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Titanium-in-quartz geothermometry: tracing siliciclastic sediment across the South Island
Provenance of ancient and Cenozoic East Otago and Canterbury Basin sedimentary rocks, modern Haast River and Wairau River bedload river sediment have been investigated using titanium-in-quartz geothermometry grain size ...
Detecting faecal contamination sources to waterways using Proton Transfer Reaction - Mass Spectrometry
Background: New Zealander’s take great pride in New Zealand’s well-known, clean, green image. To maintain this image a great deal of time and effort is put into monitoring and maintaining river water quality. The increase ...
Evaluation of the bioactivity of New Zealand wine by-products
Efficient extraction of phenolics from wine by-products has been of great interest to many researchers in order to maximise the activities exerted by the extracted bioactive compounds. In this study, different grape varieties ...
Cataclastic Processes within the Alpine Fault Zone
Cataclasis, associated with slip on a fault, results in the formation of fine grained fault rocks which have undergone fragmentation and shape change. This is accompanied by propagation of micro-fractures through the fault ...
Kosher in New York City, halal in Aquitaine: challenging the relationship between neoliberalism and food auditing
Previous work in the agri-food tradition has framed food auditing as a novelty characteristic of a shift to neoliberal governance in agri-food systems and has tackled the analysis of food “quality” in the same light. This ...
The Chestnut Economy: The Praxis of Neo-Peasantry in Rural France
This article presents the results of a study of an informal economy within le Parc national des Cévennes and observes the way in which diverse groups have re-inhabited and re-inscribed a previously abandoned peasant ...
Clinical measures of balance for people with cerebellar ataxia: Use and recommendations
This thesis aimed to recommend a core set of clinical measures for the assessment of balance of people with cerebellar ataxia. It comprised four studies: Narrative review, Systematic review, Delphi survey and Psychometric ...
Tākina ko au, Tākina ko koe! Te āhuatanga o te whakataetae kapa haka
Nga mahi a Tane-rore me Te Rehia (traditional Māori performing arts) is one of the most visible aspects of Māori culture. Traditional Māori performing arts is one of the key elements seen on the marae and it marked the ...
Blundering Intruders: Extraneous Impacts on Two Indigenous Food Systems
Indigenous communities commonly face a major impediment in their ongoing efforts to participate effectively in the stewardship and sustainable management of their traditional lands, waters and resources. Externally driven ...
Beyond bifurcation: examining the conventions of organic agriculture in New Zealand.
The last 10 years have witnessed numerous attempts to evaluate the merits of new theoretical approaches – ranging from Actor Network Theory to ‘post-structural’ Political Economy and inhabiting a ‘post-Political Economy’ ...