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(Thesis, Master of Arts, 1967)PREFACE It seems to me that justice has not been done to the part played by John (later Sir John) Roberts in the business community of Otago. Little, if any, reference is ever made to him in local history books, or to ...
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(Thesis, Master of Arts, 1992)This study focuses on the world of the child in Otago, during the period 1900-1920. While there has been much written on the family, the world of the child has been ignored till fairly recently. Childhood, though praised ...
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(Thesis, Master of Arts, 1998)In this thesis I argue that Deleuze's work on cinema, especially his characterisation of contemporary cinema in terms of a crystalline regime of signs, enables a new and immanent engagement with the relations between cinema ...
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(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2004)This work is a landscape study of the Queen's Gardens Public Reserve in Dunedin from the early nineteenth century to the end of the First World War. Originally the 'gateway' to Dunedin, this historic precinct is a good ...
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(Thesis, Master of Arts, 1986)In many archaeological sites bones of the Scaridae family have been found to be the most common fish represented. This is a marked contrast to the impression given in modern ethnographic accounts of fishing in the Pacific ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2008)Established in 1880 the Canterbury Society of Arts (CSA) dominated the arts in Canterbury for nearly a century and was the most significant art society in New Zealand. This thesis examines the CSA's history from 1880 to ...
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(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2008)How does innovation in material culture occur? In this thesis, I critically examine the role of the individual in this process and contrast it against a wider background of political, economic and technological change. The ...
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(Thesis, Master of Arts, 1948)
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(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2007)When a woman gains a foothold as a hero, as a warrior or tough woman in popular culture, the gender order is threatened. For the warrior woman's identity to be legitimated she must perform a coherent subjectivity that ...
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(Thesis, Master of Arts, 1969)
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(Thesis, Master of Science, 2013)The study of shoreline change in New Zealand is very important, particularly now given the threat of climate change and its associated sea-level rise. Yet, there has not been a comprehensive study on shoreline change around ...
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(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 ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 1994)The object of this thesis is to contribute to a neglected area of musical scholarship, that of music and performance practice in late 16th-century Rome. Annibale Stabile, the composer chosen as the vehicle for this study, ...
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(Thesis, Master of Laws, 2006)This thesis describes the law governing medical decision making on behalf of the incapacitated elderly in New Zealand, especially in relation to standard medical treatment and participation in medical experiments. It ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 1981)Until recently, it was generally assumed that Luigi Boccherini's six published sonatas for the cello were his only works for the medium. The publication, however, of a Thematic, Biographical and Critical Catalogue of the ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)This thesis offers an alternative answer to a purported enigma, the meaning of ἁρπαγμόν in Philippians 2:6. Solutions which are based on the supposed synonymity of that word with ἅρπαγμα (such as those of Lightfoot 1868 ... -
(Thesis, Master of Consumer and Applied Sciences, 2013)The term mentor has a long history dating back to 800 b.c. it was derived from the character "Mentor" in Homer's epic tale the Odyssey. Menotr was a trusted firend of Odysseus, the King of Ithaca. When Odysseus wento ...
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(Thesis, Master of Science, 1986)The Objective: The objective of this study is to test the three existing formulations of C-R in the New Zealand environment: first by testing the formulations against E derived from annual catchment water balances for ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2000)Ruwatan is the Javanese term that comes from the word ruwat, to cleanse or release from curse or misfortune. A ruwatan ceremony involves a sacred wayang kulit (shadow puppet) play that is performed as a form of exorcism ...
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(Thesis, Master of Planning, 2013)Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) has become an increasingly popular tool for local authorities to adopt in their effort to reduce and prevent crime. Scholars have drawn attention to the shortcomings ...
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