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Indigenous role models play a crucial part when it comes to inspiring Indigenous youth in Australian society. The focus of this essay is to demonstrate how Cathy Freeman became a noteworthy Indigenous role model; examining her history and the key events that aided in her success and how these have contributed to Australian society. Catherine (Cathy) Freeman was born in Mackay, Queensland on the 16th February 1973, to parents Cecelia and Norman Freeman (Australian Institute of Aboriginal and…

academic success of student were the main arguments for many meetings I attended. From outlining what the issues were with the Pasifika and Maori communities they all tended to link up with structural and individual strains of youth living in South Auckland. Reiterating the notions that it is hard to have better economic opportunities without a good education; however it is hard to gain academic success without having the support from the…

What is a theory? - A theory is a foundational belief of how the world works. As theories allow individuals to gain knowledge and have understandings, therefore the term ‘theory’ is powerful. Within this essay, there would be a discussion on a scenario of a child living in Aotearoa New Zealand using Urie Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological model as a guideline. By using Bronfenbrenner’s theory, this will help form an image of the child’s life and how it has an impact on the individual's learning and…

violence; particularly in New Zealand, celebrating masculine contact sports such as rugby (Bryson, 1987). However, in recent times in New Zealand it seems evident societal norms are changing – with news media a driver of that. For example, University of Auckland Professor in sociology of sport, Toni Bruce (2016), states actions of the Chiefs rugby team regarding alleged sexual assaults of women would have once been shrugged off with a boys will be boys mentality. However, the coverage of the…

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Thoroughbred Racing Since the late 1900’s horses evolved from an animal of practicality and transportation to one of pleasure, trade and gambling. Thoroughbred racing is a worldwide industry involving the gambling, racing and breeding of thoroughbred horses. The racing industry is multinational and followed all around the world, with the UK and Ireland, USA, France, Italy, Australia and New Zealand being the major influences in the breeding and production of thoroughbred racehorses. The New…

components, and assembles complete vehicles, primarily for sale to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of cars and light trucks in North America, Europe, Asia and South America. (Magna) On February 4, 2016, TPP Ministers signed the TPP Agreement in Auckland, New Zealand. The TPP is one of the world’s largest trade agreement that was signed by 12 Pacific Rim countries. The countries that are members of TPP: Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand,…

Science 54, no. 15 (2013): 2827-2827. Pielen, Amelie, W. Lloyd Clark, David S. Boyer, Yuichiro Ogura, Frank G. Holz, Jean-Francois Korobelnik, Brigitte Stemper et al. "Integrated results from the COPERNICUS and GALILEO studies." Clinical Ophthalmology (Auckland, NZ) 11 (2017):…

Swearing is a part of language and a natural part of life. According to Timothy Jay, Professor of Psychology at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and leading psycholinguist in curse research, "when scholar disregard or dismiss it as irrelevant to a complete understanding of language, we are left with a polite or sanitized and therefore a false science of language" (Jay 2009, 157; Jay and Janschewitz 2007; Potts 2007). Furthermore, ignoring this aspect of language also creates an artificial…

As an undergraduate student, I spent an extensive amount of time trying to articulate why I should choose a particular calling over others. I am intellectually curious and prefer perceiving information in an interdisciplinary manner. Thus, the necessity to choose one or two majors imposed a challenge. Studying at a liberal arts college reassured me in the idea that the fields I was primarily interested in – Economics and Political Science – are not isolated or restrictive. Both are based on a…