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Modeling Continuous Time Series With Many Zeros

Wang, Yunan (Thesis, Master of Science, 2017)

Earthquake activity is generally modeled using point processes as earthquake events usually occur at random times and locations. Recent studies have found it mathematically challenging and computationally complex to ...
Factors modulating dopamine receptor gene expression and calcium signalling in primary cell culture of honeybee Kenyon cells

Ellen, Charles Wiremu Hardie (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

Signaling via the neuroamine dopamine is known to be important in insects for controlling behaviours such as sleep, arousal, motivation, locomotion, learning and memory. In the honeybee Apis mellifera pheromones and hormones ...
Ecosystem Services Based Management: Evaluation of an approach to coastal management planning and decision making in New Zealand

Payne-Harker, Hannah T. (Thesis, Master of Planning, 2017)

The ecosystem services based approach to management offers the potential to improve resource management planning and decision-making under the Resource Management Act 1991 by providing a way to draw together the often ...
Shared Spaces or Contested Places? Examining the role of Kāi Tahu Whānui in Port Chalmers and Bluff, 1848-2016.

Payne-Harker, Nyssa S. (Thesis, Master of Planning, 2017)

Although it is clear that a variety of Kāi Tahu lifeways and environmental management practices persisted following the arrival of Pākehā in New Zealand to the present day, Pākehā histories have not always recognised these ...
A General Framework of Vulnerability Assessment to Typhoon Storm Surge Inundation in Coastal Cities

Dong, Shuyun (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

Rapid urban expansion in coastal mega-cities (cities with populations over 10 million) leads to increased land demand and vulnerability to hazards as significant numbers of people are economically and socially disadvantaged. ...
Reintroduction biology of tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus): identifying suitable founder animals and conservation translocation sites

Jarvie, Scott (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

The rate of biodiversity loss is not slowing despite global commitments. Conservation translocations, the intentional movement and release of organisms to restore populations, are an emerging tool to help reduce species ...
The Health Status of Pacific Children and Young People in New Zealand 2015

Simpson, Jean; Duncanson, Mavis; Oben, Glenda; Adams, Judith; Wicken, Andrew; Pierson, Melanie; Gallagher, Sarah (Commissioned Report for External Body, 2017)

Despite some recent improvements, Pacific peoples in New Zealand continue to experience greater disadvantage across a range of socioeconomic indicators. Improving incomes, education, employment and housing is critical to ...
Te Ohonga Ake The Health Status of Māori Children and Young People in New Zealand Series Two

Simpson, Jean; Duncanson, Mavis; Oben, Glenda; Adams, Judith; Wicken, Andrew; Pierson, Melanie; Lilley, Rebbecca; Gallagher, Sarah (Commissioned Report for External Body, 2017)

This report is based on an Indicator Framework developed in 2007 in which the indicators for each of the three reports in the series were identified. The indicators in this year’s report were developed from Craig et al’s ...
Evaluating the Media’s Role in Public and Political Responses to Human-Shark Interactions in NSW, Australia

Fraser-Baxter, Sam Ezra (Thesis, Master of Science Communication, 2017)

Of all animals that pose danger to humans in this world, few are more feared than sharks. Human-shark interactions are traumatic, emotional and difficult to rationalize. While rare, human-shark interactions generate a ...
The Epidemiology of Cervical Cancer in Ghana

Nartey, Yvonne (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

INTRODUCTION: Cervical cancer is a significant health issue worldwide. It is the fourth most common cancer among women with more than 85% of new cases of the disease occurring in low- and middle-income countries. Cervical ...
Exploring undergraduate students’ perceptions of factors influencing their engagement and alienation in higher education

Asare, Samuel (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

Student engagement has been identified as having a positive influence on learning and retention. This has attracted much research on how to enhance engagement in higher education. Studies have considered the role of student ...
The thin end of the wedge : the 1970 South African tour controversy

McKegg, William Amos (Dissertation, Postgraduate Diploma, 1990)

In 1981 as a bewildered third former I marched up Queen Street in Auckland to protest against the Springbok tour. At the time I knew it was for the better good, yet the next day at rugby practise I had trouble explaining ...
Becoming aware: A study of student teachers' personal and professional values

Vermunt, Jenny (Thesis, Doctor of Education, 2017)

Student teachers’ personal and professional values have received passing attention in the educational literature, despite assertions that their values influence their perceptions, pedagogical decisions and actions. This ...
On the Multi-GNSS RTK Positioning Performance in New Zealand

Odolinski, Robert; Denys, Paul (Conference or Workshop Item (Paper published in proceedings), International Global Navigation Satellite Systems Society (IGNSS) Symposium, 2015)

With the advent of new Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSSs), multi-system, multi-frequency precise real-time kinematic (RTK) positioning can potentially be possible anywhere, at any time. The satellite constellations ...
Exploring the Role of Main Streets: A Case Study Analysis of Small Towns in the Clutha District, New Zealand

Hakkaart, Nerilee Maria (Thesis, Master of Planning, 2017)

Public spaces are an important part of the urban environment as they create liveable and vibrant places for people to live and work. Due to small towns having smaller populations than cities and a smaller number of formal ...
"Getting it": Successful intercultural teaching practicum

Murray, Sara Rosalind (Thesis, Doctor of Education, 2017)

New Zealand’s population is becoming increasingly diverse, particularly with new arrivals from the Asian continent. With this, comes the increased need for early childhood education professionals to respond authentically ...
The NEEDNT Foods Moderation Guidelines: Pre-testing of preliminary Moderation Guidelines for the NEEDNT Food List

Graham, Renee Michelle Cullen (Thesis, Master of Dietetics, 2017)

Background: Obesity is a key modifiable risk factor for non-communicable diseases. The modern food environment provides easy access to inexpensive, highly palatable, energy-dense and nutrient-poor foods and beverages, which ...
Conquest, Kingship, Calamity: Demetrius Poliorcetes After Ipsus

Dunn, Charlotte Marie Rose (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

Demetrius Poliorcetes (336-282 BC), was one of the extraordinary figures of the Hellenistic Age, whose career began in wake of the chaos that followed the death of Alexander the Great. His father was Antigonus Monophthalmus, ...
Planning for the Protection of Industrial Land and Services in the Sustainable City - A Nelson, New Zealand Case Study

Keyse, Matt (Thesis, Master of Planning, 2017)

Industrial zoned land and industrial activities within cities are facing a number of challenges which could potentially see industry displaced from urban environments. Contributing to this is the inadequate coverage of ...
Surveying in South Africa: Coordinate vs monument cadastre

Goodwin, David (Journal Article, Surveying and Spatial, 2017)

The article is an extract from correspondence between an Otago Surveying lecturer and a graduate who worked in Christchurch, New Zealand, and then moved to South Africa. Underlying the dialogue is a critical comparison ...