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Exchange of nutrients from Big Glory Bay, Stewart Island
Big Glory bay is a semi-enclosed bay located in the south-east of Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island. The bay has been used for commercial sea cage rearing of chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Walbaum) since 1981 and ...
Re-staging history : historiographic drama from New Zealand and Australia
Since the 1980s, there has been an increasing emphasis on drama, in live theatre and on film, which re-addresses the ways in which the post-colonial histories of Australia and New Zealand have been written. Why is there ...
Tattooing, bodies and women : notions of resistance
Tattooing is a form of body modification that has existed in society for thousands of years. All societies place importance on the body, and bodies are modified throughout the world by a variety of practices, of which ...
Arsenic : the influence of natural parameters on its oxidation and mobilization in gold mines
Arsenic (As) is a common constituent of mining and geothermal systems. Literature has described the element as a toxin and human carcinogen particularly when it exists as As (III). Wairakei (North Island, New Zealand) ...
Eocene turtles and whales from New Zealand
This thesis documents eleven specimens of Eocene turtles (Reptilia: Testudines: Dermochelyidae, Cheloniidae) and seven specimens of archaeocete whales (Mammalia: Cetacea: Basilosauridae) from New Zealand. All taxa derive ...
A longitudinal study of tooth formation and root resorption from birth to preadolescence
The findings of the present study provide information of considerable clinical value to the orthodontist and pedodontist. They also contain basic data for those interested in child growth and they contribute to the normative ...
The classification of prehistoric stone implements by factor analysis : a consideration of New Zealand stone adzes.
The application of numerical taxonomic methods to archaeological problems is still very much in its infancy. A number of trial applications of various methods, to a wide range of archaeological data are clearly necessary.
The ...
Mechanics of folding in central Otago : an investigation of the recent deformation of the Rock and Piller Range
Cenozoic deformation of the Central Otago Range and Basin province has been investigated to determine the mechanism of range formation. Mapping in the Rock and Pillar Range revealed macroscopic folds in schistosity which ...
Resurrection of the prehistoric dead : the personal histories of sixteen ancient inhabitants of eastern Palliser bay.
[…] The present study is an attempt to elucidate these conditions for a small group of people living on the Eastern Shore of Palliser Bay in the twelfth century A.D. The success of the group under observation in relation ...
The structural and metamorphic geology of the Brighton - Taieri Mouth area, east Otago, New Zealand
[…] The primary purpose of the present study is to reveal as clearly as possible the structure and stratigraphy of the pre-Cretaceous basement rocks, mainly the Otago schist, of the area, and to determine if possible the ...