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Community-based indigenous tourism, NGOs and indigenous poverty in Bangladesh
Indigenous peoples, with unique cultures and ways of life, often constitute the most vulnerable groups of society and may experience discrimination and marginalisation in many forms. Observing the growing quest to obtain ... -
Nā te kōti i tatari: The inconsistent treatment of tikanga taurima (whāngai) in Ngāti Mutunga (1820 – 2019)
This thesis argues that taurima (customary kin adoptive relationships) have been inconsistently treated in Ngāti Mutunga iwi (tribe) since 1820, and disproportionately so since the advent of the Native Land Court in 1862. ... -
Towards a New Approach to Conservation in Aotearoa New Zealand? A Critical Analysis of DOC and Fonterra’s Conservation Partnership: The Living Water Program.
This research is situated at the intersection of three highly complex and important spaces for the sustainability of Aotearoa New Zealand. The spaces of freshwater, conservation and dairy farming have become increasingly ... -
The Trees’ Influence on Soil Development. Nutrient Cycling Strategies of Trees. Fundamental Knowledge for synecological Forest Ecosystem Management.
The influence of various tree species and -genera on an initially homogenous soil substrate has been analysed and compared. The homogeneity of the site is due to a common loessial soil substrate, a narrow topographical ... -
Magnetostratigraphy and Environmental Magnetism of the RS15-LC100, RS15-GC101, RS15-GC102, and RS15-GC107 cores from the Ross Sea
The Antarctic ice sheets are sensitive to changes in ocean temperature and are predicted to retreat in the coming centuries. Geological reconstructions of ancient ice margin retreat can offer insights into the potential ... -
Factors driving life-histories in brown trout Salmo trutta exhibiting partial migration behaviours
The behaviors of some partially migratory salmonids, at both the among- and within-species levels, can be established early - on during their respective lives. For those species that have a plastic early life history in ... -
Military Medicines: ANZAC Military Pharmacy, 1914-1918
Military pharmacy is a niche subset of the wider pharmacy profession. As a small component of the armed forces, the role encompasses unique military requirements beyond usual pharmacy practice. This thesis analyses the ... -
Sea Level Rise in New Zealand:The Effect of Vertical Land Motion on Century‐Long Tide Gauge Records in a Tectonically Active Region
Historically tide gauge (TG) data have been used to estimate global sea level rise. Critical to the analysis of TG records is the assumption that the TG sites are stable and not affected by vertical land motion (VLM). We ... -
The antiviral mechanism and viral antagonism of host histone deacetylase 4 in influenza A virus infection
Influenza virus continues to be an important global pathogen which poses serious health and economic challenges. Influenza virus causes regular seasonal epidemics, intermittent and unpredictable pandemics and deadly zoonotic ... -
Mucosal associated invariant T cells: mechanisms of bacterial control in humans
Mucosal associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are an unconventional T cell subset that are abundant in humans in blood, liver, and mucosal tissues. MAIT cells express a semi-invariant T cell receptor (TCR) (Vα7.2-Jα12/20/33) ... -
Regulation of DEPTOR Ubiquitination by Uric Acid in the Pancreatic β-Cell
As rates of non-communicable disease such as diabetes mellitus raise the questions regarding how these diseases arise becomes more pertinent. One of the major causes of these types of disease is the effects of the modern ... -
Beyond the DSM-5: Examining the effects of processing speed and working memory on ADHD symptoms and adaptive functioning
Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) not only exhibit significant variability in the impulsive and hyperactive symptoms that characterise the diagnosis, but also in the presence and severity of ... -
Man tasol I ken senisim man: Only men can change men to address gender based violence in Bougainville
The almost ten year civil war, known locally as ‘the crisis’ from 1989-1998 transformed the Autonomous Region of Bougainville. It changed traditional, social, and cultural structures. Violent masculine tendencies emerged ... -
Understanding the ‘Pink’ vote in Aotearoa
There is little written on how gay men engage in the electoral process, and this lack of data extends to New Zealand. When speaking to peers about this topic, it was the widely held view that gay men support the Labour ... -
Role of cancer associated adipocytes (CAA) and tumour associated collagen structures (TACS) in breast cancer cell invasion and metastasis
In post-menopausal breast cancer, obesity is related to invasive tumours that are resistant to chemotherapy and have a poor outcome. Recent research has revealed that adipocytes co-cultured with breast cancer cells ... -
“It often rests on the shoulders of a passionate individual”: Exploring the discursive constructions of gender and sexuality within education settings in Aotearoa New Zealand.
In this thesis I explore the discursive constructions of gender and sexuality within secondary and tertiary education settings in Aotearoa New Zealand. Previous research has established teaching and education practices ... -
Chemistry of a Stable Vitamin C Glycoside in Apples (Malus spp.) and Other Fruit Crops
The primary aim of the research described in this thesis was to investigate an ascorbyl glycoside tentatively identified in crab apples (Malus sylvestris) by a non-targeted metabolomics study (unpublished thesis, J. Cho, ... -
The colours of that place: setting and memory in Irish short fiction
This creative-practice thesis explores the interplay of memory and setting in the short fiction of Colum McCann, with a view to illuminating my own collection of short stories. In Chapter one I have chosen four fundamental ... -
The influence of aspects of the biophysical environment on ovarian cancer cell behaviour
It has been increasingly acknowledged that the extracellular physical environment plays a vital role in cancer development and progression. However, the precise mechanisms of how the biophysical extracellular environment ... -
Paradoxical paradises: The poetic and lived utopias of James K. Baxter and Gu Cheng
This thesis develops a framework for understanding modern utopianism as both a literary and life practice. The thesis advances and tests this framework through readings of the writings and lives of the New Zealand poet ...