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Li, Wendy Wen. "Understanding Chinese international students' gambling experiences in New Zealand." The University of Waikato, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10289/2409.
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ABSTRACT This research investigated Chinese international students' gambling experiences in New Zealand. It explored why some students become involved in gambling and how their gambling behaviour changes over time. Initial and follow-up interviews were conducted with nine male and three female students. Initial interviews focused on participants' gambling biographies in China and New Zealand. Cultural influences on their gambling experiences, and possible links between the development of gambling problems and their study experiences in New Zealand, were discussed. Follow-up interviews gathered further information on participants' gambling experiences, paying particular attention to their gambling activities over the six months prior to, and then after, the initial interviews. The methodology and analysis in this study were informed by a narrative approach. Findings suggest that Chinese international students rarely reported that they had problems relating to gambling in China. However, some participants in this study presented as problem gamblers in New Zealand. Study shock, acculturation stress, not feeling welcomed by the host society and achievement anxiety, all played a part in participants' problem gambling in New Zealand. These participants claimed that they usually started gambling recreationally, but then gradually shifted to self-reported problem gamblers. Problem gamblers were distinguished by prolonged gambling hours, wagering greater amounts of money, an augmented craving for winning money, and an inability to stop gambling at will in a single session. In this study, many participants who might have a gambling problem, had achieved some success in changing their gambling behaviour. Filial piety, acknowledgement of the importance of family, peer models, the experience of success, and financial hardship were some of the catalysts for stopping gambling. In addition, support from families, the community, professional services and exclusion programmes also assisted participants to address problems related to gambling. Successful re-rooting in New Zealand is significant in participants' post-change life. Positive post-change lifestyles involving aspects such as spirituality, music, study and work, supported Chinese international students to maintain change. This research demonstrates multiple levels of analysis, which adds to our knowledge about the socio-cultural meanings of gambling among Chinese international students. A number of recommendations are made for preventing and reducing the negative consequences of gambling for students.
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Yee, Beven. "Enhancing security : a grounded theory of Chinese survival in New Zealand." Thesis, University of Canterbury. School of Educational Studies and Human Development, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/1771.
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This study examines how an ethnic minority group copes under conditions of adversity. It follows in the tradition of a wide body of qualitative work that has investigated racial minorities and their everyday experiences. Much of the existing work, however, focuses on merely describing thematically and/or conceptually what goes on. The current study aims to construct an integrated conceptual understanding of how a minority group engages in the coping process. More specifically, this study seeks to develop a substantive theory that can explain and predict human behaviour. Grounded theory methodology was used in aid of the theory development process (see Glaser and Strauss, 1967). Put simply, grounded theory is an inductive methodology that attempts to understand action from the perspective of social actors (Brooks, 1998). To uncover the coping process, the
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Liu, Liangni. "Home on the move : new Chinese immigrants to New Zealand as transnationals." Thesis, University of Auckland, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2292/6976.
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One of the most salient features of new Chinese migrants in recent years is transnational migration. The overall aim of this research is to investigate and understand Chinese transnational migration, based on a New Zealand context and the research focuses on new Chinese migrants from the People's Republic of China (PRC). This study has taken a longitudinal perspective to study PRC migrants' transnational movements and looks at their transnational migratory movements as a progressive and dynamic process. It has examined PRC migrants' initial motives for immigrating to New Zealand; the driving forces behind their adoption of a transnational lifestyle which includes leaving New Zealand to return to the PRC, moving to a third country or commuting across borders; family-related considerations; as well as their future movement intentions. The particular angle taken by this study is through exploring PRC migrants' conceptualisation of "home", citizenship, identity, and sense of belonging to provide a deeper understanding of their transnational migratory experiences. Both qualitative and quantitative methods were deployed to gather data. Qualitative interviews were conducted in multiple sites, including China, Australia and New Zealand. A quantitative online questionnaire survey was conducted globally via the World Wide Web. Both the qualitative interviews and the quantitative online survey show that PRC migrants possess great transnational mobility potential. The transnational movements that many PRC migrants engage in are the result of a combination of personal/family-related reasons and macro-level economic-political driving forces. Even though many PRC migrants originally immigrated to New Zealand for non-economic considerations, economic-related reasons contributed significantly to the decision to engage in later cross-border movements. In addition, PRC migrants intend to keep strong transnational connections with their homeland - China, as manifested by their frequent homeward travels, their strong family and personal networks, their intensive financial activities and investment in China, and a strong sense of 'being Chinese' and strong identification with China. It has been found that citizenship has no real direct effect on how PRC migrants identify themselves or their sense of belonging. In theoretical and methodological terms, this research offers some important implications. Firstly, migration studies should take a long-term perspective by looking at migration as an on-going process, a continuation of an initial moving away from a homeland. Thus, a flexible and more inclusive research framework can be formed. Secondly, the exploration of migrants' conceptualisation of “home” may open up an unconventional way of exploring how migrants' identity is constructed, and may provide valuable theoretical grounding for the understanding of the dynamic process of transnational migration. Lastly, my personal experience of conducting this research tells how powerful some traditional migration theories are in interpreting some aspects of PRC migrants' transnational movements. Some researchers in the field of migration studies passionately advocate that there is an urgent need of challenging the “old” migration theories; however, the real challenge that researchers face is how to tease out useful theoretical elements from both “old” and “new” theories and put them into use towards the research topic chosen.
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Zhu, Dan. "Managerial sex role stereotyping among Chinese students in New Zealand." Diss., Lincoln University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10182/822.
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The management literature in gender issues argues that in spite of the progress made in the last few decades, women still face difficulties in being accepted and recognised as managers because the manager’s role has been perceived as masculine. Gender stereotypes, hence, continue to become a barrier to women’s access to top management position. This study examines the perceptions of the relationship between sex role stereotypes and the perceived characteristics necessary for managerial success among Chinese students in New Zealand. The study sample consisted of 94 male Chinese students and 119 female Chinese students studying in New Zealand. In order to allow for cross-cultural comparisons, this study used a direct replication the Schein Descriptive Index (SDI) from previous study (Schein & Mueller, 1992). The male and female perceptions on the relationship between sex role stereotypes and characteristics were analysed separately. The results revealed that both male and female Chinese students in New Zealand perceive that successful middle managers possess characteristics, attitudes and temperaments more commonly ascribed to men than to women in general. In addition, the results were compared with previous studies conducted in China and Japan, New Zealand, America, Britain, Canada, and Germany. Our findings conclude that Asian people are worse than Western people in respect to managerial sex role stereotyping, particularly, Chinese males who show a very strong degree of managerial gender stereotyping. Multiple discriminant analysis was used to discriminate the relationship between men, women and middle managers on 92 items from the survey questionnaire. The analysis resulted in two separate canonical functions which distinguished between three groups women, men and managers).
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Yang, Lin. ""The Desert is now being flooded":A Study of the Emergence of Chinese-language Mediain New Zealand." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Journalism and Mass Communication, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/1044.
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Focusing on the Chinese-language media in New Zealand largely run by the new immigrants since the late 1980s, this study aims to fill the significant gap between the long-time presence of the media in question and the lack of academic study of them. The thesis starts with a review of relevant literature, and a retrospect of the Chinese-language media and the ethnic Chinese community in New Zealand. A content analysis compares the Chinese-language print media with their mainstream Englishlanguage counterparts, emphasising the ethnicity-related reportage on front pages and in editorials. This comparison is extended in the case studies of news stories and editorials. An enhanced and diversified representation of ethnic Asians and more importantly, the Asian (Chinese) perspective in shaping news, are found to be the most salient alternativeness of Chinese-language media in New Zealand. When media identity is examined, it is argued the Chinese-language media exert their alternative input to the formation of New Zealand identity through this Asian (Chinese) perspective. However, the commercial orientation of the Chinese-language media, including the business associations and alliance with elites, has undermined their role as alternative media in a structural sense. The Chinese-language media do not challenge, but rather follow, the existing power relations and ideological infrastructure in media production. It is concluded that the 'alternativeness' of the Chinese-language media is salient in news content and the media's input in the formation of the New Zealand identity. However, the corporate way of organisation, coupled with the free-of-charge model, undermines the Chinese-language media's role in democratic communication and their alternative status.
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Hauraki, Jennifer. "A model minority?: Chinese youth and mental health services in New Zealand." Thesis, University of Auckland, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2292/1876.
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The 'model minority' label given to Chinese populations in New Zealand and other Western countries have made it difficult to truly comprehend the difficulties faced by some Chinese ethnic minorities. Despite comparable rates and types of mental health problems to their European counterparts, identifiable barriers have led to Chinese ethnic minorities underutilising mental health services. The present study investigated the mental health service utilisation in native- and foreign-born Chinese youth in New Zealand, paying particular attention to barriers to service utilisation and viable solutions for these difficulties. It consisted of three individual projects and explored the views of Chinese community and mental health professionals and Chinese university students, comparing their perspectives to university students of other ethnicities. Findings showed that despite a willingness to seek help from their family and mental health professionals (e.g., psychologists, school counsellors), respondents identified a myriad of obstacles to the help seeking of Chinese youth. These included physical barriers (e.g., financial and transport constraints), personal barriers (e.g., stigma, problems accepting their difficulties), service barriers (e.g., paucity of knowledge regarding mental health problems and available services) and family barriers (e.g., obstruction from family members). Family and service barriers distinguished the difficulties faced by Chinese in comparison to European youth, particularly with regards to the adherence of professionals to stereotypes of Chinese youth, a unique finding of this study. In order to reduce such barriers, the Chinese university students and professionals advocated for greater education regarding mental health problems and services in the Chinese community, education for Chinese parents regarding adolescent issues, an increase in the number of practicing Chinese professionals that is coupled with improved cross-cultural training for non-Chinese professionals, as well as individual assessment and treatment approaches with Chinese youth and their families.Whole document restricted, but available by request, use the feedback form to request access.
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Li, Phoebe Hairong. "A Virtual Chinatown: the diasporic mediasphere of Chinese migrants in New Zealand." Thesis, University of Auckland, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2292/5561.
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This is a study of the social dynamics of the current Chinese migrant community in New Zealand through a critical analysis of the Auckland-based Chinese-language media. It combines two research fields, international migration studies and media studies, to conceptualise Chinese-language media as a specific type of alternative media in contemporary New Zealand. The Chinese population in New Zealand has rapidly increased through immigration since the passage of the 1987 Immigration Act; Chinese now comprise 3.4% of the New Zealand population, and a wide variety of Chinese-language media have accordingly thrived in New Zealand. In contrast to New Zealand mainstream media, these Chinese media serve the specific needs and interests of newly arrived and only minimally acculturated Chinese migrants. The research was conducted in three phases: quantitative and qualitative data were acquired from the content of Chinese-language media during the period of the 2005 New Zealand general election; qualitative data were obtained from focus groups and interviews with members of the Chinese audience subsequent to the election; qualitative data were generated from Chinese media personnel. The findings suggest that these Chinese-language media closely reflect and depict recent PRC Chinese migrants’ perceptions of New Zealand and aspirations towards their new life in the host country. Within the global context of the Chinese diaspora in historical and contemporary times, this research also introduces a new angle for exploring the socio-economic impacts of China as a rising superpower on New Zealand and the Pacific Rim.
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Su, Roger. "The motivations and investment preferences of Chinese investors who migrate to New Zealand." AUT University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10292/869.
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Chinese migrants play a serious role in their destination countries, and through demand, support high values in destination property and financial markets. Therefore, Chinese investors’ investment motivations, preferences and behaviours have a significant impact on the New Zealand economy. The objectives of this research are: to investigate the preferences (what kind of investment assets they prefer) and the motivations (why they chose New Zealand as their investment destination) of Chinese migrant investors. The findings will be a useful element in explaining New Zealand’s economic development, and in making financial decisions. It also will be important for the development of New Zealand’s growing finance industry and equity market. The researcher collected data from 20 respondents who are Chinese migrant investors who have made New Zealand their home. The collected data examines investors’ preferences and motivations, such as what kind of investment assets they prefer and the motivations which drive them to invest in New Zealand or elsewhere. Using a grounded theory methodology, the researcher draws some findings from the data analysis. Furthermore, using a constant comparative method, the researcher develops some preferred choices which explain Chinese migrant investors’ investment preferences and motivations. The core findings (called phenomena or categories) of Chinese migrant investors’ preferences and motivations in this study are listed below: Home-bias investment behaviour – that is mainly China and New Zealand Following past performance / herding behaviour Seeking speculative opportunities – high return, high risk Over confidence Taxation evasion Financial privacy Considering these core categories, the researcher re-tested and re-analysed all interview data. Two refined themes are drawn: 1. Chinese investors don’t understand investment; they seek speculative investment opportunities exemplifying non-professional opportunistic behaviours. 2. Chinese investors don’t take New Zealand as their preferred investment destination until they arrive in New Zealand. Finally, the researcher reconsiders both themes and other inferences, to develop a theory from the ground – exaggerated Chinese financial investment experiences are relayed to other Chinese, and influence investment preferences and motivations.
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Zhang, Qilong. "Parental involvement in early childhood education among Chinese immigrant and English speaking non-Chinese parents in New Zealand." Thesis, University of Auckland, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2292/18363.
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This study compared 120 Chinese immigrant parents and 127 English speaking non-Chinese parents on their parental involvement in early childhood education (ECE), and investigated the role of parenting beliefs, parenting practices, and demographic variables on the level of parental involvement. Parental involvement was measured with the Parental Family Involvement Questionnaire, which was administered to all parents, and interview data collected from 50 parents about reasons for early childhood education involvement. Parenting beliefs and practices were assessed with the Parental Role Construction for Involvement in the Child's Education Scale: Role Activity Beliefs, the Parental Sense of Competence Scale, and the Parenting Styles and Dimension Questionnaire (PSDQ). ECE practices to encourage parental involvement were also examined from interviews conducted with 30 kindergarten head teachers. Results showed that Chinese immigrant parents were less likely than non-Chinese parents to communicate with teachers, volunteer to help at the kindergarten, and participate in kindergarten decision making. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses revealed that, for the whole sample, role construction and self-efficacy were important predictors of communicating with teachers, volunteering to help at the kindergarten, and participating in kindergarten decision making. For the Chinese sample only, perceived opportunity for involvement, parent education and English language proficiency predicted communication with teachers, and opportunity for involvement was the only significant predictor of participating in kindergarten decision making. Parent interviews corroborated and supplemented these findings. Teacher interviews highlighted a range of communication strategies, policies and systems used by kindergartens to encourage parental involvement. Based on findings from parents and teachers this thesis makes some tentative recommendations for early childhood services, particularly about ways to increase Chinese immigrant parents' level of ECE involvement, such as helping Chinese immigrant parents to understand the importance of parental involvement, suggestions for enhancing the parenting confidence of Chinese immigrant parents, and their perceptions of opportunity for involvement, employing bilingual staff, and developing relationships with Chinese immigrant parents.
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Wu, Bin. ""Whose culture has capital?": Chinese skilled migrant mothers raising their children in New Zealand." AUT University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10292/911.
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This thesis is concerned with a group of Chinese skilled migrant mothers’ experiences in relation to their children’s early childhood care and education in New Zealand. Utilising Bourdieu’s concept of capital, habitus and field, the current research addresses the complexity and ambiguity of the Chinese migrant mothers' lives whose social position transcends multiple fields. Because their children attend mainstream education, and the local educational system is different from those where the migrant mothers were brought up, the migrant mothers had to transcend different cultural fields. Chinese skilled migrants, who were middle class professionals in their native country, usually experienced social and financial downturns in New Zealand. Although skilled, the migrant mothers encountered difficulties in finding paid employment that matched their pre-migration job status. These mothers were more likely to give up paid work or reduce paid working hours on the birth of their children than were their male partners. The current study focuses on these transcendent experiences, encompassing both embeddedness and ambiguity across different fields by examining the interplay of class, gender, and ethnicity in the daily lives of these mothers. Traditional interpretations of cultural capital usually refer only to dominant social and cultural capital, whereas the current thesis expands the concept to include both dominant and non-dominant forms of social and cultural capital. The findings showed that the migrant mothers redefined and reconstructed the concept of capital. The migrant mothers’ attitude towards mainstream education was ambiguous and complex: covering the full spectrum from willing embracing, reluctantly following, selectively utilising to firmly rejecting. Simultaneously, the mothers promoted, criticised, and rejected various traditional Chinese practices and beliefs in order to maximise benefits for their children.
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Jenkins, Sherida L. "Body Image and Eating Attitudes: Comparing Chinese Females with Other Females living in New Zealand." The University of Waikato, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10289/2325.
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Eating disorders affect individuals from most ethnic backgrounds. Research suggests that White females experience the greatest levels of disordered eating and body dissatisfaction. Studies examining Chinese females found they experienced similar levels of disordered eating but less body dissatisfaction to White females. This study was conducted to examine the prevalence of eating disorder symptomatology in Chinese and Other ethnicities in New Zealand. A sample of female university students at the University of Waikato completed questionnaires (N=116) to assess disordered eating and body dissatisfaction. In contrast to previous findings Chinese females actually exhibited more disordered eating behaviours and body dissatisfaction attitudes than did other females living in New Zealand. Also, fear of weight gain was more likely to be exhibited by Chinese females than other females. Pressure to be thin came from similar sources for both Chinese and other female students. While, length of time living in New Zealand did not appear to alter Chinese females' levels of disordered eating and body dissatisfaction. However in keeping with previous research, the present findings did suggest that the data from this study support the suggestion that the EAT-26 may not be an appropriate measure for Chinese females when assessing eating disorders. These findings have important implications for future research on ethnicities and eating disorders, and for clinicians working with Chinese female clients.
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Wang, Hong. "Conditional Convergence: A Study of Chinese International Students’ Experience and the New Zealand Knowledge Economy." Thesis, University of Canterbury. School of Language, Social and Political Sciences, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/9658.
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Since the mid-1990s, New Zealand has become a popular study destination for international students. In its neo-liberal knowledge economy policies including an export education policy, international education agenda, and skilled immigration policy, international students are conceptualised as ideal policy subjects: free, rational and self-interested knowledge consumers and globally available human resources. International postgraduates are expected to contribute to New Zealand’s knowledge economy with their knowledge and skills. However, both the statistics and empirical research suggest that these students’ experiences do not always coincide with the policy expectations owing to the involvement of multiple political and non-political factors and actors including international students themselves. Cultural differences in particular, generate extra challenges for these policies to recruit and serve international students and retain international graduates from non-Western cultural backgrounds including those from Mainland China. The gap between the policy intentions and these students’ experiences draws our attention to the roles of multiple regimes of government and individual students as active agencies in overseas study and raises the question of how the two aspects can converge to achieve a ‘good’ overseas study in a complicated culture-crossing policy environment.
This thesis takes a post-structuralist approach and uses an adapted Foucauldian conceptual framework that develops the concept of governmentality to explore the experiences of a group of postgraduate Chinese international students studying at two New Zealand universities. It combines documentary research, an online survey and 56 in-depth interviews for data collection with culturally informed discursive, Foucauldian descriptive statistical and Foucauldian narrative analyses of data. The findings show that the convergence between New Zealand’s knowledge economy policies and Chinese students’ experiences of ‘good’ overseas study is not straightforward. This thesis argues that Chinese international students are not made and governed by a singular political power like the New Zealand Government but by multiple regimes of practices through which these students are assembled. Chinese cultural mechanisms such as filial piety, reciprocity and loyalty, play a crucial role in constituting the field of international education and assembling regimes of subjectification. Moreover, these cultural mechanisms are not only embodied in governmental technologies themselves as technical means, but also activated through the coexistence of multiple rationalities, the hybridisation of regimes of subjectification and cross-cultural applications of these technologies.
This thesis helps explain both ways in which Chinese students get ‘made into’ subjects who are willing to constitute themselves as international students obliged to come to New Zealand and contribute to the knowledge economy and also the constellations of factors motivating them to move away from on-going, constant and regular engagement with New Zealand as a knowledge economy. With its findings, the thesis attempts not only to provide valuable policy recommendations but also to contribute to sociological understandings of the global governance of border-crossing population movements and comparative studies in the sociology of education.
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Wong, Liu Shueng. "As the bamboo sings." AUT University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10292/944.
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The research question considers the possibility that culture and identity impedes Chinese New Zealanders from writing fiction about their own culture, and considers a Chinese New Zealand history as interpreted from a Chinese perspective. The research looks at various elements related to this question, such as Chinese as strangers or foreigners, the pressure to conform, and the role of communities.
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Fung, Lindsay E. "Cunninghamia lanceolata (Chinese fir) : a study of its potential as a commercial plantation species in New Zealand." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Forestry, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/7565.
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Cunninghamia lanceolata (Lamb.) Hook. (Chinese fir) is an evergreen conifer occurring naturally in the sub-tropical region of central - southern China. C. lanceolata is considered one of the most important trees in China, in terms of areas of planting, timber production and timber usage; it has been cultivated as a timber species for over 1000 years and as such its silviculture is well developed.
The species has not been planted (commercially) much outside China and Taiwan. The aim of this thesis was to provide, by way of physiological and genetic experiments (of seedlings) on a variety of provenances, information on the prospects for growing C. lanceolata as a commercial forest tree species in New Zealand. Additional factors such as growth pattern and habit, wood properties, palatability to opossums, and climate modelling were also examined.
Provenance differences, while reported in the literature, were not so apparent in this study. Isozyme analysis of seed from eight of the eleven seedlots used in this study showed low levels of variability both as a species and between provenances, while a nursery trial did not produce any significant differences in terms of second year height growth or bud burst. However, length of growing season as evidenced by date of bud set did show some variation; with bud set being strongly correlated with latitude, mean annual temperature, mean temperature of the coldest month, and temperature sum.
Similarly in the requirement of winter chilling in order to promote bud burst a north-south trend was apparent, as with the nursery trial, with northern provenances bursting fewer buds when little or no chilling was received. For the purposes of this study, however, the only observed difference which is important is the degree of bud set at the end of the growing season, with the closely correlated degree of frost damage. Northern provenances which set bud earlier are therefore better suited to New Zealand conditions.
Growth of C. lanceolata responded greatly to temperature: Significant differences were seen between low and high day temperatures, with greatest growth at 28 °c. This is closely related to temperatures during its growth period in China; there, rapid growth occurs between June and September when mean monthly temperatures range from about 22 to 30 °C. There are few sites in New Zealand which have mean monthly temperatures this high over summer.
Winter frost resistance was found to be adequate for most New Zealand sites and compares favourably with New Zealand podocarps and P. radiata. Hardiness values were -15.5 to -15.9 °C. Conversely however, C. lanceolata was very susceptible to out of season frosts; a heavy frost of -5 °C resulted in 100 % mortality. Lighter frosts in autumn (ca. -0.5 to -3.5 °C) killed growing tips of seedlings that had not set bud. In choosing sites for the species, out of season frosts are likely to be a major limiting factor.
Water requirements were high; new leaf growth was almost 50 % higher for unstressed seedlings (100 % field capacity) than for stressed seedlings (30 and 15 % field capacity). Mortality was also greater at the lowest water level although tolerance to low levels can be developed in well established seedlings at the expense of growth. Recovery of stressed seedlings was apparent after two weeks of rewatering to field capacity; however rates of photosynthesis were still significantly lower than those of unstressed seedlings and conversely stomatal resistance was greater. This suggests that long term (morphological) change had occurred in stressed seedlings.
The nutrient experiment showed that nutrient deficiencies and poor growth occurred in seedlings grown at low nutrient levels. Greatest growth was found at high levels compared with other tree species, and tissue analysis also revealed comparatively high levels of foliar concentrations. There was evidence of mycorrhizal colonization resulting in greater seedling growth compared to seedlings that were non-mycorrhizal. However the response was less significant than overall nutrient status and was only apparent at high nutrient levels. Thus the species has a requirement for fertile soils and application of fertilisers.
Temperature affected photosynthesis more than did light intensity. At 20 °C light
saturation was approached at approximately one third of full sunlight (640 µE) while at 28 °C the response curve was still increasing. Light compensation point was low (20 µE) compared to P. radiata (39 µE). Seedling appearance was also greener when grown under 30 % shade cloth as opposed to full sunlight where seedlings appeared yellowed.
This and studies on mixed stands and C. lanceolata's ecology suggest that the species prefers weak sunlight or low light intensities.
Other experiments examined the growth pattern and habit of C. lanceolata. The species
has a definite seasonal pattern of shoot growth; following bud burst in early September growth was typically sigmoid, slowing down and ceasing around April when buds were set. Small sized resting buds were formed over winter; no height growth occurred from
May through to August (winter) until early September when buds began to swell and burst again. The growing season in New Zealand was approximately 8 months, the small size of the bud suggested that predetermined growth was only a minor part of the total season's growth and free growth must therefore follow. Estimation of seasonal shoot growth in mature (25 year old) trees indicated that less than half of a season's shoot growth was predetermined. Free growth allows C. lanceolata to maximise potential growing conditions while the predetermined component acts as a buffer against unfavourable years.
Seedlings grown under an 8 hour daylength did not show any difference in growth to those under natural summer daylengths, and there was no sign of bud formation:
However seedlings under high day (22 and 24 °C) and low night (9 and 7 °C) temperatures, and long (16 hour) photoperiod showed signs of dormancy after one month. Most seedlings had formed terminal resting buds and had adopted a brown winter colouration. Low night temperatures of 9 °C or less were therefore primarily responsible for bud set. C. lanceolata did not exhibit true dormancy in the sense that chilling was required before growth could resume under favourable conditions. However chilling did significantly hasten bud burst. Provenance differences were noticed when no chilling or very light chilling was applied; however after long periods of chilling all provenances burst bud more or less immediately. This suggests that under natural New Zealand conditions rapid bud burst would occur in all provenances.
In addition to defining the species' requirements for (successful) growth, the presence of one 58-year-old stand in New Plymouth and two 25-year-old plots in Rotorua enabled a preliminary study on wood properties to be made. Basic densities were lower than much of the native grown (Chinese) C. lanceolata and considerably lower than the range for P. radiata in New Zealand. The low basic density resulted in lower strength values for mechanical properties (bending, compression, shear tests). Drying rates were very similar to P. radiata and air drying or drying under a conventional (high temperature) P. radiata kiln schedule produce very little degrade. The low strength and basic density of the timber makes C. lanceolata less suitable for structural uses compared with P. radiata, and more suited to end uses where strength is not important.
Browse damage from opossums was also examined. Pen trials showed that there was a marked preference for P. radiata over C. lanceolata seedlings in the short term. However once P. radiata seedlings were eaten, C. lanceolata seedlings were then completely stripped over two nights. This suggests that damage at establishment may not initially be a problem, but that once opossums are familiar with C. lanceolata as a food source, damage may well increase.
Global modelling using the WORLD program developed by Dr Trevor Booth showed a variety of countries as suitable for C. lanceolata, including those where the species has been planted and trialed. New Zealand sites were considered suitable when both uniform and winter rainfall distributions were included as parameters. A more detailed model for New Zealand developed by Dr Neil Mitchell was next used to identify specific areas. Results showed that C. lanceolata was climatically suited to a restricted range of sites, almost exclusively in the North Island.
The experimental findings suggest that while New Zealand conditions may not be optimal for growth, the species nevertheless has (limited) prospects for establishment in New Zealand. Provenance differences in growth were not found at the early seedling stage of growth; however selection of provenances in terms of short growing season may be advantageous in reducing early autumn frost damage. The factors most likely to limit growth potential in New Zealand are:
1) Lower temperatures in the growing season.
2) Out of season frosts.
3) Water deficits, especially during summer.
4) Low fertility sites or lack of fertilising.
5) Possible browse damage by opossums.
The climate model results agree with the findings from this study's experiments and furthermore, indicate specific locations. Again, however, the identified sites must also be assessed for the limiting factors given above (with the exception of low temperatures during the growing season) and this may further reduce potential sites.
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Lin, David Gang. "How do Chinese print media in New Zealand present ideas of Chinese cultural identity a research of Chinese print media in New Zealand : a thesis submitted to Auckland University of Technology in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Communication Studies (MCS), 2007." Click here to access this resource online, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10292/411.
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Wang, Hong. "The yellow dragon, the black box and the golden coin : new Chinese immigrants and their contributions to New Zealand's knowledge society : a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Sociology in the University of Canterbury /." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Sociology and Anthropology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/971.
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This study explores whether and how skilled Chinese immigrants can contribute to New Zealand's knowledge society and economy with their knowledge and skills. As New Zealand is moving towards a knowledge society and economy, the attraction of skilled migrants is one of the critical strategies in maintaining its competitive advantages. However, the results of the socioeconomic integration of new skilled migrants always lead to debates on the real role of skilled migrants in New Zealand's society and economy. This study uses multiple research strategies combining analyses of historical and statistical materials, and a case study with fourteen interviews conducted with new Chinese immigrants, who came from Mainland China after 1990 and are living and working in Christchurch, to explore the relationships between these 'descendents of the dragon' and New Zealand's knowledge society and economy. Through these strategies, the study shows the role of knowledge in the emergence of New Zealand's knowledge society and economy, the value placed on knowledge and skills in New Zealand immigration policies and the change in the Chinese community with the growing demand for skilled migrants. It argues that tacit knowledge is not separated from but interactive with explicit knowledge through cultural values, social networks and structures, and interpersonal relationships. Therefore, in the process surrounding the entry of new skilled Chinese immigrants into New Zealand society, the knowledge economy is not exclusively economic but socially and culturally conditioned; and the knowledge society is not universal but diversified and interdependent.
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Ferguson, Philip. "The making of the White New Zealand policy: Nationalism, citizenship and the exclusion of the Chinese, 1880-1920." Thesis, University of Canterbury. History, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/4589.
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In the last two decades of the nineteenth century and first two of the twentieth century NZ passed a series of increasingly restrictive Acts directed primarily at the Chinese. By the early 1900s this exclusionist policy was specifically referred to as constituting a 'White New Zealand' policy. To this day, not one book, or even thesis, has been written covering this 40-year period. A range of postgraduate work deals instead with particular pieces of legislation or, at most, covers segments of the period. Moreover, existing analyses tend heavily towards the descriptive and narrative. This thesis adds to knowledge, then, in several ways.
Firstly, it provides an account of the whole period in which the exclusionary legislation is enacted and intensified, until it becomes a coherent racial and nationalist policy aimed at securing a 'White New Zealand'. Secondly, while existing explanations for the White New Zealand policy are both rather scanty and tend to fall between explaining it as a result of either economic competition or racism, this thesis suggests neither of these explanations is adequate. Instead this thesis draws upon historical and sociological theories to suggest a framework for analysis, rooting the development of the policy in a combination of social, political, economic and ideological factors. In particular it sees the development of the New Zealand nation state and the emergence of nationalism and concepts of citizenship as critically important.
Nationalism and citizenship defined idealised types and sought to exclude those who were not, or could not be made into, such types. This in turn showed the impact of racialised thinking, eugenics, moral reform and other inter-related ideologies and social movements on the development of nationalism and citizenship. The thesis also investigates how and why, among the disapproved of types, the Chinese became the particular focus of attention and exclusion.
Thirdly, rather than seeing the development of the policy as being merely cumulative, with early hostility to the Chinese naturally expanding until they were the object of a rigorous racially exclusive policy, the thesis suggests two rather different periods. The first, from the arrival of the Chinese until the 1881 legislation, sees periodic, localised and unsuccessful anti-Chinese campaigns which are incidental to the political life of the new country. The period from the early 1890s onwards sees a clearly identifiable politics of White New Zealand coming into existence as a national and hegemonic ideology and set of legislation. The 1880s is the decade of transition between the two.
Material from the labour movement, middle class groups, the upper class represented in the Legislative Council, the parliamentary debates, major intellectual figures (Reeves, Macmillan Brown and Stout), newspapers of the period, and a wide range of secondary sources are drawn upon.
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Wang, Xiaofeng. "A Matter of Choice- Tertiary Student Term Time Employment: An Investigation of New Zealand Domestic and Chinese International Students." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Management, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/5323.
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Term time employment of tertiary students has increased dramatically following funding policy changes in the global Higher Education sector. Taking a comparative approach, this study of students at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, investigates the decision to work during the academic term, the characteristics of such employment, and the perceived impacts on the university experiences of New Zealand domestic and Chinese international students.
The study revealed similarities and differences between the two largest student populations. Compared to their New Zealand peers, Chinese international students are less likely to take term time employment. Among those who have worked, New Zealand domestic students do so for financial reasons, while Chinese international students value the work experience in the host country. Chinese international students receive much lower wages and tend to have shorter employment durations. In terms of perceived impacts, both New Zealand domestic and Chinese international students express a generally positive attitude towards their employment decisions, with a limited but clear awareness of the negative impacts. Interestingly, for those who have never worked, Chinese international students indicate a much stronger willingness to join the student workforce in the future. New Zealand domestic students, however, are much less likely to work if they can afford not to.
This research provides empirical information about international students’ term time employment in the New Zealand context. Specific advice and mentoring services are needed at both university and government levels to provide ‘a more safe and supportive’ employment environment, especially for international students.
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Lau, Winnie Yu Pow. "Living in New Zealand with a child with special needs : the perception and experiences of Chinese immigrants : a dissertation." Thesis, University of Canterbury. School of Educational Studies and Human Development, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/2885.
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This study aims to understand the Chinese immigrant parents' perception towards their
children's special needs, based on the social constructionism ideology and to capture the
essence of their experiences living in Christchurch, New Zealand. These experiences
have been presented with a narrative inquiry approach. The researcher draws on personal
and social interactions throughout the research in learning about this topic. Seven
Chinese families with children with special needs were recruited, four through word of
mouth and three through a special school. Mothers of these seven families were
interviewed using open-ended questions.
The open ended research plan led to four phases in this study. The first phase involved
carrying out a brief survey among practitioners in Christchurch to understand the
contemporary issues regarding working with Chinese families with children with special
needs. The second phase included investigation of the connotation of special needs in
Mandarin terms. The third phase consisted of recruitment and interviews with the first
four families, and then in the final phase, with another three families.
Themes emerged from the data included: Parenting practices, the role relationships within
the family unit, the perceived important skills for the child, parental investments, familial
support, social support and professional support. These themes were incorporated into
two parts: The primacy of the family unit, and Support.
The centrality of parenthood in Chinese society in terms of the cyclic enactment of
acceptance, and responsibility was highlighted. With one exception, the parents in this
study reported engaging in different activities including learning about the child's
disorder, carrying out intervention at home and adjusting the family lifestyle to the
child's needs. The parental investment indicated parental resilience in facing the child's
problem. The findings of the study were used to draw out commonmyths the professionals have regarding Chinese families with children with special needs, and to
suggest strategies for more appropriate services and areas of future research.
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Mharakurwa, Hwata Ennety. "The attitudes that New Zealand Chinese and Korean people have toward sharing their health information in Electronic Health Records in Christchurch." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Health Sciences, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/9350.
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Benefits of implementing electronic health records (EHRs) are well documented; however, some challenges impede their widespread use. The literature review provided evidence of concerns about privacy and security of information and a lack of full consumer involvement. Healthcare organisations must be prepared to anticipate and manage changes that will accompany the implementation of this new health information management system. With the promotion of EHRs by the US president, the UK government and the New Zealand Government’s health Information Strategy 2005 and the setting up of the New Zealand IT Health Plan makes future implementation and use of EHRs very likely. The objective of this study was to investigate the attitudes that Chinese and Korean health consumers in Christchurch hold towards the sharing of their health information in the EHR. The study further investigated how well informed that Chinese and Korean people are regarding the use and security of their health information.
Participants (n=201) from a non-randomized convenience sample were recruited from affiliated and non-affiliated members of the Canterbury Partnership Health Organisation and who lived in the city of Christchurch. The strategy from recruitment was designed to search for people living in Christchurch who identify themselves as Chinese or Korean. The survey instrument, a self-assessment questionnaire, was completed by participants either by pencil and paper or online. Data comprised of subjects’ demographics, utilisation of health services and selected measure on perceptions of EHRs (computer use, EHR benefits and problems, and EHR security measures). Descriptive, crosstabulatons/chi-square statistics were also evaluated.
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The findings of the study showed that neither gender nor age influenced the participants’ concerns about confidentiality of information in their medical record. Gender considered an important variable in the cross-cultural populations was relatively a non-significant influence with most of the variables examined except with the participants’ awareness of EHRs. Age appeared to have been more influential for participants associations with the selected measures. Computer use was negatively associated with security concerns for health information, that is the more people, used computers the less concerned they were regarding security.
The study findings highlight the general concerns about security, confidentiality and privacy associated with health consumers and their medical records. The significant contributions of this study include the attitudes of Korean and Chinese ethnic groups and the implementation of EHRs. The findings may aid in implementing EHRs in a cultural sensitive manner, for example by (incorporating Yin and Yan; and Qi concepts). Areas of future research were highlighted such as (conducting qualitative research using focus groups or widening the geographic area to include Chinese and Korean people from New Zealand’s three or four largest cities such as Auckland). In conclusion the results provide evidence/empirical support on the perceptions of Chinese and Korean people toward EHRs and their medical information.
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McIntyre, Nancy. "Ethnic minority migrant Chinese in New Zealand a study into their acculturation and workplace interpersonal conflict experiences : a thesis submitted to Auckland University of Technology in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy (MPhil), 2008." Click here to access this resource online, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10292/380.
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This study makes an important academic contribution by adding a new dimension to the existing scholarly literature on the acculturative processes of immigrants through its findings from an investigation into ethnic minority migrant Chinese Chinese’s acculturation experiences in relation to workplace interpersonal conflict in New Zealand. The literature reviewed illustrates the complexities of the acculturation process for immigrants and is of prime importance and relevance to this study. The literature provides an informed academic foundation that aligns with the subject matter under study. The focus of this study is on the acculturation process experienced by ethnic minority migrant Chinese in New Zealand as they strive to adapt to various aspects of their new surroundings. The study inquires into whether the length of acculturation has an influence on ethnic minority migrant Chinese’s handling of workplace interpersonal conflict in the New Zealand. The researcher’s interest in conducting this study arises from her own personal acculturation and workplace interpersonal conflict experiences as an ethnic minority migrant Chinese. A phenomenological interpretive research methodology was adopted for this study. One-on-one indepth interviews of 25 ethnic minority migrant Chinese from China (Mainland), Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, and Vietnam provided primary data on the individual migrant’s experience and perspective on acculturation and workplace interpersonal conflict in New Zealand. The findings from the 25 ethnic minority migrant Chinese interviewed reveal the complexities and difficulties in the acculturation process, as they attempt to adapt to various aspects of their new environment. The adaptive strategies used almost certainly mean that the immigrants will have to make changes in their thinking, attitude, speech, and social conduct. There is a particular emphasis on the study of intercultural dynamics at play in the face of workplace interpersonal conflict between immigrants and members of the host society. The acculturation process is made more difficult for migrants who have negative workplace encounters in their intercultural interactions resulting in misunderstandings and conflict. The findings also reveal the migrants’ response mechanisms, particularly in learning to be more assertive. This study found that the cultural orientations of the ethnic migrant Chinese are such that for many, this concept (assertiveness) has to be learned since it runs counter to their educational, cultural tradition, and familial upbringing. The principles of Confucianism are deeply rooted, such as respect for authority and an emphasis on ‘giving-face’ to others and preserving social harmony. From this study’s findings, there is empirical evidence that Confucian principles are deeply entrenched in the ethnic minority migrant Chinese’ psyche irrespective of which country of origin they come from. In addition, the findings show that the acculturation experiences are unique to the individual migrant, depending on the person’s previous exposure to a foreign environment, language proficiency and personality. This study shows that the acculturation process experienced by these migrants was a period of personal growth and development, acquiring self-confidence, self-rationalisation, changes, and adjustments. Also, the findings reveal that while the length of residence in the host country is a significant factor for these migrants, other factors are significant as well, such as acquiring a certain level of language proficiency and increasing self-confidence.
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Hall, Melinda Jean. "Preparing Chinese students for the New Zealand academic environment : the Foundation Studies programme : a thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Chinese /." ResearchArchive @Victoria, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1074.
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Chan, Camellia K. Y. "Border crossing Work-life balance issues with Chinese entrepreneurs in New Zealand : a thesis submitted to Auckland University of Technology in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business (MBus), 2008." Click here to access this resource online, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10292/391.
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Zhang, Nuo. "A visual interpretation of Chinese immigrants' identity dilemma in New Zealand a thesis submitted to Auckland University of Technology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Art and Design (MA&D), 2007." Click here to access this resource online, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10292/447.
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Xiao, Yu. "Feels like at home a study of local Chinese media in New Zealand : a thesis presented in partial fulfillment for the degree of Master of Arts (Communication Studies) at the Auckland University of Technology (AUT), 2007 / Yu Xiao (Michael)." Click here to access resource online, 2007. http://aut.researchgateway.ac.nz/handle/10292/371.
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Yu, Shanjiang. "Family factors in bilingual children's code-switching and language maintenance a New Zealand case study : thesis submitted to the School of Languages, Faculty of Applied Humanities, Auckland University of Technology in fulfilment of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, November 28, 2005." Full thesis. Abstract, 2005.
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Ma, Yan. "Raising half the sky work-life balance of Chinese female administrative workers : a thesis submitted to Auckland University of Technology in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business (MBus), 2008 /." Click here to access this resource online, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10292/501.
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In recent years, a growing body of research has examined the issue of work–life balance (WLB). WLB initiatives have been developed by organisations, not only to aid employees in leading healthier and more satisfying lives, but to attract and retain talent. One area where WLB issues have not been examined in detail is from the perspective of Chinese immigrant women. As one of the largest and growing Asian ethnic groups, the WLB issues faced by Chinese women are especially worthy of being examined and addressed. The primary purpose of this research was to explore the WLB experience of Chinese women in administrative roles at Auckland University of Technology (AUT). It also aims to contribute to the body of knowledge on WLB issues for minority ethnic groups and investigated Chinese women’s coping strategies for integrating work with their non-work roles. An exploratory qualitative case study approach was adopted for this study in order to compare and contrast organisational initiatives and policies for WLB with women’s experiences. A triangulated research design was also employed to glean qualitative data by virtue of multiple methods including archival evidence such as publicly available documentation, secondary research on WLB and AUT’s WLB policies, and semi-structured interviews. This study involved 12 Chinese female administrative staff and three staff members from the Human Resource Department (HRD), the Asian Staff Network (ASN) and the AUT Branch of Tertiary Institutes Allied Staff Association (TIASA). Participants were recruited by utilising sources such as the Asian Staff Network (ASN) and the researcher’s network of contacts within AUT. The findings of the study indicated that Chinese women’s WLB experience and ways of handling work–family conflict (WFC) and family–work conflict (FWC) were affected by their experiences of immigration and cultural backgrounds. In particular, their family situation had a critical influence on the way they organised their households and arranged for childcare or eldercare. Child/elder care responsibilities, personal/family emergencies, and personal/individual sacrifice engendered tensions around their ability to integrate WLB. In addition, work factors such as heavy workloads, meeting deadlines, and working longer hours, and cultural barriers caused emotional stress and physical consequences. While informal support from managers and colleagues and the WLB policies offered by the university helped women address their WLB issues, some policies were underutilised. A variety of coping strategies such as family members, win-lose strategies, time management, building clear boundaries, changing mindsets, and demonstrating commitment were actively adopted by Chinese women as mechanisms to cope with tensions between their work and family lives. The implications of these findings are discussed in light of the theory and practice of WLB.
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Robinson, Anneke. "Women's experiences of traditional chinese acupuncture treatment for threatened preterm labour a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Health Science, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand, February 2005." Full thesis. Abstract, 2005. http://puka2.aut.ac.nz/ait/theses/RobinsonA.pdf.
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Liu, Yongli. "The current situation Chinese third-party logistics companies are facing - an exploratory study : 112.889 (120 credits) thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Applied Science (MApplSc) in Logistics and Supply Chain Management at Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand." Massey University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10179/969.
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The fast development of the Chinese economy has brought tremendous impact on the growth of logistics industry in the country. China has become the hottest market for both Chinese and foreign third-party logistics companies (3PL providers), and more and more foreign and domestic 3PL providers are being involved in the Chinese logistics industry. To understand the current situation Chinese third-party logistics companies are facing and the competitive strategies they are pursuing, an exploratory investigation was conducted in the study. A multiple case-study approach was adopted as the main strategy and guidance for the study. Under the principle of multiple case studies, multiple instruments (questionnaire, telephone interviews and archive searching) were used in the data collection among three selected case study companies. Also, within-case analysis and cross-case analysis were chosen as the overall framework of data analysis, and content analysis was selected as the main method for qualitative data analysis. Through investigating a variety of aspects of the three case study 3PL companies, the study has identified that all the case study companies have established country-wide logistics networks, have provided customers a range of logistics services, and have adopted different information technology systems in their operations. All the case study companies have achieved constant increase in their sales in recent years. Generally, the competition in the Chinese 3PL industry is fierce, and sometimes chaotic, unfair, and even illegal. Foreign 3PL providers have been considered as major competitor by Chinese 3PL providers. All the case study companies have developed and pursued a number of competitive strategies to gain competitive advantages in both cost and service. The main competitive strategies addressed include distribution network developing strategy, information technological strategy, and long-term partnership strategy.
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Lin, David. "How do Chinese print media in New Zealand present ideas of Chinese cultural identity?" 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10292/411.
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Two case studies examine and elaborate the idea of how the Chinese print media in New Zealand present Chinese cultural identity. The thesis examines the free Chinese newspapers given away in shops, supermarkets and other location where Chinese people gather. Do Chinese people use the media to maintain their cultural identity or to adapt to a new environment? The Chinese community in New Zealand is varied due to the diversity of its origins and the different stages at which its members have arrived. The Chinese in New Zealand show many differences in countries or regions of birth, languages, dialects, religions, values, behaviour and cultural identities. Little work has been done on Chinese print media in New Zealand. Many New Zealanders regard the Chinese community as homogenous. They do not know how many different kinds of Chinese newspapers there are in New Zealand and why Chinese migrants have so many of them. Chinese migrants in New Zealand group themselves after their arrival according to their origin, values, religions, dialects, and behaviours. Such varied groups of Chinese need their own papers to express their ideas, attitudes, values and argument. This study is intended to show how these varied newspapers reflect ideas about cultural identity in diasporic setting. Another important factor is how the Chinese print media react to an issue or social events and how readers respond. Chinese readers pick up the newspapers to read and discuss various controversial stories. People argue about important questions such as “who we are” “what we are doing here” and “what is our identity”. By studying these newspapers, we can gain insights into how the Chinese cultural identity is transformed by the experience of immigration.
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Zhang, Nuo. "A visual interpretation of Chinese immigrants’ identity dilemma in New Zealand." 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10292/447.
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This thesis explores the notion of identity dilemma and its visualisation in the context of New Zealand Chinese immigration. It focuses on interpreting and visualising New Zealand Chinese immigrants’ thoughts and feelings and their struggle to adapt to the environment as well as their ambivalent negotiation to balance their in-between identity of being a New Zealander (Westerner) and Chinese. It is a practice-based project and is presented by means of photography, with illustration as the supporting medium. The predicament of identity is explored through interviewing members of the New Zealand Chinese community. A semi-constructed interview is designed and introduced to canvass 20 Chinese participants’ opinions of their cultural beliefs and sense of belonging in a Western society. The data is collected and analysed to investigate the informants’ thoughts and feelings in their daily routine in a multicultural community. I, as an art and design practitioner, visually interpret and transcend my opinion of identity dilemma of Chinese immigrants into my practical works. The participants’ thoughts and feelings are transferred into my artwork through creating patterns of visual elements. Employing a heuristic visual research method, my explorative work attempts to transfer social research findings of the idea of identity dilemma into my artwork for initiating contemporary visual discourse.
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Chan, Camellia. "Border crossing: work-life balance issues with Chinese entrepreneurs in New Zealand." 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10292/391.
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Work-life balance is a dominant discourse in contemporary Western society. It has been built on a language of large organizations, hence has not been widely considered in relation to the small-medium enterprise sector. As a consequence, scant research has been conducted on the experiences of immigrant entrepreneurs and work-life balance within the small-medium enterprise sector in New Zealand, a country largely populated with migrants and small businesses which account for 96 per cent of the total enterprises. This study aims to fill this gap by firstly exploring the interpretations of the concept of work-life balance by Chinese immigrant entrepreneurs and, secondly, the main challenges they face in achieving work-life balance. This is done by drawing on literatures including those on work-life balance, small-medium enterprises, and immigrant entrepreneurship theories. Primary research was conducted using a critical interpretive approach where the researcher is an insider to the study. This philosophical and methodological approach makes it possible to give a minority group a voice to effect social change and gain further research attention. Fifteen Chinese business owners, chosen from a variety of industries within the Auckland region, participated in this study. A qualitative methodological technique and semi-structured interviews were used to collect the data for the case study on these entrepreneurs. The results indicate that the majority do not enjoy a sense of work-life balance because they take on filial obligations important for their own culture. They need to work hard to generate financial profit for the benefit of family. About half of them work more than 60 hours per week and three works longer than 70 hours weekly. The motivation for them to work in this way is to provide their family with desirable housing and to enable their children to meet higher education goals. This study challenges the applicability of the work-life balance discourse among the immigrant entrepreneurs who perceive the concept differently based on their cultural values. The results emphasise the need for business case studies from Chinese immigrant entrepreneurs and research attention on contemporary human resource topics to be given to minority groups.
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Xiao, Yu Michael. "Feels like at home - a study of local Chinese media in New Zealand." 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10292/371.
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The role of local Chinese media has become more important as the size of the Chinese community in New Zealand has increased rapidly in recent years. The function of local Chinese media could be like a bridge connecting the Chinese community and the mainstream society. This was an exploratory study which examined the current situation of local Chinese media to determine such issues as to whether they are the main source of information for the Chinese community, what if any difficulties they are facing and how they may develop in the future. A general research was conducted for the local Chinese media in Auckland, which covers brief introductions for some local Chinese newspapers, radio, websites, and the sole Chinese television company-World TV. Meanwhile, the researcher collected 102 questionnaires and conducted 10 in-depth interviews from the local Chinese residents and the staff working in local Chinese media companies. The findings of research suggest that most local Chinese residents utilize Chinese language media as a tool to collect daily information either from local society or their original countries. The local Chinese media not only provides information for the local community, but also has social value as a means for self-representation of the Chinese community in New Zealand and better adaptation to the mainstream society. On the other hand, the funding shortage as well as the tough competition became the obstacles for the future development for the local Chinese media. The results of this research may point to what the government’s role should be.
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Yang, Chih-kwang, and 楊琦光. "Shaping Outdoor Lifestyle: The Acculturation Experience of Ethnic Chinese Immigrant Consumers in New Zealand." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/m57sh6.
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This study explored how did the ethnic Chinese immigrant consumers shape their outdoor lifestyle through experiencing consumer acculturation. For immigrant consumers, along with the geographic movement, comes the problem of adapting to the consumer environment in a new country. Through the dynamic adaptation process, the values and consumer behavior of immigrant consumers evolve progressively and the skills and knowledge relevant to engagement in the consumption in a new culture are acquired. Consumer researchers have termed this adaptation process “consumer acculturation”. As the increasing importance of immigrant consumers in the market of immigrant society, to understand the acculturation experience is a key concern both for marketers and consumer researchers. Being sojourning in New Zealand, the researcher has the opportunity and privilege of personal contact with New Zealand culture and firsthand observation with immigrant consumers. The observed phenomenon that the change of outdoor lifestyle of the ethnic Chinese immigrant consumers, coming from countries where outdoor lifestyle is not typical, can be explained as the result of consumer acculturation. Consumer acculturation theory can facilitate the change of behavior of immigrant consumers. However, there is lack of literature addressing influence paths of Consumer Acculturation to outdoor lifestyle behavior. Hence, the motivations of the current are driven by research gap and observation. The purpose of this research is to investigate the influence paths of consumer acculturation through exploring the shaping process of ethnic Chinese immigrant consumers’ outdoor lifestyle. Complementary Methodologies were employed; qualitative method facilitated the exploring and depicting the shaping process of outdoor lifestyle; whereas, quantitative method facilitated the empirical study. Enriched qualitative data facilitated the delineation of shaping process of ethnic Chinese Consumer’s outdoor lifestyle. The process profiled the dynamic process and its interactive relation with consumer acculturation. Ten hypotheses (five influence paths) were proposed and an empirical model was constructed. 402 samples were collected from the four biggest cities of New Zealand covering both North Island and South Island. The ten hypotheses were all supported by the empirical data. Current study concluded five influence paths, which means the acculturation helps to bring about the outdoor lifestyle behavior by increasing activity consumption values of hedonic benefit, social benefit, and self-efficacy benefit, and increasing immigrant consumer’s perceived behavior control and his adventurousness. The findings of the current study contribute to fulfilling the theoretical gap of consumer acculturation in explaining the influence paths of outdoor lifestyle behaviors, and provide empirical verification of consumption value theory in the context of consumer acculturation. The enriched content of the shaping process and perceived consumption value of outdoor activity of ethnic Chinese immigrant consumers provide insightful understanding for marketing practitioners
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Chou, Li-Chun, and 周俐君. "The Turning of Life – Life Story of a Young Taiwanese-Chinese Descendent in New Zealand." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/69985v.
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In recent years, the rationale for many overseas Chinese youths to migrate back to Taiwan consists of a multitude of reasons, experiences and motives. As discussed in other literature, the decision to return is the sum of many considerations and multi-faceted assessment that come together to make a final choice. A study of the prior literature demonstrates many common motivations, including career choice, environmental preferences, interpersonal relationships, and personal aspirations. To the aspect of career choice, young returnees often make the decision in relation to their current stage in their life-span, which is more focused on career stability or the career-of-life searching. Therefore, they potentially consider turning back to Taiwan if what their field of study has little room for development and prospering in immigrate country while Taiwan could offer a greater space for development. To the aspect of interpersonal relationship, the individual could be more inclined to return to Taiwan if there exists certain relationship-based connections, such as family or friends being in Taiwan, or family needs and expectation from them. As to the motive of environmental preferences stimulates overseas Chinese youths to return is for those who like the abundant and diverse or some certain lifestyle in Taiwan, speak Chinese or enjoy various foods with reasonable price, for example. And to the reason of personal aspiration can explain more of those who left Taiwan with their older age might share stronger belonging to Taiwan, and those who made their life-goal to benifit Taiwan, or who wants to study in Taiwan or expand their life experience. These reasons impel the overseas Chinese youths to return. Additionally, they could be more inclined to return to Taiwan if they could benefit from having dual-language and multicultural background. This study is focused on a detailed analysis of a single case, and uses in-depth interviews, life stories and narrations depicts the miraculous change of heart for one to proactively decide to return to Taiwan. It will analyze different levels of understanding, thoughts and opinions throughout the individual's many stages in life, along with the impact of each on his decision making process. This research establishes a depiction of how this individual's decision making process and transition fits into the larger scope of other studies' observations, and points out the linkage between each consideration and its affect on the final decision. This study will show that every consideration is important; the process can be broken into turning points of capitulation, protest, compulsion, and enthusiasm, culminating in the dissipation of the individual's original reasons for resistance, and return to Taiwan. While the person's decision making process may not be the same as those of other overseas Chinese youths, the decision making process and its related motivations can be taken as a detailed example to further similar research.
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Lee, Kerry Ann. "Home made : picturing Chinese settlement in New Zealand : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters in Design at Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand." 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10179/723.
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Since the first gold-seekers arrived in New Zealand in the 1860s, Chinese have been regarded as outsiders to discussions of national identity. Colonial representations of otherness have left Chinese longing to be recognised as established settlers. Fresh interpretations are much needed to align myth with the longstanding realities of settlement. The absence of a recognisable Chinatown in New Zealand has meant that many of the Chinese customs inherited from the first settlers are observed in private within the family home. This condition coupled with emerging research and exposure on the topic offers a chance to define Chinese spaces and author Chinese stories from within a local community. This research project interrogates the transformation of Cantonese settlers into Chinese New Zealanders through illustration design. By claiming the book as a space, unsung moments of settlement are made visible to challenge stereotypes and forge a new space for Chinese New Zealand stories. The process of collage is used to illustrate the complexities of constructing identity. Home Made is an alternative cultural history told through visual metaphor. Gold was responsible for first transforming the sojourner into the settler, the bowl is used to mediate tradition between home and enterprise in settlement, while the lantern illuminates and celebrates local Chinese spaces. Brought out from home kitchens and backrooms of family businesses, these artefacts represent a longstanding Chinese presence. Home Made activates these metaphors to structure an argument for the longevity and contemporary significance of Chinese settlement in New Zealand.
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Pu, Max. "The business of export education : expectation gaps in living conditions for Chinese students in New Zealand. [Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment for the requirements for the Unitec degree of Master of Business] /." Diss., 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10652/1417.
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PIN-HSIN, LIN, and 林品馨. "An Investigation on the Situation of Teaching Chinese as a Second / Foreign Language in Auckland Area, New Zealand." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/79n6ec.
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Since Chinese teaching emerges and flourishes globally, Chinese teaching in each country has been positively promoted consciously. Aware of shortage of Chinese teaching research in New Zealand, the author aims to make a survey of the current Chinese teaching condition in Auckland region in New Zealand. Regarding the design of the research framework, with literature data and online resource collecting as the first priority, the author described the educational systems in New Zealand, such as “the National Curriculum Guideline” announced by the Ministry of Education, Te Kete Ipurangi (TKI)-- the online learning website of the Ministry of Education in New Zealand, New Zealand Qualifications authority (NZQA), and the ALLiS Programme targeting at learning the second Asian language. Then, focusing on collecting, seeking for, and organizing online data of schools at each level, the author designed the interview questionnaire through semi-structure interviews in interview survey method. Ultimately, the author went to Auckland region personally to interview the local experienced Chinese teachers for a month, and organizationally synthesized the interviewing results, expecting to further understand the Chinese teaching condition in Auckland region currently. The research subject in this paper are the mainstream schools in Auckland region in New Zealand, and the overseas Chinese schools and the private Chinese teaching units. During the author making interviews in Auckland, she visited a total of 10 schools, including one mainstream university, three mainstream high schools, two mainstream elementary schools, and four overseas Chinese schools. The interviewed units include University of Auckland, Takapuna Grammar School, Epsom Girls Grammar School, Elim Christian College, Kristin School, Willow Park School, Feng-xing Digital Learning Center, Hoy Light Chinese School, Chi Yuan Education Center, and Chinese Tutor Class. In addition, under the premise of school unit’s and teachers’ permission, the author observed the teacher’s teaching class process, while discussed on the Chinese teaching materials generally exerteds in Auckland region. Finally, suggestions involving teaching material usage by the local Chinese teachers are organized and proposed. According to the research results, the heterogeneity of Chinese teaching in Auckland region in New Zealand is high, and the curriculum is rich as well as diversified. Although schools at each level and the Chinese teachers comply with the standard of “the National Curriculum Guideline” announced by the Ministry of Education in New Zealand, both the Ministry of Education and the schools at each level allow the teachers to teach autonomously. Regardless of selecting Chinese teaching materials, Chinese curriculum design, or teaching methods, the teachers can fully utilize the personal teaching characteristics and professionalism. Currently, the difficulty of teaching Chinese in Auckland region mainly lies in a huge increase in Chinese immigrants that makes a changes in Chinese teaching ecology as well as the teaching environment. The New Zealand government and Chinese teachers in Auckland region have to adjust the individual teaching approaches and curriculum design in reaction to different student backgrounds and school systems, which is a big challenge for the teachers and the issue the New Zealand government must tackle in regard of the second language policy. Due to difficulties in collecting literature, a lot of data was the first-hand information sought for by the author personally, which characterizes this paper as a pioneering research. The author truly expects that this study can offer a systematic description of the current Chinese teaching condition in Auckland. Meanwhile, the author hopes that this study can further help those who intend to devote themselves to Chinese teaching in New Zealand subsequently by providing the reference as prior knowledge before teaching.
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Govender, Kasturi Sandra. "Meeting information needs through the use of public library websites : a case study of Chinese immigrants' information behaviour in Auckland, New Zealand." Diss., 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4846.
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Public library services in New Zealand are being re-examined in light of the developments in ICT and an increasingly multicultural population.
The research question investigated was “Can an internet portal on a public library website be used to meet the information needs of new Chinese Mandarin immigrants to the Auckland region of New Zealand?”
In an attempt to effectively answer the research question and sub-questions the researcher conducted a literature review on two aspects relevant to the study: immigration theory and information behaviour (IB). Thirty Chinese Mandarin speaking recent migrants to the Auckland region of New Zealand were interviewed in-depth to determine their information behaviour (IB) and resources used. The findings indicate that respondents were in need of everyday survival information. The findings suggest that a more coordinated approach to information provision, for example through a library web portal, will assist respondents in their search for information relating to their initial settlement.Information Science
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Chen, Juan. "A cultural approach to understanding and working with Chinese migrants in New Zealand : a thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Clinical Psychology at Massey University, Albany, New Zealand." 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10179/1650.
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When people migrate to a new country, they experience changes in many areas of life. Migrants are faced with the challenges of making sense of as well as dealing with these changes in life. This research is interested in understanding the experiences of Chinese migrants in New Zealand as well as exploring how to conduct 'psychological intervention‘ work with recent Chinese migrants to deal with the challenges associated with migration. This research consists of two parts. The first part is concerned with developing a better understanding of the way Chinese migrants make sense of their experiences after migrating to New Zealand. In this part, focus groups were held and a discursive approach was used to analyze participants' accounts. Findings from this part show that negotiating meanings for "migration" and "fitting in" is the central process for Chinese migrants to make sense of their migratory experiences in New Zealand. In this meaning-making process, Chinese cultural meanings provide useful discursive resources for Chinese migrants to draw upon to better understand their experiences of migrating from China to New Zealand. Chinese sayings, such as "fish or bear‘s paw", "loss are accompanied by gain", "life is about negotiating loss and gain", are used by Chinese migrants in ways that allow them more flexibility in constructing their experiences in New Zealand. More importantly, adopting a dialectical sense-making embedded in traditional Chinese cultural knowledge is helpful for participants to transfer their discursive constructions from negative to positive aspects of their migration experiences. The second part of this research involves exploration and application of a culturally appropriate 'psychological intervention‘ with recent Chinese migrants in transition from living in China to living in New Zealand. This part draws upon the findings from the first part of the research. In the second part, two groups of participants were invited to attend a three-session group intervention. Useful discursive constructions around flexible meanings of "migration" and "fitting in" found in the first part of the research were introduced to participants. A discursive analytical approach was used to observe how participants take up these introduced meanings and to examine the discursive changes throughout the three group sessions. The second part of the research illustrates that participants took up the introduced meanings of "migration" and "fitting in" as a flexible process, and use these to further co-construct helpful meanings to negotiate their 'problematic‘ experiences. In all, this research articulates the importance of cultural meanings and cultural ways of making sense of migratory experiences by Chinese migrants. It also shows the importance of building a shared experience, making use of Chinese cultural meanings, and taking a social constructionist approach in psychological intervention work with Chinese migrants. The implications of this research are discussed in terms of further research on migrants' experiences and how to conduct 'psychological interventions' with Chinese migrants.
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Skyrme, Gillian Ray. "Expectations, emerging issues and change for Chinese international students in a New Zealand university : a thesis presented in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Second Language Teaching at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand." 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10179/793.
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This study uses a sociocultural framework to trace the experiences of 24 Chinese international undergraduate students studying business and information sciences in a New Zealand university, using community of practice perspectives recognising the university as a site of complex discourses requiring negotiation of new identities and practices. The students’ expectations, the issues that emerged and the processes of change they went through to meet their goals were investigated from retrospective and longitudinal viewpoints, using semi-structured interviews supported by schematic representations developed by the researcher and photographic representations compiled by participants were. The findings suggest that preparation before departure focused largely on expected English demands, rather than wider matters of academic culture, and this was only partially rectified during prior study in New Zealand. Students thus entered the university unfamiliar with its specific discourses and found conditions for resolving difficulties more limited than previously experienced. The anonymity and extreme time pressure pertaining in large first-year classes led to bewilderment about requirements, threats to the sense of identity as competent students which they had arrived with, and often, failure of courses. Nevertheless, the investment, personal and monetary, which this journey represented provided the incentive to persevere. Most students were resourceful in negotiating a fit between their learning preferences and the affordances of the university, resulting in very different journeys for each of them. Measures adopted included those sanctioned by the university, such as developing skills to meet the demands of academic literacies, and others less valued, such as extreme dependence on teacher consultation. Success was gained through personal agency which proved more important than the university goal of student autonomy. Beyond the academic arena, other activities such as part-time jobs were significant in contributing to a sense of identity as competent and educated adults, and to new viewpoints which contrasted with original cultural norms. They continued to identify as Chinese, but in a “third space” owing something to New Zealand influences. The study concludes that entry criteria should include a component of university preparation. It also recommends measures by which the university might enhance the experiences of such students.
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Foo, Koong Hean. "Comparing characteristics, practices and experiential skills of mental health practitioners in New Zealand and Singapore : implications for Chinese clients and cognitive behaviour therapy : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology at Massey University, Albany, New Zealand." 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10179/1540.
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Content removed due to copyright restrictions: Paper titled, "Practitioner characteristics with comparison of counselling and psychotherapy practices between New Zealand and Singapore mental health practitioners" was presented and published in the proceedings of The Inaugural International Asian Health Conference, at the University of Auckland, 4-5 November 2004. 2. Workshop cum paper titled, " A modified cognitive behavioural therapy model for working with Chinese people" was also presented and published in the above Conference. 3. Abstract on paper titled, "Integrating homework assignments based on culture: Working with Chinese patients" was accepted in April 2006 for publication in the Cognitive and Behavioral Practice. 4. Paper titled, "Cultural considerations in using cognitive behaviour therapy with Chinese people: A case study of an elderly Chinese woman with generalised anxiety disorder", was published in November 2006 in the New Zealand Journal oj Counselling, Volume 35(3), 1 53- 1 62, and presented at the 29th National Conference of the Australian Association for Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 1 8- 20 October 2006, under the title "Cultural considerations for Chinese people: Implications for CBT". 5. Abstract on paper titled, "Cognitive behaviour therapy in New Zealand and S ingapore : From a doctoral study and personal experience" was presented and published (in a book of abstracts) at the 1 st Asian Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) Conference: Evidence-based Assessment, Theory and Treatment, at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 28-30 May 2006. 6. Paper titled, "CounsellinglPsychotherapy with Chinese Singaporean clients" was published in 2006 in the Asian Journal oj Counselling, Volume 1 3(2), 27 1 -293 .This study compared the characteristics, self-reported practices and experiential skills of mental health practitioners (MHPs) in New Zealand and Singapore with the aim of benefiting both nations in managing the mentally ill. A mixed-research design was used consisting of a mail questionnaire survey and a structured interview. For each country, mail questionnaires were sent to 300 MHPs, namely, counsellors, psychiatrists, psychologists, psychotherapists, and social workers, while structured interviews were held with 12 MHPs. Potential participants were drawn from available electronic or printed publications on counselling and psychotherapy services in both countries. Those drawn from individual listings of MHPs were systematically sampled, whereas those drawn from organisational listings of MHPs were sampled by way of estimation. Despite the relatively low response rates of 20% to 27% from the participants of the mail questionnaire, the major findings were supported and augmented by those from the structured interviews in the combined analysis of results. Results were categorised into personal, professional and practice characteristics of MHPs. Personal characteristics included demographic characteristics. Professional characteristics included training characteristics, primary job affiliation and use of Western therapy models and interventions. Practice characteristics were sub-divided into five categories: practice setting; diagnostic system and assessment procedures; client and caseload; gender/ethnic match; and experiential skills. Similarities in personal and demographic characteristics between MHPs of both New Zealand and Singapore were found with respect to gender, ethnicity, and language ability. Differences in these characteristics were found with respect to age range and religious affiliation. Similarities in professional characteristics between MHPs of both countries were found with respect to country of therapy training, qualification in therapy, number of years of supervised training received, and use of Western therapy models and interventions. Differences in these characteristics were found with respect to primary job affiliation, availability of clinical psychology programmes, years of experience in therapy, and registration of practice. Similarities in practice characteristics between MHPs of both countries were found with respect to relevance of therapy models, focus of practice, diagnostic system and use of assessment procedures, clients seen, clients' presenting problems, and gender/ethnic match. Differences in these characteristics were found with respect to preferences of therapy models, and average number of sessions per client. Similarities in experiential skills between MHPs of both countries were found with respect to handling of self-disclosure, religious or spiritual issues, and traditional healers. Implications for Chinese clients and cognitive behaviour therapy were discussed, as well as limitations of the study.
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Wang, Yimei. "The relationship of the cultural dimensions of power distance, individualism-collectivism, and face concerns, and of immigrant status on the conflict management styles of Chinese managers of ENZ subordinates in the New Zealand workplace. A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of International Communication, Unitec New Zealand /." Diss., 2009. http://www.coda.ac.nz/context/unitec_comm_di/article/1008/type/native/viewcontent.
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Xu, Feng. "Chinese and non-Chinese real estate marketing and mortgage strategies in the Auckland residential market. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Unitec Institute of Technology [i.e. Unitec New Zealand] Degree of Master of Business /." Diss., 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10652/1411.
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Liao, Tiffany Min-Tzu. "Chinese immigrant children's first year of schooling : an investigation of Chinese immigrant parents' perspectives. This thesis is submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education, UNITEC Institute of Technology [i.e. Unitec New Zealand] /." Diss., 2007. http://www.coda.ac.nz/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1011&context=unitec_educ_di.
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Liu, Lawrence Z. Q. "The contextual aspects of change in management accounting systems in transition economies : a Chinese case study : a thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Commerce, Department of Accountancy, Finance and Information Systems, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand /." 2006. http://library.canterbury.ac.nz/etd/adt-NZCU20060516.150811.
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