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Fight or flight? : resilience and vulnerability in rural Fiji
(The University of Waikato, 2005)Increasing awareness of the likely effects of climatic change, particularly on small Island states, has had several implications for these nations. The vulnerabilities of island communities are likely to increase if climatic ... -
Fighting the odds to make it even: Mapping an affordance ecosystem in a kindergarten community
(University of Waikato, 2016)This thesis is a case study of a kindergarten in one of the most deprived areas of Aotearoa New Zealand. Through the documentation of the stories of management, teachers and families, the thesis explores how the transformation ... -
Fiji and New Zealand Pasifika students' perceptions of mathematics and their attitudes towards mathematics learning
(The University of Waikato, 2008)Abstract This thesis explores the perceptions and attitudes towards mathematics learning of 36 students from Fiji and 12 Pasifika students living in New Zealand. The students were in Years 7 and 8, included a range of ... -
FIJICLIM description and users guide
(The International Global Change Institute (IGCI), University of Waikato., 2000-02)The FIJICLIM prototype is based on PACCLIM which was developed by the International Global Change Institute (IGCI) as part of the Pacific Islands Climate Change Assistance Programme (PICCAP) executed by the South Pacific ... -
Filamentous algae as a nutrient scrubber for agricultural drainage treatment
(The University of Waikato, 2023)Filamentous algae nutrient scrubbers (FANS) have potential as a novel on-farm treatment system to remove and recover diffuse nutrients from agricultural drainage water. FANS use attached filamentous algae that grow and ... -
Filling out the picture: Wittgenstein on differences and alternatives
(Routledge, 2009)At several points in his later writings Wittgenstein discusses imaginary forms of life and ways of thinking that appear queer or alien from our point of view; concepts so different from ours that those who think from within ... -
Film, Spirituality and Hierophany
(Religious Experience Research Centre, University of Wales, 2002)The satirical drama American Beauty (1999), winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture in the year 2000 is not, at first sight, a film everyone would include in a grouping of significant movies. It is a tale of two ... -
Film-induced heritage site conservation: The case of echoes of the rainbow
(Sage, 2012)It has been contended that a link exists between films and the creation of tourist locations. A film can have an unintended consequence that leads to community actions and subsequent policy initiatives that are supportive ... -
FilmGrain
(2019)Films are an integral part of our cultural zeitgeist, as time goes on, they have become more than entertainment, they have become a mirror that we point at ourselves in order to explore issues and our position in the world. ... -
Filtered cathodic vacuum arc deposition of thin film copper
(Elsevier S.A., 2001-11)A major obstacle for metallization application of filtered cathodic vacuum arc (FCVA) is the presence of micro-particles. By using an off-plane double bend magnetic filter, metallic films can be deposited with relevant ... -
Final arrangements following death: Maori indigenous decision making and tangi
(Wiley, 2012-03)Death is a universal event. It will happen to all of us, yet how we respond to death is particular and influenced by our cultural worlds. This study offers an investigation of the idiographic, of how one woman responded ... -
Final report of the 2018 Census External Data Quality Panel
(Stats NZ, 2020)At the time this report was submitted for publication in January 2020, Stats NZ was finalizing its release schedule for census products that allow users to produce their own tabulations and statistical analyses using census ... -
Final report: inflow monitoring of the Rotopiko lakes and Lake Mangakaware
(Environmental Research Institute, Faculty of Science and Engineering, The University of Waikato, 2014)Farm drains flowing into the Rotopiko (Serpentine) North, Rotopiko South and Lake Mangakaware were monitored from April 2012 to April 2014. These drains included two tributaries to Rotopiko North (designated Rotopiko North ... -
Final thoughts
(Multilingual Matters, 2012)In our introduction to this volume, we pointed out that many academic journals do not have enough space to enable the authors of empirical studies to discuss important methodological details of their projects. -
Financial market information flows when counteracting rogue states: The indirect effects of targeted sanction packages
(Elsevier, 2023-11-16)This study investigates how financial sanctions packages targeting Russia influenced traditional information flow dynamics with other international financial markets and products. While providing empirical evidence regarding ... -
Financial struggles and (rare) successes of miners in general and at Te Aroha in particular
(Historical Research Unit, University of Waikato, 2016)The price for gold mined at Waiorongomai was comparatively good during the 1880s and 1890s. But miners hoping for a windfall from their efforts found that the reality of their lives was a constant struggle to make a ... -
Financing companies in general and at Te Aroha in particular
(Historical Research Unit, University of Waikato, 2016)Those investing in mining companies were, wisely, warned to tread warily to avoid being duped by ‘wild cat’ promotions, for many companies were blatant speculations and most would fail. The three main causes of failures ... -
Financing prospectors and miners in general and at Te Aroha in particular
(Historical Research Unit, University of Waikato, 2016)Miners required capital to develop their mines, but being dependent for this on investors, usually small local businessmen, they often found the latter made more from mining than they did. Faced with the costs of extracting ... -
Finding certainty in determining whether a "De Facto Relationship" exists: An impossible task?
(University of Canterbury, 2015)Section 2D(1) of the Property (Relationships) Act 1976 defines a “de facto relationship” as “a relationship between 2 persons … who live together as a couple”. Although the Act does not define “living together as a couple”, ... -
Finding equity without the law of equity: asset management, fiduciary duty and financial consumer protection in China
(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2022)Asset or wealth management is a booming business in Mainland China. In a civil law system, how do Chinese law and Chinese courts deal with disputes arising out of an asset management relationship, in the absence of the ...
