Dunedin

Scottish Settlers arriving in Dunedin took advantage of the area they chose. These choices both positively and negatively impacted on the surrounding environment. Dunedin benefited from the Gold Rush because it was located close to Central Otago. However, this had a negative impact on the environment because the city soon became polluted from the sudden increase in population. The green space surrounding the city was used to create a town belt, which had a positive effect on sustaining the green space around the city. The Settlers also took advantage of the hills beside the wetlands and reclaimed a lot of area in order to develop more flat land for the city. This had a negative impact on the environment because the landscape was dramatically…

Walking the City Exercise: George Street, Central Dunedin According to the Dunedin City Council and the Social Wellbeing Strategy, the city of Dunedin, New Zealand strives for the title, “One of the World’s Great Small Cities.” On Tuesday, the 31st of March, I took the time to walk up and down George Street, a main shopping section of Dunedin. Along my walk, I observed the use of public versus private space, how people act and react to their surroundings, and the relationship between…

(1) Overall, how would you rate “Dunedin Winter Wonderland”? (2) What were the three main reasons you attended “Dunedin Winter Wonderland”? (3) Did “Dunedin Winter Wonderland” meet your expectations? (4) What did you like best/least? (5) How would you rate the price-value rate at “Dunedin Winter Wonderland”? (6) How unique was this event compared to similar type of events you experienced in Dunedin? (e.g. Cadbury Carnival, Midwinter Carnival) (7) How satisfied were you with a. Venue…

“Culture is acquired knowledge that people use to interpret experience and generate social behavior. This knowledge forms values, creates attitudes, and influences behavior” (Doh, Hodgetts, & Luthans, 2006, pp. 93-94). Elevated to the organisational level, culture is defined as “shared values and beliefs that enable members to understand their roles and the norms of the organization” (p.154). Enterprise Dunedin, as stated above, is a newly formed department where three former separated teams…

Haoyu Zhao PUP432 10.15.2015 Case Brief Contractors And Builders Association Of Pinellas County V. City Of Dunedin Background Context Until the 20th century, the general law in Florida stipulated that local governments could only obtain funds from public revenues as they had no authority to taxes. The local government made the realization that these funds were insufficient for running the everyday affairs of the growing county. For this reason, the county turned to private sources…

As an adolescent girl on her way down to Dunedin for her first year of University I told my parents’ not to worry too much about my grades, because I was going to find myself a top-notch husband in the years I was studying. We all laughed about it like I was kidding, but the truth was, ever since I was young I dreamt of coming to University and meeting guys who all looked like the lead male role of a Rom-Com film and they were perfectly going to balance study and a social life like I was going…

Migraines (Confirmed on medical certificate): In 2015 Demelsa was working as an au-pair in Australia, when she slipped in a bath and hit the back of her head receiving a concussion. She spent five days in hospital and then returned to New Zealand and was living in Dunedin with friends. This is when Demelsa says her migraines started. Demelsa reports a constant "base pain" which is a 7-8/10. She reports that she is now used to this pain. Three to four times a week she has an increase of…

Edmund Rice was born in 1762 in Callan Ireland he was the fourth child to be born out of six and the first one of them to be properly educated which then led to him becoming a mercantile apprenticeship under his Uncle. In 1785 he married but in 1789 his wife died to a fever (most likely cholera).Edmund Rice founded the Christian Brothers in the year 1802, it was founded because Edmund Rice wanted to join a religious institute but instead of doing that he with the support of Dr Thomas Hussey…

Infant mortality & Dr Truby’s vision and initiative for infant welfare. High Infant mortality rate due to malnutrition and diseases like diarrhoea, influenza, and other epidemics inspired Dr.Truby to developed feeding formula which significantly reduced infant death rate, He taught his way to improve child health to women, some of them joined in his child welfare crusade as untrained nurses in Karitane Hospital. But when work pressure increased due to a high incidence of influenza, tuberculosis…

parents and/or guardians. Further, the study looks to correlate depressogenic attributional style and depressive/anxious symptomatology behavior in children of parents who use or have used harsh physical punishment and have a high abuse potential, versus those of a lower abuse potential. This journal article review will look at the information presented, and determine whether or not the findings by the author are consistent enough to merit additional research. The sample of this study consists…