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(Journal Article, Higher Education Research and Development, 2017)Higher education confers significant private and social benefits. Māori and Pacific peoples are under-represented within New Zealand universities and have poorer labour market outcomes (e.g., lower wages, under-represented ... -
(Journal Article, Surveying and Spatial, 2017)The article is an extract from correspondence between an Otago Surveying lecturer and a graduate who worked in Christchurch, New Zealand, and then moved to South Africa. Underlying the dialogue is a critical comparison ... -
(Journal Article, AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 2017)Māori (Indigenous New Zealand) university graduates are role models for educational success and are critical for the social and economic wellbeing of Māori whānau (extended family) and communities. In this study, Māori ... -
(Thesis, Master of Science Communication, 2017)This thesis sets out to create some ethical guidelines for those wishing to make a documentary film involving the elderly. To that end it explores the ethical attitudes of four documentary filmmakers who have experience ...
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(Thesis, Master of Physical Education, 2017)Purpose: Cardiac parasympathetic reactivation (PR) following exercise mirrors a restoration of cardiovascular homeostasis and possibly readiness to perform. It has been postulated that a facilitated post-exercise PR may ...
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(Thesis, Master of Science, 2017)In a New Zealand first, a multi-channel hydrophone streamer has been used in conjunction with a boomer source to seismically image post-glacial sediments in the floor of Lake Ohau, Mackenzie Basin, adjacent to the Southern ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)Large scale subglacial eruptions are enigmatic. Their eruption and emplacement dynamics are not well understood due to the incompleteness of preserved units. The Snæbýlisheiði unit, south Iceland, forms a ca. 27 cubic ...
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(Thesis, Master of Science, 2017)The Ross Ice Shelf (RIS) is the largest ice shelf in the world. It buttresses ice flow from both the East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS) and the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS). Today the RIS does not appear to be retreating ... -
(Thesis, Master of Science, 2017)The research findings presented in this thesis describe some of the interactions that can take place between the climate and the endogenous metabolism of Vitis vinifera. Leaf plucking is a traditional vineyard management ... -
(Thesis, Master of Science, 2017)Human migration across much of the globe has often coincided with both climate change events and the decline of large animal species. Due to the temporal overlap of these events, it has often proven difficult to confidently ...
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(Thesis, Master of Science, 2017)The aim of this thesis is to gain insight on the inner mechanisms of mortality salience and control threat in order to understand how they influence ingroup favouritism. A further aim was to explore whether these effects ...
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(Thesis, Master of Science, 2017)Orogenic gold deposits are a source of arsenic (As) and antimony (Sb), in the sulphides arsenopyrite and stibnite respectively. Weathering of these deposits releases As and Sb into the environment but it is ore processing ...
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(Thesis, Master of Science, 2017)In addition to the trademark motor symptoms present in Parkinson’s disease (PD), affected individuals are also susceptible to a range of cognitive dysfunctions which have adverse impacts on quality of life. The overarching ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)It is estimated that 35% of patients receiving oncology treatment may be affected by psychological distress, making a compelling case for researchers to further investigate how psychosocial supportive services or interventions ...
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(Thesis, Master of Science, 2017)The hippocampus, has been established as a key structure in the processing of memory operations, with its neural activity proposed to play a critical role in memory consolidation. Memory impairment is prevalent in ...
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(Thesis, Master of Science, 2017)In New Zealand/Aotearoa, there are various rehabilitation programmes that aim specifically to reduce criminal offending among Māori. Currently, there is a lack of research investigating the experiences of rehabilitation ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)Superparamagnetic nanoparticles (SNPs) have many potential biomedical applications, for instance as MRI contrast agents, which was of specific interest in this work. Various techniques were used to synthesise spherical and ...
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(Thesis, Master of Science, 2017)Effective emotion recognition underlies successful social interactions. Abundant research with facial emotions indicates that those necessary skills decline with age. Deficits in emotional understanding, and therefore ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)In southern New Zealand, many upland streams drain into large oligotrophic lakes surrounded by native grassland, low-intensity farming, and small urban centers. Little work has been undertaken to determine the impact ... -
(Thesis, Master of Science, 2017)Many individuals identify as both Māori and Pākehā (New Zealand European). However, there are varying extents to which these individuals possess characteristics thought to underpin Māori identity, such as knowledge of ...
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