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Before beginning this presentation, I would just like to acknowledge the area which we now know as the City of Wyndham was a place of much significance to the local Aboriginal people and that we should respect the first Australians of this land. Many native people around the world have been known to undergo a pattern of mistreatment and oppression, Australia is not exempt from this. There have been a few improvements over the years, as many have tried to restore the implications made in the…

believe that by changing the Australian flag can help to reinforce our national pride. A flag is a representative of a nation and its people. Our current flag demonstrates a strong sense of pride and the same emotions will still be carried through by the new flag. By changing the flag design it would display a more clear and recognisable Australian identity. Our Australian flag has been around for many years, since the last design was created. However, it has always lead to some confusions to…

destructive impacts of the military and wars as well as the biased social and economic policies in our country. HPJ’s programs focus on Growing Youth, Growing Peace, and Growing Solidarity. The programs focused on Growing Youth encourages and educates the new youth leaders, activists, and organizers on the peace and justice movement of Hawai’i. They provide training and educational programs to help develop the creativity, critical thinking, and leadership and organizing skills needed for their…

Chris Crutcher’s Whale Talk tackles a lot of important issues and topics facing teens and young adults. One of those is abuse. He tells about how different characters deal with and overcome their abuse through theme, tone, and modern connections. It is important to know that not everyone deals with abuse the same way, and that not everyone has someone to help them deal with their issues. Two characters in Whale Talk have been abused and they dealt with it in very different ways. One of the…

Though many people of the Australian population view Australia Day as a day off to relax, January 26th has always been divisive, with the remainder of the population seeing January 26th as Invasion Day in lieu of a day of celebration. The article ‘Australia Day nationalism walks in the footsteps of ugly precedents’ by Robin Tennant-Wood was written for The Conversation on the 14th of January, 2014 and has one main idea: the meaning of Australia Day has strayed and does not do justice in…

founding members – Australia and New Zealand. Starbucks already has significant establishments in Australia and New Zealand; having a partnership in Fiji would be ideal to complete its presence across the Pacific Partnership and also build out routes to small Pacific Presence Partners (i.e. Micronesia, Solomon Islands,…

New Zealand Community Water Fluoridation: Is It Justifiable? Dental caries (tooth decay) is a chronic disease that affects all ages, and remains one of the most predominant diseases in New Zealand. If left untreated, possible ramifications could include, tooth loss (which may result in an undesirable appearance), pain, and infection. Therefore from an early age, it is essential to establish and implement good oral health practices. Examples of these practices (although not limited to) are,…

Introduction The Holistic Model defines health as a state of complete physical, social, spiritual and mental hauroa (Davies, 2013). Health Promotion is one of the five-core functions of public health in New Zealand (Davies, 2013). The process of health promotion is to facilitate people, to increase control over, and to improve their overall health and wellbeing (Green & Raeburn, 1998). Health promotion does not focus merely on the individual but moves beyond to focus on a range of…

deserve cyber bullying”, which highlighted the extent of bullying that now exists from 10 years ago. Since bullying is a topic which everyone talks about but does nothing or little about it, it made me think "how does bullying affect young people in New Zealand?" Base on the facts and figures gathered the affects of bullying on children is much more profound than what was once thought. Bullying is not a slowing or dying problem but instead growing this generation of school students, detentions…

which the plaintiff sums up in the phrase ‘enough is enough’ this addresses the issue of whether the Treaty of Waitangi should be integrated in the Public Works Act in order to protect Māori land from public works acquisition. It is stated by the New Zealand Law Society that a public work must benefit the public, but as stated by Thompson J these objectives can be met without the plaintiff’s land. This case is a positive step towards the acknowledgment in terms of Māori land rights, and is…