Purpose: This study aims to explore Rainbow employees' positive perceptions of workplace climate in New Zealand organisations to understand how Rainbow inclusion is conceptualised and enacted in practice, addressing the…continue reading
RECENT RESEARCH
LGBTQIA+
Rainbow tokenism, cis-heteronormativity and global backlash: Rainbow employees’ concerns about workplace climate in New Zealand
By: Taylor Le Cui
Published: 2026-01-01
Purpose: This article examines the perspectives of Rainbow employees on workplace climate challenges across New Zealand organisations. It also reveals the impacts of contemporary conservative political discourses surrounding diversity, equity…continue reading
Rainbow/LGBTQIA+
Critical Tiriti Analysis
Indigenous rights and managed public land: a critical treaty analysis of parks and reserves in New Zealand
By: Robin Quig and Els Russell
Published: 2025-08-25
This research critically examines the extent to which the Reserves Act 1977, the primary legislative framework governing many parks and reserves, especially those associated with territorial local authorities, aligns with…continue reading
Critical Tiriti Analysis
LGBTQIA+
‘We are celebrated but not included’: heteronormativity and cisnormativity in Aotearoa New Zealand workplaces
By: Le Cui
Published: 2025-08-19
Using survey comments from organisations across various sectors in Aotearoa New Zealand, this qualitative study examines the workplace climate for Rainbow employees. It employs the theoretical frameworks of heteronormativity and…continue reading
Rainbow/LGBTQIA+
Ethnicity and Diversity
Exploring Perspectives on Identity, Belonging, Inclusion and Social Cohesion: Implications for Placed-Based Early Childhood Education
By: Angel Chan; Jenny Ritchie
Published: 2025-08-15
This article applies an analysis of data from research undertaken by the Inclusive Aotearoa Collective Tāhono (IACT) in 2020 to the field of early childhood education (ECE). The IACT study…continue reading
Ethnicity and Diversity
The im/possibility of home: Chinese queer international students’ homing experiences in New Zealand
By: Le Cui; Lin Song
Published: 2025-08-14
This paper explores the experiences of Chinese queer international students in New Zealand as they leave behind a heteronormative past home and seek a new queer home and future. Departing…continue reading
Health
Application of CTA for Private Healthcare
By: Dean Cowles
Published: 2025-07-16
Dean Cowles completed his Master’s thesis exploring strategies to improve Māori health outcomes, in private surgical settings, by understanding the value of Māori nurses in this space. He has extensively…continue reading
Law and Justice
The impacts of Child to Parent Violence and Abuse in Aotearoa New Zealand
By: Lee Tempest & Olivia Bloom
Published: 2025-06-23
This executive summary is the first data on Child to Parent Violence and Abuse (CPVA) in Aotearoa—an issue that many of us have seen but struggled to define, name, and…continue reading
Children & Youth Families, Whānau and Parenting Health & Wellbeing
Non-profit Sector
Community Sector Insights
By: Community Research
Published: 2025-06-02
This document presents key messages from a synthesis of nine substantive research reports relevant to the community and voluntary sector in Aotearoa New Zealand, published between 2020-2024. It has been…continue reading