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The National Policy Statement on Urban Development Capacity: An effective tool to improve housing affordability in New Zealand?
The National Policy Statement on Urban Development Capacity (NPS-UDC) provides national direction from Government on planning for urban growth in New Zealand. It requires that local authorities and decision-makers ensure ... -
Post-entry speed of internationalization and export performance of small- and medium-sized enterprises
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which, traditionally, have been considered as firms characterized by domestic focus and limited geographic scope, are increasingly extending their focus across national borders ... -
Can an apple a day keep the psychologist away? The role of fruit and vegetable intake in mental well-being.
‘You are what you eat’ is a well-known adage that is supported by evidence linking healthy diets to greater physical well-being. The cornerstone of a healthy diet is a high intake fruit and vegetables, containing a variety ... -
'Gathering places' : the mixed descent families of Foveaux Strait and Rakiura/Stewart Island, 1824-1864
[…] This dissertation explores the social world of the mixed descent or 'half caste' population based around Foveaux Strait and Rakiura/Stewart Island up until the purchase of Rakiura by the Crown in 1864. I examine the ... -
The lek breeding system of the Kākāpō (Strigops habroptilus): the role of vocalisations in female mate choice and kin clustering on leks
For a species to succeed, individuals must be able to attract a mate. The method in which they do this is known as a breeding system and it involves a diverse array of social behaviours. A lek breeding system is employed ... -
Anglicanism and the Ephesians 4 Gifts: Towards a Leadership Model that Disciples and Equips the Church for Mission
This research project has two aims; to look for evidence that Hirsch’s proposition that the five ministry gifts of Eph 4:11, the apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor and teacher are needed to transition an institutional ... -
Integrating Health Navigation and Interpreting Services for Patients with Limited English Proficiency
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY New Zealand’s increasingly diverse population means that many patients come from linguistic and cultural backgrounds that make it more difficult for them to effectively access the New Zealand health ... -
Hydrogen Isotopes in New Zealand Soil: A method comparison
The spatial characteristic of stable hydrogen and oxygen isotope ratios of global precipitation has been widely investigated. This study extends that investigation to tracing the flow of hydrogen isotope ratio patterns ... -
A Poetics of Water: Cross-Cultural Ecopoetics in a Crisis World
This thesis yokes together ecocriticism, avant-garde poetry, and comparative literature to offer a new approach to studying literary responses to environmental crisis on a global scale. It develops this approach by examining ... -
The misalignment between the expectations of fashion students, fashion tertiary educators, and the fashion industry
What motivates students to study fashion design? What employment opportunities are there in the fashion design industry for fashion graduates? These are some of the core questions raised in this thesis. Fashion design ... -
The Science Communication of Whale Watching: A People-Focused Science Communication Approach
In 2014, UN Member States proposed a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) including SDG #14 with its focus to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development (Le Blanc, ... -
Relationships Matter: The Role and Impact of Younger International Development Volunteers
The role of international development volunteering (IDV) has evolved from the 1980’s, both in practice and in theory. A body of literature analyses international volunteering through neoliberal and neo-colonial expressions, ... -
Reflecting on Culture in Medicine: Second-year medical students' online discussions
This thesis reports on a qualitative study of the role of reflection in the development of second year medical students’ intercultural competence. Reflective capacity is an important professional competency and is crucial ... -
Stranger than Fiction: the creation of two short theatre of the real plays about Closed Stranger Adoption in Aotearoa
My MFA explores how a range of theatrical techniques can be used to stage autobiographical and biographical narratives. Using practice-led research I created and staged two theatre of the real plays: Close Stranger and ...