Side-loading prevalence and intoxication in the night-time economy

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Te Hononga—Modelling indigenous collaborative enterprise. A research report on Māori enterprise collaboration in Aotearoa New Zealand

This study explores the theory and practice of Māori enterprise collaboration. There exists a strong rationale for Māori enterprise collaboration as it builds on the relationality of a Māori world view, shared values and existing whakapapa (genealogical) relationships. Collaboration is considered integral to Māori development because it is set against a background of self-determination and self-governance. Waiū Dairy and MiHI (Movers in Hemp Innovation) are two Māori enterprise collaborations that have been facilitated by Poutama Trust and are at distinctly different stages of maturity. Interviews were conducted with participants from Waiū Dairy and MiHI to gain insights from those involved in the practice of Māori enterprise collaboration.falsePalmerston North, New ZealandNgā Pae o te Māramatang

Side-loading prevalence and intoxication in the night-time economy

Although pre-drinking has attracted considerable research interest, side-loading (any drinking occurring outside of licensed premises during a night out, and excluding drinking at home) is comparatively under-studied. In this paper, we investigate the prevalence of side-loading behaviour and intoxication in the night-time economy of Hamilton, New Zealand's fourth-largest city. Using a street-intercept survey conducted over six nights (n = 469) in March and April 2019, we found that 17.5% of research participants (82/469), and 19.9% of drinkers (82/413), had engaged in side-loading. Of those engaging in side-loading, the majority did so in a car (61.0%), with smaller proportions engaging in side-loading in the street (17.1%), a carpark (12.2%), or somewhere else (13.4%). Men were significantly more likely than women to engage in side-loading behaviour (p = 0.001). In linear models controlling for time of the night, day of the week, and demographic variables, side-loading was not statistically significantly associated with breath alcohol content. This contrasts with pre-drinking, which was associated with statistically significantly higher breath alcohol content. Our results suggest that side-loading might not be used as a method for drinkers to enhance intoxication, but instead as a means of sustaining a target level of intoxication during an evening.Published onlin

The Productivity and Innovation of Māori Frontier Firms

Te Au Rangahau (Massey Business School’s Māori business research centre) was invited by the New Zealand Productivity Commission (the Commission) to provide a review of the Commission’s report on its frontier firms inquiry, with a focus on the Māori frontier firms. The inquiry adopts the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) definition of frontier firms – those within the top 10% of firms’ productivity distribution in an industry. This definition brings around 30,000 firms into scope for this inquiry. Identifying Māori firms within this cohort becomes functionally complex. Some of the approaches of identifying Māori firms include business owners’ ethnicity, employees’ ethnicity, the nature of the product and service, or commercial and social enterprises operating with Māori values, philosophy, and tikanga (Statistics New Zealand, 2016). The Commission recognises that there is no single agreed definition of a Māori business or Māori firm as the Māori economy comprises a range of organisational forms and structures under various legal frameworks.falseProductivity Commissio

Pre-drinking behaviour of people in the night-time economy: Evidence from a street-intercept survey in New Zealand

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The incoming Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is causing vast technological innovations, from exponential increases in computing power and data, to closing the gap between physical, digital and biological worlds. These innovations are impacting all people, cultures and economies, and even going so far as to challenge the essence of what it means to be human. He Whenua Tipu – Transforming Māori Agribusiness in the 4IR explored how Māori Agriculture businesses navigate, thrive and survive in this new era. This project is a partnership project between Opepe Farm Trust and Massey University, through which relationships have been established with three other trusts that are associated with Opepe Farm Trust (ā whakapapa, ā whenua hoki) including Tauhara Middle 15, Tauhara Middle Lands and Tauhara Moana Trusts. The project drew on literature and case study data to explore the dimensions of the 4IR and how they are perceived, understood and utilised in various Mäori agribusiness models. From this exploration, we focused on the elements that are altering or are catalysing narratives on business identity, resilience and sustainability for Mäori enterprises in this sector.falsePalmerston North, New ZealandMinistry of Business, Innovation and Employmen