• The Dhammakāyānussati-kathā: A Trace of “Siam's Borān Buddhism” from the Reign of Rāmā I (1782-1809 CE.) 

  Malasart, Woramat

  The Dhammakāya text genre appears in manuscripts, inscriptions, and printed texts found in Central Thailand, Northern Thailand, and Cambodia. Texts belonging to this genre share the same core Pāli verses, and date back ...

• A Seismic Investigation into the Thermal and Physical Properties of the Hydrate Bearing Pukeroro Ridge, Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand 

  Fletcher, Patrick Thomas

  Understanding the subsurface dynamics of the world’s oceans has become more important over time due to current climate issues, hazard evaluations and an ever-decreasing abundance of resources. Fluid and heat flow processes ...

• Predator free New Zealand: Social, cultural, and ethical challenges 

  Armstrong, D; Ellis, L; Hohneck, M; Irons, C; Knight, J; Littin, K; MacDonald, E; Maclaurin, J; Speedy, C; Steeves, T; Watene, K; Wehi, P; Parke, E; Russell, J

• The prehistoric exploitation and knowledge of geological resources in Southern Wairarapa. 

  Prickett, Kathryn E.

  (…) This thesis explores the use of the local and eternal geological environments by small groups of people living on the east coast of Palliser Bay, in southern Wairarapa. The rock types recovered from the archaeological ...

• 'Odd men from the Pacific' : the participation of Pacific Island men in the 28 (Maori) Battalion in the Second World War 

  Mataia, Louise Marie Tuimanuolo

  The Maori Battalion's wartime experience forms an important part of the New Zealand and Pacific Island heritage. This study explores the participation of Pacific Islanders in the 28 (Maori) Battalion during World War II. ...

• Dynamic ideologies : insights from the Slow Food movement 

  Mirosa, Miranda

  Ideology is the framework in which all consumer decisions are made and as such, an understanding of ideology is important for marketers. There is however, little research which conceptualises either what ideology actually ...

• 'Keeping ourselves safe' : investigating the development, implementation and reactions to the programme 

  Mahoney, Christine

  This research project examined the development and implementation process of the 'Keeping Ourselves Safe' child sexual abuse protection programme developed by the New Zealand Police in collaboration with the Department of ...

• Associations between intuitive eating, food patterns, mindfulness, experiential avoidance, and BMI : a random population study of New Zealand women 

  Madden, Clara Elizabeth Louise

  Background: Given the high prevalence of obesity and the poor long- term success of traditional weight loss treatments, non-dieting approaches are attracting increasing attention. Recent studies have shown that a number ...

• Surveillance and perception in world cinema : three case studies 

  MacMurdo-Reading, Margaret Ann

  This thesis examines the increasing centrality of surveillance devices, themes and concepts from varying social, theoretical and philosophical points of view by analysing and comparing three films. These films examine the ...

• Seasonality in New Zealand : perceptions of tourism operators in Queenstown 

  MacEwen, Lisa

  Although the effects of seasonality on the tourism industry and associated businesses are well known, research into the causes, characteristics, and implications of seasonality as it pertains to tourism remains very much ...

• So mote it be! : an anthropological investigation of contemporary feminist witchcraft 

  Macdonald, Helen M.

  The aim of this thesis was to produce an ethnography of contemporary feminist witches and the practice of their 'craft' in New Zealand, particularly the Otago and Canterbury regions. Data was collected over a sixteen month ...

• Characterisation of genes involved in exopolysaccharide biosynthesis and transport in the Mesorhizobium loti strain R7A 

  Fowler, Bjorn

  Rhizobia are bacteria that are important in fixing gaseous nitrogen into a plant-available form via a symbiotic interaction with leguminous plants. In order for this to occur, the legume and the rhizobia must communicate ...

• 'Back of the envelope'? : small and medium tourism enterprises and strategic planning 

  Macdonald, Fiona Kaye

  Small and medium tourism enterprises (SMTEs) form the backbone of New Zealand’s tourism industry. They are pivotal to a destination and important vehicles of regional economic development. However, they are characterised ...

• The liability of local authorities for escapes 

  MacAskill, Gary Stuart

  To some extent the style adopted in a legal exposition is determined by the object of the work and the nature of the subject matter. I have here attempted a critical restatement of the law relating to the liability of local ...

• Girls and outdoor education 

  Lynch, Philippa Marie (Pip)

  This study set out to investigate the experiences of girls' in school outdoor education programmes. One hundred and sixty-eight fourth form girls from four Dunedin schools (two co-ed and two single-sex) responded to a ...

• Studies to improve consumer hedonic measures : a comparison of hedonic measurement techniques and the development of a method to evoke consumption contexts in a laboratory test setting 

  Lusk, Karen Ann

  Studies one through three used a between groups design. However this design did not permit an understanding of how different evoked context influenced the same group of consumers. Hence in the fourth study, a counterbalanced, ...

• Community involvement in tourism planning in the Catlins, New Zealand 

  Low, Warrick

  This study examines residents’ attitudes towards tourism and tourism planning within the Catlins, New Zealand. This rural peripheral area on the lower coast of the South Island has received significant tourist growth over ...

• High Altitude Medicine: Understanding the Mechanism of Acute Mountain Sickness 

  Barclay, Holly Kate

  The present study was undertaken to determine the integrative physiology behind acute mountain sickness (AMS) susceptibility. We compared the respiratory, cardiovascular, renal and cerebrovascular responses to acute ...

• Student experiences of tourism education and nurturing the 'spirit of service' 

  Buissink-Smith, Nell

  The importance of service quality management has been well documented in the tourism and hospitality literature. To achieve this service quality goal, the role of the employee cannot be over emphasised. Successful tourism ...

• Empirical Essays on Finance and Economic Development in Ethiopia 

  Regasa, Dereje Getachew

  Access to financial services has been shown to be associated with faster growth and the promotion of economic development. However, most developing countries have a fragile and under-developed financial sector that provides ...

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