Our Journals
Te Pūkenga Publishing Group publishes a range of peer-reviewed journals and other research publications to help our research reach those who can apply it in their own work.
Scope: Contemporary Research Topics
Scope: Contemporary Research Topics is a series of open access journals published by Otago Polytechnic. Press. There are issues every year from the following themes: Art & Design, Health & Wellbeing, Learning & Teaching, and Work-Based Learning. It is available online here.
Whanake: The Pacific Journal of Community Development
Whanake: The Pacific Journal of Community Development is published by Unitec Institute of Technology. It is a bi-annual digital journal for practitioners and academics who love community development. It is available online here.
Rere Āwhio – Journal of Applied Research and Practice
Rere Āwhio – Journal of Applied Research & Practice is an open access, peer reviewed journal published annually by Otago Polytechnic Auckland International Campus (OPAIC), Auckland, New Zealand It is available online here.
Southern Institute of Technology Journal of Applied Research
The Southern Institute of Technology Journal of Applied Research (SITJAR) is an online journal that specialises in applied research in the vocational and educational sector. It is aimed at practitioners, academics and researchers and is available online here.
Asylum
Asylum design research journal is published by Unitec’s School of Architecture and ePress, Unitec’s scholarly publishing house, as both a printed and an online open-access publication, dedicated to design-led research and engaging design as research and its methodology. Asylum is available online here.
Junctures: The Journal for Thematic Dialogue
Junctures: The Journal for Thematic Dialogue is a multidisciplinary academic journal published annually by Otago Polytechnic as a forum for trans-disciplinary discussion, analysis, and critique. It is available online here.
New Zealand Journal of Applied Business Research
The New Zealand Journal of Applied Business Research (NZJABR) is published by Manukau Institute of Technology. Further information and published abstracts are available online here.
Whitireia Journal of Nursing, Health & Social Services
The Whitireia Journal of Nursing, Health & Social Services is an annual publication featuring work that aims to encourage innovation and improve knowledge and practice in nursing, health, wellbeing, and social services. The journal is edited and published by students from the Whitireia Graduate Diploma in Publishing (Applied). This journal is available online here.
Perspectives in Animal Health and Welfare
Perspectives in Animal Health and Welfare, published by Unitec ePress, is a multi-disciplinary electronic journal of research papers and other outputs covering all aspects of the fields of animal health and welfare, and aims to provide an opportunity for the publication of outputs by, and for, veterinary nurses, veterinary technicians, and allied veterinary professionals. This journal is available online here.
Perspectives in Biosecurity
Perspectives in Biosecurity is published by Unitec Institute of Technology. It is a multi-disciplinary electronic journal of research papers and other outputs covering all aspects of the field of biosecurity. It is available online here.
Perspectives in Biodiversity
Perspectives in Biodiversity is published by Unitec ePress. The journal is intended to have broad coverage, considering manuscripts encompassing biosystematics and biogeography, ecology, genetics, reproductive biology (including pollination biology), taxonomy, ethology, entomology, ethnobotany, ethnozoology, herpetology, ornithology, bryology, lichenology, mycology and phycology. Annotated checklists and conservation assessments of Aotearoa / New Zealand biota are encouraged. This journal is available online here.