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How mammal exclusion using pest-resistant fencing influences terrestrial invertebrate communities at a New Zealand ecosanctuary
Despite being such important components of healthy functioning ecosystems, invertebrates are often overlooked in ecosystem restoration research, plants usually being the main focal point. There are many factors that can ... -
Water Quality of Stormwater Runoff into Lake Wānaka, New Zealand
The potential contaminant load from stormwater runoff into Lake Wānaka is an emerging problem for the management of urban waters in the Queenstown Lakes District of New Zealand. This research combined a field-research ... -
The Ideal Australian: The role of the gum tree in an Australian collective cultural identity
Gum trees, or eucalypts, encompass all species belonging to the genera Eucalyptus, Corymbia, Angophora, Stockwellia, Allosyncarpia, Eucalyptopsis and Arillastrum. They are the most abundant group of trees in Australia and ... -
New Zealand marine zooplankton dynamics through the lens of climate change
Marine mesozooplankton (zooplankton >0.2 mm in size) play critical roles in ocean food webs and biogeochemical cycles. Because mesozooplankton are taxonomically and functionally diverse, community composition is an important ... -
Ornstein Uhlenbeck- Jump Models of Evolution
In this thesis we explore models of continuous trait evolution which allow for sudden changes in trait values. Starting with the Ornstein Uhlenbeck process, we introduce two new models based on combinations of the Ornstein ... -
It's not Black and White: Examining the Underlying Motives Behind Prejudice and Discrimination
Research concerned with evaluating the motivational basis of intergroup discrimination has tended to focus on the role of self-esteem. Decades of research has, however, failed to find a consistent association between these ... -
Neural network models for learning representations of 3D objects via tactile exploration
How does the brain learn the geometry of 3D objects? While the question has been explored for decades, it remains poorly understood. Most researchers considering this question focus on vision. However, infants first learn ... -
The Development and Delivery of a Specialised Multidisciplinary Pain Management Group Programme for Women with Chronic Pelvic Pain
Background Chronic Pelvic Pain (CPP) affects around one in five women. Despite high healthcare usage, management of CPP is often unsuccessful resulting in high levels of disability and costs to society. Despite recognition ... -
The impact of sea cage salmon farming on the benthic environment of Big Glory Bay, Stewart Island
Rearing salmon in sea cages can have pronounced localised effects on benthic faunal assemblages and the physicochemical parameters of their environment. These effects result from sedimentation of pelleted feed and the ... -
Organisational change in the New Zealand Labour Party, 1974-81
This thesis is an examination of the organisational changes that have occurred in the extra-parliamentary wing of the New Zealand Labour Party between the Annual Conferences of May 1974 and May 1981. Changes in the Party ... -
Agency, uncertainty and power: Why people consider assisted dying at the end of life
Assisted dying is a significant issue in Aotearoa New Zealand given the continued controversy over the End of Life Choice Bill (2017), Act (2019) and forthcoming referendum. However, the views of people approaching the end ... -
Drivers of ethical consumption: A cross-cultural comparison
Ethical consumption covers a diverse range of areas including environmental concerns, fair trade, consumer boycotts, voluntary simplicity and sustainable consumption. They are driven by motivations and values which vary ... -
Animal Languages: The Human-Animal Binary in the Works of Clarice Lispector and Jorie Graham
This thesis argues that the human-animal divide plays a key role in the work of the writers Clarice Lispector and Jorie Graham, and that their explorations and complications of the divide in turn shed light on its persistence ... -
Norms in Competition: The Influence of Parliamentary Sovereignty and the Rule of Law on Human Rights Protection in New Zealand
In 2018 the New Zealand Supreme Court issued judgments in three cases which indicated that the Court was reconsidering their role in respect of rights protection in New Zealand; Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Trust v Attorney-General, ... -
Cranberry capsules for acute radiation induced cystitis: The Kathleen Kilgour Centre experience
Acute cystitis is a common radiation side effect in prostate cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy treatment which results from radiation damage to the bladder. Acute cystitis symptoms can occur within weeks of ... -
A multi-scale approach to assessing the spatio-temporal variability of seasonal snow in the Clutha Catchment, New Zealand
Seasonal snow is an important, but under-observed component of New Zealand's hydrological cycle. Measurement and characterisation of seasonal snow is complicated because it varies over a range of spatial and temporal scales. ... -
Composing for synthesisers in a Western art music setting
This Doctor of Musical arts in Composition has a focus on the use of synthesisers in the context of art music. It comprises a portfolio of compositions that use a synthesiser or synthesisers, usually alongside acoustic ... -
Elucidating the effects of shear stress on endothelial cell morphology and the expression of ENaC.
The epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) is important for blood pressure regulation through its function within the kidney and arteries, as it is a channel which facilitates the transportation of sodium into the intracellular ... -
Tidal energy theory and turbine array design in constricted channels
This thesis extends existing tidal energy theory to include the effects of channel constriction - previous general theoretical works have been limited to unconstricted rectangular channel geometries. This work uses a ...