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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Pasifika"”.
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Weaving the mat: Enablers for Pasifika midwifery students
… Pacific birthing population in Aotearoa, Pasifika midwives are a minority within the midwifery workforce. There are low numbers of Pasifika students entering and completing midwifery education, and consequently an under-representation of Pacific peoples in the midwifery profession. There …
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Academic success amongst a cohort of gifted and talented Māori and Pasifika secondary school boys: Elements that have contributed to their achievement
In recent years Māori and Pasifika students have been the focus of much discussion and a significant amount of research relating to underachievement. Despite this, many Māori and Pasifika secondary school boys are achieving highly in the academic sphere within the context of mainstream boys’ state …
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“It takes a village to raise a child”: Pastoral Care for Māori and Pasifika secondary school students
… care for secondary students. For Māori and Pasifika students, pastoral care may enable the blending of Māori/Pasifika models of health/wellbeing with socio-ecological models such as that of Bronfenbrenner (1979), in the school context. Improved student wellbeing could foster better school …
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St Pius X School Glenn Innes : matter tells space how to curve, space tells matter how to move
… accommodating yeas 1-8 with a demographic of 99% Pasifika pupils. Glenn Innes is a low-socio economic area and is predicted to grow within the next decade as housing increases in and around the Tāmaki region (Point England, Panmure and Glenn Innes). Despite the lack of Pasifika people in the local …
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Fononga 'A Fakahalafononga: Tongan Students' Journey to Academic Achievement in New Zealand Tertiary Education
… Zealand about the low academic achievement of Pasifika students, including the Tongans as one of the specific groups. The literature shows that the problems associated with the academic achievement of Pasifika students derive from the cultural differences between Pasifika and the dominant …
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Retrospective analysis of National Bowel Screening Programme outcomes in Hawke’s Bay: The need to achieve equity
… world, particularly for females. Both Māori and Pasifika populations are more likely to have a more unfortunate health outcome following a diagnosis of bowel cancer compared with other ethnicities in New Zealand. AIMS This research had four goals. Firstly, to quantify the number and types of …
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Young-Onset Type 2 Diabetes in the Auckland Region - Clinical Outcomes and Healthcare Service Use in Comparison to Type 1 Diabetes
… 1.06-1.12), Māori (OR 2.64, 95% CI 1.79-3.89), Pasifika (OR 2.64, 95% CI 1.79-3.88), Indian (OR 2.50, 95% CI 1.52 to 4.52, p=0.0003) and Asian ethnicities (OR 1.83, 95% CI 1.08-3.10) were more likely to have a higher ACR. NZDep (OR 1.12, 95% CI 1.07-1.77), Pasifika (OR 2.62, 95% CI 1.81-3.80, …
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Colouring in the White Spaces: Reclaiming Cultural Identity in Whitestream Schools
… However, when I talk to senior Māori and Pasifika ‘warrior-scholars” in Te Whānau o Tupuranga and Clover Park Middle School about “white spaces” they have encountered in their schooling experience they can identify them all too easily. “White spaces,” they explain, are anything you accept …
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`Osi kia Velenga: An educational quest for academic success in literacy for Tongan students in New Zealand
… learner needs to be set apart from that of a Pasifika learner, English language learner (ELLs), an English Speaker of Other Langauge (ESOL), and a bilingual learner, in order to adequately address the learning needs and the learning interests of the Tongan learner. By this means, the Ako …
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They did not know how to journey with me: Exploring Rugby Union injury experiences among wāhine in Aotearoa, New Zealand
… and with ongoing reinjury anxiety. Māori and Pasifika athletes reported a higher injury burden, suggesting cultural disparities in injury experience and access to support. Guided by Te Whare Tapa Whā, semi-structured interviews (n=5) were conducted to deepen this understanding. Thematic …
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What is the prevalence of intimate partner violence disclosed during routine screening in a large general practice in provincial New Zealand?
… positive disclosure from New Zealand Māori and Pasifika women prevailed. NZ Māori women disclosed an ever-positive rate of 8.7% to 9.3% over the two groups, Pasifika women 5.3% to 5.8% compared to 3.8% to 4.2% for NZ European women and 1.4% to 1.6% for those who identified as Other. While there …
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Modernism and Paul Olds (1922–1976) Questioning New Zealand’s Story of Art
… its presentation, particularly regarding Māori, Pasifika, Asian, and women artists. Equally overlooked are the diverse manifestations of modernism within New Zealand’s cultural landscape, with modernist architecture standing as a notable exception. Only recently have art historians begun to …
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