If one were to choose a single object to epitomise the discipline of Design, it could easily be the chair. Most buildings, vehicles or machines contain them. Many of us find ourselves compelled to sit in seats or chairs ...

This thesis is a review of the literature spanning multiple disciplines to provide an overview of climate change science in the global and New Zealand context, its implications, and a context for action amongst young New ...

A key problem with animal models of psychosis lies with the animal’s inability to self-report its own internal state. In the present study, we used the drug discrimination paradigm, an assay that can provide an objective ...

Fever is a common reason for people to seek healthcare in low-and-middle-income countries. For decades, cases of febrile illness have often been considered to be malaria and treated as such. However, with apparent declines ...

Determining the postmortem interval (PMI) or time of death is often the most sought after piece of information associated with a death investigation. PMI determination not only establishes how long a person has been deceased ...

The endemic New Zealand echinoid, Evechinus chloroticus (Valenciennes), was collected bi-monthly between May 1999 and June 2000 from Elizabeth Island, Doubtful Sound, and held in shallow water sea cages in Otago Harbour, ...

A metalsmith's ability to tum stone into metal and mould metal into useable objects, is one of the most valuable production industries of any society. The conception of this metallurgical knowledge has been the major ...

In the Reeves Bluffs area, southern Victoria Land, Antarctica, metasediments and metabasalts belonging to the Skelton Group are the oldest rock types. Lithologies include pelite/psammite pairs, calc-silicate skarns and ...

This dissertation examines the art and practices of two Aotearoa New Zealand artists Ralph Hotere (1931-2013) and Joanna Margaret Paul (1945-2003) with a specific focus on their spiritual sensibilities, and in response to ...

This thesis examines the role of biomes in lineage diversification. It explores whether biome conservatism, the tendency to remain in ancestral biomes, constrains diversification, and tests whether biome shifts are linked ...