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A body of one's own: Representations of women's bodies in the poetry of Emily Dickinson and Anne Sexton, and breaking free of the gendering patriarchy
(The University of Waikato, 2019)Waxing, shaving, plucking, eye-brow tinting, hair dying, makeup, diets, plastic surgery – if all women were instantaneously in love with their natural bodies, millions of people would be out of work. For centuries, women’s ... -
A calibrated dual-port acoustic Vector Network Analyser
(The University of Waikato, 2022)The Vector Network Analyzer (VNA) is a workhorse in electrical engineering, and has been refined over the last fifty years to offer many advantages. This technology is continually expanding and branching into other fields ... -
A capabilities approach to freedom of employment: Hierarchical capabilities
(The University of Waikato, 2021)When people in New Zealand are unhappy with their current employment, they are often advised to find a new job. Implicit here is the assumption that a new job will be better, but it is not entirely clear that this is always ... -
A Case for an Indigenous Court - a realisation of self-determination?
(University of Waikato, 2016)This thesis searches for appropriate ways to alter entrenched patterns of highly negative outcomes for Māori in the criminal justice system. The statistics demonstrate that proportionately, Māori are much more likely to ... -
A changing dialogue within health communication in New Zealand: a case study of the Waikato screening mammography programme
(The University of Waikato, 2000)As part of changes in the health sector in New Zealand over the past decade, government has provided a number of community-based health interventions. The purpose of such interventions is to provide information and resources ... -
A Changing Perspective: leading and learning in new ways
(University of Waikato, 2016)Schools are learning places, tasked with providing rich, meaningful and diverse learning experiences for all of its’ learners. Educational leaders are facing increasing challenges and demands to become more responsive to ... -
A chemical comparison of snows from Mt Ruapehu, New Zealand and the Polar Plateau, East Antarctica
(The University of Waikato, 1990)The chemistry of surface, snowpit and ice core samples from Mt Ruapehu, New Zealand, was compared to surface snow samples from Mt Egmont-Taranaki, New Zealand, and to snowpit samples from the Polar Plateau, East Antarctica. ... -
A cliff in Denmark: An adapturgical exploration of Hamlet
(The University of Waikato, 2020)The story of Hamlet is commonly attributed to William Shakespeare and has been adapted consistently by playwrights, poets, novelists, musicians, artists, and filmmakers since the Elizabethan playwright’s day. However, ... -
A Collective Documentary? A case study of audio-visual UGC surrounding the Christchurch earthquakes
(University of Waikato, 2013)This thesis centres upon the study of the audio-visual user-generated content (UGC) relating to the series of earthquakes between September 2010 and January 2012 in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. The analysis of ... -
A combined SNIFTIRS and XANES study of electrically polarised copper electrodes in DMSO and DMF solutions of cyanate (NCO⁻), thiocyanate (NCS⁻) and selenocyanate (NCSe⁻) ions
(Electrochemical Society, 2015)A SNIFTIRS (subtractively normalized interfacial Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy) and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) study of electrically polarized copper electrodes in six polar aprotic solvent-based systems ... -
A Comparative Analysis of Equine Mesenchymal Stromal Cells and Dermal Fibroblasts
(The University of Waikato, 2017)The aim of this study was to isolate and characterise equine mesenchymal stromal cells from various sources and to compare their biological properties to that of dermal fibroblasts. By using multiple conventional methods ... -
A Comparison of Children’s Books: Picture books versus physically and intellectually adaptive interactive children’s books
(University of Waikato, 2015)Children’s book design has a great impact on shared reading practices, interaction and engagement. This study aimed to analyse a comparison of children’s picture books versus children’s interactive, adaptive picture books, ... -
A Comparison of Equine Adipose Tissue, Bone Marrow and Peripheral Blood as Sources of Mesenchymal Stem Cells
(University of Waikato, 2014)Lameness is a significant cause of wastage in equine athletes, with reportedly 66% days lost from training being contributed to musculoskeletal injuries. The use of regenerative cell therapies has been suggested as an ... -
A comparison of free access, multiple stimulus without replacement, and concurrent schedule preference assessment methods for evaluating food preference
(The University of Waikato, 2018)Outcomes from three preference assessment methods were examined in a study of food preference with goats. The methods used were: free access, multiple stimulus without replacement, and a concurrent schedule analysis. Results ... -
A comparison of the eye movement patterns used for comprehension and scanning reading techniques
(The University of Waikato, 2019)Two techniques that can be used when reading are scanning the text for particular information and reading for full comprehension. These two reading techniques may be achieved using different eye movements. This thesis ... -
A Critical Analysis of a Culturally Responsive Pedagogy Towards Improving Māori Achievement
(University of Waikato, 2017)The research task presented in this thesis examines how one English medium school, provides a culturally responsive practice that ensures the improved educational achievement of Māori students. The thesis begins by looking ... -
A critical analysis of Section 27 of the Sentencing Act (2002)
(The University of Waikato, 2020)This thesis analyses the effectiveness of Section 27 of the Sentencing Act (2002) in achieving its primary objective of addressing the high rate of Māori incarceration. This problem largely stems from the destruction of ... -
A critical challenge: Developing student's critical abilities
(Physical Education New Zealand, 2014)The work of educators includes grappling with the challenges of bringing theoretical concepts and approaches into day-to-day physical education practice for quality programmes and the betterment of student learning. One ... -
A critical examination of the legal implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) based technologies in New Zealand workplaces.
(The University of Waikato, 2021)A wide range of technology includes artificial intelligence (AI). We focus on "predictive algorithms, which include machine learning algorithms. For much regulatory purpose, the overall concept of a "predictive algorithm" ... -
A culture for science in early childhood education: Where cultures meet cultures
(University of Waikato, 2016)In recent years there has been an increase in literature advocating for and describing early childhood science education; however, little attention has been given to the complex interplay of cultural communities of practice ...
