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Land development and eutrophication of Lake Mahinerangi
This study continued long-term limnological monitoring of Lake Mahinerangi, on which measurements have been made since 1965. Since this time, 35% of the catchment has been developed for agriculture.
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No woman's land : marginality, liminality and non-traditional women in New Zealand : decade between early 1970 - early 1980
Are non-traditional women marginal to their society? This study purports to examine correlations between theories of liminality and marginality and the small group process within the New Zealand Women's Liberation Movement. ...
From subject to device, history as myth in action : the evolution of event from mythic processes as revealed in Waterfront Dispute fiction
This analysis of selected New Zealand works defends the evolving function of history as fiction-material. It is intended to establish that purpose and treatment alter, as time further separates the writing and the event. ...
An examination of certain aspects of industrial relations ideologies : a theoretical analysis and an empirical study of managers
The field of study of this research, namely industrial relations ideologies, is rich in theoretical writings but destitute in empirical research. Much of the writing, and consequential academic argument, has been undertaken ...
An analysis of the Chamber concerto for 13 instruments by Gyorgy Ligeti
This thesis is an analysis of Ligeti's Chamber Concerto for 13 instruments. It examines in detail the ordering of notes, particularly Ligeti's use of canon, and links the pitch organisation with other parameters, such as ...
Archaeology and history of the Chinese in southern New Zealand during the nineteenth century : a study of acculturation, adaptation, and change
Amongst the thousands who swarmed into New Zealand last century in quest of gold were some 10,000 Chinese. Although they were relatively 'late arrivals', within a few years they constituted one of the largest, and certainly ...
Perceptual strategies of experts and novices in a fast ball sport
This thesis examined the perceptual strategies of expert and novice badminton players in an attempt to test notions of visual selective attention within applied, ecologically valid, sport settings. In keeping with established ...
Manuherikia group of Central Otago, New Zealand : stratigraphy, depositional systems, lignite resource assessment and exploration models
Dunstan Formation lignite bearing strata within the 1,000m thick Miocene Manuherikia Group of Central Otago represent an important coal resource. Three principal coalfields, Blackstone, Roxburgh and Nevis are identified.
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The Druids, a Celtic study
My concern is with a select group of religious leaders known as "the Druids" who were affiliated to "the Celtic" peoples. I am particularly interested in the parallels that can be drawn with other religious leaders of ...