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Kaupapa Māori: Fact or Fiction?
Kaupapa Māori, is a term that surfaced within the educational realm but its concept is one that was derived from our tupuna. It is a contested term and has become common-place but what hasn't occurred is its 'defined ...
Maori Cultural Landscapes in Otago: Acknowledgement, Recognition and Preservation
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The landscapes of Otago are peppered with memorials and meaning. Meaning comes from how people perceive and have perceived their surrounds through time. The passage of time, geographical features, heritage, ...
Kantian and Humean Constructivism
Metaethical constructivism holds that a judgement is normatively compelling for an agent if that judgement follows from within the standpoint of the judging agent. Christine Korsgaard, a Kantian constructivist, holds that ...
The Role of Local Knowledge in Yancheng National Nature Reserve Management
Throughout the world, protected areas have been established to preserve biodiversity and natural ecosystems, but they are constantly facing economic development pressure from surrounding communities. In order to reconcile ...
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 ...
Keeping Up Appearances: Accessing New Zealand's Civil Courts as a Litigant in Person
It is commonly believed that more and more people are going to court without a lawyer, both in New Zealand and in other common law jurisdictions. The right to appear in court in person is essential to the legitimacy of the ...
The Grimms’ Kinder- und Hausmärchen as a Product of Modernity
In this thesis I investigate the extent to which the Brother Grimms’ Kinder- und Hausmärchen (KHM) can be considered as a document of modernity. This gives ground to argue that over the course of more than forty years ...
Developing an energy-related Time-Use Diary for gaining insights into New Zealand households’ electricity consumption
Sustainable development is vital for the future wellbeing of our society. In the energy sector, sustainability involves reforming the energy supply and demand patterns, including using more renewable energy, reducing ...
The ports of Otago & Bluff : a geographic comparison and contrast
Geography seeks to describe places or areas as entities in themselves as well as in their relations to other places or areas. The complex interaction of Physical and Cultural features combining in varied ways to form dynamic ...
Living in the Tension: A cross-cultural comparative study of the meaning and management of care, self-care, and wellbeing across two communities of faith-based youth workers.
This ethnographic project explored how faith-based youth workers in two communities – Moment of Truth Evangelistic Ministries (MOTEM) in Kampala, Uganda, and Canterbury Youth Services (CYS) in Canterbury, New Zealand – ...