The study of hapū formation is an excellent place to begin, in order to understand the dynamic nature of Māori society. Hapū, or clans, are a group of inter-related whānau, joined together by a streamline of whakapapa and ...

Volcanogenic sediments of the Lower Permian Takitimu Group into the Gladstone Peak area are mapped and sub-divided into seven lithofacies. Some of the lithofacies indicate a shallow marine near shore environment, others ...

Background Recommendations have been made that simulation learning should be included in nursing undergraduate education. This advice has been in response to concerns that nursing education lacks adequate practical ...

The relationship between art and politics has been prevalent throughout art history. However, few artists have been so explicit in relating their work to a political situation as Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. Ai Weiwei's ...

This study investigates the effects of exchange rate volatility on Canadian manufactured exports for the period 1972Q3 to 1993Q4. Exchange rate volatility can be defined as the variance of the exchange rate, and there is ...

The katipo spider of New Zealand has attained much notoriety in this country and elsewhere when poisonous spiders are discussed. It is, however, evident that many of the popular beliefs concerning this spider in New Zealand ...

INTRODUCTION: Man's interaction with his environment involves facing risk and uncertainty in the form of environmental hazards. These threaten life and property, and the normal functioning of individuals and societies ...

PREFACE I became interested in Maori Land Law as a fourth year student of law attending the University of Otago. Unfortunately, this aspect of law was not formally taught in any of the prescribed subjects so I deceided ...

The island of Tanna lies in the Southern New Hebrides, north-west of Aneityum and south-east of Erromanga, and is about thirty miles long by ten or twelve miles broad. The most significant feature of the social organisation ...