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Ecosystem Services Based Management: Evaluation of an approach to coastal management planning and decision making in New Zealand

Payne-Harker, Hannah T. (Thesis, Master of Planning, 2017)

The ecosystem services based approach to management offers the potential to improve resource management planning and decision-making under the Resource Management Act 1991 by providing a way to draw together the often ...
Shared Spaces or Contested Places? Examining the role of Kāi Tahu Whānui in Port Chalmers and Bluff, 1848-2016.

Payne-Harker, Nyssa S. (Thesis, Master of Planning, 2017)

Although it is clear that a variety of Kāi Tahu lifeways and environmental management practices persisted following the arrival of Pākehā in New Zealand to the present day, Pākehā histories have not always recognised these ...
A General Framework of Vulnerability Assessment to Typhoon Storm Surge Inundation in Coastal Cities

Dong, Shuyun (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

Rapid urban expansion in coastal mega-cities (cities with populations over 10 million) leads to increased land demand and vulnerability to hazards as significant numbers of people are economically and socially disadvantaged. ...
Reintroduction biology of tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus): identifying suitable founder animals and conservation translocation sites

Jarvie, Scott (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

The rate of biodiversity loss is not slowing despite global commitments. Conservation translocations, the intentional movement and release of organisms to restore populations, are an emerging tool to help reduce species ...
The Health Status of Pacific Children and Young People in New Zealand 2015

Simpson, Jean; Duncanson, Mavis; Oben, Glenda; Adams, Judith; Wicken, Andrew; Pierson, Melanie; Gallagher, Sarah (Commissioned Report for External Body, 2017)

Despite some recent improvements, Pacific peoples in New Zealand continue to experience greater disadvantage across a range of socioeconomic indicators. Improving incomes, education, employment and housing is critical to ...