Browsing by Degree Name "B.A. (Hons.)"
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Between motion and stasis : Leni Riefenstahl's Olympia and Schönheit im Olympischen Kampf
This dissertation examines the impact of viewing images in motion compared to when static. This is achieved through an analysis of the film Olympia compared to the photographic book Schönheit im Olympischen Kampf In doing ... -
'Gathering places' : the mixed descent families of Foveaux Strait and Rakiura/Stewart Island, 1824-1864
[…] This dissertation explores the social world of the mixed descent or 'half caste' population based around Foveaux Strait and Rakiura/Stewart Island up until the purchase of Rakiura by the Crown in 1864. I examine the ... -
A history of the Ellison whanau of Otakou
The Ellisons are a leading Ngai Tahu whanau. In this dissertation I use the Ellisons to interpret and examine the Ngai Tahu experience of cross-cultural encounter from the 1830s until the early twentieth century. Specifically, ... -
The individual child : study of the development of social services in education in relation to the first Labour government's educational policy
The subject of this study is the effect which the policy of the individual child, as expressed by the Labour Government in 1939, had on the development of social services in education. This development was examined chiefly ... -
Social change and the state : the emergence of a benefit for unmarried mothers in New Zealand
In 1973 the Labour government introduced a statutory benefit for unmarried mothers, separated and divorced women. It was called the Domestic Purposes Benefit (DPB). Although unmarried mothers were only one group covered ... -
Swaggers and society : a New Zealand experience
The aims of this study are two-fold. First, to reach an understanding of the swagger, his lifestyle, and his outlook on life. And second, to investigate the relationships between the swagger and various groups in New Zealand ...