Browsing by Degree Name "Master of Arts"
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A Changing Topography: Culture and Nature in New Zealand Landscape Photography
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 ... -
A Coalitional Politics of Incoherence: Ethical (Trans)masculinities in New Zealand
Transmasculinity is a contemporary site for meaning-making about masculinity. I argue, more specifically, that queer-identified transmasculine people can practice queer masculinity in a way that resists hegemonic expectations ... -
A Comparison of Bilingual-based and Monolingual- based Pedagogy in the Acquisition of Māori as a Second Language He tina ki runga - He tāmore ki raro
There are numerous tertiary institutions throughout Aotearoa that offer Māori language education. These institutions include universities, various polytechnic institutions (Kura Matatini) and various whare wānanga (places ... -
A Foot in Both Worlds: The Bicultural Audience and Film in New Zealand
This Masters thesis works as a pilot project to provide a platform for the development of bicultural audience reception research in a New Zealand context. For the purpose of this study, a “bicultural” person is defined as ... -
A fractured identity, a fractured democracy: the national facet of Ukraine’s transition
After the dissolution of the USSR in 1991, Ukraine became an independent state. Despite an initial period of optimism regarding the future of the state, after twenty two years, Ukraine has continued to remain politically ... -
A High-Resolution Chronology of Human Arrival and Environmental Impact in Northland, New Zealand
Our understanding of when Polynesian colonists first arrived in New Zealand, how the landscape was altered, and the pace of anthropogenic modification has been primarily sourced from archaeological evidence and environmental ... -
A Justification of the Evolutionary Debunking Argument
In recent decades the debate over the metaethical conclusion from the theory of evolution has intensified. Michael Ruse’s epistemological argument has been taken up by Richard Joyce, Guy Kahane and Sharon Street and ... -
A Marker to Remember: Transformations in Plot Attributes from 1870s – 1930s in Dunedin’s Historic Northern Cemetery
Dunedin’s Historic Northern Cemetery (DHNC) is a non-denominational cemetery that contains over 18,000 burials from 1873 to 1937 when the last plot was sold, although cremated family members are still permitted in family ... -
A Matter of Waste: Making experiences and perceptions of household food waste visible
This thesis examines the topic of household food wastage in New Zealand. The possible ecological economic impacts of food wastage are now increasingly being recognised as part of a turn towards recognising the political ... -
A qualitative study on parenting children with ADHD: Finding ways to cope with the challenges
Having a child with ADHD can have a significant impact on parents’ lives. Due to their child’s inattention and/or hyperactivity/impulsivity, as well as possible social and academic difficulties, additional parenting demands ... -
"A Right To Be Māori?" Identity formation of Māori Adoptees
Writings dedicated to the adoption of Māori children or whāngai are minimal and there appears to be very little literature in regards to the affect of adoption on descendants of Māori adoptees. Whāngai has often been ... -
A Sin Against God: The Rhetoric of Incest in Senecan Tragedy and Tacitean History
Tacitus’ depiction of Agrippina the Younger in his Annales is controversial, as certain elements of this depiction bear a striking resemblance to the incestuous women depicted by Seneca the Younger in his Oedipus, Phoenissae ... -
A Very Mobile Meal: the Evolution of Ernest Hemingway's A Moveable Feast
A Moveable Feast is a memoir about Hemingway's early years in Paris from 1921-1926, written as a series of themed sketches – each sketch focused on an event, a place, or a person. The food and fights of Paris were vividly ... -
An administrative history of the Otago Museum
The purpose of this thesis is to describe the administration of the Otago Museum from the time of its foundation in 1868 until the present day. It does not pretend to be a complete history of the institution as such; in ... -
Adolescent Risk-Taking: The Validity of Stoplight as a Laboratory-Based Measure
Adolescence is a developmental period characterised by an increase in behaviours such as drinking, smoking, drug taking, dangerous driving, and unprotected sex. These risk-taking behaviours can lead to serious psychological ... -
Adoption: the birthmother's perspective
The present study was based on open ended interviews with SIX birthmothers who placed a child for adoption no less than ten years ago. The aim of the research was to gain the birthmother's perspective of this event. The ... -
Alexander's Image in the Propaganda of the Diadochoi
The untimely death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC resulted in a turbulent political situation; he left behind no obvious heir and immediately his leading officers became involved in a great struggle to control his vast ... -
Alfred Henry O'Keeffe in retrospect: paint and personality
This dissertation offers a detailed study of the life and art of the Dunedin artist and teacher Alfred Henry O'Keeffe (1858-1941). It is concerned with establishing an art historical context for his work and exploring its ... -
"All Work and No Play?" The Transition to University
In New Zealand, University completion rates do not compare well with those in other OECD countries. For example, the New Zealand completion rate for tertiary students in 2008 was 58% in comparison to Australia whose rate ...