Sport plays a special role in New Zealand society, and one sport, rugby, dominates all others in terms or time, interest and participation. The 'national game' has helped to shape New Zealanders' perceptions or themselves, ...

This thesis describes and discusses runholding in Otago and Southland during the provincial period. The main emphasis is upon runholding as a form of land use rather than as a social institution. This involves an examination ...

The first part of this research project focuses on the measured effects of sheep trampling on a pastured surface soil under varying moisture levels. The results of changes in bulk density, bearing capacity and moisture ...

This thesis is concerned with attempts to change the law which placed a British married woman under disability in nationality and the reasons these attempts failed between 1914 and 1933. Under provisions operative throughout ...

The exile of Maori prisoners to Dunedin in 1869 and again in 1879, was due to the Northern wars and the confiscation of land in Taranaki by the Government. Maori never accepted the 'justice' imposed on them and active ...

The influence of intracranial pressure, systemic arterial pressure and cerebral perfusion pressure upon the development of vasogenic cerebral oedema is largely unknown. To study their relationship, an osmotic disruption ...

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. ...

The development of a superannuation policy in New Zealand since 1970 has been the result of a search for effectiveness in an area of large Government spending on welfare. The positions developed by the two major political ...

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. Light-optimal 14C ...

A study was designed to determine current levels of fluoride ingestion from all sources by infants aged 11-13 months, resident in fluoridated and non-fluoridated areas in New Zealand. The quantity, nature, and form of all ...