Publications

School Closure

Kearns R, Lewis N, McCreanor T and Witten K (2010). School closures as breaches in the fabric of rural welfare: community perspectives from New Zealand. In: Milbourne P ed. Welfare Reform in Rural Places: Comparative Perspectives.  Emerald Publishing Group, Bingley, UK, pp.219-236

Kearns, R., Lewis, N., McCreanor, T., Witten, K. (2009) ‘The status quo is not an option’: Community impacts of school closure in South Taranaki, New Zealand. Journal of Rural Studies 25, 131-140. A226

Witten, K., Kearns, R., Lewis, N., Coster, H. and McCreanor, T. (2003) Educational restructuring from a community view point: A case study of school closure from Invercargill New Zealand . Environment & Planning C: Government and Policy, 21, 203-223

Witten , K., McCreanor, T., Kearns , R., Ramasubramanian, L. (2001)  The impacts of a school closure on neighbourhood social cohsion: narratives from Invercargill , New Zealand , Health & Place, 7, 307-317. A131