Foreword: In recent years knowledge of the clinical and pathological features of hepatitis has so increased that the disease has now become the subject of reviews (e.g: Sodeman 1946, Editorial, Ann. Int. Med. 1946, Dible ...

Development of the hill and high country tussock grasslands of Otago (N.Z.) by aerial oversowing with legumes has been carried out on a large scale without concurrent research into the role of reseeding in the longevity ...

The purpose of this thesis is to study the intersection between the forms of Christianity introduced into Samoa, and traditional Samoan social patterns and values, in the period up to 1880. A long introduction lays the ...

Risk factors for serious suicide attempts among young people were examined in a case control study in which a consecutive series of 129 young people aged 13 to 24 years who made serious suicide attempts was compared with ...

It is well established that among immigrants, language shift away from the native language, towards that of the host language occurs over two to four generations. This has been found in numerous places including New Zealand, ...

The taxonomic status, distribution, abundance and reproduction of shags in New Zealand are described. Evidence is presented to justify a change in the present acceptance of Stictocarbo as a monospecific genus containing ...

The barks of Pseudopanax colensoi and P. crassifolium were investigated in an attempt to identify potential deer attracting substances from the former. The bark of this species is among the first vegetation consumed when ...

This study plots the history of Dunedin's "inner circle", a group roughly equivalent to the "limited circle" of Stone's Auckland business community. The "inner circle" is defined and located in the structure of business ...

The principal aim of this study was to improve the laboratory diagnosis of inflammation in farmed red deer, primarily through the investigation of blood cells and inflammatory proteins in a variety of inflammatory ...

Nineteenth century Otago, an isolated, migrant society within a wider world of change, sought reliable coordinates against which to plot its course. The pioneer settlers were torn between recreation of the familiar and ...