prioritize Antarctica as a core trans-national issue because of the potential rewards it offers in terms of opportunities for advancing their common political and development ... -
Ki Te Tahatū O Te Rangi: Normalising Te Reo Māori Across Non-traditional Māori Language Domains
(Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori, 2019)Background In 2018, Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (The Māori Language Commission) commissioned the New Zealand Work Research Institute (NZWRI) and Te Ipukarea (The National Māori Language Institute) to explore the integration ... -
Kia Kaua Te Reo E Rite Ki Te Moa, Ka Ngaro: Do Not Let the Language Suffer the Same Fate As the Moa
(The Royal Society, 2020)More than a third of the world's languages are currently classified as endangered and more than half are expected to go extinct by 2100. Strategies aimed at revitalizing endangered languages have been implemented in numerous ... -
Knowledge and educational research in the context of 21st century learning
(European Educational Research Association (EERA), 2013)Educational researchers and academics cannot ignore the ever-present call for education and schooling in particular, to reflect the needs of the 21st century knowledge economy. Since the 1990s, national curricula and ... -
Labour turnover in a New Zealand hotel company: the Gordian Knot? Initial results from a decade of exit interviews
(Elsevier Ltd, 2011)This paper presents findings from the data analysis of formal exit interviews conducted in New Zealand’s largest hotel brand. The data is from 24 hotels, covering all regions of New Zealand and provides comparable data ... -
Language shift and host society attitudes: Dutch migrants who arrived in New Zealand between 1950 and 1965
(Sage Publishers, 2012)Language shift and host society attitudes - Dutch migrants who arrived in New Zealand between 1950 and 1965 Abstract A study published in 2010 reported on past and current language use of a group of older Dutch migrants ... -
A Languages Strategy for Auckland: Why and What Are The Issues?
(Faculty of Education and Social Work, the University of Auckland, 2015)No abstract. -
The Leadership-as-practice (L-A-P) Movement: Transforming Education Research Through Applying an Emerging Frontier to Teacher Collaborative Inquiry Research
(Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE), 2016)A new frontier of understanding leadership is emerging in the broad field of leadership studies known as the leadership-as-practice movement. Rather than assume leadership resides in the specific behaviours and traits of ... -
Leading in Collaborative, Complex Education Systems
(Education Council of Aotearoa New Zealand, 2015)No abstract. -
Level of Prior Education as a Predictor of Academic Performance in the Bio Science Papers
(Crimson Publishers, 2019)Background: The cohort of students enrolled in the bio science papers at the Bachelor of Health Science (Oral Health) programme reflects a structural diversity in that it includes students of differing levels of prior ...