Changes in referral patterns for weight in association with the preschool Raising Healthy Kids target by Yvonne C. Anderson, Paul L. Hofman, Sarah E. Maessen, Esther J. Willing, José G. B. Derraik, Tami L. Cave

“…Results Data were audited on 266 448 children, including 7464 in Taranaki. ‘RHK health target’ rates increased markedly between 2015–16 and 2016–17 following the health target implementation (NZ: 34–87%; P P Acknowledged referral rates also increased post-target nationally (56–90%; P Declined referral rates across NZ (26–31%) and in Taranaki (although variable: 38–69%). …”
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Participant and caregiver perspectives on health feedback from a healthy lifestyle check by Miranda D. Lee, Cervantée E. K. Wild, Ken J. Taiapa, Ngauru T. Rawiri, Victoria Egli, Sarah E. Maessen, Yvonne C. Anderson

“…Methods This qualitative study, informed by Kaupapa Māori principles, included focus groups of children aged 5–11 years and young people aged 12–18 years who were participants in a healthy lifestyle programme in Taranaki, Aotearoa New Zealand and of their respective caregivers (total n = 47). …”
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Geochemistry of Syntectonic Carbonate Veins Within Late Cretaceous Turbidites, Hikurangi Margin (New Zealand): Implications for a Mid‐Oligocene Age of Subduction Initiation by Suzanna H. A. van deLagemaat, John A. Mering, Peter J. J. Kamp

“…Ultimately, the data presented here from the Tikihore veins are consistent with subduction initiation at 30–27 Ma, based on the U‐Pb age of the vein calcite and modeling of apatite fission track data for the host sandstone, corroborated by the 30–27 Ma timing of back thrusting on the Taranaki Fault and related foredeep development in eastern Taranaki Basin.…”
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Vital signs and early warning score monitoring: perceptions of clinical staff about current practices and introducing an electronic rapid response system by Ehsan Ullah, Mirza Mansoor Baig, Hamid GholamHosseini, Jun Lu

“…Two detailed sessions on demonstration on the electronic RRS for measuring and recording vital signs and the electronic Early Warning System (EWS) were followed by two structured surveys administered through an online portal (SurveyMonkey) for nurses and doctors working at Taranaki District Health Board. The study was planned and conducted between October 2020 and May 2021 at Taranaki Base Hospital, New Plymouth, New Zealand. …”
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Ako by Fiona McKergow, Geoff Watson, David Littlewood, Carol Neill

“…The cover image for this special issue shows Taranaki Maunga viewed from a site near the remains of a redoubt built by colonial forces during the New Zealand Wars. …”
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The Migratory Pathways of Labourers and Legislation: From Érin to Aotearoa by Richard Shaw

“…It situates the story of my great-grandfather—who migrated from Ireland in 1874, participated in te pāhua (the plunder) of Parihaka pā in 1881, and returned to Taranaki in 1893 to farmland taken from Māori—in the context of an institutional environment adapted from Irish antecedents to the particulars of Aotearoa. …”
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Alternative positioning method for the superior–inferior axial shoulder projection – the Lewis modification by Kim Lewis

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Just Transitions for Oil and Gas Regions and the Role of Regional Development Policies by Tamara Antonia Krawchenko, Megan Gordon

“…This comparative policy review explores just transition management in three oil and gas dependent regions that have signified the need to transition away from the oil and gas sector, i.e., Taranaki (New Zealand), the northeast of Scotland, and the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark, drawing out key lessons and leading practices. …”
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Drawing Ground by Ella Jones, Simon Twose

“… Aotearoa now recognises non-human natural entities as having personhood: Te Urewera, Whanganui Awa, Taranaki Maunga. Given the significance of this recognition, the motivation for this work is to understand the evolving relationships of humans to the living, breathing ground. …”
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Not-Talking/Not-Knowing: Autoethnography and Settler Family Histories in Aotearoa New Zealand by Carolyn Morris

“…My family were colonizers, and some not-very-distant ancestors were part of the first wave of “settlers” who dispossessed Māori of their land in coastal Taranaki. Where my family differs from the families of many writers in the critical family history field is that they remain almost to this day on the land first taken by our direct ancestors. …”
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The boundaries of education: using mobile devices for connecting people to places by David Lewis Sinfield

“…Rather it outlines the use of mobile technologies to enhance the documentation of the sociocultural story of a community and as such presents a potentially transferable framework for utilising mobile mixed reality (MMR) to create authentic informal learning environments.This paper utilises (mobile) mixed media to document the historical, industrial and community growth and demise of a small town called Patea in Taranaki, New Zealand. Using practice-led methodology through a heuristic inquiry approach, the aim of the study is to demonstrate how MMR technology can be used to document the historical events and workers’ narratives of the town and then be gifted back to the town as artistic educational material for future generations.As an example of a ‘new genre of public art’, this paper reflects on the collection of multiple forms of media capturing recorded interviews and the communication of the spoken word, mobile phone filming, drone footage, 360-degree photography/film, site recordings and the memories of what a place could be to create a new form of educational augmented reality/virtual reality (AR/VR) audio visual portraiture. …”
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"It's more personal if you can have that contact with a person": qualitative study of health information preferences of parents and caregivers of children with obesity in New Zeala... by Wild, C, Egli, V, Rawiri, N, Willing, E, Hofman, P, Anderson, Y

“…This study includes a subset of interviews (n = 64) of a wider study of the barriers and facilitators of engagement in a multidisciplinary healthy lifestyle programme for childhood obesity, based in Taranaki, Aotearoa/New Zealand. The topics of health information and social media and/or app use were covered in 53 and 30 interviews, respectively. …”

An area-based description of closed books in general practices in Aotearoa New Zealand by Jacqueline Cumming, Mona Jeffreys, Nisa Mohan, Maite Irurzun-Lopez, Megan Pledger

“…Canterbury DHB (n = 45) and Southern DHB (n = 32) had the greatest number of closed books general practices, while Wairarapa DHB (86%), Midcentral DHB (81%) and Taranaki DHB (81%) had the greatest percentage. Consultation fees (P  Conclusion The problem of closed books is felt across the country but has a larger impact in the middle-lower North Island. …”
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A Sustainable Data Dissemination Approach by Utilizing the Internet of Moving Things by Ambreen Memon, Muhammad Nadeem Ali, Byung-Seo Kim

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Environmental conditions and marine heatwaves influence blue whale foraging and reproductive effort by Dawn R. Barlow, Holger Klinck, Dimitri Ponirakis, Trevor A. Branch, Leigh G. Torres

“…We examined environmental correlates of these vocalizations using continuous recordings from five hydrophones in the South Taranaki Bight region of Aotearoa New Zealand to investigate call behavior relative to ocean conditions and infer life history patterns. …”
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A Tale of Two Stories: Unsettling a Settler Family’s History in Aotearoa New Zealand by Richard Shaw

“…Having contributed to the military campaign against the pā, he returned some years later as part of the agricultural campaign to complete the alienation of Taranaki iwi from their land in Aotearoa New Zealand. …”
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Effect of Nano-Additives on the Strength and Durability Characteristics of Marl by Mehdi Mirzababaei, Jafar Karimiazar, Ebrahim Sharifi Teshnizi, Reza Arjmandzadeh, Sayed Hessam Bahmani

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Analysis and Implementation of Human Mobility Behavior Using Similarity Analysis Based on Co-Occurrence Matrix by Ambreen Memon, Jeff Kilby, Jose Breñosa, Julio César Martínez Espinosa, Imran Ashraf

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The impact of a family-based assessment and intervention healthy lifestyle programme on health knowledge and beliefs of children with obesity and their families by Te’o, DT, Wild, CEK, Willing, EJ, Wynter, LE, O’Sullivan, NA, Hofman, PL, Maessen, SE, Derraik, JGB, Anderson, YC

“…<strong>Setting:</strong> Taranaki region, a mixed urban–rural setting in NZ. …”

Why don't owners improve their homes? Results from a survey following a housing warrant‐of‐fitness assessment for health and safety by Elinor Chisholm, Michael Keall, Julie Bennett, Anaru Marshall, Lucy Telfar‐Barnard, Louise Thornley, Philippa Howden‐Chapman

“…Methods: We recruited 83 homeowners, including nine landlords, in Taranaki, New Zealand, who agreed to have a WOF assessment carried out on their homes. …”
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