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Effect of Seam Type on Selected Seam Tensile Behaviour Under Multi-axial Forces

Yusof, Nur Ain (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)

Background: Despite the emergence of sophisticated technologies in clothing production system, sewing remains common in garment assembling. Seam tensile behaviour is one performance-related topic which has attracted interest ...
Power relationships and community law centres in Dunedin : power relationships between community organisations, their communities and their funding bodies : specifically focusing on community law centres in Dunedin and the Legal Services Board

Walker, Peter Evan (Thesis, Master of Consumer and Applied Sciences, 1997)

This research engages critically with the major public sector accountability theories in relation to the development of law centres in Aotearoa/New Zealand (and comparative international examples) focusing on the two centres ...
Designing innovative smartphone applications for visitors to New Zealand's National Parks.

Baxter, Grant (Thesis, Master of Design, 2012)

This study examines key ways the new generation of mobile devices can enhance a user’s experience in New Zealand’s National Parks. With the growing adoption of smartphone and tablet devices, opportunities exist for this ...
Investigation of the Relationship between Total Embodied Energy and Cost for Commercial Buildings

Jiao, Yang (Thesis, Master of Consumer and Applied Sciences, 2012)

Embodied energy accounts for a large proportion of lifecycle energy utilisation in the building sector, and the estimation of this embodied energy is often difficult. Thus finding a general relationship between the embodied ...
Amyas Connell, 'High and Over' and the role of New Zealand architects in the British Modern Movement

Findlay, Michael James (Thesis, Master of Applied Science, 2011)

Many of the architects that contributed to the British Modern Movement during the late 1920s and up to the start of the Second World War were of European origin. Less well described in the surveys of the period is the ...