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The one day of the year : ANZAC day in Aotearoa/New Zealand 1946-1990
Every year on 25 April New Zealanders commemorate Anzac Day. The day is set aside to remember the nation's war dead. This thesis examines the observance of Anzac Day from 1946 to 1990 and argues that as New Zealand's most ... -
War before Angkor: the evidential and theoretical context of warfare in prehistoric Thailand
The role of warfare in prehistoric Thai lifeways has been a topic of debate, although no studies have specifically sought to investigate and explain prehistoric warfare in Thailand. Recent advocacy of the heterarchic ... -
Hydrothermal alteration within the alpine fault zone
Hydrothermal alteration, hosted in brittle structures, has been documented along the length of the Alpine Fault Zone. The along-strike profile has been divided into two geographical groups based on differing fault zone ... -
The three-dimensional jig-saw puzzle : a ceramic sequence from North east Thailand.
The aims of this research are threefold - to demonstrate changes in the ceramic sequence of four sites in one area in Northeast Thailand; to assess the extent to which these changes are indicative of wider changes in the ... -
The concept of similarity in prehistoric studies : a test case using New Zealand stone flake assemblages
The concept of similarity has occupied a key position in the interpretation of archaeological evidence since Thomson's Three Age System was formulated (Thomsen, 1836). Indeed, the writing of prehistory demands the use of ... -
Acute rheumatic fever and group A Streptococcus in New Zealand: A descriptive epidemiological study
Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is a preventable immune mediated condition triggered in response to Group A Streptococcus (GAS) pharyngitis. Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) can result from a single episode of ARF and is particularly ... -
The extent and nature of children’s real-time exposure to alcohol marketing using wearable cameras and GPS devices
Alcohol places substantial financial, physical, social and psychological burdens on society. There is mounting evidence that childhood exposure to alcohol marketing increases the likelihood children will begin drinking, ... -
Understanding the Water Resources of the Cardrona River, Central Otago
The Cardrona River runs in a north-east direction from the Crown Range to the Clutha River Mata-Au at Albert Town, near Wanaka, in Central Otago. There are water resource concerns in the catchment regarding a lower reach ... -
Microstructural evolution of polycrystalline ice during non-steady state creep
The mechanics (rheology) of polycrystalline ice Ih are important to understand the dynamics of glaciers, ice sheets and icy moons in the outer solar system. Moreover, the microstructure and rheology of deforming polycrystalline ... -
The real-world outcomes from high intensity interval training, intermittent fasting and whole-food diets
Background: Given global epidemics of obesity and diabetes, it is clear that adherence to current nutrition and activity guidelines is insufficient. Novel lifestyle interventions such as high intensity interval training ... -
Landscape : perceptions of Kai Tahu I Mua, Āianei, Ā Muri Ake
This research is concerned with Kai Tahu experiences and understandings of the concept and use of the term, landscape. The term itself is one used variously to represent for us as Iwi, the land and the sea including flora ... -
Female complaints : Women's health in Dunedin, 1885-1910
The years 1885-1910 witnessed much debate and growing community interest in issues of women's health. By the end of the period professional specialisation in this field had achieved recognition. An analysis of the contributions ... -
Ecological energetics of feral house mice (Mus musculus) inhabiting coastal sand dunes
Feral house mice (Mus musculus) are well established throughout New Zealand. They are a potential pest species about which comparatively little is known, especially with respect to invertebrate populations where we might ... -
Combination of Cardiac Progenitor Cells from the Right Atrium and Left Ventricle provide Synergistic Paracrine Effects for In Vitro Cardiac Repair
Cardiovascular diseases, such as ischaemic heart disease, remain the most common cause of death worldwide. With no effective treatment to replace the loss of cardiac tissue following a myocardial infarction, ischaemic heart ... -
Genome-wide DNA Methylation and Gene Expression Analysis of Non-invasive and Invasive Melanoma Cell Lines
Melanoma is a serious form of skin cancer derived from the pigment producing cells called melanocytes. New Zealand has the highest rate of melanoma in the world with as high as 50 cases of melanoma per 100,000 people, ... -
Indigenous Entrepreneurial Orientation: Exploring Entrepreneurial Orientation with Māori Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurial orientation (EO) refers to policies and business practices that are entrepreneurial and reflected through five dimensions: innovativeness, risk taking, proactiveness, autonomy and competitive aggressiveness. ... -
Investigating Students' Perceptions of Collegiality in Doctoral Education
Collegiality in the doctoral environment and collegial peer communities are under-researched, and their potential to enhance doctoral education is under-utilised. Academic developers, researchers, government departments, ... -
Low back pain and its association with the key lifestyle and anthropometric factors in adolescent females in Otago, New Zealand
Background: Low back pain (LBP) is a common complaint in adolescents with prevalence rates in the teenage years reported to be as high as in adults and a wide range of lifestyle, socioeconomic, psychological and physical ... -
Improving Exercise Compliance in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Background: Regular physical activity offers numerous health benefits to an individual. Worryingly the level of physical activity participation worldwide is at an all-time low and patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease ... -
Treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea with oral appliances
The use of oral appliances for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) has become an established treatment choice. To date, follow-up data on the effects of such treatment on the facial skeleton, pharynx and occlusion ...