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Health prediction for king salmon via evolutionary machine learning with genetic programming J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Fangfang Zhang, Yuye Zhang, Paula Casanovas, Jessica Schattschneider, Seumas P. Walker, Bing Xue, Mengjie Zhang, Jane E. Symonds
King (Chinook) salmon is the only salmon species farmed in Aotearoa New Zealand and accounts for over half of the world's production of king salmon. Determining the health status of king salmon eff...
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Strontium isotopes reveal a globally unique assemblage of Early Miocene baleen whales J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Felix G. Marx, Ambre Coste, Marcus D. Richards, J. Michael Palin, R. Ewan Fordyce
The earliest Miocene (Aquitanian, 23–20 Ma) remains a critically under-sampled ‘dark age’ in cetacean evolution. This is especially true of baleen whales (mysticetes), Aquitanian specimens of which...
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Publication integrity: what is it, why does it matter, how it is safeguarded and how could we do better? J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Mark J. Bolland, Alison Avenell, Andrew Grey
Trustworthy literature is an essential part of knowledge, evidence-based information, and science. However, publications can contain mistakes or have results from unreliable research, which may com...
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CFD investigation on wind power harvesting from small-scale wind turbines for powering residential buildings in New Zealand J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Xiran Liu, Dan Zhao, Nay L. Oo
As an alternative solution, wind power could be harnessed by designing and implementing small-scale wind turbines for distributed power generation. In this work, 3-dimensional time-domain numerical...
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Marine aerosol in Aotearoa New Zealand: implications for air quality, climate change and public health J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Laura E. Revell, Nicholas J. Edkins, Abhijith U. Venugopal, Yusuf A. Bhatti, Kathleen M. Kozyniak, Perry K. Davy, Gerda Kuschel, Elizabeth Somervell, Catherine Hardacre, Guy Coulson
Particulates emitted from the ocean's surface such as sea salt and byproducts of marine biogenic activity form atmospheric aerosols. Aerosols are important for climate change because they have offs...
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Emergency power supply enabling solar PV integration with battery storage and wireless interface J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Aratrika Ghosh, Don Gamage, Abhisek Ukil, Aiguo Patrick Hu
This paper presents a detailed investigation of an emergency power supply that enables solar photovoltaic (PV) power integration with a battery energy storage system (BESS) and a wireless interface...
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A review of New Zealand Eomysticetidae (Mammalia, Cetacea) and implications for the evolution of baleen whales: new specimens, functional anatomy, and phylogeny J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Robert W. Boessenecker, Marcus D. Richards
Eomysticetidae are a clade of early diverging functionally toothless, longirostrine and likely baleen-bearing stem mysticete whales. Eomysticetid fossils are rare but known worldwide from Oligocene...
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Aureia rerehua, a new platanistoid dolphin from the Oligocene of New Zealand with a unique feeding method J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Shane Meekin, R. Ewan Fordyce, Amber Coste
Pre-Miocene, stem odontocetes are known for their procumbent incisors and their function has been the subject of much speculation. Notable among these were Waipatia and several related taxa from Ne...
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Smile analysis in dentistry and orthodontics – a review J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Hisham Mohammed, Ben K. Daniel, Mauro Farella
The desire for an attractive smile is a major reason people seek orthodontic and other forms of cosmetic dental treatment. An understanding of the features of a smile is important for dental diagno...
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A parametric analysis of a solar humidification/dehumidification desalination system using a bio-inspired cascade humidifier J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Reza Enayatollahi, Timothy Anderson, Roy Nates
Water scarcity is a significant challenge for a growing world’s population, particularly in remote locations where solar energy is plentiful. Of the existing solutions, the Humidification-Dehumidif...
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The roles of immuno-modulator treatment and echocardiographic screening in rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease control: research from Aotearoa, New Zealand J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Nigel Wilson, Anneka Anderson, Michael G. Baker, Julie Bennett, Adam Dennison, Reuben McGregor, Francis Middleton, Nicole J. Moreland, Rachel Webb
This review summarises advances in research from Aotearoa, New Zealand (NZ) that have potential to reduce the inequitable distribution of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RH...
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Does supporting cultural diversity benefit only Māori? A study of Māori and Pākehā employees J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Jarrod Haar, Chellie Spiller, Jason Mika, Matt Rout, John Reid
Māori are the Indigenous people of Aotearoa but experience workplace disadvantages including high discrimination, lower pay, and greater unemployment. This study uses psychological contracts theory...
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New Zealand and Antarctica in a changing climate – where are we at, where are we going, and what do we do about it? J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 James Renwick, Rebecca Priestley, Bruce Glavovic, Darren Ngaru King
The changing climate is threatening everything we hold dear, increasing dangers to food production, to the availability of water, to land and to livelihoods across the globe. In the past century, h...
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A new genus and species of kekenodontid from the late Oligocene of New Zealand with comments on the evolution of tooth displacement in Cetacea J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Joshua E. Corrie, R. Ewan Fordyce
The Kekenodontidae are late-surviving archaeocetes from the Late Oligocene of Southwest Pacific that includes a single-named species, Kekenodon onamata. Tohoraonepu nihokaiwaiu is a new genus and s...
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Alternative protein-based foods must contribute to micronutrient adequacy J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Nick W. Smith, Andrew J. Fletcher, Warren C. McNabb
Sustainable diets must consider health, economic, environmental, and social outcomes. The development and production of alternative protein foods should also make these considerations. We examined ...
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Climate change profiles of New Zealanders over time: a one-year latent transition analysis of climate change beliefs and concern J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-17 Taciano L. Milfont, Ariana E. Athy, Chris G. Sibley
Scientific evidence unequivocally shows that human activities cause climate change, but some people still deny it. Using New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study data from 2018 and 2019 (N = 34,733),...
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Peak loads vs. cold showers: the impact of existing and emerging hot water controllers on load management J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Daniel Bishop, Theo Nankivell, Baxter Williams
Electric Hot Water Cylinders (HWCs) offer considerable Demand Side Management in Aotearoa New Zealand, which can provide load management and increase integration of renewable electricity. In this w...
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First records of two mackerel shark species (Carcharodon planus comb. nov. and Carcharodon hubbelli; Lamnidae) from New Zealand J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Dana J. Ehret, Alan J. D. Tennyson, Marcus D. Richards, Robert W. Boessenecker
The fossil record of the genus Carcharodon (Lamniformes: Lamnidae) dates to the late Oligocene and has a near global distribution. Today the genus is represented by a single species, the white shar...
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Geological energy storage in Aotearoa New Zealand a technical, geological and social overview J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-04 Pedro M. Rendel, Smrithi Talwar, Mark J. F. Lawrence
Aotearoa New Zealand is transitioning to a low emissions economy with an aspirational target of 100% renewable electricity production by 2030. The renewable energy sources that are increasingly rel...
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Stem albatrosses wandered far: a new species of Plotornis (Aves, Pan-Diomedeidae) from the earliest Miocene of New Zealand J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-13 Daniel T. Ksepka, Alan J. D. Tennyson, Marcus D. Richards, R. Ewan Fordyce
Albatrosses are among the most intensely studied groups of living birds, yet their fossil record remains sparse. Despite modern albatrosses being more abundant and widespread in the Southern Hemisp...
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The moa footprints from the Pliocene – early Pleistocene of Kyeburn, Otago, New Zealand J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-14 Kane Fleury, Emma Burns, Marcus Richards, Kevin Norton, Stephen Read, Rachel Wesley, R. Ewan Fordyce, Klaus Wilcken
In March, 2019, a trackway of seven footprints was found at a riverbank outcrop of Maniototo Conglomerate Formation in the Kyeburn River, Central Otago, South Island, New Zealand. In this study, we...
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A new fossil dolphin with tusk-like teeth from New Zealand and an analysis of procumbent teeth in fossil cetaceans J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Ambre Coste, Robert Ewan Fordyce, Carolina Loch
Studies involving anatomical description and taxonomy of fossil odontocetes offer insights into their evolutionary history and diversity. This study analyses tusk-like teeth in odontocetes includin...
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Deep-learning-based markerless tracking of distal anatomical landmarks in clinically recorded videos for assessing infant movement patterns associated with neurodevelopmental status J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-25 Hamid Abbasi, Sarah R. Mollet, Sian A. Williams, Malcolm R. Battin, Thor F. Besier, Angus J. C. McMorland
Abnormal patterns in infants’ General Movements (GMs) are robust clinical indicators for the progression of neurodevelopmental disorders, including cerebral palsy. Availability of automated platfor...
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Evolutionary biogeography of Aotearoa J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-19 Graham P. Wallis, Thomas R. Buckley
Published in Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand (Vol. 54, No. 1, 2024)
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Climate change impacts on Aotearoa New Zealand: a horizon scan approach J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-19 Cate Macinnis-Ng, Ilze Ziedins, Hamza Ajmal, W. Troy Baisden, Shaun Hendy, Adrian McDonald, Rebecca Priestley, Rhian A. Salmon, Emma L. Sharp, Jonathan D. Tonkin, Sandra Velarde, Krushil Watene (Ngāti Manu, Te Hikutu, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, Tonga), William Godsoe
Many of the implications of climate change for Aotearoa (New Zealand) remain unclear. To identify so-far unseen or understudied threats and opportunities related to climate change we applied a hori...
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Rural secondary school leaver attainment inequities for students entering medical programmes in Aotearoa New Zealand J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-11 Lucy Mason, Hana Turner-Adams, Garry Nixon, Kyle Eggleton
The education literature suggests that there are rural–urban differences in educational achievement. Lower educational achievement in rural schools may impact entry into highly competitive medical ...
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Growing a community’s sense of ‘heritage’: a former mataī forest from SW Ōtautahi Christchurch and its nitrogen status, 860–1430 CE J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-08 David Hawke, Ross McFarlane, Craig Pauling (Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Mutunga)
As in many places, heritage narratives in Ōtautahi Christchurch remain focused on colonial times. To expand these narratives, we examined three subfossil mataī (Prumnopitys taxifolia) excavated alo...
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A Pliocene boxfish (Tetraodontiformes, Ostraciidae) from New Zealand – a preview of future environmental change? J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-04 Michael D. Gottfried, Alan J. D. Tennyson
We report on an articulated fossil boxfish (Tetraodontiformes, Ostraciidae) recently recovered from the Pliocene of the North Island of New Zealand. The specimen was collected from the Tangahoe For...
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Aotearoa's linguistic landscape: exploring the use of te reo Māori in English-medium early childhood education J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Yvonne Awhina Mitchell (Ngāti Awa, Ngāi Te Rangi), Bree-Anna Thomas (Te Ati Haunui-a-Pāpārangi, Ngāti Ruanui), Amanda E. Clifford (Waitaha, Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe), Georgia Hayley Kittow (Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa), Elaine Reese
This research provides insight into current te reo Māori (the Indigenous language of Aotearoa, New Zealand) use in English-medium ECE settings. We videoed naturalistic conversations between kaiako ...
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A cross-sectional online survey of depression symptoms among New Zealand’s Asian community in the first 10 months of the COVID-19 pandemic J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-03 Richard J. Siegert, Andrew Zhu, Xiaoyun Jia, Guanyu Jason Ran, Nigel French, David Johnston, Jun Lu, Liangni Sally Liu
ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic has elevated levels of distress and resulted in anti-Asian discrimination in many countries. We aimed to determine the 10-month prevalence of depression symptoms in Asian adults in New Zealand during the pandemic and to see if this was related to experience of racism. An online survey was conducted and a stratified sample of 402 respondents completed the brief Centre
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Defining our legacy to all future generations J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-08-27 Trevor Daya-Winterbottom
The face of climate action is increasingly young, well informed, and active. But despite the growing rumble of this youth-quake, the New Zealand political system has to date been slow to respond to...
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In search of the origin of crown Mysticeti J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-08-24 Cheng-Hsiu Tsai
ABSTRACT Recent research on mysticete fossils from the Late Eocene and Oligocene has revolutionised our understanding of the diversity and evolutionary scenarios for early baleen whales. For example, aetiocetids are a possible, though controversial, lineage that bridges the gap between the toothed and baleen-bearing mysticetes, and eomysticetids show a further transitional step towards the baleen-bearing
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Climate change adaptation through an integrative lens in Aotearoa New Zealand J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-08-17 Judy Lawrence, Anita Wreford, Paula Blackett, David Hall, Alistair Woodward, Shaun Awatere, Mary E. Livingston, Cate Macinnis-Ng, Susan Walker, Joanna Fountain, Mark John Costello, Anne-Gaelle E. Ausseil, Michael S. Watt, Sam M. Dean, Nicholas A. Cradock-Henry, Christian Zammit, Taciano L. Milfont
Climate change is being felt across all human and natural systems in Aotearoa New Zealand and is projected to worsen this decade as impacts compound and cascade through natural system and sectoral ...
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Identifying strategic research priorities of stakeholders for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in Aotearoa J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-08-10 Joanna T. W. Chu, Janell Dymus-Kurei, Jessica C. McCormack, Andre D. McLachlan, Samantha Marsh, Holly Wilson, David Newcombe
ABSTRACT Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is under-researched in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). There is a pressing need to establish a research agenda that is aligned with Te Tiriti o Waitangi and relevant to both stakeholders and end-users, to improve the outcomes and support for people affected by FASD. We conducted hui and interviews to identify consensus on research priorities among key stakeholders
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A new multi-object tracking pipeline based on computer vision techniques for mussel farms J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-07-30 Dylon Zeng, Ivy Liu, Ying Bi, Ross Vennell, Dana Briscoe, Bing Xue, Mengjie Zhang
ABSTRACT Mussel farming is a thriving industry in New Zealand and is crucial to local communities. Currently, farmers keep track of their mussel floats by taking regular boat trips to the farm. This is a labour-intensive assignment. Integrating computer vision techniques into aquafarms will significantly alleviate the pressure on mussel farmers. However, tracking a large number of identical targets
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Negligence by IVF providers: injury on being born?* J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-07-24 Stephen Todd
ABSTRACT In vitro fertilisation is now a common technique for assisting couples who have difficulty in conceiving a child. Suppose, however, that through the negligence of the IVF provider a child is born who possesses a genetic disability inherited from a sperm donor, or who possesses other genetic characteristics unwanted by the parents. This article explores the legal background to, and any potential
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Melting ice and rising seas – connecting projected change in Antarctica’s ice sheets to communities in Aotearoa New Zealand J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-07-23 Richard Levy, Timothy Naish, Daniel Lowry, Rebecca Priestley, Rachelle Winefield, Alanna Alevropolous-Borrill, Emory Beck, Rob Bell, Graeme Blick, Ruzica Dadic, Tasman Gillies, Nicholas Golledge, Zoe Heine, Stefan Jendersie, Judy Lawrence, Katherine O’Leary, Ryan Paulik, Ceridwyn Roberts, Mike Taitoko, Natalie Trayling
Changes in global mean sea level are a clear indicator of a warming climate, but local factors including land subsidence or uplift, cause changes in relative sea level that drive shoreline shifts. ...
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‘Is it worth potentially dealing with someone who won't get it?’: LGBTQA+ university students’ perspectives on mental health care J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-07-16 Claudia Garcia, Eddy Grant, Gareth J. Treharne, Hitaua Arahanga-Doyle, Mathijs F. G. Lucassen, Damian Scarf, Mele Taumoepeau, Jaimie Veale, Charlene Rapsey
ABSTRACT LGBTQA+ university students have unique mental health needs and high rates of mental distress compared to their cisgender heterosexual peers; however, it is likely that many LGBTQA+ individuals remain untreated or receive inappropriate or insensitive care. The aim of this study was to explore the experiences and preferences in mental health care of LGBTQA+ university students in Aotearoa New
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Creating an environment to inform, build, and sustain a Māori health research workforce J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-07-16 Nikki M. Barrett, Reigna Morgan, Jade Tamatea, Amy Jones, Polly Atatoa Carr, Ross Lawrenson, Nina Scott
ABSTRACT Ensuring the growth and development of the Māori health research workforce is key to achieving health equity for Māori and enabling positive change for all New Zealanders. The purpose of this study was to identify enablers and barriers to research for Māori staff in a large health organisation, and to understand how research is developed and undertaken. A Kaupapa Māori mixed-methods study
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Revisiting Eothyrsites holosquamatus Chapman (Trichiuroidea: Gempylidae), an Eocene gemfish from the Burnside Mudstone, Dunedin, New Zealand J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-07-12 Seabourne Rust, Jeffrey H. Robinson
ABSTRACT The remains of a unique fossil bony fish were discovered in late Eocene (39.1–36.7 Ma: NZ Kaiatan stage) mudstone at Burnside near Dunedin, New Zealand in the 1930s and subsequently named and described by Frederick Chapman. He interpreted the type specimen as being a large-scaled relative of the modern Thyrsites of the Gempylidae (Scombroidei: Trichiuroidea), known to be swift, large oceanic
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The current and future state of child health and wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand: Part 2 J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-07-10 Tahirah Materoa Moton, Paula Toko King, Stuart R. Dalziel, Sally Merry, Stephen P. Robertson, Andrew S. Day
Published in Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand (Vol. 53, No. 5, 2023)
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‘A long want’: an archival exploration of scurvy in the Otago goldfields of New Zealand J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-07-02 Hallie R. Buckley, Melandri Vlok, Peter Petchey, Neville Ritchie
In this paper we test a long-held assumption regarding Otago, New Zealand, goldfields life and death- that scurvy was a ubiquitous and persistent cause of misery and death among the goldminers. We ...
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Climate change, risk perceptions and barriers to adaptation among forest growers in New Zealand J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-06-14 Grace B. Villamor, Steve J. Wakelin, Peter W. Clinton
Climate change poses a significant challenge for forest growers. However, understanding climate change adaptation including the behaviour and decisions of forest growers remains unexplored in New Z...
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Reference conditions and threshold values for nitrate-nitrogen in New Zealand groundwaters J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-06-12 Christopher J. Daughney, Uwe Morgenstern, Magali Moreau, Richard W. McDowell
ABSTRACT Management of groundwater quality is assisted by an understanding of reference conditions, which describe the concentration ranges expected for key substances in the absence of human impact. This study evaluates reference conditions for NO3–N in New Zealand groundwater based on three complementary methods: hierarchical cluster analysis, relationships to groundwater age, and regression against
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The need to reconfigure consistency and variability to best manage changing flood risks in Aotearoa-New Zealand J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-06-06 Silvia Serrao-Neumann, Iain White, Samuel M. Dean, Ryan Paulik, Belinda Sleight, Fernanda Terra Stori, Matthew D. Wilson, Emily M. Lane
Flooding is Aotearoa-New Zealand’s most frequent natural hazard, and there is high confidence that climate change is making extreme rainfall events more frequent and intense. Additionally, there ar...
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Managing Aotearoa New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions from aviation J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-05-25 Paul Callister, Robert I. McLachlan
Prior to COVID, the global aviation industry was growing rapidly. Growth has now resumed and is predicted to continue for at least the next three decades. Aotearoa New Zealand has particularly high...
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What have we learned from longitudinal studies in Aotearoa New Zealand? J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-05-17 Amy J. Osborne, Jonathan M. Broadbent, Susan M. B. Morton, Joseph M. Boden, Richie Poulton
Published in Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand (Vol. 53, No. 4, 2023)
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Knowledge, mātauranga and science: reflective learning from the interface J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-05-08 Caroline Saunders, Paul Dalziel, John Reid (Ngāti Pikiao, Tainui), Andrew McCallum
This essay offers reflective learning on how researchers in the Western science tradition connect to bodies of knowledge created and held outside that tradition. It begins with endogenous growth th...
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The life course and oral health in old age J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-05-03 William M. Thomson
Alongside a marked increase in the population of older New Zealanders has been an increase in tooth retention: more and more older adults now have at least some of their own teeth. Understanding th...
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Exceptional endemicity of Aotearoa New Zealand biota shows how taxa dispersal traits, but not phylogeny, correlate with global species richness J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-04-20 Mark John Costello
Species’ with more limited dispersal and consequently less gene flow are more likely to form new spatially segregated species and thus contribute disproportionally to endemic biota and global speci...
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Assessing the energy storage potential of electric hot water cylinders with stochastic model-based control J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-04-05 Baxter Williams, Daniel Bishop, Paul Docherty
As electric hot water cylinders (HWCs) have a large capacity for thermal storage, they are well-suited for Demand Side Management (DSM). This paper compares different methods of HWC temperature con...
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Pathogenicity and host range of Pseudocercospora fumosa, a potential biological control agent for moth plant (Araujia hortorum) in New Zealand J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-03-19 Gustavo Hernán Ramírez, María Virginia Bianchinotti, Freda Elizabeth Anderson
The South American vine Araujia hortorum (Apocynaceae) was introduced as an ornamental species in several countries and has since become an invasive weed in many of them. In New Zealand it has been...
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Understanding New Zealand firm innovation: exploring human resource factors by firm size and strength J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-03-09 Jarrod Haar, Conor O’Kane
Firm innovation is of vital importance to New Zealand’s economy, but we understand little about how different human resource (workforce) factors influence innovation approaches (product/services in...
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A better start national science challenge: supporting the future wellbeing of our tamariki E tipu, e rea, mō ngā rā o tō ao: grow tender shoot for the days destined for you J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-02-22 Sarah E. Maessen, Barry J. Taylor, Gail Gillon, Helen Moewaka Barnes, Ridvan Firestone, Rachael W. Taylor, Barry Milne, Sarah Hetrick, Tania Cargo, Brigid McNeill, Wayne Cutfield
ABSTRACT The majority of children and young people in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) experience good health and wellbeing, but there are key areas where they compare unfavourably to those in other rich countries. However, current measures of wellbeing are critically limited in their suitability to reflect the dynamic, culture-bound, and subjective nature of the concept of ‘wellbeing’. In particular, there
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Artificial Intelligence in New Zealand: applications and innovation J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-02-09 Bing Xue, Richard Green, Mengjie Zhang
Published in Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand (Vol. 53, No. 1, 2023)
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He Kāinga Oranga: reflections on 25 years of measuring the improved health, wellbeing and sustainability of healthier housing J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-02-06 Philippa Howden-Chapman, Julian Crane, Michael Keall, Nevil Pierse, Michael G. Baker, Chris Cunningham, Kate Amore, Clare Aspinall, Julie Bennett, Sarah Bierre, Mikael Boulic, Ralph Chapman, Elinor Chisholm, Cheryl Davies, Geoff Fougere, Brodie Fraser, Caro Fyfe, Libby Grant, Arthur Grimes, Caroline Halley, Amber Logan-Riley, Kim Nathan, Crystal Olin, Jenny Ombler, Kimberley O’Sullivan, Tiria Pehi
This paper reflects on the influences and outcomes of He Kāinga Oranga/Housing and Health Research Programme over 25 years, and their impact on housing and health policy in Aotearoa and internation...
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Envisioning a sustainable future for space launches: a review of current research and policy J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-02-02 Tyler F. M. Brown, Michele T. Bannister, Laura E. Revell
The global space industry is growing rapidly, with an increasing number of annual rocket launches. Gases and particulates are emitted by rockets directly into the middle and upper atmosphere, where...
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Building sustainable health data capability in Aotearoa New Zealand: opportunities and challenges highlighted through COVID-19 J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-01-26 Giulio Valentino Dalla Riva, Shaun Hendy, Kevin Ross, Andrew Sporle
Aotearoa New Zealand should take the opportunity created by national health reforms to learn from experience with COVID-19, creating a world-class health system that utilises data and modelling eff...
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Māori and the Integrated Data Infrastructure: an assessment of the data system and suggestions to realise Māori data aspirations [Te Māori me te Integrated Data Infrastructure: he aromatawai i te pūnaha raraunga me ngā marohitanga e poipoia ai ngā wawata raraunga Māori] J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-01-18 Lara M. Greaves, Cinnamon Lindsay Latimer, Emerald Muriwai, Charlotte Moore, Eileen Li, Andrew Sporle, Terryann C. Clark, Barry J. Milne
The Statistics New Zealand Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI) is a collection of de-identified whole-population administrative datasets. Researchers are increasingly utilising the IDI to answer p...
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Floating photovoltaic systems: potential implications for Aotearoa New Zealand J. R. Soc. N. Z. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2022-12-08 Alan Colin Brent, Donald MacKenzie, James Hinkley
Floating photovoltaic (FPV) systems have generated much interest in the literature, due to the potential synergies with existing hydropower reservoirs. This is of particular relevance to Aotearoa N...