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T. H. Potts and the origins of conservation in New Zealand (1850-1890)

Star, Paul (Thesis, Master of Arts, 1991)

In nineteenth century New Zealand, the process of colonisation included destruction of the native environment and so conflicted with conservation. By about 1870 a few men were urging that the native flora and fauna were ...

T. S. Eliot, 'Four quartets' and the mediaeval mind

Sinclair, John (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 1987)

The subject of this study is the tradition which gives meaning to T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets. Eliot insisted that the significance of a literary work is determined by its relationship with the works which have preceded it. ...

Tackling Freshwater Decision Making Through a Catchment Wide Collaborative Approach : An Evaluation of the Manuherikia Catchment Decision Making Process

Stagg, Erin (Thesis, Master of Planning, 2015)

Balancing the demands and values attributed to complex and integrated freshwater systems can often be contentious and challenging. Collaborative planning has gained international support as a potential solution for balancing ...

Tackling Māori Masculinity: A Colonial Genealogy of Savagery and Sport

Hokowhitu, Brendan (Journal Article, The Contemporary Pacific, 2004)

The primary aim of this paper, then, is to deconstruct one of the dominant discourses surrounding Māori men—a discourse that was constructed to limit, homogenize, and reproduce an acceptable and imagined Māori masculinity, ...

Tag based model for knowledge sharing in agent society

Savarimuthu, Sharmila; Purvis, Martin; Purvis, Maryam A. (Discussion Paper, 2009)

In this paper we discuss a tag-based model that facilitates knowledge sharing in the context of agents playing the knowledge sharing game. Sharing the knowledge incurs a cost for the sharing agent, and thus non-sharing is ...

Tahuri Atu Mentoring Programme

Beaton, RM (Ana) (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 ...

Takapourewa titiwainui (fairy prion; Pachyptila turtur). How nest site selection affects breeding success, with applications for translocation.

Craig, Emma Diane (Thesis, Master of Science, 2011)

Translocation of seabirds is used as a component of habitat restoration. This is often a complicated and expensive process, so maximising the likelihood that the translocation will succeed is important. Takapourewa is an ...

Take nothing but photos, leave nothing but footprints : major issues affecting the Fiordland tramping industry since 1952, using the Routeburn, Hollyford and Milford tracks as case studies.

Patterson, Lewis J. (Dissertation, Bachelor of Arts with Honours, 1995)

Take that, you dirty commie! : the rise of a Cold War consciousness in New Zealand, 1944-1949.

Kay, Richard G. H. (Dissertation, Bachelor of Arts with Honours, 1994)

Between 1944 and 1949 a Cold War consciousness emerged in New Zealand in response to the ideological struggle which gripped the international world. During this period the New Zealand press came to visualise the world in ...

Taking a trip : A critical analysis of the discourse of workplace drug testing

Lynch, Alena (Dissertation, Bachelor of Commerce with Honours, 2000)

The argument at the centre of this dissertation is that dominant discourses inform the practice of workplace drug testing. These discourses produce drug-testing knowledge in specific ways that impose restraints on the way ...

“Taking Māori Tikanga into the Pākehā Paddock”: Understanding the Return of Kōiwi Tangata/Human Remains in New Zealand

Clifford, Emma (Thesis, Master of Arts, 2014)

The debate surrounding the return of human remains to indigenous communities has morphed from a contentious and hotly debated issue to an acknowledged part of many museums and institutions policies. The acceptance of an ...

Taking the oath: investor response to SEC certification

Griffin, Paul A; Lont, David H (Working Paper, 2003)

This study investigates the market response to the requirement that the principal executive and financial officer of an SEC registrant each state under oath that the firm’s annual and quarterly financial reports are ...

Talent Identification and Development: An Investigation into the Policies and Practices of One New Zealand Rugby Provincial Union

Hewetson, Andrew (Thesis, Master of Physical Education, 2016)

Increasingly countries are coming under pressure to succeed on the world sporting stage. As a result, athlete talent identification and development have become central concerns and challenges to sporting organisations ...

Talking About 'My Place'/My Place: Feminism, Criticism and the Other's Autobiography

Cooper, Annabel (Journal Article, Southern Review, 1995)

A few years ago I edited an autobiography written in 1936 by a working- class New Zealand woman, Mary Lee's The Not So Poor. Setting out on a project of "restoring a voice," allowing the as yet unpublished speech of a ...

Talking about 1080: risk, trust and protecting our place

Bidwell, Susan Roberton (Thesis, Master of Public Health, 2012)

The use of 1080 for pest control by the Department of Conservation (DoC) and the Animal Health Board (AHB) is officially considered the only viable means of preventing environmental damage from possums and protecting farming ...

Talking About Sexual Consent: Heterosexual women and BDSM

Beres, Melanie; MacDonald, Jo (Journal Article, Australian Feminist Studies, 2015)

Sexual consent is an increasingly important concept for sexual violence prevention. Practitioners of bondage/discipline, dominance/submission, sadomasochism (hereafter BDSM) advocate strong community standards of active ...

Tandem repeats as sources of variation

Sawaya, Sterling (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2014)

Tandem repeats make up a small fraction of the human genome, but due to their high rates of expansion and contraction, they are predicted to be highly polymorphic. When tandem repeats are found within functional regions ...

Tapuwae: a vehicle for community change

Eketone, Anaru (Journal Article, Community Development Journal, 2006)

In indigenous community development there has been a reliance on critical theory to inform and underpin practice. In this article constructivist approaches such as Native theory provide an alternative theoretical basis to ...

Targeting the Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK) and the Insulin-like Growth Factor Receptor 1 (IGF1R) in crizotinib resistant lung cancer cells

Wilson, Christabel (Thesis, Master of Science, 2017)

Non-small lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for approximately 85% of all lung cancer-related deaths worldwide. Historically, platinum-based chemotherapy regimens have been the first-line treatment for advanced NSCLC, however ...

Targets of the QseM Antiactivator in Mesorhizobium loti

Major, Anthony Scott (Thesis, Master of Science, 2015)

Quorum Sensing (QS) is a system used by bacteria to coordinate gene expression in response to population density using secreted diffusible signalling molecules, known as autoinducers. Many QS systems are similar to the ...

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