Geography
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Arsenic contamination of soil and groundwater from the leaching of CCA treated fence posts in several Hawke's Bay vineyards
Throughout the rapidly expanding area of vineyards in New Zealand, great numbers of wooden posts, treated with copper, chromium and arsenic (CCA) are used to support the vine canopy. Studies have shown that when CCA-treated ... -
Building biocultural approaches into Aotearoa – New Zealand’s conservation future
Indigenous peoples’ roles in conservation are important because they offer alternate perspectives and knowledge centred on the quality of the human–environment relationship. Here, we present examples of Māori cultural ... -
The Environmental Priorities and Practices of Local Food Producers: Environmental priorities that local farmers hold, practices they use, and barriers they face to using more environmentally aligned practices
Sustainability has become a worldwide priority as globalisation and climate change proceed. Yet the current global food system is responsible for a large portion of unsustainability. It has been well established that the ... -
Sea level rise : an assessment of risk, South Dunedin, New Zealand
Sea level rise is one of the most significant long term challenges of the 21st Century, with predictions ranging from a 0.09 to 2m rise in sea level by 2100. Approximately 23% of the world's population lives within coastal ... -
Climate controls on the mass balance of Brewster Glacier, Southern Alps
Glaciers are highly sensitive indicators of climate variability. From the 1980’s to the early 2000’s, some glaciers in the Southern Alps experienced periods of advance; counter to global trends of glacier recession. These ... -
Māori Women Promoting Food Sovereignty in Aotearoa (New Zealand)
Poverty and food insecurity are issues being felt in Māori communities. Food insecurity includes the malnutrition of essential nutrients due to the inadequate intake of fruits and vegetables, exacerbated by the widespread ... -
Chemical Composition of Alpine Rivers in the Southern Alps, New Zealand
The Southern Alps of New Zealand are an exemplary case environment for studying the nature and relative proportion of chemical and physical denudation because of relatively high precipitation rates coupled with rapid uplift ... -
Glacier surface albedo from MODIS data and links to annual mass balance for the Gardens of Eden and Allah, New Zealand
The Gardens of Eden and Allah (GoEA) are two of New Zealand’s largest icefields. However, their remote location and protected conservation status has resulted in a lack of in situ observations and measurements. As a result, ... -
Are cultural impact assessments a tool for collaborative management?
This thesis investigates the participation of Maori (New Zealand's indigenous people) in the impact assessment process. Traditionally, Maori have had limited involvement in the management of New Zealand's environment. One ... -
Nursing a colonial hangover : towards bicultural planning in New Zealand
Planning, specifically resource management, is an activity of the state which should seek to reflect the values of the people. However, in New Zealand, only the values of the dominant Pakeha culture have traditionally been ... -
Local government response to increased flood hazards
The flood hazard in established urban areas is increasing. This is due to the effects of anthropogenic modification of catchments and rivers, and an increase in climatic extremes caused by global climate change, which ... -
Rū Te Whakaturu Whenua: Understanding Hapū Relationships Through Cultural Mapping
The paramount objective of this research is to critically analyse a model of knowledge revitalization, reproduction, re-dissemination and re-storage that underpins the traditional Māori essence of building hapū capacity ... -
A comparative study of land use planning under the Resource Management Act 1991 and the Town and Country Planning Act 1977
This study examines the hypothesis that the change in land use planning ideology embodied in the Resource Management Act has had a significant effect on the practice of land use planning in New Zealand. The Resource ... -
Strategic environmental assessment and the effective practice of EIA in Pacific Island countries
Environmental impact assessment (EIA) has been used as a decision aiding tool in Pacific Island countries (PICs) for the better part of 25 years to identify the potential implications of developments. However, its ... -
Challenges to the Implementation of ICT in Primary Education in East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Education is a basic need but the quality of the delivery of education is not equally distributed amongst all its intended recipients. As countries embrace the Sustainable Development Goals, the movement towards achieving ... -
The agricultural geography of South Canterbury
The term ‘agriculture’ has been used by Whittlesey to apply to both plant and animal husbandry. Although the members of the agricultural community of South Canterbury recognise ‘agriculture’ as meaning only arable farming, ... -
Understanding the Water Resources of the Cardrona River, Central Otago
The Cardrona River runs in a north-east direction from the Crown Range to the Clutha River Mata-Au at Albert Town, near Wanaka, in Central Otago. There are water resource concerns in the catchment regarding a lower reach ... -
Two blades for one : rural land subdivision on the plains of the Ashburton County, 1880-1930
Nineteenth century agriculture in New Zealand was characterised by the rapidity with which large areas of land surfaces were subjected to extensive and permanent change. Since settlement by the European often occurred on ... -
The Landscapes of Today and Tomorrow - A phenomenological exploration of experience and anticipation in the context of climate change
The physical ramifications of climate change on coastal settlements will challenge people’s relationships with the places that are important to them. Climate impacts are commonly described in terms of tangible changes ... -
Indigenous Representation in New Patterns of Urban Development: A Ngāi Tahu Case Study
Urban environments in New Zealand have commonly reflected grievances and injustices faced by Māori, especially due to a loss of kaitiakitanga (stewardship) of their land. Consequently, Māori throughout New Zealand have ...