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Whittaker’s indulges fruit lovers with two new Artisan Collection flavours
Whittaker’s indulges fruit lovers with two new Artisan Collection flavours

Whittaker’s is delighted to bring back two fruit lovers’ favourites, Raspberry & New Zealand Strawberry 100g, and Gisborne Orange & Hazelnut 100g, now showcasing local ingredients, as part of its core New Zealand Artisan Collection.  

Ready, steady, fish! Freshwater season licenses now on sale
Ready, steady, fish! Freshwater season licenses now on sale

Fishing licences are on sale today as anticipation builds for the upcoming season. “Spring is on its way, and today marks a key date in the diary for keen anglers,” said Fish & Game New Zealand chief executive Corina Jordan. “With the season starting on October 1, it’s a good idea for anglers to get in early and grab their licence so they can focus on sorting their gear and planning trips with friends.

Spawning monitoring – measuring to manage 
Spawning monitoring – measuring to manage 

Fish & Game staff throughout the country are busy conducting spawning surveys for trout and salmon to ensure there are sustainable fisheries for the future and to check up on stream and river health. Fish & Game New Zealand chief executive Corina Jordan said there were a range of ways to monitor spawning, from using fish traps to walking up a stream and counting. 

Featured Artist - Catherine Macdonald
Featured Artist - Catherine Macdonald

New Zealand artist Catherine Macdonald creates drawings & prints, makes & illustrates objects & furniture, and writes, illustrates & publishes books.

Artwork - Just as they fall (Catherine MacDonald)

Featured Artist - Kimbra Taylor
Featured Artist - Kimbra Taylor

Kimbra has a Diploma in Visual Communications from the Wellington School of Design and a teacher's certificate.

“I worked in an advertising agency as an illustrator and visualiser, The Evening Post as an illustrator and then became a freelance illustrator. I worked with Thomas Nelson publishing firm and illustrated many children's books. One of the paintings from a book I illustrated was given to the author for her birthday. I felt very honoured and delighted to be able to share this with her as a gift.” Kimbra shares

Appointments to the New Zealand Game Bird Habitat Trust Board
Appointments to the New Zealand Game Bird Habitat Trust Board

The Minister for Hunting and Fishing, Hon. Todd McClay, has appointed board members to the New Zealand Game Bird Habitat Trust. The Game Bird Habitat Trust is an independent public entity established under the Wildlife Act 1953. Its functions include improving New Zealand’s game bird habitat and the habitat of other wildlife.

Featured Artist - Jane Comben of Pogo Design
Featured Artist - Jane Comben of Pogo Design

“When I moved to NZ, I ended up in Wellington. There was much less packaging work so I moved into print design and branding, and the more government-focused work of the Wellington market. 

After working in agencies, I created Pogo Design when my son was school-age. I wanted the flexibility to manage school holidays etc. I often tell people my biggest work success to date is walking my son through the gate of the local school.” – Jane

Whittaker’s celebrates the people behind their chocolate this World Chocolate Day
Whittaker’s celebrates the people behind their chocolate this World Chocolate Day

World Chocolate Day on 7 July is a chance for Whittaker’s to celebrate our relationships with our cocoa farmers and other ingredient suppliers in New Zealand and around the world, staff at our one factory in Porirua, our ethical sourcing partners, our local community and our Chocolate Lovers. 

Game bird hunters and anglers encouraged to enrol ahead of Fish & Game elections
Game bird hunters and anglers encouraged to enrol ahead of Fish & Game elections

Licensed anglers and game-bird hunters are being urged to enrol so they can vote in the upcoming Fish & Game elections. 

New Zealand’s 12 regional Fish & Game Councils are elected by licence holders every three years and voting in the 2024 election opens on 19 September. 

Licence holders must register to be on the electoral roll to be eligible to vote in their region.

A Matariki Gift from Artist Helen Casey
A Matariki Gift from Artist Helen Casey

With Matariki upon us and School Holidays just around the corner we hope to create a tradition with some of New Zealand’s finest Artists that helps make this time memorable for Whanau across Aotearoa / New Zealand.

Down the Magic Morepork is a colouring in project for Matariki.

Otago Polytechnic Nursing lecturer wins national teaching award

Otago Polytechnic Nursing lecturer wins national teaching award

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Otago Polytechnic School of Nursing Lecturer Josie Crawley

Otago Polytechnic School of Nursing Lecturer Josie Crawley

Otago Polytechnic School of Nursing Lecturer Josie Crawley has won an Ako Aotearoa Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award.

Josie is one of four teachers to win a $20,000 award in the “General – Sustained Excellence in Tertiary Teaching” section.

Josie’s teaching career has been a diverse one, with students ranging from parents with intellectual disabilities, to prisoners, to Plunket workers.

Over the past two decades she has devoted her time to preparing students for careers in nursing or, in her own words, “developing compassionate nurses”. In doing so, she has had a considerable impact on the field of nurse education — locally, nationally, and internationally.

“I view teaching as a real privilege. I love nothing more than sitting one-on-one with a student on a clinical placement and see them make all the connections.”

A dedicated, intuitive, and authentic educator, Josie uses storytelling as an empowering, transformational educational tool.

“I like to construct learning environments that enable students to flourish — both within themselves and in their ability to connect with clients,” Josie explains. 

“Helping students connect with sensitive and difficult concepts better enables them to relate these to their own practice. I actively involve students in the learning process.”

As one student says: “Josie manages to turn every learning experience into a positive one”.

Another states: “I really enjoyed Josie's caring personality ... she always had time to talk to anybody when they had an issue. I have found her an inspiration to nursing.”

Ian Crabtree, Head of College: Health (including School of Nursing), says Josie is a highly valued member of staff within Te Kura Tapuhi: School of Nursing and across Otago Polytechnic.

“The Ako Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award is among the most prestigious teaching awards in New Zealand.

“It is so well deserved. Josie is one of Te Kura Tapuhi’s excellent educators.

“Josie’s contribution to the school, nursing and education of our learners is second to none. She is totally learner-focused and has amazing skills in bringing the best out of our nursing students in both theory as well as supervision whilst in clinical practice.

“Josie’s contribution to research within the school, Otago Polytechnic and the wider community is of a high standard, as is her support of new educators into education.”

Josie joins three other staff members within the school who have been awarded Ako awards in previous years: Dr Liz Ditzel, Mereana Rapata-Hanning and the late Jude Roddick.”

Otago Polytechnic Chief Executive Dr Megan Gibbons says the award reflects a strong culture of excellence at the institution.

“The School of Nursing has achieved excellent results for our learners in recent years with 100% passing the registration exam, and 97% gaining employment at the end of their degree.

“There was strong interest in our Nursing programme at Monday’s Tertiary Open Day. This reflects the quality of the programme, the excellent teachers, the clinical practice and experiences and the innovation implemented into what we do.”

Read more about the 2020 TTEA awardees on the Ako Aotearoa website https://ako.ac.nz/our-community/tertiary-teaching-excellence-awards/

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