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The theft of rangatiratanga from Māori by Pākehā in New Zealand is closely intertwined with the loss and subsequent revitalisation of Te Reo. Both rangatiratanga and Te Reo are essential Māori culture – to lose just one is for Māori culture to be diminished. Māori culture has faced strong opposition since the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in 1840. To understand rangatiratanga today, it is important to turn to history. In this essay, I will look at the state of rangatiratanga through the…

growth in New Zealand such as penal populism, public disenchantment with the current government, public attitudes towards crime and harsher sentences, and lobby groups. There have also been important explanations in the form of neo liberalism, political structures and inequality. I will examine these explanations in my essay. These two perspectives could be combined as there is a lot of overlap between the two ideas and the two rely on one another to exist. The increase in New Zealands prison…

Diabetes New Zealand,Type­1 Diabetes is one of the rarest since only 10% of the people who have diabetes actually have Type­1 Diabetes. It’s caused by the lack of insulin that is being produced in our bodies to keep our blood glucose in the average range. Obviously, Type­1 is where our bodies don’t produce enough so what happens when your body produces insulin but doesn’t respond to it?. Well, this is where Type­2 Diabetes comes in. Type­2 Diabetes is the most common form of diabetes…

Sport NZ is renown for being the “guardian of NZ’s world-leading sporting system”(Sport NZ, 2015). Cooperating with Sport NZ will help implement benchmarks (statistics & surveys) that will flourish their reputation, as well as establishing a mutually beneficial level of participation. College Sport will also be a valuable partner as they “coordinate sport for 107 secondary schools nationwide” (College Sport, 2015)…

whenua of New Zealand. We should ensure Tangata whenuas wellbeing, necessitating the monitoring of Maori health, including health outcome and disparities between non-Màori and Màori (). “The conditions contributing to and maintaining health inequities in New Zealand are in direct contravention of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, as well as a breach of human rights and indigenous rights”(). This essay focuses on indigenous rights…

The gender pay gap is determined by the difference in annual wage of men and women throughout a country (cite). This literature review will discuss the topic of ‘why do women earn less than men’? Throughout the globe this seems to be a sensitive issue and one that has had many debate over the years. However it is important to shed light on the situation, because without the needed help and support, women may never have the opportunity to access pay that is equal to their male work colleages.…

Food Security in the South Pacific: An Annotated Bibliography Silke Groeneweg What are the effects of climate change and subsequent rising sea levels on food production and security of the inhabitants of islands in the South Pacific? In the past few decades, climate change has become a bigger concern for researchers and the public alike. For the inhabitants of small island nations in the South Pacific, there is no issue more pressing or potentially detrimental to their lives. Scientists,…

1. a) One of the telepathic characters in the novel was named Michael. Unlike many others, Michael’s parents chose to send him to a real school. By doing this, all of the other kids are able to learn with him, through telepathy. As the children began to learn with Michael their lives became more complicated. The children learned that their special gift was thought to be the same level of deviation as Sophie’s six toes. From this discovery, the kids learned that they had to keep that area of…

more now than ever. The role I will play as a treaty partner approaches the importance of having familiarity of New Zealand history alongside skills (Lang, 2002) essential to have an effective outcome in my practice as an Early Childhood Educator. To achieve a positive outcome in my practice I will educate myself with the significant historic events which have taken place in New Zealand such as the Treaty of Waitangi which will then be passed on throughout the classroom within planned activities…

Amongst the organisations advocating for women’s enfranchisement, another with prominence was the Dunedin Tailoresses Union [DTU] formed in 1889. The depressed economic situation in New Zealand during the 1880s led to “sweated labour.” Men and women alike worked for long hours and low wages in overcrowded conditions. Factory worker Miss M recalls “I made 12s 6d one week, but that meant working till three o’clock some mornings… and on Sunday, too” (Paul, 1910, as cited in Dalley & Robertson,…