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(Book, 2013)The Energy Cultures research project (2009-2012) was planned to help inform policy making related to residential energy use and energy efficiency in New Zealand. It sought, in part, to help address the difficulties faced ... -
(Thesis, Master of Social and Community Work, 2013)Both nationally and internationally research has shown that weight gain is a major factor in deteriorating physical health. For people with mental health disorders this problem is compounded by the use of anti-psychotic ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, women struggled to find a public voice amidst an oppressive patriarchal culture. Women turned to private writing forms in order to find a voice, and thus the diary and the letter ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)This dissertation is a comparative analysis of the experience of several western Polynesian states during the 1918-1920 influenza pandemic, and in particular an inquiry into how the response to the second wave of this ... -
Surf Break Co-Management: Options for the protection and enhancement of surf breaks in New Zealand (Thesis, Master of Planning, 2013)The inclusion of surf breaks in the New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement (2010) establishes New Zealand as a potential world leader in surf break protection. The approach is highly dependent upon local authorities being ... -
(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2013)In describing the New Zealand landscape we might point to our Southern Alps, our primordial rainforests, and our pristine glaciers. What often go unmentioned are our growing suburbia, extensively farmed countryside and ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)Violence is a significant dimension of the rhetoric of the book of Job. The opening chapters narrate events of extreme violence, and the poetic dialogues are full of language of hostility and cruelty, much of it attributed ...
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(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2013)This thesis explores ideas about the nature and development of colonial communities raised by Miles Fairburn and his critics in a specific local context. Fairburn’s bold characterization of colonial New Zealand society as ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)This study investigates how students renegotiate their membership of the school community following being stood-down from school. In New Zealand stand-down is the least serious of the school exclusion provisions available ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)This thesis explores the concept of an ethical relationship with the self for women who engage in practices of bodily transformation. It asks whether the Foucauldian model of rapport à soi can have purchase in relation to ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)Through ethnographic enquiry and an anthropological approach this thesis provides insights into the socio-cultural dynamics surrounding local communities’ participation in a Multiple-Use Marine Protected Area (MUMPA). Using ... -
(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2013)On July 12, 2006, Hizbullah forces near the Lebanese town of Ayta ash Shab crossed the Israeli border and attacked an Israeli army patrol, killing three soldiers and capturing two others. For 33 days a war ensued between ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)This thesis seeks to address the relative absence of literature about grounded and localised approaches to peacebuilding in contemporary Fiji. It documents how and why Fiji artists, activists and Civil Society Organisations ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)Inequitable distribution and the lack of access to land are often the driving forces behind poverty and hunger, especially in rural areas. Because of this, secure access to land through agrarian reform is regarded as ...
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(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2013)The New Brazilian Cinema (from the mid-1990s) has been celebrated as a period of re-birth for the national film industry. Not only has there been a considerable increase in film releases, but during this period, Brazilian ... -
(Thesis, Master of Planning, 2013)Modern society generates a growing waste production, associated with natural non-renewable resources depletion. Notably, the building and construction sectors are believed to consume approximately half of the planet’s ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)This qualitative study explores the nexus of labour and immigration policies and employment practices in New Zealand. This thesis focuses on multiple experiences of the foreign workers employed under the main labour ... -
(Thesis, Master of Science, 2013)In bioenergy developments in the South Pacific cultural factors are known to influence the long-term sustainability of these projects. However, little is known about how cultural parameters influence the amount of biomass ... -
(Thesis, Master of Planning, 2013)Camping is a popular activity and form of accommodation for both domestic residents and visitors to New Zealand. Freedom camping is the term given to camping that occurs on public land, and not in a registered campground. ...
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(Thesis, Master of Planning, 2013)There is a well-established body of literature concerning the negative environmental impacts of urban sprawl and associated levels of vehicle use. However, proponents of low density urban fringe development assert that ...
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