Whanaungatanga
Community-centered research!Eastern Institute of Technology and Otago Polytechnic are
pleased to announce that the 2019 ITP research symposium
will be held at Eastern Institute of Technology – Te Aho a Māui,
Monday 15th and Tuesday 16th April 2019.
Themes:
Relationships | Networks | Reciprocities |Obligations
Speakers
Meet Our Speakers

Hörður Torfason
Artist & Activist

Carla Houkamau
Associate Professor- University of Auckland

Sally J Morgan
Professor of Fine Arts- Massey University
2:30 PM Session Two
Community Health –Lecture Theatre 1
Chair: Clare Buckley
Presenter(s)
Institute
Title
Professor Mary Butler
Otago Polytechnic
Applying ethical frameworks to mobility: the case of driving
Mandy Pentecost
EIT
Keep saying hello
Sean Thompson
Whitireia NZ
Opportunities and Serendipity. How one student’s assignment may influence end of life health care for all New Zealanders
Inspired Teaching and Learning
Lecture Theatre 2 – 2:30 PM
Chair: Daud Ahmed
Presenter(s)
Institute
Title
Prashant Khanna
Waikato Institute of Technology
Cognitive Education Framework for Cyber Security Education (CEF-CSE): A Collaborative Community Approach Aligning to the Tenets of Ako
Andy Kilsby
Otago Polytechnic
Creation of an Employability Centre, a behavioural change process.
Dr Mandy Rudge
Eastern Institute of Technology
Re-building family with clothes: an exploration of the value of second hand clothing for migrant seasonal workers in Aotearoa/ New Zealand
Engaged Arts
TuW I130 – 2:30 PM
Chair: Associate Professor Steve Gibbs
Presenter(s)
Institute
Title
Tepora Emery
Toi Ohomai Institute of Technologyc
Toitū te Kainga, Toitū te Ora, Toitū te Tangata – healthy homes, healthy people
Raewyn Tauira Paterson
EIT
Whatu (to weave)
Tuhakia Keepa and Parekura Rohe-Belmont
EIT
Kapahaka – An exemplar pedagogy of community based research and learning
3:30 pm
Afternoon Tea– Manaaki
EIT ATRIUM
4:00 PM Session Three
Sustainable Environments – Lecture Theatre 1
Chair: Prof Nat Waran
Presenter(s)
Institute
Title
Peter Bruce-Iri
Northtec
Citizen science and the climate crisis
Dr Kawtar Tani
University College of
Learning (UCOL)
Transportation habits of students: An assessment of carbon footprint
Joany Grima
Wellington Institute of Technology
Wash v. Waste
Engaged Arts
Lecture Theatre 2 – 4:00 PM
Chair: Prof Leoni Schmidt
Presenter(s)
Institute
Title
Dr. Graeme Cornwell
Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology
The demise and ‘demise’ of the Art School: Dealing with
the Elephant in the Room
Linda Bruce
EIT
Ōtātāra: people & place
Dr Mark Baynes
Southern Institute of Technology
Analytic, descriptive and prescriptive components of evolving jazz: A new model based on the works of Brad
Mehldau.
Community Health
TuW I130 – 4:00 PM
Chair: Prof. Kay Morris-Matthews
Presenter(s)
Institute
Title
Prof. David
Tipene-Leach
EIT
Reviewing and renewing cultural competence in the medical profession and a case study in mental health
Hana Cadzow
Otago
Polytechnic
Opportunities missed and lessons learned; reflecting on the relationships between researchers, organisations, and communities.
Rehia Whaanga
EIT
Educational success of Wahine Māori social workers: contributing and impeding forces
DAY ONE EVENING EVENTS
5:10 pm
ATRIUM
Conference function for registered delegates – Manaaki
7:30 pm
MTG Century Theatre, Napier
It’s Love Isn’t It? – Poetry and Chamber Music with Guitar MTG Century Theatre, Napier
Matthew Marshall (guitar) with Dame Kate Harcourt & Sir Jon Trimmer (narrators), Tessa Petersen (violin) & Heleen du Plessis (cello)
Performing music by Philip Norman, Anthony Ritchie, Mauro Giuliani and poetry by Alistair Te Ariki Campbell and Meg Campbell
Free admission for ITP delegates; bus transport provided from EIT (click photo below for details)
Symposium Programme
April 16th, 2019 | Day 2
9:00 am
Te Ūranga Waka
Keynote Speaker
Distinguished Professor Sally J Morgan, Massey University
Chair: Professor Matthew Marshall
Keynote speaker: Distinguished Professor Sally Morgan, Massey University – The Creative Arts as Research
10:00 AM Session One
Sustainable Environments – Lecture Theatre 1
Chair: Dr Margaret Leonard
Presenter(s)
Institute
Title
Dr Mazin Bahho
EIT
Design and sustainable values: a reflective case
Paul Woodruffe
Unitec Institute of Technology
The Piki Project: building capabilities within the homeless community
Rachel Speddy and Richard Edwards
EIT
Environmental and sustainability education in initial teacher education
Inspired Teaching and Learning
Lecture Theatre 2 – 10:00 AM
Chair: Peter Bruce-Iri
Presenter(s)
Institute
Title
Barnaby Pace and Samira Kakh
Otago Polytechnic Auckland
A cognitive-affective approach for the development of academic literacy skills in international students
Sunitha Prabhu, Ken Louie
Waikato Institute of Technology
Transforming the “sage on the stage”: a student-centred approach to learning mathematics
Kathryn MacCallum
EIT
Using Augmented Reality to support cross-curricular learning opportunities
Community Health
TuW I130 – 10:00 AM
Chair: Prof Sally Baddock
Presenter(s)
Institute
Title
Dr Andi Crawford and Laurie Te Nahu
Te Wāhanga Hauora Māori, HBDHB
Cognitive and social/emotional influences on adaptive functioning in children with FASD: A clinical and cultural partnership.
Kathy Manhire
EIT
Predictors of breastfeeding duration in a predominantly Māori population in New Zealand
Dr Rachael Walker
EIT
Understanding the experiences, perspectives and values of indigenous women around smoking cessation in pregnancy
11:00 am
Morning Tea– Manaaki
EIT ATRIUM
Community Health
Lecture Theatre 1 – 11:30 AM
Chair: Prof Mary Butler
Presenter(s)
Institute
Title
Dr Anita Jagroop-Dearing
EIT
Research into the Largest Campylobacter Waterborne Outbreak Ever Recorded: The Havelock North Campylobacter Outbreak
Caro McCaw
Otago Polytechnic
Project-based learning with communities: Case studies from two programmes
Diana Fergusson
Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki
Work Readiness of New Graduate Nurses
Inspired Teaching and Learning
Lecture Theatre 2 – 11:30 AM
Chair: Assoc Prof Jonathan Sibley
Presenter(s)
Institute
Title
Dr Pii-Tuulia Nikula
EIT
The impact of the zero-fee policy – benefiting local communities by widening access to tertiary education?
Paul Ewart, Hong Zhou & Ken Louie
Waikato Institute of Technology
Supporting community engagement through teaching, student projects and research.
Louise MacKenzie
EIT
Fraud in New Zealand Schools
Inspired Teaching and Learning
TuW I130 – 11:30 AM
Chair: Pareputiputi Nuku
Presenter(s)
Institute
Title
Cherie Te Rore
EIT
Tautoko: How kaupapa Māori, social constructivist and mobile learning theories supported project-based learning initiatives
Nicholas Hoete and Kate Shanaghan
Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology
Inspiring students: A story of Inquiry-Based learning in Kawerau
Mawera Karetai
Otago Polytechnic
What do you want to be when you grow up?
BREAK – LUNCH
12:30 pm
Lunch – Manaaki – Workshops 12:40pm – Academic Presentations (A115) / Seamless learning (A101)
EIT ATRIUM
Workshops:
- Academic Presentations (A101)
- Seamless Learning (A115)
Sustainable Environments
Lecture Theatre 1- 1:40-3:20 PM
Chair: Lesley Brook
Presenter(s)
Institute
Title
Dr. Shilpa Jain
Open Polytechnic
Sustainability oriented innovation in Management: A conceptual Framework
Adele Carson and Don Kannangara
Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology
Building environmental sustainability knowledge into management studies
Hyun-Chan Kim
Waikato Institute of Technology
Sustainable Urban Development: Implementation of Public Bike Sharing System
Gregor Steinhorn
Unitec Institute of Technology
Building collaborative research networks to tackle asbestos waste with a circular economy approach
Dr. Tim Hunt
Waikato Institute of Technology
Listening to the birds in the Waikato
Inspired Teaching and Learning
Lecture Theatre 2- 1:40-3:20 PM
Chair: Heather Hamerton
Presenter(s)
Institute
Title
Tracey Hooker, Simon Archard & Lynley Westerbeke
Waikato Institute of Technology
Learning, becoming, being: The journey from student teacher to full teacher registration
Dr Emily Nelson & Leigh Johnson
EIT
Learning to Teach in Innovative Learning Environments on Practicum: Affective, Embodied, Collaborative Practice
Joanne Alderson and Donna Kenny
Open Polytechnic
Partnerships for Families
Bronwyn Alton
Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology
How teaching teams and students benefit from building partnerships with industry for product development in the tourism sector
Inspired Teaching and Learning
TuW I130- 1:40-3:20 PM
Chair: Sophronia Smith
Presenter(s)
Institute
Title
Nadine Mckinnon
EIT
Te Raranga Whakapaepae o Te Reo
(Anne Hiha), Deb Stewart, Margaret Young
EIT
You can’t just go around saying ‘kia ora’ all over the place: Kia Angitu Māori student success
Kelli Te Maihāroa and Māwera Karetai
Otago Polytechnic
Te Kāhui Whetū | Capable Māori: a kaupapa Māori approach
Tania Berryman and Jewelle Lloyd
Toi Ohomai Insitute of Technology
Hairdressing and beauty students developing their employability skills during a marae visit
SYMPOSIUM CLOSING
3:30 pm
Te Ūranga Waka
Concluding remarks
Hand over to the host of the 2020 ITP Research Symposium
Poroporoaki
Poster presentations in Atrium:
Hyun-Chan KIM
Community Based Engineering Research: Why Aging New Zealanders Living in Rural Need Better Transport Service
Wintec
Caro McCaw
Design Internships and Presbyterian Support Otago: Considering elements of success for community partners and students
Otago Polytechnic
Glynis Cooper, Cheryl McConnell, Gillian Postlewaight, Helen Stewart-MacKenzie
Examining collaborative relationships between mentor teachers, degree students and the Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education) teaching team at EIT Te Aho Maui: Initial findings.
EIT
Kirsty Jones
How the use of boundary objects strengthen the initial teacher education partnership between schools and the tertiary institution
EIT
M G Abbas Malik
Machine Learning and Multi-Attribute Group Decision Making
Otago Polytechnic
Chey Dearing
Men with cancer face inequitable choices with current fertility cryopreservation services
EIT
Morgan Look
NIR LED lighting panel Design for identification and classification of Invasive Weeds
Unitec
Isaac Kwadwo Nti
Real Time Monitoring of Nitrate in Groundwater Using Wireless Sensor Network
NorthTec
Geoff Simons
Relative Age Effect
Otago Polytechnic
Ruwan Jayasooriya
Structural Response of Multi-Storey Buildings under Deliberately Targeted Bomb Blast Loadings
WelTec
Pii-Tuulia Nikula
Sustainability of the international education industry – status quo and challenges
EIT
Barnaby Pace
The Business of Theoretical Physics: The Role of Theory in Applied Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Otago Polytechnic
Richard Edwards
Research for teachers: an example of ITP teacher education staff sharing their research with schools in the region.
EIT
Dr Lesley Gill & Marje Schaddelee
When caring too much is bad for people, business and community
Otago Polytechnic
Prof Sally Baddock
Helping families to sleep their infant safely: What’s going on during infant-adult bedsharing?
Otago Polytechnic
Exhibition Artworks – at IDEAschool
Deb Donnelly
A place at the Kauri able – pathways linking local immigrant stories with global conceptual arts communities
Whitireia NZ
Jane Venis and Hannah Joynt
Flute Plane
Otago Polytechnic
Nicol Sanders-O’Shea, Graeme Cornwell, Donna Dinsdale, Quinton Bidois, Kelcy Taratoa, Anne-Marie Simon, Darcell Apelu, Dale Sattler, Kyle Sattler
Materere
Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology
Artists from IDEAschool, EIT
Puzzle Trays
Eastern Institute of Technology
Neil Emmerson and Marion Wassenaar
The Panama Papers – Exhibition
Otago Polytechnic
Hannah Joynt and Gavin O’Brien
Tussock Butterfly Project
Otago Polytechnic
Sponsors
The Whanaungatanga: 2019 ITP Research Symposium is possible thanks to funding from the below ITPs and Sponsors



