This paper describes the background, methods and key findings from a research project conducted in one Kāhui Ako (Community of Learning) city New Zealand. All 12 schools had significant numbers Indigenous Māori students whose iwi (tribal) ancestry connected to region over centuries. Using mixed approach, study investigated specific ‘across within’ school interventions that positively impacted s...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to evaluate the New Zealand Accident Compensation Corporation's (ACC) 'My Home is My Marae' approach to injury prevention for whānau (families). SETTING Over an 18 month period from November 2013 to June 2014, 14 'My Home is My Marae' trials were conducted across the South Auckland and Far North regions of New Zealand. ACC engaged with local Māori pro...

This paper explores the semiotic status of algebraic variables. To do that we build on a structuralist and post-structuralist train of thought going from Mauss and Lévi-Strauss to Baudrillard and Derrida. We import these authors’ semiotic thinking from the register of indigenous concepts (such as mana), and apply it to the register of algebra via a concrete case study of generating functions. T...

Program synthesis is a complex task comprising many interacting subactivities and requiring access to a variety of knowledge sourcesr Recent investigations have discovered the inadequaciest;ef current synthesis techniques to keep pace with increasing difficulties of managing large intricate problem solutions* An alternative approach to software methodologies is the development of intelligent co...

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