Other Publications

Publications from our researchers in other media, such as newspapers, blogs or videos.

News articles, opinion pieces and blog posts

Pearce, T. C. (2024).Government plans for standardised assessments degrade education achievement in schools – Tom Pearce. NZHerald. (Paywalled, read online here.)

Webster, J. (2023). ChatGPT is not a passing fad, let’s get it to work for us, not against us. Newsroom.

Webster, J. (2023). A new, complex layer to the post-truth age. Newsroom.

Mutch, C. (2023). Disasters, communities, schools, and teachers: Long after the cameras have gone. Ipu Kererū: Blog of the New Zealand Association for Research in Education.

Mutch, C. (2023). Fear of ChatGPT in schools and universities is misplaced anxiety. Newsroom.

Mutch, C. (2023). Another crisis, another call on schools. Newsroom.

Pearce, T. C. (2023). All that gets lost in our conversation around PISA results. The Post.

Mutch, C. (2021). Don’t hide terror attack from children. Newsroom.

Mutch, C. (2021). Would you have been ready for a tsunami?. Newsroom.

Mutch, C. (2020). Our quiet, everyday heroes. Newsroom.

Mutch, C. (2020). The problem with the ‘vote ghost’ campaign. Newsroom.

Mutch, C. (2020). How to talk to children about Covid-19. Newsroom.

Mutch, C. (2020). A familiar place among the chaos: how schools can help students cope after the bushfires. The Conversation.

Mutch, C. (2020). Lessons from the Australian bushfires. Newsroom.

Mutch, C. (2019). Talking terrorism with children. Newsroom.

Mutch, C. (2018). For quake-affected kids, not all wounds bleed. Newsroom.

Mutch, C. (2017). Terror on TV: What do I say to my children?. Newsroom.

Mutch, C. (2017). Finally, vindication for Christchurch schools. Newsroom.

Children's books
Other books

Mutch, C., Latai, L., Matapo, J. & Ward, F. (2019). Talanoa Fogalafa | Hear Our Voices. Auckland: Te Whakatere au Pāpori Navigating Social Currents Research Unit.

Mutch, C., & Gawith, L. (2014). The Canterbury Earthquakes: Stories from Cashmere Primary School. Auckland: Te Whakatere au Pāpori Navigating Social Currents Research Unit.

Berry’s Level 3 Lockdown

Berry's Level 3 Lockdown Book 1 cover
Berry confinadata otra vez 1
Berry's Level 3 Lockdown Book 2 cover page
Berry confinadata otra vez 2
Berry's Level 3 Lockdown Book 3 cover page
Berry confinadata otra vez 3

Letters from Berry

A letter for Canvastown book cover page
A letter for West Auckland book cover page
A letter for Westport book cover page
Bearhugs for Hawkes Bay cover page

Bear goes into lockdown

Bear goes into lockdown cover page
Bear ends his lockdown book cover
Bear settles into lockdown book cover
Bear comes out of hibernation
Bear stays in lockdown book cover