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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2008)It is generally supposed that a supportive family can have an influence on outcomes for an adult with severe brain injury, but there is very little known about what effective families actually do. In this research the ...
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(Thesis, Master of Indigenous Studies, 1999)Since the introduction of tobacco into New Zealand, smoking and smoking related illnesses have become more prevalent in the Māori population than New Zealand's general population. The aim of the present research was to ...
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(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2007)This thesis is concerned with the ways Imperialism (and consequently colonialism) has pervaded the indigenous 'primitive' world. Protectorates and 'the colonies' reflected imperialist ideals, expansion, territory, external ...
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(Thesis, Master of Arts, 1990)The importance of marine versus terrestrial foods in prehistoric Pacific and New Zealand diets, and the adaptation of the Polynesian diet to new enviroments, is examined through the analysis of the ratios in human bone of ... -
(Thesis, Master of Consumer and Applied Sciences, 2005)Waka have a special place in the heart of many Maaori. The waka that brought the ancestors of the Maaori to Aotearoa and Te Waipounamu are valued symbols of identity, both culturally and metaphorically. With the effects ...
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(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2005)Summary: Written, visual and material evidence demonstrates that the indigenous and immigrant peoples of nineteenth century New Zealand both retained aspects of their traditional burial practices and forms of memorialisation ...
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(Thesis, Master of Theology, 2012)Through a critical use of migration theology this thesis determines pastoral outcomes for a former refugee community in Porirua, New Zealand. Resettlement after forced migration is challenging on many levels; migration ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2011)This thesis analyses the way love is presented as the central storyline in cinema drawing upon genre studies and informed by sociology. It ultimately finds that there are two dominant Hollywood love stories: the first is ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2011)Until two decades ago, pregnant bodies were absent from mainstream media types or presented primarily in a maternal context. Today, the pregnant body is ubiquitous across a broad spectrum of media forms, including Internet ...
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(ThesisThesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2008)From a mixed methodology perspective that includes ethnology, musicology and cultural anthropology, I argue that, despite initial detachment from folk revivalism, English folk–rock has moved closer to aspects of tradition ...