Community participation is now widely accepted as one important condition to achieve sustainable tourism development. The twelve aims of sustainable tourism determined by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and ...

Maori horticulture is framed by the introduction of tropical crops to the temperate climes of the base of the Polynesian triangle. So-called traditional plants such as kumara (sweet potato), kamo kamo (squash), karenga ...

The earthquakes that struck Ōtautahi/Christchurch began September 2010 and continued throughout2012 with the worse shock being February 22, 2011. The extended ‘seismic event’ radically altered thegeophysical and socio-cultural ...

The use of simulated altitude is frequently used in an attempt to enhance athletic performance. Similar techniques have also recently been used in a clinical population to improve cardiovascular risk. However, the effects ...

At the heart of New Zealand’s colonisation was the assumption that the English colonisers’ ‘worldview’ was superior to, and should supersede, that of the Māori. As the number of settlers increased, it seemed the ‘worldview’ ...

Environmental attitudes are an important and frequently used concept in social and environmental research and in the practise of environmental management. Numerous studies have been done in connection with environmental ...

Chitwan National Park (CNP) is one of the most important global destinations to view wildlife, particularly rhinoceros. The total number of wildlife tourists visiting the park has increased from 836 in Fiscal Year (FY) ...

Health is known to be inextricably related to physical activity. The world-wide trend of increasing obesity is a major problem for health professionals, however, the extent to which physical activity contributes to these ...

A short presentation to the session on 'Engaging Indigenous Peoples in Disaster Risk Reduction'.

The city of Ōtautahi/Christchurch experienced a series of earthquakes that began on September 4th, 2010. The most damaging event occurred on February 22nd, 2011 but significant earthquakes also occurred on June 13th and ...