• Children's perspectives of their everyday lives with a focus on the transition from early childhood centre to school 

  Ledger, Eileen

  The aim of this ethnographic study was to explore New Zealand children's perspectives on their everyday lives with a focus on the transition from early childhood centre to school. Sixteen children, whose average age was ...

• Public space and anti-homeless regulations : local government responses to homelessness in three New Zealand cities 

  Laurenson, Penelope Jane Marjorie

  This thesis examines local government regulation of public space and its effects on homeless people in the cities of Auckland, Wellington and Nelson. International literature identifies a growing trend in Western cities ...

• Human resources, the dilemmas of education and training, strategies and practice with focus on the Pacific 

  Latham, Elizabeth

  This research explores human resource issues in the tourism industry within the context of the Pacific with focus on New Zealand and Samoa, analysing the effectiveness of education and training. This is referenced to human ...

• Hypoxia : dynamics, causes and biological impacts in the Kaikorai Estuary, Dunedin 

  Larkin, Gregory Jonathon Alistair

  Dissolved oxygen concentrations have fluctuated naturally over geological history. In recent years, a decrease in estuarine oxygen levels has been directly related to the process of anthropogenic eutrophication. The condition ...

• Mindfulness, Acceptance, and Meaning in Life for Adults with Advanced Cancer 

  Fernandez Zimmermann, Fernanda

  Introduction When cancer is advanced and life-threatening, it has both physical and psychological effects, and for many people creates existential concerns. Mindfulness as a therapeutic endeavour is widely used in ...

• Sperm whale habitat off Kaikoura, New Zealand : a descriptive study of physical and biological processes influencing sperm whale distribution 

  Larivière, Fanny

  Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) are deep-diving marine mammals found in all oceans of the world and occupy a wide range of environmental conditions (Best 1979; Rice 1989). There is no real consensus in describing the ...

• Estimating the Technical Potential for Residential Household Appliances to Reduce Daily Peak Electricity Demand in New Zealand 

  Dortans, Carsten

  The successful operation of an electricity system necessitates balancing electricity supply and demand. It is widely recognized that fluctuations in electricity supply and demand have the potential to generate negative ...

• Investigating How Mutations in Cytochrome c Affect the Intrinsic Apoptosis Pathway 

  Wood, Gabrielle

  Cytochrome c is a highly conserved, haem containing protein that usually resides in the mitochondria inter-membrane space. In mitochondria, cytochrome c has a well-known role in the electron transport chain transferring ...

• Framing Entertainment and Wild Gorillas: Effects on Public Perception and Endangered Status A Conceptual Review 

  Provis, Elise

  Schroepfer, Rosati, Chartrand, and Hare (2011) found that the use of chimpanzees in entertainment leads people to believe that they are not endangered and that they would make suitable pets. As gorillas have also featured ...

• Uznanie Jezusa za ofiarę przemocy seksualnej Reakcje ofiar, członków stowarzyszenia Sodalicio w Peru 

  Figueroa, Rocío; Tombs, David

  This report identifies a number of publications--Tombs (1999), Heath (2011), Gafney (2013), Trainor (2014)--which have independently and explicitly identified Jesus as a victim of sexual abuse in published work. It also ...

• Suffering, Solidarity and Spirituality: The Lived Experiences of Internally Displaced Women in Northern Nigeria 

  Aham-Chiabuotu, Chidimma Beloved

  Since 2009, the Nigerian state, has been under intense attack by an Islamic extremist group popularly known as Boko Haram. As a result of the insurgency, over two million persons have been internally displaced, 53% of whom ...

• Ghrelin and peripheral artery disease 

  Neale, Joshua Peter Howard

  Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is the most common cardiovascular disease associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). PAD is characterised by the narrowing or occlusion of systemic arteries impeding blood supply to ...

• The PvdF enzyme of Pseudomonas aeruginosa 

  Philem Priyadarshini Devi

  Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic bacterium which requires iron for growth and survival. Under iron limiting conditions, P.aeruginosa secrete iron scavenging compounds called pyoverdines. Pyoverdines consist of a ...

• Citizens' Jury on Euthanasia and Assisted Dying 

  Walker, Simon; Young, Jessica; Egan, Richard

  Euthanasia or assisted dying (EAD) remains a highly contentious issue internationally. Though polls report that a majority of New Zealanders support EAD, there are concerns about the framing of the polling questions, and ...

• Petrogenesis, eruption and emplacement of the volcanic rocks at Otapahi, Otago Peninsula. 

  Baxter, Rachael Joy May

  Intraplate volcanism is a globally common phenomenon that remains poorly understood. It formed the Dunedin Volcano at 16-10 Ma, with the oldest known exposures located at Otapahi, on Otago Peninsula. Investigation of the ...

• A Synthetic Methodology for Accessing Ceramide Based iNKT Cell Agonists 

  Robinson, Sage

  It is well established that immunological surveillance is an important method by which cancer is controlled in healthy people. Cancer immunotherapy aims to exploit the power of the host immune system for the targeted ...

• 'Liking' working with suicidal patients: A mixed methods research investigation of clinicians' positive inclination to patients at risk for suicide and the effect of this on the therapeutic encounter 

  Soulie, Tess

  Background: A strong therapeutic relationship is associated with better outcome in therapy/treatment, including with patients at risk for suicide (PRS). However, to build a strong therapeutic relationship with PRS, clinicians’ ...

• Local Authorities and Community Engagement on Climate Change Adaptation 

  Barth, Jule; Bond, Sophie; Vincent, Nicolle

  This report explores how regional and territorial authorities in Aotearoa New Zealand currently understand their role in climate adaptation, to what extent they are currently fulfilling that role, and how they engage with ...

• Effects of coralline algal diffusion boundary layers on growth of newly settled sea urchins: implications for ocean acidification conditions 

  Houlihan, Erin

  Macroalgae are able to modify their local environment via biological processes, thereby creating a diffusive boundary layer (DBL) where the chemical and physical environment differs from the overlying bulk seawater. In ...

• Effects of high intensity interval training vs moderate intensity continuous training on fitness and body composition in active breast cancer survivors 

  Bell, Richard

  Background: Breast cancer and its treatment are associated with worsened body composition and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) in breast cancer survivors. These negative effects can increase overall, cardiovascular and ...

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