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MANUKAU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

RESEARCH REPORT 2003

From the Chief Executive

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standing in their field and, during 2003, has made an

impact through exhibiting and presenting their work

in New Zealand and overseas. MIT staff have,

therefore, made their mark in many countries,

including Korea,Amsterdam, Lithuania, Rarotonga,

Sydney, Sweden, India, and the UK.

MIT staff are also contributing to research through a

range of scholarly activities. This includes the

supervision of students involved in higher degrees,

the examination of doctoral theses, and as reviewers

for refereed journals.

It has been my pleasure over the past eight years to

note the development of an evolving research culture

at this Institute and across the polytechnic sector. I

believe research activity will continue to grow and

impact on student learning at MIT.

Jack MacDonald

Chief Executive

Manukau Institute of Technology staff have continued

to participate in a range of research activities that

enable students, particularly within degree

programmes, to learn their discipline within a

‘research culture’. This requires a particular level of

commitment on the part of researchers and academic

leaders when the sector is continually required to

respond to government requirements.

I am pleased to present the 2003 Research Report

and to, once again, commend staff and the BE

Honours students on their research achievements.

Many staff have taken the opportunity to present

research findings at national and international

conferences in their subject area. Conference

presentation not only raises the profile of the

researcher and Institute, but also provides the

opportunity for staff to interact with leading

researchers in their field of interest.

In recognition of the high standard of research and

scholarship in the Manukau School of Visual Arts, MIT

has chosen to profile, through the Annual Research

Report, the work of a selection of researchers within

the School. Each researcher has international

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BE Student Research

BE HONOURS MINI-CONFERENCE PAPER PRESENTATIONS

Grid-Inter-tied Renewable Energy

ALLUN BENNETT AND DR DAVE WALDRON

This project investigated the practicality of grid-connecting a renewable energy source with the practical focus on

the Alkaline Fuel Cell. The project is primarily concerned with the power electronics involved, but will briefly cover

all areas that need to be considered for domestic fuel cells.

An Investigation into Lightning Capture

STEVEN BLOXHAM AND DR DAVE WALDRON

A feasibility study into a lightning capture device is presented. After an investigation into the parameters of lightning,

a conceptual design is proposed using off the shelf components.

Intrusion Detection Systems

NUO (LEO) J IANG AND FRED ENGEL

Intrusion Detection Systems are software or hardware systems that automate the process of monitoring the events

occurring in a computer system or network and analysing them for signs of security problems. Due to the

complexity of the IDS, the project focus is on the rule-based approach.

Real-time Simulink Implementation

ADAM K INGSNORTH AND ROD SUTTON

The ability to rapidly prototype a control system in real-time is an advantage for many control system design

projects. Simulink, a world leader in system modelling software, has several methods for prototyping real-time

control systems. A description and a comparison of some of these prototyping methods has been developed.

Digital Radio Mondiale

VAUGHAN MAGNUSSON AND DR ANDREW CHALMERS

The design of the DRM transmitter was studied in detail. A software simulation of the features of a DRM

transmitter system has been developed, providing a teaching tool and, as far as possible, a software-based transmitter

emulator for the generation of baseband DRM signals.

Knot Detection in Timber

NACHHATAR S INGH AND DR ANDREW CHALMERS

In the timber industry, knot detection is done manually and the accuracy and speed is dependent on the manual

process. There exists a need for automated knot recognition using computer vision. There are two key problems

addressed in this study: capturing a clear image of the timber and recognising the knots.

The BE (Hons) candidates presented their research findings at the BE mini-conference held on 25 June 2003 at

Manukau Institute of Technology. Abstracts from the papers presented are listed below. The student’s name is given

first followed by their supervisor’s name. The non-honours students presented a poster display of their work at the

conference. A list of the poster display titles follows the abstracts.

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Artificial Neural Networks for Colour Image Analysis

DHARMESH SURATWALA AND SNJEZANA SOLTIC

The Self-organizing Map (Kohonen Network) and the Hopfield Neural Network are used for colour image

segmentation in this project. The results obtained are compared to those obtained in an earlier project that

investigated the Radial Basis and Feed Forward Back Propagation Networks. The networks were trained and

implemented using the Neural Network Toolbox in MATLAB.

Artificial Intelligence to Aid Learning in a Computer-based Simulation

DEREK GIN AND DR LEN JENNINGS

Students when learning to use a computer-based simulation, can finish exercises without completely understanding

the concepts intended by the lecturer. This project proposes to monitor a student doing a computer-based

simulation, and ask “intelligent” questions before the student can proceed, and record the student’s progress.

EE Store Equipment Management System

ANKUR GUPTA AND T IM ROBERTS

Continuous growth has led to the inadequacy of the features provided by the current EE Store system. This

research focuses on Microsoft’s latest in ground breaking technology, the .NET® Framework. Can these

technologies be exploited to provide a robust, user friendly, future proof system that is cost effective?

3D Graphics Modelling and Rendering

RADHIKA JAMMALAMADAKA AND JOHN RUGIS

Computer generated 3D graphics have wide ranging applications including visualization, simulation, feature films,

digital video and computer games. Many CG concepts have evolved, that shape the way CG projects are defined

and coded. This project surveys the various concepts, terminology and methods employed by CG programmers and

demonstrates some of the techniques with the development of a 3D model.

Online Learning

SHEETHAL LANKIPALLE AND T IM ROBERTS

An integrated online course was designed, making use of the “Best Practice” model and forms guidelines for the

“onlining” of a wider range of courses. The work includes research into the effectiveness of such teaching methods,

and focuses on the development of both laboratory and lecture material for an online version of an existing BE

course.

Distributed Processing

NICHOLAS LOCKWOOD AND CHARLES TSUI

The need for higher computation ability for selected distributed tasks has led to a significant trend towards realisable

‘off the shelf ’ supercomputers. This project investigates a parallel-processing computer facility using existing

equipment in the Department. The focus is on the implementation and testing of a ‘Beowulf Cluster’ design,

including comparisons (qualitative and measured) between Java and PVM implementations.

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Echo Cancellation using DSP Techniques

Peter Seekup and Dr Len Jennings

Research has been conducted into different algorithms used for stereophonic echo cancellation, concentrating on

the Least Mean Squares, Normalized Least Mean Square and the Recursive Least Squares algorithms. A MATLAB-

based experiment will test each algorithm and explore its properties.

Digital Audio Parametric Equalization

Yakeen Sewsanker and John Rugis

Initial work identified DSP architectures used for parametric equalization. Given a parametric audio equalization

specification using 3 parameters (amplitude, bandwidth and centre frequency) the purpose was to produce the

associated digital filter coefficients for the respective architecture.

Licence Plate Recognition

Richard Teal and Tim Roberts

Vehicle licence plate recognition is one of the techniques that can be used to automatically identify vehicles. This

project investigates work done to date and strives to advance the system. The initial focus will be on the tasks of

improving an existing licence plate segmentation and making the system useable both day and night using some

form of lighting.

BE RESEARCH POSTER PRESENTATIONS

MEGHANA KRISHNA Wireless Control via Bluetooth

BAI L IU 3G Mobile Antenna

SHAUN PENTECOST Resonant Power Converters

JOHN MACDONALD Firewire for Data Acquisition, Automation and Control

THOT SAYARATH Print Protel Layout Directly

HASANDEEP S INGH Flywheel Energy Store

SAIF SALIH Small Scale Generation of Sustainable Energy

PAUL CLAYDEN Database Apps for Embedded and Mobile Devices.

DEAN ZALZALA Database Control via Wireless Technology

L IANG-CHUN (TONY) YU Programming Software for Wireless Handheld Devices


Manukau Institute of Technology Staff ResearchOutputs and Scholarly Activities


REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

Anderson, H. with Reinders, H. and Jones-Parry, J.

(2003) “Self-access Language Learning in Tertiary

Studies in Australia and New Zealand: A Preliminary

Report”. New Zealand Studies in Applied Linguistics

Journal, 9, (1), p109-115.

Barnett, S. J. (2003) “We’ve Got Mail but Have We Got

a Meeting? Social Implications of Email Meetings in the

21st Century”. Communication Journal of New Zealand:

Te Hinga Korero, 4, (1), October, p65-85.

Godfrey,A. and Horsley, J. (2003) “Corporate

Governance in New Zealand”. Journal of Chartered

Secretaries, Australia, 55, (7).

Howie, L. with Timperley, H., McNaughton, S. and

Robinson,V. (2003) “Transitioning Children from Early

Education to School:Teacher Beliefs and Practices”.

Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 28, (2), June.

Hyde, K. and Lawson, R. (2003) “The Nature of

Independent Travel”. Journal of Travel Research, 42, (1), p13-23.

Jones, J. (2003) “Barking up the Wrong Tree”. New

Zealand Law Journal, April, p98-99.

Pirret,A. (2003) “A Preoperative Scoring System to

Identify Patient Requiring Postoperative High

Dependency Care”. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Journal, 19, p267-275.

Shepstone, N. (2003) “Teaching Electrical Power

Systems Using Computer Simulations”. International

Journal of Electrical Engineering Education, 40,(1).

Sylvester, G. and Woodhead, N. (2003) “Compliance

and the changing workplace”. Journal of Institutional

Research, 12, (1), p35-45.

BOOKS

Collier,A. (2003) Principles of Tourism: A New Zealand

Perspective. 6th edition, pub: Pearson Hospitality Press.

Collier,A. and Harraway, S. (2003) The New Zealand

Tourism Industry. 4th edition, pub: Pearson Hospitality

Press.

Pitchfork, E. D. (2003) Law of Tort. pub: Cavendish

Publishing, London, January.

Weterman, F. and Millar, S. ((2003) Introduction to

Accounting Principles. 4th edition, pub: Butterworths,

Wellington.

SECTIONS IN BOOKS

Chase, P. (2003) contained in Effective Business

Communication in New Zealand. Chase, P., O’Rourke, S.,

Smith, L., Sutton, C.,Timperly,T. and Wallace.C., 3rd

edition, Auckland, pub: Pearson Education New

Zealand/Pearson Prentice Hall.

“New Zealand Polytechnic Student Textbook for

Communication Courses Levels 4, 5” “Assertiveness

and Transactional Analysis”, p138-160, “Business

Letters”, p240-265, Computer User Documentation”,

p313-342 “Cultural and Social Communication”, p58-

78, “Email, Memos and Faxes”, p213-239.

Horsley, J. (2003) “The Internal Governance Rules”,

contained in Commercial Applications of Company Law in

New Zealand, p125-139,Walker, G., Reid,T., et al, (eds),

January.

Allan Collier

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the Social Role of Museum Libraries in 3 New Zealand

Museum Libraries”. A thesis presented in partial

fulfilment for the degree Master of Library and

Information Studies, at Victoria University,Wellington.

Pope, B. (2003) “The Experience of Battered Women in

Their Encounters With Nurses: A Phenomenological

Study”. A thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the

requirements for the degree Master of Arts (Nursing),

at Massey University, Albany.

Morice P. M. (2003) “Towards a Maori Psychotherapy –

the Therapeutic Relationship and Maori Concepts of

Relationships: A Systematic Literature Review with

Clinical Illustrations”. A thesis presented in partial

fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Master

of Health Science, at the Auckland University

of Technology.

CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS

PRESENTATIONS

Ahmed, D., Sundaram, D. and Srinivasan,A. (2003)

Scenario driven decision systems: Concepts and an

implementation, presented to the Evaluation of

Modeling Methods in Systems Analysis and Design

(EMMSAD’03) Conference,Veldon, Austria, June, pub:

EMMSAD website

http://www.ait.unl.edu/siau/conference/EMMSAD03-

CFP_files/Final%20Copy/14pdf

Anderson, H. (2003) Access to tertiary studies: What

helps and what hinders, presented to the First Year

Experience Conference, Brisbane, Australia, July.

–— Bridging Education: From first contact to a new

career : What are the steps and who should pay?

presented to The New Zealand Association of Bridging

Educators, Manukau City, September.

Anderson, H. (with Millward, P., Rio, N. and

Stephenson, M.) Voices from Manukau: Diversity and

engagement with teacher, presented to the joint

NZARE/AARE Conference, Auckland, December.

Barnett, S. J. (2003) The matrix re-examined - the

nature of communication in organisations in the digital

age, presented to the New Zealand Communication

Association Inc. 15th Annual Conference and the

Association for Business Communication 4th Asia

OTHER JOURNAL ARTICLES

Godfrey,A. and Horsley, J. (2003) “Steady Shake-up in

New Zealand’s Corporate Governance”. The

Independent, 12, (509), p27-28.

— “New Zealand: Sustained Change”. Chartered

Secretary UK, p20-22.

— “Corporate Governance in New Zealand”. The

Chartered Secretary Malaysia, p28-32.

Hyde, K. (2003) Review of “The Tourist Experience”.

Chris Ryan (ed), Annals of Tourism Research, 30, (3),

p750-751.

Johnston, P.V. (2003) “End of the road for Bursary.

Design Education 2004”. (essay) ProDesign, 94.

Jones, J. (2003) “Dangerous Dogs or Dangerous Law?”

CAS New Zealand Veterinary Association Journal, 14, (3),

September, p24-28.

THESES/DISSERTATIONS

Begum, M. (2003) “Manukau Institute of Technology: An

Annotated Bibliography”. A thesis presented in partial

fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master

of Library and Information Studies at Victoria University,

Wellington.

Garriock, B. (2003) “The Information Commons:

Intention and Perception”. A report presented in partial

fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master

of Business Administration at Southern Cross

University, NSW, Australia.

Heywood, K. (2003) “The Search for Quality in Flexible

Learning: Students’ Conceptions of Learning and

Communication”. A thesis presented in partial fulfilment

of the requirements for the degree of Master of

Education at The University of Auckland.

Olney, L. (2003) “Sex-typed:The Impact of Changes in

the Polytechnic Environment on Women Office-systems

Lecturers”. A thesis presented in partial fulfilment of

the requirements for the degree Master of Arts, at

Massey University, Palmerston North.

Pang, L. K. (2003) “Interaction Between Museum

Libraries and Their Users: a Case Study of the

Application of Technology in Library Services, and of


Pacific Conference, Auckland, December.

Beck, J. (2003) Bullying in nursing?, presented to the

Nurse Educators’ Conference, Rotorua, September.

Buckens, K, (2003) Training and assessment for electronic

chart display and information systems:The importance in the

bridge environment, presented to The 4th Australasian

Hydrographic Symposium, Christchurch, November.

Chalmers,A. and Soltic, S. (2003) Colour image quality

assessment using the CIECAM97s Model presented to the

AIC 2003 Bangkok: Color Communication and

Management Conference, Bangkok, August, pub:The

Color Group of Thailand, Aran Hansuebsai (ed), p161-

165, ISBN: 974-13-2516-9.

Cobden-Grainge, F. (2003) Help! Am I in the right class?,

presented to the Association of Qualitative Research

(AQR) Conference, Sydney, Australia, July.

Corscadden, K. (2003) Information and communication

technologies: Are Maori students disadvantaged in tertiary

education?, presented to the NZARE/AARE Conference

2003, Auckland, December.

Deehan-Owen, L. (2003) A New Zealand perspective,

presented to the International Maritime Organisation

Role of Women in the Maritime Sector Conference,

Apia, October.

Delugar,A. (2003) Reflective practice in nursing, poster

presentation to the Australasian Nurse Educator

Conference, Rotorua, September.

Fourie,W. (2003) The development of a self-directed

online resource in pharmacology for nurses, presented to E-

fest (APNZ), Christchurch, August.

Godfrey,A. (2003) Corporate financial communication,

presented to the Fifteenth Asian Pacific Conference on

International Accounting Issues, Bangkok,Thailand,

November.

Gonuguntla, S. (2003) The impact of FDI on current

account balance: A study of differences between China

and New Zealand, presented to the Institutional

Challenges for Global China Conference, Melbourne,

Australia, November.

Greenfield, C. (2003) Outdoor play - the case for risks

and challenges in children’s learning and development,

presented to the Symposium on Risk, Play Value, Child

Development and Injury Prevention, Auckland, February.

–— Maths naturally, presented to the Christian Early

Childhood Education Association of Aotearoa National

Conference,Waikanae, May.

–— The outdoor playground through children’s eyes,

presented to the 8th Early Childhood Convention,

Palmerston North, September.

Gupta, K. and Saini,V. (2003) Indian Culture of

Education, presented at the Auckland University of

Technology Vice-Chancellor’s Seminar Series, Auckland,

August-September.

Hagan,W. (2003) “Oh you’re thinking”: Peer effects in

negotiating participation in the adjustment to school,

presented to the NZARE/AARE Joint Conference,

Auckland, December.

Holst-Larkin, J. (2003) What’s happening to the use of

language for business in the age of computer-mediated

communication? A study of linguistic features of email

messaging in New Zealand, presented to the 5th ABC

European Convention, Lugano, Switzerland, May.

Huddleston, I. (2003) The rising of the moon : An

autoethnographic study into the politics of research

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Austin’s (age 4yrs) photo of the playground. One of hisfavourite places was theswivel swing — ”The outdoorPlayground through Children’sEyes”; C.Greenfield

development, presented to the Oxford Ethnography

and Education Conference, Oxford, UK, June.

Hyde, K. (2003) A duality in vacation decision-making,

presented to the Third Symposium on the Consumer

Psychology of Tourism, Hospitality & Leisure, Melbourne,

Australia, January, pub: conference proceedings.

Jones, J. (2003) Patenting the surgeon’s art, presented to

the Australasian Law Teachers’ Association Conference,

Brisbane, July.

–— Crossing the borders of legal debate, presented to

the Australasian Law Teachers’ Association Conference,

Brisbane July.

Jones-Parry, J.,Anderson, H. and Reinders, H. (2003)

Self-access: Positioning, pedagogy and direction, presented

to the Inaugural Conference of the Independent

Learning Association, Melbourne, September.

Kelly, O. (2003) Cultivating the hybrid – a case study of a

three year evolution of eLearning for blended delivery,

presented to the Australasian Society for Computers

in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE)

Conference, Adelaide, Australia, December.

Latornell, J. (2003) Trust and good faith in the

employment relationship: A New Zealand perspective,

presented to the 2003 Canadian Industrial Relations

Association Conference, Halifax, Canada, May-June.

Lee, P. and Olney, L. (2003) So much for nothing:The

benefits of participating in a zero fees programme, paper

presented to the Tertiary Accord of New Zealand

(TANZ) Student Retention and Success Conference,

Palmerston North, December.

Lovett, S. (2003) Locating desires, paper presented to

the Impact,Third International Print Conference, Cape

Town, South Africa, August-September.

Mahmood, S. (2003) Employment and professional

preparation of older adults as early childhood staff,

presented to the Australian Early Childhood

Association Biennial Conference, Hobart, Australia, July.

–— Reflecting on good early childhood practices, valuing

multiculturalism in early childhood settings, presented to

the Australian Early Childhood Association Biennial

Conference, Hobart, Australia, July.

–— The challenge of supporting cultural diversity in early

childhood services, presented to the 8th Early

Childhood Convention, Palmerston North, September.

McLellan, E. (2003) Introduction to Digital Screen Printing.

The 2D Interface, paper presented to the Te Waka, New

Zealand Art Educators Conference, Auckland, April.

Middleton, S. (2003) COMET: Celestial body or feet on

the ground, presented to the International Lifelong

Learning Conference, Auckland, February.

–— Connecting with community: A strategic approach to

meeting the needs of a changing community, presented

to the American Association of University

Administrators 32nd Annual Conference, San

Francisco, USA, June.

–— The beat goes on: Reflections on the USA tertiary

academic administration scene, presented to the

Association of Tertiary Education Managers (ATEM)

New Zealand Branch 11th Annual Conference,

Auckland, July.

–— Target 2010: A strategic approach to meeting the

imperatives of a changing community, presented to the

Australian Vocational Education and Training Research

Association Annual Conference, Sydney, Australia, March.

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John Rugis

–— Seven Deadly Signs of School Leadership, presented

to the Otago Principals’ Association Conference,

Dunedin, October.

–— Facing changes and changing faces: Transformational

change at a college of education, presented to the

Australian Association for Research in Education/New

Zealand Association for Research in Education

Conference, Auckland, December.

Murphy, L. (2003) Developing pathways by aligning

secondary school and tertiary institution curriculum,

presented to the Seventeenth Annual Conference of

the Australian and New Zealand Academy on

Management (ANZAM) Surfing the Waves:

Management Challenges, Management Solutions,

Fremantle, Australia, December.

Pan, Q.W. and Allnutt, J. E. (2003) Seasonal fade

duration statistics for planning of 12 GHz DTH/VSAT and

SOHO satellite services in the tropics, presented to the

IEE 12th International Conference on Antennas &

Propagation, University of Exeter, UK, April, IEE, pub:

Conference Publication 491, (2) p674-677.

Pan, Q.W.,Allnutt, J. E. and Tsui, C. (2003) 12 GHz site-

diversity fade duration statistics for planning of DTH/VSAT

and SOHO satellite services in the tropics, presented to

the TRLabs/IEE 15th International Conference on

Wireless Communications, Calgary, Canada, July, pub:

TRLabs, CRC, “Wireless 2003”, 2, p428-432.

Penlington, D. (2003) From traditional to innovative career

development services for nurses, presented to the Eighth

Nursing Conference, Adelaide, March.

–— Nursing leadership: Riding the wave of change,

presented to the Career Practitioners’ Association in

NZ, (CPANZ), Auckland, October.

Robinson, G. R. and Rodgerson, J. L. (2003) Soft Models

for the teaching of PLC programming, presented to the

Engineering Education 2003 - Access, Retention and

Standards Conference, Southampton, UK, January, pub:

UK ISSN 0963-3308.

Rugis, J. (2003) Implementing Audio DSP in C++,

presented to the First New Zealand Subject Conference

on Software Engineering, Auckland, November.

Rydon, S. (2003) The attitudes, knowledge and skills

needed in mental health nurses: The perspective of users of

mental health services, presented to the Australian and

New Zealand College of Mental Health Nurses

(ANZCMHN) 29th International Conference, Rotorua,

September.

Rummel, L. (2003) The meaning of person-centred care

for care recipients and care providers in the New Zealand

context, presented to the Care Givers Conference,

Auckland, March.

–— (with NZNO Gerontological Section members

Featherston, J. and McGregor, D.) Partnership in research,

MIT/Ngati Tautahi/Ngapuhi iwi/NZNO Gerontological

Section:The meaning of person-centred care for care

recipients and care providers in the New Zealand context,

paper presented to the ICN Conference, Geneva,

Switzerland, June.

–— (with McGregor, D.) Partnership in research,

presented to the NZNO Conference, Rotorua,

September.

Soltic, S. and Pang, S. (2003) Integrating neurocomputing

and geographic information systems, presented to the

Conference on Neurocomputing and Evolving

Intelligence, Auckland, November.

Sterne, G. D. (2003) Who turned the lights on?

presented to the Asia Pacific Region Association for

Business Communication and NZCA National

Conference, Auckland, December.

Sylvester, G. (2003) 21st century leaders – born or

made?, presented to the 11th Annual Conference of

the NZ Branch of the Association of Tertiary

Education Managers (ATEM), Auckland, June.

Trenwith, L. (2003) Deconstructing the learning/teaching

process – new light on communication behaviour,

presented to the International Pacific Region ABC

Conference and NZCA National Conference,

Auckland, December.

Visser, J. (2003) The changing nature of early childhood

professionalism, presented to the Politics of Early

Childhood Education Conference, Auckland, July.

–— Process, enjoyment and participation:

Reconceptualising the educator’s image of infant and

toddler as artist, presented to the 8th Early Childhood

Convention, Palmerston North, September.

Wilson,T. (2003) The carriage of dangerous goods,

containers and passengers in the Pacific Region: Common


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problems and proposed draft legislation, presented to the

8th Annual Association of Pacific Island Maritime

Training Institutes and Administrations Conference,

Nadi, Fiji, March.

–— Preliminary findings from the strategic review of

the Regional Maritime Programme, presented to the

8th Annual Association of Pacific Island Maritime

Training Institutes and Administrations Conference,

Nadi, Fiji, March.

–— Valid assessment or heresy? Holistic competency

judgements in assessment using full mission ship

simulators, presented to the Association of Maritime

Education and Training Institutes in Asia Pacific

Conference, San Francisco, November.

–— The Regional Maritime Programme: Past successes

and new directions, presented to the 33rd Annual

Representatives of Governments and Administrations

Conference of the Secretariat for the Pacific

Community, Suva, November.

Wood, J.,Aiolupotea-Aiono, S. and Williams, C. (2003)

We’re here to stay – marketing student services at

Manukau Institute of Technology, presented to the

Tertiary Accord of New Zealand (TANZ) Conference,

Wellington, and the Australia/NZ Student Services

Association (ANZSSA) Conference, Melbourne,

Australia, December.

Worner, S. P., Lankin, G. O., Harrington, R. et al, (2003)

Neurocomputing for decision support in ecological research,

presented to the Conference on Neurocomputing and

Evolving Intelligence, Auckland, November.

ADDRESSES

Anderson, H. (2003) Bridging Education : Research and

Practice, presented to the APNZ Foundation Learning

Forum,Wellington, August.

Middleton, S. (2003) Target 2010: Beyond Paying Lip-

service to Meeting the Needs of a Changing Community,

presented to the ATEM Auckland Branch Meeting,

Auckland, May.

–— Baden Powell and the Art of School Leadership,

presented to The University of Auckland Principals’

Centre, Principals Institute, Auckland, May.

–— First Principles for First-time Principals, presented to

the New Zealand First Time Principals Project, Kings

Institute, Auckland, October.

Rummel, L. (2003) Safeguarding the Practices of Nursing:

The Lived Experience of Being-as Preceptor to

Undergraduate Student Nurses in Acute Care Setting,

presented to the Preceptor Study Day, Counties

Manukau District Health Board, May.

COMMISSIONS

Wilson,T. ( with Joy, J. and Hawkins, J.) (2003) Feasibility

Study for the Kiribati Marine Training Centre, produced

for the New Zealand Agency for International

Development.

Wilson,T (with Avesau, S., Chapman, G., Fakatou, M.

and Joy, J.) (2003) Strategic Review of the Secretariat of

the Pacific Community’s Regional Maritime Programme,

produced for the Secretariat of the Pacific Community.

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Sina Aiolupotea-Aiono, JulieWood, and Carmel Williams.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS AND COMPUTER

SOFTWARE

Bamford, H. (2003) in Counties Manukau Business Matters:

“Take Me to Your Team Leader”, December.

Calder, J. (2003) “Flying House”, video, pub:

http://island.manukau.ac.nz/iafilm

–— “Independent Alternative Film: Moving Images

Online”, http://island.manukau.ac.nz/iafilm

–— “Trakline”, software development for Trakline

Software Systems, New York, http://www.trakline.com

Greenfield, C. (2003) “Outdoor Play - The Case for

Risks and Challenges in Children’s Learning and

Development”, Safekids News, 21, June.

Lang, B. (2003) “Bank’s Customers Get Jitters”,The New

Zealand Herald, 13 October.

–— “Bank Customer Satisfaction”,TV:Telstra Clear

Business,TV ONE, 13 October.

Latornell J. (2003) “Strategy and Tactics in Collective

Bargaining”, Trends, Tips and Tax, April, Sydney, Mercer

Human Resource Consulting.

–— “What is Trust and How do you Build it with

Employees?” Trends, Tips and Tax, November, Sydney,

Mercer Human Resource Consulting.

Middleton, S. (2003) “Policies Leading to Social Melt-

Down”, Education Review, 8, (6), 19-25 February, p16,

(also in Campus Review, Australia).

–— “No Miracle Cures in Education”, Education Review,

8, (40), 19-25 February, p16.

–— “This Sporting Life...How Losers Can Still be

Winners”, Education Review, 8, (10), 19-25 March, p16.

–— “Hillary - a Knight to Remember”, Education Review,

8, (14), 16-22 April, p16.

–— “What the Dickens”, Education Review, 8, (19), 21-

27 May, p16.

–— “Tough Love and Zero Tolerance - Let’s Wag These

Terms”, Education Review, 8, (23), 18-24 June, p16.

–— “A Prize for Taking Part”, Education Review, 8, (28),

23-29 July, p16.

–— ”A University by Any Name”, Education Review, 8,

(32), 20-26 August, p16.

–— “Thoughts Recollected in Senility”, English in

Aotearoa, 49, August, p22-28.

–— “Educational Failure: Just Not Funny”, Education

Review, 8, (36), 17-23 September, p16.

–— ”Closure We Don’t Need”, Education Review, 8,

(45), 19-25 November, p20, (also in Campus Review,

Australia).

–— “Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your Engines”,

Education Review, 8, (46), 26 November-2 December,

p7, (also in Campus Review Australia).

–— “Where Andy West Could Meet Andy Hayden”,

Education Review, 8, (48), 10-16 December, p66, (also in

Campus Review Australia).

–— “All I want For Christmas”, Education Review, 8,

(49), 17-23 December, p16, (also in Campus Review,

Australia.

Peppiatt, J. (2003) Software, MIT Community Learning

Bookings Management System.

Sterne, G. (2003) in Counties Manukau Business Matters:

“Creating a Favourable Impression”, March

“Out With the Old, In With the New”, May

“New Initiative by MIT Gets Thumbs Up”, June

“Who Does Your Communication Manager Report To?” July

“The Problem With Consultation”, August

“Effective Communication”, October

“MIT Wraps Up a Package Deal”, November.

–— “Chuck Out Those Old Views on PR and Move

With the Times”,The NZ Herald, 29 May, contribution

to the Pitch series, Simon Hendery (ed).

–— “MIT Partners With Firm”, Howick Pakuranga

Times, 9 October.

Trenwith, L. (2003) in Counties Manukau Business Matters:

“Why Should Businesses be Ethical?” April

“Communication the Key to Project Leadership”,

September.

Roberts,T. (2003) “Online Learning - Blackboard

Extensibility”, Blackboard, development of simple

plug-ins for use at MIT.


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SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES

Anderson, H. (2003) Referee for peer reviewed

conference: International Student Retention Conference:

Enhancing student retention: Using international research to

improve policy and practice, Amsterdam, 5-7 November.

–— Ed/compiler Bridging Education in New Zealand,

proceedings of the Third Conference of the New

Zealand Association of Bridging Educators, Manukau

Institute of Technology, ISBN-476-00030-0

Barnett, S. J. (2003) National moderator for NZ

Diploma in Business 140 Business Communication paper.

–— Reviewer of NZ Diploma in Business 140 Business

Communication paper: full prescription review.

Gibbons, B. (2003) Associate Editor, The NACCQ Blue

Book, 9th edition, Hamilton, 2003.

Godfrey,A. (2003) Doctoral Examiner for the Degree

of Doctor of Business Administration, Graduate

College of Management, Southern Cross University,

NSW, Australia.

–— DBA Thesis “Enhancing Competencies in the

Malaysian Electronics Sector SMIs”, July, external

examiner for DBA thesis submitted in partial fulfilment

of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of

Business Administration, Graduate College of

Management, Southern Cross University, NSW, Australia.

–— DBA Thesis “Should Kun Shan University of

Technology become a Learning Organisation?”

September, external examiner for DBA thesis

submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for

the Degree of Doctor of Business Administration,

Graduate College of Management, Southern Cross

University, NSW, Australia.

Hookings,A. (2003) Reviewer “A Case Study to

motivate engineering students to do mathematical

proofs”, author: Rodney Roberts, for the International

Journal of Electrical Engineering Education, September.

Trenwith, L. (2003) Reviewer for the Communication

Journal of New Zealand,Te Hinga Korero (NZCA).

VISUAL ARTS

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Arps, D. (2003) Third Kind, Dunedin Public Art Gallery,

Dunedin, curated by Justin Paton, September-October,

with support of Creative New Zealand New Work

Grant, reviewed by Joanne Campbell, Otago Daily

Times, 18 September.

Ball, M. (2003) Eno as a clown, Compact, Auckland, April.

Darragh, J. (2003) Universal Beauty and Truth, Anna Bibby

Gallery, Auckland, March, and Jonathan Smart Gallery, July.

One Wonders purchased by Te Papa Museum,

Cats and Dogs purchased by Christchurch City Gallery.

Fletcher, G. (2003) The Need Fire, Anna Bibby Gallery,

Auckland, June-July, reviewed by T.J. McNamara,The NZ

Herald, 19 June, Section B, p5.

–— The Parrot House, Snowwhite Gallery, UNITEC,

Auckland, October, reviewed by Jane Davidson, Gallery

News Catalogue.

–— Ultra-man (the Default Hypothesis), Auckland Art

Gallery Window Work, May-August.

Hansen, F. (2003) Cultivate, McPherson Gallery,

Auckland, May.

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–— Items, Slice, MSVA window space, MIT, August.

Hastings-McFall, N. (2003) Afio Mai, Lopdell House

Gallery, Auckland, March-April.

–— Rise Up Singing, FHE Galleries, Auckland, May-June.

–— It’ll Be All White, Bartley-Nees Gallery,Wellington,

September-October.

Ingram, S. (2003) Simon Ingram MOP projects, Sydney,

Australia, July.

–— Simon Ingram, Rm 103, Auckland, July.

–— SPACE paintings, Vavasour Godkin Gallery, Auckland,

April, reviewed by T. J. McNamara, Dynamic variations of

simple patterns,The NZ Herald, May.

McLellan, E. (2003) New Paintings, The Lane Gallery,

Auckland, September, reviewed by T. J. McNamara,The

NZ Herald, 17 September.

Pinker, J. and McClean, M. (2003) SOUTH: A Photographic

Exhibition of Otara in Otara, Artnet Gallery, Otara,

Manukau, October.

Reihana, L. (2003) Digital Marae, Dowse Museum,

Lower Hutt,Whangarei Art Museum,Whangarei.

–— Tau Ana, Whangarei Museum,Whangarei,

December-2003-February 2004.

–— Readymade, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane,

Australia, September-October.

Riley, B. (2003) Romantically Inclined, Campbell Grant

Gallery, Christchurch, April.

–— And then…. Vavasour Godkin Gallery, Auckland, May,

reviewed by T.J. McNamara,The NZ Herald, 20 May.

Shelton,A. (2003) K-hole, Lopdell House Gallery,

Auckland, May.

Radio interview, What’s Going On? Lopdell House

Gallery and Starkwhite, Auckland, Camilla Mailing,

interview on National Radio, May.

–— Erewhon, Starkwhite, Auckland, May.

Radio interview, What’s Going On?, Lopdell House

Gallery and Starkwhite, Auckland, Camilla Mailing,

interview on National Radio, May.

–— Works by Ann Shelton, Starkwhite, Auckland, June.

–— Nine Lives, Onepointsix Gallery,Vancouver, Canada,

September, reviewed by Lindawan Agasel (TV spot),

Global Television,Vancouver BC, Airdate: Saturday, 27

September, 2003, 9:00am and 12:30pm.

Reviewed in Like the rain, Swarm was a long time

coming, Onepointsix,Vancouver, Canada, by Michael

Harris,The Vancouver Sun, September.

Stevenson, L. (2003) Untitled, Compact, High Street,

Auckland, April.

Sumner, R. (2003) Well rounded, Nathan Homestead,

Manurewa, October-November.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Allison, F. (2003) Handycrafts, te tuhi – the mark,

Pakuranga, Auckland, November-December.

–— Group Show, Fingers Gallery, Auckland, October –

November.

Arps, D. Arcadia, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New

Plymouth, curated by Hannah Scott, May-July, with

support of Creative New Zealand New Work Grant,

reviewed by John Bowater, “The Listener”.

–— Cuckoo, Critical Studies Test Site, New Rooseum,

Malmö, Sweden, June-July.

–— Wonderland, Artspace, Auckland, curated by Tobias

Berger, July-August, with support of Creative New

Zealand New Work Grant, reviewed by Anna Miles,

“Art New Zealand”.

–— Break, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth,

December 2002-February 2003, with support of Creative

New Zealand New Work Grant, curated by Simon Rees,

reviewed by Jon Bywater,“Broadsheet Australia”.

Ball, M. (2003) Portraiture: The Art of Social Commentary,

te tuhi – the mark, Pakuranga, Auckland, June, reviewed

by T. J. McNamara,The NZ Herald. June, and E. Griffey,

“Art New Zealand”, Summer.

–— Wallace Art Award, exhibition of finalists,Wallace

Trust Gallery, Queen St, Auckland, September.

Crowe, D. (2003) Shine, Vavasour Godkin Gallery,

Auckland, February.

–— Lush, Customs St Windows, Auckland, February.

–— Interiors, Eon Design Centre, Auckland, June.


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–— Group Show, Vavasour Godkin Gallery, Auckland,

September-October.

–— Flaunt: Art, Fashion, Culture, Auckland Art Gallery Toi

o Tamaki, Auckland, October 2003-February 2004.

Cullen, P. (2003) Observatory, Waiheke Sculpture on

The Gulf, co-ordinated by Waiheke Art Gallery, January.

–— A Plan for M, 9 Dragonheads Sculpture

Symposium, South Korea, April-May.

–— Discovery of Oxygen, te tuhi-the mark, Pakuranga,

Auckland, June.

–— Model for W. Explaining the Results of Observation,

Artspace, Auckland, July-August.

–— Lonely (Magnetic), Waikato Art Museum, Hamilton,

August-October.

–— Attempt 27: A Model of the Universe, Wallace Trust

Gallery, Auckland, September-October.

–— Model for A Hypothetical Space, 40 George Street,

Mt Eden, Auckland, September-October.

–— Project F photographs, Blue Oyster Gallery,

Dunedin, October.

–— Attempt 23: The Diagram, Upfront: Foyer Project

for AK03, exhibition of temporary works in Auckland

CBD building foyers, October.

–— A Model for the Antigravity Room Hotel Titirangi, 1938,

Site Exhibition Lopdell Gallery,Titirangi, December.

Curtis, M. (2003) Pinup, Masterworks, Auckland, May.

–— Untitled, Fingers Gallery, Auckland, November.

Fletcher, G. (2003) Sea Knowing and Island Looking,

Auckland Art Gallery, July 2002 – April 2003.

–— Group Exhibition to mark the 7th International

Symposium of the Pacific Arts Association, Brooke

Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, June-July.

–— Red Light District-Images of Desire 3, Artwalk,

Amsterdam, June-August.

–— IKI and thanks for all the IKA, Contemporary Art

Centre, Lithuania, June-August.

–— Flaunt: Art, Fashion, Culture, Auckland Art Gallery,

October 2003-February 2004.

Hansen, F. (2003) Sacred Icon, Soiled Earth, Granthan

Galleries, Auckland, February.

–— Goldwater Art Award,Waiheke Community Art

Gallery,Waiheke Island, October.

–— 100x100x100, McPherson Gallery, Auckland

Central, December.

Hastings-McFall, N. (2003) Child’s Play, Queensland Art

Gallery, Australia, “Play”, November 2002-January 2003.

–— Vahine, Lane Gallery, Auckland, March, reviewed by

P. F. Pereira, “Art NZ”, 107, March, and Dr K. Stevenson,

Vahine Catalogue.

–— 6 Pacific Artists, Salamander Gallery, Christchurch,

June-July.

–— 20/20 Sight Spacific, COCA, Christchurch,

reviewed by L Hutchinson, 20/20 catalogue, June-July.

–— Flaunt: Art, Fashion, Culture, Auckland Art Gallery,

Auckland, October 2003-February 2004.

Ingram, S. (2003) Yellow Pages, Germany, curated by

John Armleder, Braunschweig, April.

–— From the Shadows to the Sun, Rm 103, Auckland,

curated by Ben Curnow, September.

–— Images of Desire, Artwalk, Staatsliedenbuurt district,

Amsterdam, May.

–— Portraiture, the Art of Social Commentary,

te tuhi - the mark, Pakuranga, Auckland, August.

–— Group Show, MOP projects, Sydney, Australia, July.

Johnston, P. (2003) Wallace Award Exhibition of

Finalists, Auckland War Memorial Museum, September-

November, and Dominion Museum, Massey University,

Wellington, December.

Laird,T. (2003) Put out more flags, Cuckoo at Moving

Image Centre, Cuckoo Group Show, at the Rooseum,

Malmö, Sweden, April-May, and Michael Lett Gallery,

Auckland, June and August.

Lovett, S. (2003) Lush, Public Art, Downtown, March-April.

–— Sophia Print Bienale, National Art Museum, Sophia,

Bulgaria, June-July.

–— Exchange, Wannsea School of Fine Art, Berlin,

Germany, June-July.

Pinker, J. (2003) Airspace, Audio work for Artspace,

Auckland, in collaboration with Lisa Reihana, January.

–— Fantastic Egg: 8 minute short film, 4th Asia Pacific


Triennial, Queensland Australia, March.

Traffic, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney,

Australia, September.

IKI and thanks for the IKA, Contemporary Arts Centre,

Lithuania, June.

Cuckoo, Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art,

Malmö, Sweden, May-June.

–— Put Out More Flags, Montage collaboration, Archill

Gallery, Auckland, June.

–— In Audio, Auckland Art Gallery, in response to

photographer Anne Nobel, commissioned audio work, July.

–— Holiwater : Multimedia performance, Auckland

Museum, St Matthew in the City New Delhi,Varanisi,

India, November.

Reihana, L. (2003) Lush, Custom St Windows, Auckland,

January.

–— IKI and thanks for all the IKA, National Museum of

the Cook Islands, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, February.

–— IKI and thanks for all the IKA, Contemporary Arts

Centre, Lithuania, June-August.

–— Readymade, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane,


–— Pop: The Continuing Influence of Popular Culture on

Contemporary Art,

QAG Touring Exhibition, Logan Art Gallery,Toowoomba

Regional Art Gallery,

Artspace Mackay, Bundaberg Arts Centre, Gladstone

Regional Art Gallery, Caloundra Regional Art Gallery, Perc

Tucker Regional Art Gallery Australia, March-December.

–— Soliton, Regent Theatre, Auckland, April.

–— Striking Poses – New Zealand Portrait Photography,

Te Papa Museum,Wellington, April-June.

–— Cuckoo, Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art,

Malmö, Sweden, May-June.

–— Put Out More Flags, Archill Gallery,Auckland, June-July.

–— Science Fictions, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore,

June-July.

–— Portraiture the Art of Social Commentary, te tuhi –

the mark, Pakuranga, Auckland, August-September.

–— Traffic, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney,


–— Nii’kso’kowa, The Other Gallery, Banff Centre, Banff,

Canada, November.

–— Notions of the Figurative, Milford Gallery, Dunedin,

November–December.

–— Flaunt: Art, Fashion and Culture, Auckland Art

Gallery, Auckland, October 2003-January 2004.

Riley, B. (2003) Shine, Vavasour Godkin Gallery,

Auckland, February.

–— Waikato Art Awards, Waikato Museum of Art and

History, Hamilton, September.

–— Wallace Art Awards, Auckland Museum, Auckland,

September.

–— Untitled Group Show, Vavasour Godkin Gallery,

Auckland, September-October.

Shelton,A. Break, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New

Plymouth, December 2002-January 2003.

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–— No Direct Line From My Heart To My Brain, The

Physics Room, Christchurch, February.

–— Slow Release, Adam Art Gallery,Wellington, February.

-Reviewed by Heather Bowlan in Salient, (4), 24 March

-Reviewed by Kyla McFarlane, Art New Zealand, 107,

Winter 2003, p48-51, June

-Reviewed by William McAloon, Seven Go Wild in

Wellington, The Listener

-Reviewed by David Langman in his editorial, New

Zealand Journal of Photography, 50, Autumn 2003, April.

–— Dead Ringer, Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland, March.

-Reviewed by Hanna Scott, Dead Cert, the After-Effects

of Dead Ringer, Gus Fisher Art Gallery, Auckland, New

Zealand Journal of Photography, 51, Winter 2003, 23-

24 June.

-Reviewed by John Bywater, “Auckland Exhibitions”

June, Art New Zealand, 107,Winter 2003, p42-43.

-Recommended in, Anon, New Zealand Herald, B4, 3 April.

–— Put Out More Flags, a Cuckoo project responding

to the war in Iraq, Moving Image Centre Gallery,

Auckland, May.

–— Portraiture : the art of social commentary, te tuhi -

the mark, Pakuranga, Auckland, June-July.

–— Deep Vein Psychosis, Rm 103, Auckland, October.

–— The Waikato Art Award,Waikato Museum of Art

and History, Hamilton, September-October.

–— Pressing Flesh, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland,

December.

Stevenson, L. (2003) Waikato National Art Award:

Light and Shadow, Hamilton Gardens Pavilion and Arts

Post, Hamilton, February.

–— Get Creative Tutors Exhibition, Corbans Estate Arts

Centre, Auckland, February.

Tune, G. (2003) Ranges of Inspiration, Corbans Art

Centre, Auckland, February-March.

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

Ball, M. (2003) Graduate Student Exhibition, te tuhi –

the mark, Pakuranga, Auckland, September-October.

Ingram, S. (2003) Rose Nolan, “ACE, a big word”,

BLOCKLAND artist run initiative, Freemans Bay, January.

Porter, G. (2003) White pretty world, series of four

artists’ projects including work by Dan Arps, Simon

Cuming,Violet Faigan, Kate Newby, Starkwhite,

Auckland, December 2002-January 2003.

–— No direct line from my brain to my heart, (group

show), Cuckoo @ The Physics Room, Christchurch,

(member of organising committee), February-March.

–— Put out more flags, (group show), Cuckoo @ The

Moving Image Centre, Auckland, (member of organising

committee), April-May.

–— Cuckoo @ the Critical Studies Test Site, Rooseum

Centre for Contemporary Art, Malmö, Sweden, May-June.

–— Cuckoo: the Malmö show returns, Cuckoo @ the

Michael Lett Gallery, Auckland, August.

–— Old Habits Die Hard, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin,

Germany, October.

Riley, B. (2003) LUSH, Customs Street Project, Customs

St, Auckland, February-March.

CATALOGUES

Crowe, D. (2003) “Too Close for Comfort”, Essay, Jason

Hall the Gate Between, Art School Press.

Ingram, S. (2003) Simon Ingram, Essay by Ben Curnow,

foreword by Tony Green.

REVIEWS

Glass, D. (2003) “Art in New Zealand”, reviewed in Art

Magazine Press, 107,Winter, p42-43.

ARTIST TALKS AND PUBLICATIONS

Arps, D. (2003) Panel Discussions, Break, Govett-

Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, with Anna Miles

and Tina Barton, February.

–— Arcadia, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New

Plymouth, with Hanna Scott and Warren Olds, May.

–— Publication: “Cuckoo”, MediArts Department,

WINTEC and Cuckoo.

Ball, M. (2003) Artist Talk – invited speaker series,

Corban’s Art Centre, Henderson, June.

Booth, E. and Crane, J. (2003) “Withdrawal”, (2000),

short film selected for Not Coming to a Multiplex Near

You, NZ Digital Film Festival, BATS Theatre,Wellington

and Moving Image Centre, Auckland, December.

Crowe, D. (2003) Trade Secrets Symposium, UNITEC,

Auckland.

–— Between This and That, Campbelltown City Bicentennial

Art, Campbelltown, NSW,Australia, at Material Witness, the

15th Tamworth Fibre Textile Exhibition, October.

–— Artist Talk, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland,

November, in conjunction with the exhibition, Flaunt: Art,

Fashion, Culture.

Cullen, P. (2003) Research trip and attendance at 9

Dragonheads Scultpure Symposium, Korea, public talk, 40

George St Gallery, Mt Eden, August.

–— Artist talk at Auckland University of Technology

School of Visual Arts, October.

Hastings-McFall, N. (2003) Artist Talks:

- Australia National University, Canberra, Australia

- Elam School of Fine Arts,The University of Auckland,

Auckland.

- UNITEC, Auckland

- Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design, Auckland

- Te Wananga O Aotearoa, Auckland.

Pinker, J. (2003) Audio recording of Waiata and

Pronunciation, CD., MIT Marae, February.

Riley, B. (2003) Artist Talk, Waikato Institute of

Technology, Hamilton, September.

Shelton,A. (2003) Panelist, Un(real): the terrain of the

documentary in contemporary photography, Adam Art

Gallery,Wellington, April.

–— Panelist, Teststrip. Nine Lives series, Auckland Art

Gallery, Auckland, October.

–— Artist talk, Kelston Boys High School, May.

–— Gioivanni Intra Nine Lives series, presentation/slide

talk, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, September.

–— Artist Talk and Guest Lecturer in Architecture, The

University of Auckland, Auckland, August.

–— Dead Ringer, catalogue, Gus Fisher Art Gallery,The

University of Auckland.

Thompson, G. (2003) “Morris Kershaw (1912 – 1977):

Photographer of an Era”, Art New Zealand, 106,

Autumn, p58-61 & 86.

–— “The Gentleman vs The Combatants”, Object (41), p12.

–— “Workshop 6: Fluidity and Solidity”, Object (42), p30-35.

–— “Schmucking On”, in Tanya Zoe Robinson content :

content, an exhibition catalogue in cooperation with

Hawkes Bay Museum and Art Gallery, November.

–— “Schmuck”, Probe (5).

GRANTS

Cullen, P. (2003) Attending 9 Dragonheads Scupture

Symposium, Munei, Korea, April.

CRITICAL WRITING

Porter, G. (2003) “Snatching Failure from the Jaws of

Defeat”, catalogue essay for et al: arguments for

immortality, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New

Plymouth, p1-25.

–— “Bare Bones”, catalogue essay for Dead Ringer, Gus

Fisher Gallery,The University of Auckland.

–— “Speed Kings”, Probe 5, Manukau School of Visual Arts.

–— “Swim in Dye”, interview with Julian Dashper, SSI

Newsletter, The Sculptors’ Society of Ireland.

–— “National Anaesthetics Day”, a Teststrip Micrograph

to accompany the Cuckoo Group Show, “Put out more

flags”.

–— “Cuckoo: a documentation of projects 01/2001 –

06/2003”, Mediarts Department,WINTEC, Hamilton.

Laird,T. (2003) “Giovanni Intra Obituary’, New Zealand

Listener, 8 February, p54.

–— “The Power of Pussy”, The Rambler, 3,Winter, p4.

–— “Giovanni Intra Obituary”, X-tra, 5, (32), p2-3.

–— “Los Angeles Round Up”, Art on Paper, March.


–— “Grey Matters: Et Al’s External Poetics of the

Negative, Arguments for Immortality,” catalogue essay

for et al: arguments for immortality, Govett-Brewster Art

Gallery, New Plymouth, p48-55.

–— “Kritik!!!” The Journal of Aesthetics and Protest, 1, (2),

published in magazine form and on the Internet.

–— “Cash Cowards”, email review of Daniel Malone’s

performance, disseminated by Sue Crockford Gallery.

SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES

Crowe, D. (2003) External moderator,Whitireia

Community Polytechnic, School of Arts, Upper Hutt.

Cullen, P. (2003) External moderator MediaArts,

WINTEC, Hamilton.

Hastings-McFall, N. (2003) Workshops:

- Tautai Fresh Horizons, Christchurch.

- Whitireia Polytechnic,Wellington.

- Tautai Fresh Horizons, Auckland.

- Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland.

- Niu Dialogue-artists symposium, AK03, Auckland.

Johnston, P. (2003) External examiner of MA (Art &

Design) thesis (exhibition and dissertation) Auckland

University of Technology, Master’s gallery, March.

Lovett, S. (2003) Impact International Print Conference,

Open Portfolios, Michaelis School of Fine Art, South

Africa, August.

Lovett, S. and McLellan, E.— Nga Waka Introduction to

digital screen printing and The 2D Interface, Impact 3rd

International Print Conference, Cape Town, South

Africa, August-September.

Riley, B. (2003) NZQA Monitor, Bachelor of Visual Arts,

Whitecliffe College of Art and Design, Auckland.

OTHER RESEARCH

Crowe, D. (2003) Member of Creative New Zealand

Funding Assessment Committee (craft).

–— (2003) Smiling Skull and Elephant Towel, (page

work), Probe, MIT, Gwyn Porter (ed), May.

Ingram, S. (2003) Spirit Level Drawings (page work),

Probe, MIT, Gwyn Porter (ed), November.

McLellan, E. (2003) Georg Simmel’s “Adornment: An

exegesis”, paper read at JOT: a jewellery symposium,

Auckland, March.

–— Introduction to Digital Screen Printing. The 2D

Interface, paper read at Te Waka, New Zealand Art

Educators Conference, Auckland, April.

Shelton,A. (2003) Cultural Provocation Conference,

Organising Committee Member, Auckland, August.

COMMISSIONS

Fletcher, G. (2003) Sky City Ltd., Mural, Sky City

Conference Centre, Auckland, November.

–— Auckland University Collection, Tamaki Campus,

Auckland University, October.

RESIDENCIES

Reihana,L. (2003) Artist Residency Communion and

Other Conversations, Banff Centre, Banff, Canada,

October-December.

–— Artist Residency, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane,

Australia, August-October.


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2003 was another excellent year of research outputs

at the Manukau School of Visual Arts, with staff

making an impact both internationally and nationally.

Though each and every member of staff was involved

in some sort of exhibition or publication

programme, several individuals distinguished

themselves with astonishing outputs.The following is

a report of selected highlights from these heavy

hitters in the field of extra-curricular research.

Paul Cullen, Principal Lecturer Research & Subject

Coordinator for Sculpture, appeared in many group

shows across New Zealand, including te tuhi - the

mark, Artspace, and Lopdell House, all in Auckland,

the Waikato Art Museum, and the Blue Oyster

Gallery in Dunedin. With titles such as Observatory,

Discovery of Oxygen, and Attempt 27: A Model for the

Universe, it is clear that Cullen is investigating the

language of science. His works are like experiments

with unclear outcomes - for Cullen, the process of

asking questions is more important than locating

answers. At Lopdell House, Cullen filled a room with

everyday objects, such as an inflatable globe, a radio, a

clock, and a table, all of which were pressed against

the ceiling with planks of wood. Called A Model for

the Antigravity Room, Cullen mocked serious scientific

endeavour by providing a prosaic - and ridiculous -

alternative means of achieving “anti-gravity”. As with

most of his installations, he activates the entire space,

with objects sprawled in disarray, but obeying their

own implicit, if bizarre, logic.

On the international front, Cullen travelled to South

Korea to participate in the fancifully named 9 Dragon

Heads Sculpture Symposium. The symposium took

place near a series of caves known as the “9 Dragon

Heads” where prehistoric human remains have been

found. Cullen exhibited the work A Plan for M which

featured plastic letters and numbers, yellow pencils

and pieces of red fabric that were pegged out like

tents or picnic blankets. Cullen was harking back to

ideas and techniques of 1960s conceptual art -

creating temporary works that only survive in their

documentation. Cullen has been invited by the

organisers of 9 Dragon Heads to return for the

symposium in 2004 and to exhibit in Seoul and

Cheong-ju.

Graham Fletcher, lecturer in Drawing, could have

earned for himself the moniker “Ultra-man” (the title

of one of his works) for the many solo shows he

pulled off this year. Personal highlights for Fletcher

were two collaborative projects: The Parrot House at

Unitec’s Snowwhite gallery with Emma Smith and the

Sky City Conference Centre Project with Dick

Frizzell.

The Parrot House featured two paintings constructed

from tangled strips of coloured canvas. Fletcher

quotes the Western masters who were in turn

quoting Polynesian sources - such as Matisse, Gauguin

and Picasso. Fletcher says the jungle-like “camouflage”

aesthetic of his paintings invokes a “Darwinian

struggle for survival.”

The Sky City Conference Centre Project is a massive

scale mural over three levels, each 6 metres high and

60 metres long. Dick Frizell was given the two lower

levels, and Fletcher the top, with a brief based around

Pacific flora and fauna, perfect for Fletcher who has

referenced tapa, lava-lava, and tattooing.The murals

are not actually painted directly on to the wall but

screenprinted on to panels.The final installation is to

be completed in March 2004, and the printers

speculate that it could be the largest ever print job in

New Zealand, if not the Southern Hemisphere.

The highly visible Auckland Art Gallery window

housed Fletcher’s Ultra-man, (the Default Hypothesis)

from May to August. A large piece of tapa cloth

featuring a “thuggish” looking man covered in

numbers, lampooned the science of eugenics, which

states that undisturbed gene pools (like those of the

Polynesians) are superior to those where racial

mixing occurs. Fletcher asks us to reconsider the

Polynesian male as the “ultimate warrior” and asks

why such men are not seen more often in

academic spheres.

Internationally, Fletcher took part in two group

shows, Red Light District Images of Desire 3 in

Amsterdam, and Iki and thanks for all the Ika which

follows an unusual itinerary for a travelling group

show: Lithuania, Rarotonga, and Auckland. Curated by

Tobias Berger, the name of the show is a complex

play of language. “Iki” is Lithuanian for goodbye, while

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“Ika” is the Pacific word for fish. So long and thanks for

all the fish is the last book in Douglas Adams’

Hitchhikers’ Guide to the Galaxy trilogy.The show

features a number of New Zealand artists including

MSVA lecturers Lisa Reihana, John Pule, and Niki

Hastings-McFall, and the Rarotongan and New

Zealand legs of the tour will feature contemporary

Lithuanian art as well.

Niki Hastings-McFall, who lectures in the Jewellery

Department, received a Creative New Zealand grant

along with artists Lily Laita and Lonnie Hutchinson, to

travel to Samoa in 2002.The trio, known collectively

as “Vahine” were researching the phenomenon of

“pigeon mounds” - huge constructions of rocks made

for hunting purposes. In 2003, the collective staged

an eponymous show at the Lane Gallery in Auckland,

for which a catalogue was produced. Hastings-McFall

showed works made out of reflective road sign vinyl,

laser cut into the patterns of breeze blocks. Making a

comment about the large sacred constructions of the

present (churches) in relation to the hierarchies and

structures of the past (exemplified by pigeon

mounds), Hastings-McFall particularly liked the irony

that imported breeze blocks have very Polynesian-

style designs.

Hastings-McFall exhibited some of this work in a solo

show at the Bartley-Nees Gallery, provocatively titled

It’ll Be All White. She had two further solo exhibitions

during 2003, Afio Mai at the Lopdell House gallery in

Titirangi, and Rise Up Singing at FHE Galleries, also in

Auckland. For Afio Mai, Hastings-McFall showed

photos her grandfather had taken of West Auckland

thir ty years ago. She copied a number of photos on

to tracing paper and made them into lei, which she

then hung around the photos themselves. Afio Mai

means “welcome” in Samoan; an apt title for a show

about West Auckland where Hastings-McFall grew

up, presented “on location” in Titirangi.

Rise Up Singing consisted of a collection of lightboxes

covered with fake flowers from $2 shop lei. Stitched

into patterns on perspex, the negative space

between the flowers formed a cross shape,

commenting on the way in which Christianity

infiltrated the indigenous religions of the Pacific

Islands. Hastings-McFall exploited the medium of the

lightbox to make a statement on the introduction of

“the light” into Polynesia to stunning effect; many

viewers felt that they were a declaration, rather than

a criticism, of faith - an ambiguity which the artist

enjoyed.

James Pinker, Moving Image Technician and Lecturer

in Sound, deviated from his usual sonic output to

collaborate on a local photography exhibition with

MSVA Design Technician Mark McLean. Called South,

the pair set up shop in the Artnet Gallery in the

Otara shopping centre, and photographed local

residents. Everyone who sat for a portrait got to

keep a copy, building rapport between the

photographers and the community.The large format

prints with plain white backgrounds gave a certain

gravity to the portraits, which were teamed up with

more casual shots of streetscapes including the local

mall and marae. South was a poetic tribute to the

people of Otara, an encapsulation of the spirit of

South Auckland.

In the field of sound, Pinker had a solo performance

as part of the “In Audio” series at the Auckland Art

Gallery, where musicians are asked to respond to

works by exhibiting artists. Pinker chose to respond

to Anne Noble’s photographs Parihaka . . . seen but not

heard, mixing traditional Maori language records with

electronic and acoustic beats.

Pinker, together with Andrei Jewell and Lisa Reihana,

Programme Leader for Moving Image, formed the

“LOVEWILLMAKELOVE Foundation.”The result of

these combined talents was Fantastic Egg, an 8 minute

video of beautifully-crafted surreal images set to an

eerie Pinker soundtrack. Completed in 2002, the so-

called “futurist drama” had many outings in 2003,

including the Australian Centre for Photography in

Sydney, Iki and Thanks for all the Ika (previous page),

the Rooseum Centre for Contemporary Art in

Sweden and Soliton at the Regent Theatre in

Auckland.

On the international scene, Pinker was involved in

Holiwater - a collaboration of film-makers and

musicians from New Zealand, India and England.The

project grew out of a film about the Ganges river,

and mutated into a multimedia musical fusion of east


and west which has been performed at the Auckland

War Memorial Museum, St. Matthews in the City, and

in a tour of India comprising Delhi and Varanassi.

Footage from this fascinating collision of tradition and

technology is being made into a documentary.

Contextual Studies lecturer Gwynneth Porter had

another excellent year of publishing articles and

curating shows. She wrote a catalogue essay for Dead

Ringer at the Gus Fisher Gallery (a show featuring Ann

Shelton and Darren Glass of the Photography

Department). Porter wrote an essay in the major

monograph on the artist collective known as “et al”

published by the Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New

Plymouth (as did MSVA Contextual Studies lecturer

Tessa Laird). Porter, along with Contextual colleague

Ralph Paine, put together a very handsome looking

issue of Probe, the annual journal of MSVA, which

featured essays by Contextual staff and a range of

pageworks. She also issued a Teststrip Micrograph (a

series of booklets which continue to be published

after the demise of the Teststrip gallery) called

National Anaesthetics Day. This micrograph was written

to accompany the Cuckoo exhibition, Put out more

Flags, a group show in response to the US war on

Iraq at the Moving Image Centre in Arch Hill.

Porter is a founding member of the Cuckoo

collective, which also features MSVA Moving Image

lecturer Judy Darragh. Cuckoo is comprised of five

artists and curators who organise shows without a

venue of their own; just as cuckoos rear their young in

the nests of others, the Cuckoo collective organise

shows for existing venues. In 2003, Cuckoo mounted

group shows in The Physics Room, Christchurch, and

the Moving Image Centre and the Michael Lett

Gallery in Auckland.Thanks to the ever-increasing

network of Kiwi artists overseas, not to mention a

smart web presence, Cuckoo received invitations to

exhibit in Malmo, Sweden, and Berlin, Germany.

Cuckoo launched a free retrospective catalogue of

their shows to date in the middle of the year.The

publication was sponsored by the WINTEC Media

Arts Department.

Aside from her Cuckoo affiliations, Porter kicked off

2003 with a series of solo curations which she

dubbed White Pretty World, at the Starkwhite Gallery

in Auckland.The four artists were Dan Arps, Simon

Cuming,Violet Faigan, and Kate Newby, and Porter

chose them for the fact that they operated outside

of the “paintings and plinths” approach of standard

dealer gallery fare. Porter had been asked to curate

a group show but she insisted each artist be given a

short solo slot, to avoid the “space wars” that

inevitably take place in group shows. Porter

foregrounded the role of the artist, deliberately

relinquishing the “curator as star” mantle that

inevitably accompanies group shows. In an

understated way, Porter’s approach drew attention

to the fact that Auckland lacks a project space which

allows artists to make work unhindered by either

commercial or curatorial straight-jacketing.

Porter also received a Creative New Zealand travel

grant to attend the Venice Biennale and the Basel Art

Fair (the latter which Porter reviewed in the London-

based MUTE magazine).

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From left: Graham Fletcher, ParrotHouse. Detail from Iki and ika

Lecturer in Contemporary Pacific Ar t John Pule

mounted three major solo exhibitions in 2003,

including the whimsically titled The wind reminds

me how palpable and mythical my life was becoming,

at Bar tley Nees Gallery in Wellington. Pule’s

paintings continue to explore a surreal written

and visual language, inspired by tapa designs but

forging a lexicon of contemporary icons. Pule’s

impor tance as a beacon to Polynesian students in

New Zealand was cemented with a major

commission for the Pacific Studies Building at

Auckland University.

Pule is not just a painter but a published novelist

and poet, and gave local inspiration with readings

at Manukau City Libraries in Otara and Manurewa.

Pule’s poetry appeared in the Auckland University

Press Anthology, Whetu Moana, Contemporar y

Polynesian Poems in English, which was edited by

Alber t Wendt, Rober t Sullivan, and Reina Whaitiri.

Pule was also involved in many group exhibitions,

including Signs and Wonders - He Tohu he Ohorere, at Te

Papa. But the most memorable show for Pule was a

visual duet with his partner, Sofia Tekela-Smith, at the

Jonathan Smart Gallery in Christchurch. Named N?

(Rotuman for “gift”) Pule hung his paintings beside

150 silver thimbles.Tekela-Smith had filled each

thimble with soil and planted tiny plants in each - and

even though it was Christchurch in the middle of

winter, the plants blossomed, providing a natural

counterpoint to Pule’s graphic art style.

Pule made several international appearances,

including a solo show at the Sydney branch of Gow

Langsford Gallery. In January Pule was profiled in The

Contemporary Pacific, a journal published by the

University of Hawai’i. In July Pule was the artist in

residence at the Cultural Museum in Rarotonga,

which involved a three week workshop with twelve

local students, and culminated in an exhibition of

student work in August. His work returned to

Rarotonga as part of Iki, and thanks for the Ika. In his

writerly capacity, he was invited to participate in a

three week tour across Australia for The Second

International Indigenous Authors Celebration Tour.

Alongside Maori, Indigenous Canadian, and Aboriginal

writers, Pule gave a series of ten readings, from Koori

Radio in Sydney to the Aboriginal Art and Cultural

Centre in Alice Springs.

Lisa Reihana, Programme Leader for Moving Image,

took a research break in 2003 to concentrate fully on

making work and exercising her international profile.

She exhibited new work across the country while

classic works from her archives were circulated to

wider audiences.The video installation Native Portraits

was included in Striking Poses at Te Papa, and a one-

monitor version was shown in Portraiture: the art of

social commentary at te tuhi - the mark. Digital Marae

made two appearances: at the Dowse Museum in

Lower Hutt and later at the Whangarei Art Museum.

She exhibited some of her “fluffies” (exquisite objects

made of bone and feathers) along with a sci-fi

portrait in Flaunt: Art, Fashion and Culture at the

Auckland Art Gallery (MSVA lecturers Deborah

Crowe and Niki Hastings-McFall were also included in

this exhibition).

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Graham Fletcher, Ultra man

On the world stage, Reihana took part in Iki and

thanks for all the Ika (see details above), and had her

wonderful video A Maori Dragon Story included in the

exhibition Pop: The Continuing Influence of Popular

Culture on Contemporary Art, a Queensland Art Gallery

exhibition which toured Australia.

Also in Australia, Reihana undertook a five week

residency at the Institute of Modern Art in Brisbane,

which culminated in a show called Readymade including

collaborations with Polish artist Beata Bartorowicz -

more “fluffies” but this time based on the idea of kids’

telephones - tin can and string ingenuity.

Reihana’s Memoranda, portraits lasered in granite,

were part of Science Fictions at the Singapore Art

Museum. Curated by Marion Pastor-Roces and Binghui

HuangFu, the idea of science fictions was explored as

a way of pushing beyond post-colonialism, and into

more interesting territories.

At the close of 2003 Reihana took part in a residency

at the beautiful Banff Centre in Canada, surrounded

by stunning alpine vistas.This particular residency was

for indigenous groups from Australia, America, Canada,

and Aotearoa, to examine ideas of Christianity and

Colonialism. Reihana says she met many wonderful

artists, did a lot of disco dancing, and put together a

personal website which contains images from all her

works at <www.lisareihana.com>

Reihana will be returning to MSVA in a new capacity

in 2004 - as the kaumatua or mentor for students.

This will give her the opportunity to realise another

busy year of national and international engagements,

including exhibiting in Tumatanui Tumataiti the second

Auckland Triennale at the Auckland Art Gallery,

presenting at Empires, Ruins + Networks at the

Australian Centre for Moving Image in Melbourne,

and showing works in Paradise Now? at the Asia

Society Museum in New York.

Ann Shelton, Head of Photography and Programme

Leader for Postgraduate Diplomas, had a huge year

on a number of fronts. She mounted several solo

shows, including Erewhon at the Starkwhite gallery in

Auckland, which featured unusual juxtapositions of

snapshots gleaned from her years in North America.

Shelton participated in group shows all over New

Zealand, the stand-out being Dead Ringer at the Gus

Fisher Gallery, along with Darren Glass, also of the

MSVA Photography Department, and Joyce

Campbell, a New Zealand artist living in Los Angeles.

The three artists were exploring new ways to

approach photography. Shelton exhibited imposing

vistas with a twist; her landscapes were each

displayed side-by-side with their inverse image,

creating a strange dislocation.This sense of unease

was compounded when viewers twigged to the fact

that each panorama was in fact the site of a crime

or mystery - for example, the gardens where the

Parker-Hulme murder occurred, or the spot in the

Australian outback where the “Picnic at Hanging

Rock” disappearance took place. Shelton has recently

released a handsome catalogue on this series of

work featuring an essay by MSVA lecturer

Gwynneth Porter.

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Lisa Reihana’s (below) 'Maddy' fromNative Portraits, and (below right) aninstallation detail of 'Digital Marae'.

Shelton gave many artist’s talks and appeared on

many panels throughout the year, but perhaps her

greatest contribution to discourse was as one of the

organisers of the excellent Cultural Provocation

conference.This three day event pooled funds from

Artspace, Creative New Zealand, MIT and The

University of Auckland at Manukau, and capitalised on

the talents of staff from UNITEC and AUT as well as

academics from overseas, but the event was held

together by Shelton (with a great deal of help from

MSVA secretary Aneleh Midgley) and took place on

MIT’s own marae, Nga Kete Wananga. A bicultural

fusion of hui and conference, Cultural Provocation

looked at the role of activism in contemporary art,

and featured many agents provocateurs, from locals

Tame Iti and Dean Hapeta, to Andy Bichelbaum of

the US-based group of political pranksters,The Yes

Men. Cultural Provocation was well received, with

excellent attendance, particularly

from students.

On the international front, Shelton returned to

Vancouver in the middle of the year for a solo

exhibition called Nine Lives, which received Canadian

television coverage.

Tessa Laird

Lecturer in Contexutual StudiesManukau School of Visual Arts


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