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Noeline Baker : a life in two worlds
Noeline Baker was an interesting and unusual woman whose life spanned one of the most dramatic phases of women's history - two world wars, the campaigns for peace they brought into being, the women's suffrage and the ...
An axial system of tonality applied to progressive tonality in the works of Gustav Mahler and nineteenth-century antecedents.
This thesis sets out to investigate the tonal procedures of the symphonies of Gustav Mahler, in order to gain a deeper understanding of the role played by progressive tonality in his works. Chapters 1 to 4 outline the ...
Glacier advance : the development of tourism at Franz Josef Glacier, 1865-1965
The central theme in the development of tourism at Franz Josef Glacier between 1865 and 1965 is relationship between people and the environment in a volatile glacier valley, and the ways in which this influenced the ...
Sir Arthur Hamilton-Gordon - Governor of New Zealand and High Commissioner for the western Pacific, 1880-1882
Long essay presented for the degree of Master of Arts in history. The post of Western Pacific High Commissioner established by the Order in Council of 17th. August 1877 continued to exist until 1952, and, except for one ...
Mycorrhizas of coniferous-broadleaved forest
SUMMARY
1. Phycomycetous mycorrhizas are abundant in coniferous-broadleaved forest. Mixed infections are common and soil samples usually contain mixtures of several spore types whose distribution shows no relation to ...
New Zealand's involvement in the partitioning of Palestine and the creation of Israel
When the fate of Palestine was placed in the hands of the United Nations General Assembly in April 1947, the New Zealand Government became actively involved in the search for a solution to this seemingly intractable problem. ...
Re-colonisation of a relocated boulder reef in Tauranga Harbour, New Zealand
Tanea Shelf at the base of Mount Maunganui (Bay of Plenty, New Zealand), is a subtidal boulder reef that supports a diverse marine community. To allow for expansion of the Port of Tauranga, 3.2 ha of this reef was dredged ...
The taphonomy of big-game hunting in prehistoric New Zealand
This thesis examines patterns of bone remains from big-game hunting in New Zealand archaeological sites, and the origins of these patterns from a taphonomic viewpoint. Taphonomy, as a subdiscipline within archaeology, ...
Communication and people with severe intellectual disabilities
This study IS concerned with communication assessment and intervention with people with severe intellectual disabilities. It proposes that since communication arises as a result of people interacting in social contexts ...
Sir George Grey's petitions to the Colonial Office over the abolition of the provinces
[...] To my mind the most interesting aspect of history is the clash between two strong characters. One of the classic examples in New Zealand history of such a clash is between Sir George Grey and the Marquis of Normanby. ...