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Origin and beginning of the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa (C.C.C.S.) in Aotearoa New Zealand
Since this work is the first major research on the history of the C.C.C.S. in Aotearoa New Zealand, the main objective is to provide a general survey of its origin and beginning.
The Thesis takes seriously the self-understanding ...
Factors influencing caries activity in children - a longitudinal study
The development and progression of carious lesions were monitored clinically and radiographically for 1 year in caries-free and high-caries children resident in non-fluoridated (NF) and fluoridated (F) areas. The dmfs/DMFS ...
"The thirteenth apostle" : Bishop Selwyn and the transplantation of Anglicanism to New Zealand, 1841-1868
The process of transplanting metropolitan institutions to colonial societies has not been adequately studied by New Zealand historians. As a result, the transplanted Churches have been depicted as conservative imitations ...
Biogeochemical aspects of the New Zealand sector of the Southern Ocean
The main focus of this study was an investigation of phytoplankton processes across the Southland Front off the South Island of New Zealand. The Southland Front is part of the Subtropical Convergence, a major circumglobal ...
Memory-work : understanding consumer satisfaction and dissatisfaction of clothing retail encounters
This research investigated the process and meaning of consumer satisfaction and dissatisfaction in women's clothing retail encounters. It utilised a 'memory-work' methodology which operationalised storytelling and allowed ...
Malagan ritual art on Tabar, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
Malagan ritual art traditions of New Ireland have long been of interest to Western anthropologists, but have not before been considered in terms relevant to the New Irelanders themselves. This thesis documents the malagan ...
Knowledge, power, and nursing education in New Zealand : a critical analysis of the construction of the nursing identity
Formalised nursing education programmes in hospitals which lead to registration as a nurse commenced in New Zealand following the enactment of the Nurses Registration Act 1901. This system of education, which continued for ...
A Comparative Assessment of the Concept of Freedom in the Anthropologies of John Macmurray, John Zizioulas, and Karl Barthh
The concern of this thesis is to clarify a proper ontology of free persons. Three contemporary thinkers, John Macmurray, John Zizioulas, and Karl Barth, present understandings of the person that are relational in nature ...
Structure and function of the oviduct in gekkonid lizards
Although the structure of the oviduct has been analysed in several reptilian species using light microscopy, little ultrastructural information is available, particularly folloWing hormonal manipulation. Here, oviductal ...
The morphology of the pre-European Māori femur and its functional significance
The life of the pre-European Māori consisted of subsistence strategies ranging from hunter-gatherer to horticultural activities. The femur of both sexes is generally characterised by a flattened proximal shaft rotated ...