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A Thorn in the Flesh: The Experience of Women Living with Surgical Mesh Complications
Reason for writing: This research sought to address a gap in the literature about women’s lived experience of pelvic surgical mesh complications, conducted by an insider researcher. Problem: Women have pelvic mesh ... -
‘No Spy Waihopai’: How does Praxis Inform the Theories of Pragmatic Nonviolence?
This research attempts to analyse whether the praxis of a failed nonviolence campaign informs Gene Sharp’s pragmatic nonviolence theories. It summarises the theory into an eleven point checklist, and then outlines the ... -
An exploratory study of Muslim women's attitudes towards and experiences of cervical screening
Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer worldwide in women, yet the cervical screening test is able to detect precancerous cells, improving the prognosis. Internationally, Muslim women have been found to have poor ... -
Middlemarch, 1914-1918
This dissertation attempts to provide a short overview of the effect of the Great War, 1914 - 1918, upon a small rural community in Central Otago. This work concentrates on the social aspects of the war's impact on the ... -
Achieving citizenship for all: How can a kindergarten community of practice support the active participation of a disabled child and their family?
This dissertation explores the ways in which one kindergarten community of practice supports the active participation of a disabled child and their family. It gives a full explanation of active participation as being ... -
George Clarke and the Protectorate
[…] The settlement of New Zealand and the struggle of the invading Europeans to attain self-government form the main interest in the historical development of this country over the past 120 years. Consequently, there is a ... -
The impact of homeless men's use of city spaces on their wellbeing
Homelessness is a broad and somewhat blunt term to describe a complex concept. Beneath the concept and many varied definitions are people who are living with inadequate, insecure or no housing at all; these are often among ... -
Between motion and stasis : Leni Riefenstahl's Olympia and Schönheit im Olympischen Kampf
This dissertation examines the impact of viewing images in motion compared to when static. This is achieved through an analysis of the film Olympia compared to the photographic book Schönheit im Olympischen Kampf In doing ... -
The thin end of the wedge : the 1970 South African tour controversy
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 ... -
'Black Diamond City' a history of Kaitangata mines, miners and community 1860-1913
Coal mining is an industry about which people have held and still hold a number of misconceptions. Much of this fact lies purely in lack of understanding for it seems coal mines have always been shunned by the wider ... -
Characterisation of gold mineralisation and geophysical aided geological mapping in the Old Man Range, Central Otago, New Zealand
Six structurally controlled gold deposits are hosted within two different structural blocks in the Old Man Range area. The mineralised lodes are hosted in normal faults which cut steeply across the host schistosity. In the ... -
Soil water regimes of the Glendhu experimental catchments
The Otago block mountains are important water supply areas with their abundant water yield attributed to conservative water use by narrow-leaved snow tussock (Chionochloa rigida), the dominant vegetation cover of the region. ... -
Social change and the state : the emergence of a benefit for unmarried mothers in New Zealand
In 1973 the Labour government introduced a statutory benefit for unmarried mothers, separated and divorced women. It was called the Domestic Purposes Benefit (DPB). Although unmarried mothers were only one group covered ... -
Have your cake and eat it too : the treatment of contemporaneous relationships under the Property (Relationships) Act 1976
Although it is clear from the Act that a person can be in more than one qualifying relationship at a time, the courts have shown themselves to be reluctant to recognise contemporaneous relationships as falling within the ... -
"Its OK, it's all right, oh yeah" : the 'Dunedin sound'? : an aspect of alternative music in New Zealand 1978-1985
[…] Although all of these styles existed to a limited extent in Dunedin and the other musical centres, outsiders tend to notice what existed in large numbers, and label that unique. The guitar sound and its 'jangle' and ... -
The black monk and the blue mystic : the writings and monochromatic paintings of Ad Reinhardt and Yves Klein
This dissertation is an examination of the monochromatic paintings and associated writings of Ad Reinhardt (1913-1967) and Yves Klein (1928-1962). Since its inception in 1918, the modern monochromatic painting has continued ... -
Pushing past the confines of femininity : music for women in Dunedin, 1907-1950 : a vehicle for agency, recognition and social connections
Music is a form of self-expression, community or national culture, political voice and ethnic identity, among many other things. This dissertation examines the way that music can be a central influence to life for women, ... -
Otago 17 - Southland 11 : a social history of Otago rugby in the 1940s
Sport plays a special role in New Zealand society, and one sport, rugby, dominates all others in terms or time, interest and participation. The 'national game' has helped to shape New Zealanders' perceptions or themselves, ...