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Rogernomics, predetermined policy or 'bureaucratic coup'?
This essay is concerned with understanding what exactly Rogernomics is in the eyes of its namesake, Roger Douglas. Under an eight-point framework the policies of Rogernomics are listed according to the two Douglas texts, ...
Evolutionary ecology of the New Zealand Fur Seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) and Hooker's Sea Lion (Phocarctos hookeri)
Thermoregulatory behaviour, terrestrial locomotion and postcranial skeletal morphology of the New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) and Hooker's sea lion (Phocarctos hookeri) are quantified and the results compared ...
"The gag again" : J.T. Paul and press censorship during World War Two
INTRODUCTION: Because of the strength of Western democratic traditions censorship of any kind is a controversial issue. During a war belligerent nations extend the aegis of censorship beyond pornography and violence to ...
The breeding ecology of the South Island Fernbird in Otago wetlands
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 ...
The Otago photoscreener : an investigation into pupil images
The Otago photoscreener is a photorefractive device based on a working model constructed by Assoc. Prof. A. C. B. Molteno. It has been used for the routine screening of infants and children in Dunedin Hospital Eye Clinic ...
Pelvic dimensions : an account of studies of the pelvis 1885-1988
This thesis is an historical/analytical account of the ways in which the pelvis has been studied. The starting point is Turner's 1885 study in which the pelvis was used as a 'thing' to demonstrate racial progressionism. ...
Giovanni Antonio Terzi and the lute intabulations of late sixteenth-century Italy
This dissertation is an analysis of Giovanni Antonio Terzi's lute intabulations contained in his two Venetian lute books of 1593 and 1599. These works are discussed in relation to other lute intabulations in sixteenth-century ...