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Characterization of faulted Australian plate rocks and comparison with the Alpine fault near Franz Josef, New Zealand

Snee, Jens-Erik Lund (Dissertation, Certificate of Proficiency, 2011)

A dextral oblique thrust fault with a >8 m wide fault core and> 100m wide damage zone has recently been exposed in Australian Plate rocks at a roadcut of State Highway 6 near Smithy Creek, south Westland, New Zealand. This ...

Railways and the reunion of Otago and Southland, 1867-1870

Innes, R S (Dissertation, Postgraduate Diploma in Arts, 1976)

PREFACE: In this essay I have attempted to provide an adequate explanation of the causes of the reunion of Southland and Otago in 1870. In particular, I have examined the importance of attitudes towards the problems of ...

F**k off : an examination of the relationship between art and politics in the practice of Ai Weiwei

Holt, Briar (Dissertation, Bachelor of Arts with Honours, 2012)

The relationship between art and politics has been prevalent throughout art history. However, few artists have been so explicit in relating their work to a political situation as Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. Ai Weiwei's ...

Experiences of children using a community social work service

O’Dempsey, Michael P (Dissertation, Postgraduate Diploma in Child Advocacy, 2002)

This study focuses on the experiences of children, between eight and twelve years old, who have used the services of a community based social work agency in West Auckland. The agency provides a home visiting family work ...

Improvements in New Zealand's overseas communications, 1866-1880, and their relation to the country's development

Walter, Ian M (Dissertation, Master of Arts, 1969)

'Bootlegging' evidence? Taking (judicial) notice of legislative facts in New Zealand

Van Ammers, Alisaundre C (Dissertation, Bachelor of Laws with Honours, 2008)

Cloning for the good of us all? : the legal and ethical issues of therapeutic cloning in New Zealand

Tagg, Kathryn Marie McAuley (Dissertation, Master of Bioethics and Health Law, 2005)

The purpose of therapeutic cloning is to create embryos or use existing embryos from which embryonic stem cells can be harvested and replicated. While research indicates that the use of stem cells generated in this way may ...

Strange company : cultural interaction in Foveaux Strait, 1826-1856

Schofield, Geremy S (Dissertation, Bachelor of Arts with Honours, 2005)

Introduction: The three decades between 1826 and 1856 comprise a significant period in the history of Foveaux Strait. This phase of southern social evolution featured the collision and intermingling of a variety of ...

The Lebanese community in Dunedin before 1936

Sanders, M C (Dissertation, Bachelor of Arts with Honours, 1980)

INTRODUCTION: This study of the Lebanese community in Dunedin has been undertaken partly in response to the need for further knowledge of immigrant groups for their own sake, and partly because of the light it casts on ...

Effective landcare practice in southern New Zealand

Robertson, Katrina (Dissertation, Bachelor of Arts with Honours, 2003)

Introduction: The practice of caring for the land1 has been employed by land users for many years (Lockie, 1997; Ministry for the Environment, 2002). The concept of Landcare though is relatively new to New Zealand. It ...

Grape Expectations? An Exploratory Evaluation of the Tourist Potential of the New Zealand Wine Industry

Reid, Andrew L (Dissertation, Graduate Diploma in Tourism, 1990)

Preface: In the absence of any previously documented research into the development of tourism within New Zealand's wine industry, this paper serves foremost as an exploratory exercise with the stated objective of ...

Maori prisoners in Dunedin, 1869-1872 and 1879-1881: Exiled for a cause

Reeves, Jane (Dissertation, Bachelor of Arts with Honours, 1989)

Introduction: The exile of Maori prisoners to Dunedin in 1869 and again in 1879, was due to the Northern wars and the confiscation of land in Taranaki by the Government. Maori never accepted the 'justice' imposed on ...

Participant’s perceptions of the conference experience: A Dunedin case study

Pridham, Jane Elizabeth (Dissertation, Bachelor of Commerce with Honours, 2005)

This research explores the perceived personal and work related value of the conference experience from a participant's point of view. Attending conferences is a fast expanding industry, as increasingly conferences are ...

The formation and dispersal of pounamu in the Scott Basin/Scott stream area, Wakatipu, New Zealand

Popham, Timothy B (Dissertation, Postgraduate Diploma in Science, 2003)

Pounamu is a Maori word used to describe nephrite and semi-nephrite. Pounamu occurs in the Whakatipu region of the South Island, New Zealand, in association with the Greenstone Melange. Pounamu formed via metasomatic ...

An introduction to philosophical implications in geographical research.

Paterson, John L (Dissertation, Bachelor of Arts with Honours, 1976)

Dancing at the auld Cale : a history of highland dancing in Dunedin between 1863 & 1900

O’Donnell, Shiobhan Alice (Dissertation, Bachelor of Arts with Honours, 1998)

The introduction and impact of electric household appliances in New Zealand, 1935-1956

O'Donnell, Jean-Marie (Dissertation, Bachelor of Arts with Honours, 1988)

Introduction: "A sweeping change is nowadays rapidly taking place in the equipment of houses, a change that makes any house, old or new, into a real home, and that is, its complete electrification. Women's work under ...

Oxygen consumption in six species of chitons in relation to their position on the shore.

Murdoch, Robin C (Dissertation, Bachelor of Science with Honours, 1979)

Introduction: Animals within the intertidal zone are subjected to physical and chemical stresses as a consequence of exposure and immersion by the tide. These stresses include fluctuations in temperature, salinity and ...

'Its about advertising' : understanding Māori focused 'self-help' advertisements and perpetuation of stereotypes

Moxon, Kirihimete (Dissertation, Master of Indigenous Studies, 2005)

Of concern to this Research Report is the recent development of mainstream 'selfhelp' advertisements featuring Māori. Anecdotally, it seems that many of the increasing number of 'self-help' advertisements are directed at ...

'Married with Children': Perceptions of New Zealand Women's Lives in the 1950s. A Social and Literary Study

Bishop, Susan (Dissertation, Bachelor of Arts with Honours, 1991)

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