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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Melanoma is the most serious form of skin cancer, with New Zealand having the world’s highest incidence rates. It is characterised by an aggressive clinical behaviour, associated with metastasis to distant organs and poor ...

Ocean acidification is the lowering of oceanic pH that has resulted from the increase of CO2 in the atmosphere. pH is a dominant factor driving the dissociation of inorganic carbon in the ocean and because the pH is lowering, ...

The fernbird is a small inconspicuous passerine with relatively poor flying capabilities. It is found occupying areas with a generally dense cover of low vegetation from sea level to over 1000 m elevation. With the drainage ...

Large, isolated ‘specimen’ trees are a significant part of urban landscapes, yet their role in supporting wider biodiversity remains largely unexamined. The aims of this thesis were to examine how urban, isolated trees ...

Bacteria are single celled organisms that can live together in communities called biofilms. These biofilms consist of a structural matrix consisting of polysaccharide gel secreted by the bacteria, with the bacteria living ...