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Item Restricted Effect of forage plantain integration into a grazing dairy system on urination behaviour and urinary nitrogen concentration in late-lactation cows(ADSS, 2024-11-25) Orellana Howe, I; Herath, G; Mellow, M; Bryant, Racheal; Beckett, Paige; Al-Marashdeh, OmarAs part of a farm-system study, this sub-study aimed to contribute to existing evidence on the effects of varying dietary levels of plantain (Plantago lanceolata L.) on urinary N (UN) concentration and urination behaviour in cows managed under typical farming practices. In late July 2021, 108 dairy cows were blocked into nine herds of 12 cows. The herds were randomly allocated into one of three replicated pasture treatments sown with an increasing plantain seed rate: (i) RGWC with nil plantain (PL0); (ii) RGWC+3 kg/ha plantain (PL3) or (iii) RGWC+6 kg/ha plantain (PL6). Over a 10-day sub-study period in late March-early April 2022, UN concentration was measured in morning and afternoon spot samples collected from 18 monitor cows (n=6; three cows each from two of the three farmlets per treatment) on two occasions. Urination behaviour (daily urine volume and urination frequency) was measured using a Lincoln University PEETER V.1.0 sensor attached to the monitor cows for 24-48 hours. During the sub-study period, the dietary levels of plantain leaves in dry matter were nil in PL0, 31.7% in PL3 and 47.5% in PL6. Pasture silage fed (kg/cow/day) to maintain regrowth interval was higher in PL3 (1.7 kg) than PL0 (0.7 kg) and PL6 (nil), resulting in 7-8% lower N intake (g/d) in PL3 (402) compared to PL0 (438) and PL6 (430). Urine N concentration tended (P=0.07) to be lower in PL3 and PL6 than PL0. Urine volume (P=0.005) and urination frequency (P=0.007) were higher in cows in PL6 than in those in PL0 and PL3, but similar between PL0 and PL3. While these results showed a tendency for plantain to reduce UN concentration, they highlight the opportunity to explore stacking strategies that combine plantain with low-N supplements for additional environmental benefits.Item Restricted Milk urea concentration and nitrogen use efficiency of dairy cows grazing different levels of forage plantain with ryegrass-white clover(2024-11-25) Al-Marashdeh, Omar; Woods, Roshean; Zindove, Titus; Charissa, Thomas; Natalie, McMillan; Bryant, RachealContext: Milk urea (MU) is a by-product of crude protein metabolism in dairy cattle whereby diets with lower nitrogen (N) utilisation are typically associated with greater MU concentrations. Thus, MU is recognised as a useful indicator of dietary N use efficiency (milk N divided by N intake; NUE). Forage plantain has been shown to decrease MU, potentially due to its lower content of ruminal degradable protein compared with ryegrass-white clover (RGWC). However, there are limited data on how including plantain in a farm system affects MU concentration and NUE in dairy cattle throughout an entire lactation period. Aims: In this study, we investigated the effects of different levels of forage plantain in the farm system on MU and NUE. Methods: Data were collected over two dairy production years (2021/22 and 2022/23) as part of a farm system study established in late July 2021 at Lincoln University Research Dairy Farm. Nine herds (12 cows each) were randomly allocated into one of three replicated pasture treatments (n=3) sown with an increasing plantain (cv. Ecotain) seed rate: (i) RGWC with nil plantain (PL0); (ii) RGWC+3 kg/ha plantain (PL3); or (iii) RGWC+6 kg/ha plantain (PL6). Individual cow milk volume was measured at each milking (DelPro, DeLaval), with milk composition determined fortnightly (CRV, Hamilton, New Zealand) using samples collected at consecutive afternoon and morning milkings. Fortnightly pre-grazing pasture samples, coinciding with milk samples, were collected to determine botanical and chemical composition. Dry matter (DM) intake was back-calculated from the energy requirements for cows in each herd. Statistical analysis was conducted using General Analysis of Variance with pasture treatment, season of the year and production year included as factors, and farmlet as the experimental unit. Key results: There was an interaction between treatment × season for plantain % in diet DM, N intake, diet N:ME ratio and NUE, and between treatment × season × year for N intake and diet N:ME ratio. Regardless of season and year effects, average dietary content (% DM) of plantain leaves was 0.1% in PL0, 14.7% in PL3 and 17.7% in PL6. Average estimated daily intake of pasture (14.4 kg DM/cow), supplement (baleage; 1.2 kg DM/cow) and N (476 g/cow) were similar across treatments. Average daily milksolids production per cow was similar between PL0 (1.65 kg) and PL3, and PL0 and PL6, but higher (P=0.015) in PL6 than PL3 (1.66 vs 1.61 kg). Average MU concentration was higher in PL0 than PL3 and PL6 (P<0.001), which did not significantly differ from each other (Table 1). The two-way interaction effect showed that NUE was lower in PL3 than PL0 and PL6 in late-winter, similar between treatments in spring, higher in PL6 than PL3 in summer and higher in PL6 than PL0 in autumn. Conclusions: While the effect of plantain incorporation into RGWC- based dairy systems at either 14.7 or 17.7% of diet DM resulted in a seasonally dependent response in cows' NUE, it consistently reduced their MU concentration. Implications: The presence of forage plantain may need to be considered if MU concentrations are used as indicators to help manage herd nutritional status and environmental risk.Item Restricted Stacking mitigations to reduce N losses at farmlet scale: Year one results of farm performance in a dairy systems comparison in Canterbury(ADSS, 2024-11-25) Wheadon, NM; Bryant, Racheal; Williamson, H; Kok, JC; Chikazhe, TL; Beukes, PC; Al-Marashdeh, Omar; Edwards, JP; Ledgard, SF; Phyn, CVCTo meet regulatory targets for nitrogen (N) losses, farmers may need to adopt multiple mitigations. Here, we describe the first lactation season (2023-24) of a multi-year farmlet trial that evaluates the effects of ‘stacked’ complementary mitigations on milk production, N leaching, and profitability in a Canterbury farm system. The farmlet trial involved two non-replicated ~12 ha milking platforms and consisted of a 'Control' farmlet following current best practice, and a 'Stacked' farmlet incorporating a multi-species pasture, reduced N fertiliser, and lower stocking rate. Farm physical results were modelled in FARMAX Dairy and OverseerFM to evaluate financial and environmental performance. Milksolids per cow were similar, but production per hectare was 7% lower for the Stacked farmlet relative to the Control farmlet. The Stacked farmlet produced 5% less total pasture (t DM/ha) and differed in seasonal growth. Predicted N leaching (kg/ha) and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (kg CO₂e/ha) were 39% and 12% lower, respectively, for the Stacked farmlet, but it also had 8% less profit per hectare due to lower milk revenue and higher costs for pasture conservation and regrassing. Opportunities to improve profitability while maintaining environmental benefits for the Stacked farmlet are discussed.Item Restricted Travel to UK in attendance at 13th Pangborn Sensory Science Symposium and visits to European research organisations(Wine Australia, 2019-09-30) Wang, ShaoyangShaoyang Wang attended the 13th Pangborn Sensory Science Symposium (28 July – 1 August 2019) and visited to A/Prof Gleb Yakubov at The University of Nottingham (5 August 2019) and A/Prof Elke Scholten at Wageningen University and Research (7 August 2019). He presented a poster at Pangborn Symposium and gave oral presentations at seminars organised in both universities. The travel provided Shaoyang with feasible ideas thus adding scientific value to his own research. Also, it created terrific opportunities to make contacts with leading scientists in the related fields, which would bring enormous benefits both to his own research and Australian wine sector.Item Restricted Reproducibility of a farmyard stress model used to evaluate predictive biomarkers for high pH in lamb(Sistema Congressi, 2023, 2023-08) Lee, Hannah; Ross, Alastair; Bentley, Kelly-Anne; Sigua, Lloreli; Prasad, Doreen; Fletcher, Scout; Taukiri, Kevin; Maes, Everlyne; Clerens, Stefan; Morton, James; Zotte, Antonella Dalle; Brugiapaglia, Alberto; Cullere, MarcoWe have reported on a simple farmyard stress model which was a useful way of causing high pH meat under controlled yet realistic conditions for further research. The study showed that moderate stress resulted in changes to several important meat quality markers [1]. Samples from this trial have been used for fingerprinting mass spectrometry to identify new potential predictive markers of high ultimate pH [2]. The current study was designed as follow up validation trial to confirm the reproducibility of this model and potential metabolic biomarkers. These muscles in the early post-mortem period were also analysed for four protein biomarkers identified by our international collaborators [3]. This data will contribute towards defining and designing much larger experiments run in commercial processing plants. The aim is to develop rapid screening systems to predict ultimate pH as meat is processed. In future, biomarkers of high pH in the meat could be also used for enhancing animal welfare and confirm the relationship between minimising pre-slaughter stress and improving the consistency of meat quality.Item Restricted Throwing out the rule book: A creative approach to researching events with integrity(Routledge, 2025) Walters, TEthical considerations and approval are compulsory prior to data collection in any research process, and this is especially the case when adopting creative approaches to ensure research is carried out with the highest levels of integrity. This chapter examines this, drawing on the author’s own attempts to share the voices of marginalised communities by navigating the tensions between ethics committees’ expectations and pragmatic realities in the field.Item Restricted 2024 Moana Oceania soil judging competition handbook(New Zealand Society of Soil Science, 2024-11) Smith, Carol; Deuss, K; Nelson, J; Lowe, D; Penny, V; Mazzetto, JWelcome to the 2024 Moana Oceania Soil Judging Competition, held in Rotorua, New Zealand, from 28 November to 1 December 2024! This event serves as an exciting prelude to SOILS ROTORUA 2024 - the Joint New Zealand Society of Soil Science and Soil Science Australia Conference, "Te Kiri o Papatūānuku/ Weaving Soil Science Across Cultures and Events", scheduled for 2-5 December at the Rotorua Energy Events Centre. This year’s competition is the product of 18 months of dedicated planning, building on the experience and expertise of past organising committees from both New Zealand and Australia. We’re fortunate to have had a dedicated organising committee and support from the SOILS ROTORUA 2024 conference team, all of whom have helped make this what we think may be the largest soil judging competition ever held worldwide! With over 200 participants, coaches, and volunteers from 20+ universities, nine regional councils, and more than 15 scientific and governmental organisations, societies, and consultancies across New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific Islands, this event promises an unparalleled experience for learning and networking in an engaging, hands-on environment. Soil judging provides a wonderful opportunity for students and coaches alike to develop the skills of describing soil profiles, and then translating this into a basic land capability assessment. It is a highly effective way to build practical, field-based skills in a supportive atmosphere. We would like to sincerely thank this year’s sponsors, whose generous support has enabled the New Zealand Society of Soil Science and Soil Science Australia to host the 2024 Moana Oceania Soil Judging Competition on this impressive scale. We encourage all participants to acknowledge and promote these sponsors on social media throughout the event. The competition includes two days of immersive training, which for many of you will be your first time in a soil pit. Most importantly, being an inductee into the ‘Art and Science’ of soil judging is not an impediment, as demonstrated in previous events where even first-time participants have excelled, sometimes achieving top placements on Competition Day. This is an opportunity to connect with experts, academics, students, land managers and consultants. For students, this event offers a glimpse into potential careers in research, teaching, consultancy, and various roles across academia, government, and the private sector. As the event concludes, we hope you will find that this hands on learning experience has enriched your understanding and boosted your confidence with soil science. We encourage you to share your experience with fellow students and colleagues, inspiring them to come along to the next Australian Soil Judging Competition in Armidale, NSW in November 2025.Item Restricted Prediction of 24h pH and lamb meat quality parameters in different muscle fibre types using rapid evaporative ionisation mass spectrometry(Japan Society for Meat Science and Technology, 2022-08-01) Lee, Hannah; Ross, Alastair; Mou, D; Maes, E; Clerens, Stefan; Morton, James; Arihara, K; Kawahara, S; Komiya, Y; Shibata, M; Gotoh, TAccurate prediction of meat muscle quality is an important goal for ensuring that meat is graded for its most appropriate use, improving consumer experience and ensuring maximal return to farmers and meat processors. One of the key predictors of meat quality is pH, with high pH meat generally scoring badly for flavour and colour. Several technologies have been assessed for in-plant measurement of meat quality, though to date most meat processors still use visual inspection when evaluating carcass quality. Rapid evaporative ionisation mass spectrometry (REIMS) is a relatively new tool for direct measurement of samples, producing a fingerprint based on the metabolites and lipids present in the sample within a few seconds of a measurement. REIMS can be easily used on solid samples such as meat (Ross, Brunius et al. 2021) and has been successfully tested in abattoirs for detection of boar taint (Verplanken, Stead et al. 2017).Item Restricted Exploring 3D printing. Design and analysis of novel 3D printed foods with re-purposed animal and plant proteins(The New Zealand Institute of Food Science and Technology (Inc.), 2022) Lee, Hannah; Hampton, Jessica; Pope, Isobel; Peddisetti, Sahiti; Torrico, Damir; Kaur, Lovedeep; Singh, Jaspreet; Morton, JamesFood 3D printing is the most impressive novel technology available to the food industry for preparing complex shaped foods with improved functional and nutritional value. Currently, this technology is being considered for implementation by many food companies (1,2,3,4). Students from the Food Science & Innovation programme (Lincoln University, photo 1) have been using the newly installed benchtop 30 food printers ('FOODINI', manufactured by Natural Machines) to produce nutritious and attractive food constructs. The team has a particular interest and enthusiasm towards creating 3D constructs by upcycling low value protein sources. They have optimised key parameters such as the behaviour of the food inks and alternative gelling agents, as the success of 3D food production relies on the consistency and properties of these mixtures. This article shares some insights into the development of protein rich food inks and 30 food products using meat, dairy, pea and combinations of these ingredients, as a part of creating future food product concepts.Item Restricted Assessing economic impact of weed control strategies in autumn sown wheat crops in New Zealand(NZPPS, 2024) Holmes, Cameron; Hendriks, Pieter-Willem; Smith, Daniel; Drummond, JoGlobally, weeds are major biotic stressors in crop production systems causing yield loses of up to 35%. Herbicides have been a cost-effective way to mitigate yield losses due to weeds. However, extensive use has resulted in the development of herbicide resistance across multiple weed species and herbicide mode-of action groups. An Australian study reported the overall cost of weeds to grain growers was $3.5 billion. There is an opportunity for similar evaluations to provide value to the New Zealand cropping industry. In the face of herbicide resistance and increasing weed control costs, the development of economically viable integrated weed management strategies are increasingly important. Crop competition is such a tool that has been successfully implemented overseas but assessment in New Zealand context. This non-chemical weed control option may provide the opportunity to reduce herbicide use, mitigate herbicide resistance, reducing the cost of weed management programmes while increasing life expectancy of chemicals. This study will seek to quantify the economics of weed management in autumn sown wheat and test whether competitive wheat cultivars with different growth characteristics is a viable non-chemical weed control option for New Zealand growers. The experimental design features a paired plot Youden design that incorporates three herbicide management programmes and three autumn-sown wheat cultivars. The aim of this study is to develop integrated weed management programmes that balance profitability, crop productivity, acceptable levels of weed control and herbicide resistance management.Item Restricted Selection for early vigour in wheat modifies shoot and root epidermis cell size, numbers and competitive abilityHendriks, Pieter-Willem; Ryan, Peter; Gurusinghe, Sal; Hands, Phil; Rolland, Vivien; Rebetzke, Greg; Weston, Leslie; Delhaize, EmmanuelPoster presentation of the impact of recurrent selection for early vigour in wheat on cellular level.Item Restricted The economic impact of the screen entertainment industry in Canterbury(Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, 2019-07-25) Dyason, DavidHistorically, Canterbury has successfully attracted on-site filming of major international films but lacked the infrastructure to benefit from pre-and post-production activity. Canterbury can take advantage of the expanding international screen industry by investing in suitable infrastructure to increase the attractiveness of the region and attract new businesses. This economic benefit of the two scenarios presented in this report, namely i) increasing Canterbury’s industry spending share and ii) attracting a share of the LOTR series, is new employment totaling 1,343 and $138 million of additional GVA.Item Restricted The peri-urban conundrum stakeholder engagement for land use and site planning through digital tools(IGI Global, 2025) Charters, Stuart; Davis, Shannon; Eggers, James; Chen, Hanley (Guanyu); Gregorini, Pablo; Nunes Silva, CNew Zealand is facing immense pressure for urban expansion as populations grow and demand for housing increases. Located on some of the most highly productive soils, New Zealand cities are expanding into these productive hinterland landscapes, with valuable soil resources indefinitely lost. This chapter explores how digital tools can be used to engage stakeholders with the issue of peri-urban land use change, and how these tools can be utilised to consider and evaluate alternative futures. Outlining two case studies, this chapter presents methods and outcomes of two participatory processes for engaging with the peri-urban land use conundrum. The first case presents a site-scale project where digital design outputs were used to engage with multiple stakeholder groups. The second case presents a landscape-scale project where local government was engaged in an alternative futures scenario-based activity where GIS mapping was used to create the scenario plans. Communication benefits and constraints for bridging viewpoints between different stakeholders are illustrated and discussed.Item Restricted Mystery on the Bounty: The family-level status of Pacificana cockayni Hogg, 1904 (Araneae)(Elsevier, 2025-03) Gorneau, JA; Cala-Riquelme, F; Crews, SC; Montana, KO; Spagna, JC; Vink, Cornelis; Esposito, LAThe family-level placement of the species Pacificana cockayni Hogg, 1904 (Araneae, Miturgidae) has been ambiguous for over a century, with the monotypic genus Pacificana initially placed in Agelenidae, later transferred to Amaurobioidinae (Anyphaenidae), and presently in Miturgidae. A recent work describing the male and molecular data consisting of a single mitochondrial gene, cytochrome c oxidase subunit I, confirmed that the species is part of the marronoid clade; however, these data did not result in a conclusive family-level placement. Here, we use low-coverage whole genome sequencing (lcWGS) combined with data from the Sequence Read Archive to infer a phylogeny from ultraconserved elements (UCEs) and six legacy Sanger loci. Indications of potential family placements from prior work and the topologies from this study support a transfer of Pacificana Hogg, 1904 to Cycloctenidae Simon, 1898 (new family placement).Item Restricted House prices and airport proximity: Are they valued equally?Squires, Graham; Ngo, Thanh; McCord, Michael; Lo, Daniel; Wang, XueqiThis study contributes to understanding the link between the housing market, airport location proximity examining the entirety of the price distribution. The research investigates this association across four key urban areas within New Zealand proximal to an international airport - Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Queenstown. Applying hedonic and Quantile regression, the analysis reveals that proximity to airports on house prices has a heterogeneous pricing effect. The regression analysis exhibits distance to comprise a positive effect within Auckland and Christchurch, whereas in Wellington and Queenstown the pricing effect is negative. The quantile regression findings further revealed differences between lower and higher priced properties value, given distance and proximity to airports within each city region. Auckland exhibits a positive distance decay effect moving from the lowest to the highest quantiles which diminishes and becomes negative illustrating that the highest priced properties consider closer proximity to airports comprise a dis-amenity effect on property value, alternatively, the lowest priced properties perceive adjacency to the airport as a positive amenity. Wellington also displays higher priced housing to exhibit much larger negative effects with proximity to the airport than lower priced housing. The findings show that whilst there is a negative impact for proximity to airport this is more pronounced for higher priced properties relative to lower priced properties. The Christchurch region reveals contrasting findings showing there to be a higher positive pricing effect for higher priced housing which gradually decreases when moving down the quantiles. With respect to Queenstown, the findings show a nominal but positive pricing effect for lower priced housing with a negative effect for the highest priced properties.Item Restricted The impact of soil, year and genotypic vigour on the release of allelopathic metabolites by wheat(2024-06) Hendriks, Pieter-Willem; Ryan, Peter; Weston, Paul; Delhaize, Emmanuel; Gurusinghe, Saliya; Rebetzke, Greg; Ryan, LeslieRecurrent selection for increased shoot vigour produced germplasm with enhanced leaf width and leaf area. Genotypes produced in the third cycle of the recurrent selection were top-crossed with two Australian commercial wheat cultivars (Yitpi and Wyalkatchem) generating high vigour lines. Here, in replicated controlled environment experiments and over two years in the field, the effect of the breeding with early shoot vigour on root development, and the presence of secondary allelopathic metabolites and microbially transformed phytotoxic molecules as part of below-ground competitiveness, were examined. The vigour lines were assessed for early root growth and interaction with annual ryegrass, both physical and chemical, in hydroponics and field soil. Breeding lines were compared to Australian commercial cultivars, genotypes of the third cycle of the recurrent selection, the heritage cultivar Federation and triticale. Below-ground, compared to commercial cultivars, the increased vigour lines demonstrated increased competitive ability. In all the experiments, vigorous lines possessed longer total root length and root hair length. In the controlled environment, numerous secondary metabolites, some previously identified to have allelopathic effects on weeds, were detected in the roots and the rhizosphere. In the two-year field study results showed significant differences of secondary phytotoxic metabolite levels between the drier than long-term average 2019 and wetter than average 2020. Contrary to previous results, this work showed increased levels of metabolites and microbial-transformed molecules in the wetter season. However, the genetic variation for early vigour didn’t result in significant differences in the presence of allelopathic molecules.Item Restricted Cryoprotectant treatment tests on three morphologically diverse marine dinoflagellates and the cryopreservation of Breviolum sp. (Symbiodiniaceae)(Springer Nature, 2022) Kihika, Joseph Kanyi; Wood, Susanna; Rhodes, Lesley; Smith, Kirsty F; Thompson, Lucy; Challenger, Sarah; Ryan, Ken GDinoflagellates are among the most diverse group of microalgae. Many dinoflagellate species have been isolated and cultured, and these are used for scientific, industrial, pharmaceutical, and agricultural applications. Maintaining cultures is time-consuming, expensive, and there is a risk of contamination or genetic drift. Cryopreservation offers an efficient means for their long-term preservation. Cryopreservation of larger dinoflagellate species is challenging and to date there has been only limited success. In this study, we explored the effect of cryoprotectant agents (CPAs) and freezing methods on three species: Vulcanodinium rugosum, Alexandrium pacificum and Breviolum sp. A total of 12 CPAs were assessed at concentrations between 5 and 15%, as well as in combination with dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and other non-penetrating CPAs. Two freezing techniques were employed: rapid freezing and controlled-rate freezing. Breviolum sp. was successfully cryopreserved using 15% DMSO. Despite exploring different CPAs and optimizing the freezing techniques, we were unable to successfully cryopreserve V. rugosum and A. pacificum. For Breviolum sp. there was higher cell viability (45.4 ± 2.2%) when using the controlled-rate freezing compared to the rapid freezing technique (10.0 ± 2.8%). This optimized cryopreservation protocol will be of benefit for the cryopreservation of other species from the family Symbiodiniaceae.Item Restricted A global review of the trends and themes in polar tourism scholarship(CAB International, 2025) Stewart, Emma; Liggett, D; Senigaglia, V; Lubiana Botelho, Larissa; Ioannides, Dimitri; Vereda, Marisol; Varnajot, AlixIn recent years, we have witnessed a proliferation in the scholarly output related to the study of polar tourism. Having made a first appearance as an area of research in its own right almost five decades ago, scholarship on polar tourism has undergone a significant transformation and is now more likely to be underpinned by empirical, multi-disciplinary, multi-authored and theoretically situated research than in the past. Updating previous reviews, this chapter systematically reviews 626 journal articles published on polar tourism (1974–2022) and identifies key research trends and themes. Following Stewart et al. (2005; 2017), a database of journal articles was updated through a keyword search of two online scholarly databases (Scopus and Google Scholar) and other regionally relevant search engines and compiled into a spreadsheet for analysis. The chapter extends the previous reviews by including articles published in languages other than English (22 languages). By doing so, this review presents, for the first time, a comprehensive overview of scholarly output on polar tourism, benefitting from the international research efforts that have been undertaken. While the chapter reports a dominance of Anglophone articles (almost 75% of all papers), there is an upswing scholarly work outside of the anglophone literature. This linguistic diversity stands us in good stead to advance our understanding of polar tourism in its many guises.Item Restricted Embedding cultural aspects in engineering and construction education(AAEE, 2024) Askarinejad, Hossein; KC, BirendraCONTEXT One of the common graduate attributes of tertiary students involve appreciation of the societal and cultural issues and the consequent responsibilities. In New Zealand and some other commonwealth countries, cultural considerations would include two dimensions of bi-culturalisms and multiculturalism concepts. PURPOSE OR GOAL In recent years, university class compositions usually consist of students who come from significantly diverse cultural groups. Review of literature shows that even though there are some studies on integration of cultural concepts in teaching, but there are still limited works on practical methods for incorporating cultural concepts in the context of engineering and construction. In this paper, a case study of integrating the cultural aspects in a particular engineering course is discussed. APPROACH OR METHODOLOGY/METHODS The integration of cultural aspects in teaching can be approached through several methods. In this case study, the focus is to incorporate discussions and examples from diverse cultural contexts relevant to engineering and construction practices. The cultural concepts were incorporated in the teaching contents, class activities and within a course assignment/project. ACTUAL OR ANTICIPATED OUTCOMES The outcomes and lessons learned from this experience are discussed through the authors’ autoethnographic reflection. The students generally engaged well in the class and in the project. They investigated various traditional buildings or historical engineering/construction techniques from different cultures and communities including Māori case studies. CONCLUSIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS/SUMMARY The practical examples of cultural/traditional engineering and construction cases discussed here can be used by educators and can be potentially integrated in teaching relevant engineering or construction courses. The students' projects and their findings and reflections highlighted the fact that engineering and construction, like many other fields, have always been a collective human endeavour shaped by diverse cultural contributions. This realization would not only enhance the students’ cultural awareness, motivation and sense of connection with engineering but also highlights how sustainability and cultural significance can inspire innovative practices in engineering and construction.Item Restricted Polar tourism(Springer, 2025-01-09) Stewart, Emma; Liggett, Daniela; Jafari, Jafar; Xiao, HonggenPolar tourism refers to visits, excluding those for scientific research or support, to the Arctic (typically comprised of the states, water bodies, and islands north of the tree-line) or the Antarctic (often described as the continent itself, ice shelves, water, and islands south of the Antarctic Convergence). The geographic remoteness associated with unique biota, landscapes, and climate forms the appeal of the polar regions.