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  • Audiences, referees, and landscapes: Understanding the use of Māori and English in New Zealand dual language picturebooks through a sociolinguistic lens

    Daly, Nicola (Victoria University Press, 2017)
    When non-dominant perspectives are represented in children's literature, it is labelled multicultural, and this form of literature has much potential for altering existing power structures in society. Bishop (1990) first ...

  • Audio on the go: The effect of audio cues on memory in driving

    Dua, Matthew J.; Charlton, Samuel G. (Elsevier BV, 2019)
    An inability to recall details from an otherwise uneventful drive on a familiar route is a common experience to many. Whether this amnesia for everyday driving is because we don't actually form strong memories when we are ...

  • Audio visual analysis of player experience: Feedback-based gameplay metrics

    Marczak, Raphaël; Schott, Gareth R. (ETC Press, 2015)
    This chapter introduces readers to an innovative method designed specifically to meet game researchers’ need to be able to analyse and explore players’ experiences with any off-the-shelf PC game. We introduce how insights ...

  • Audiovisual installation as ecological performativity: A creative research practice.

    Connors, Teresa Marie (The University of Waikato, 2017)
    Audiovisual Installation as Ecological Performativity lies in the fields of sonic arts and audiovisual practice, which experiment with developing non-linear installations from a temporally dynamic aesthetic. The project ...

  • Audit committees and internal auditors: Using LMX for relationship analysis

    Osman, Mohammad Noor Hisham; Van Peursem, Karen A.; Eggleton, Ian R.C. (Waikato Management School, 2008-04)
    The purpose of this paper is to provide a theoretically-informed meaning for the ‘quality of the audit committee-internal auditor relationship’ construct and to provide a new instrument for its measure. Leader-Member ...

  • Audit education for future professionals: Perceptions of New Zealand auditors

    Chaffey, Jenna; Van Peursem, Karen A.; Low, Mary (Taylor and Francis Group, 2011)
    Audit professionals are charged with gathering evidence and expressing their opinions on the financial claims made by others. In New Zealand, as elsewhere, these opinions are relied upon for a myriad of decisions as to the ...

  • Auditing improvements in a product delivery process (AIPDP)

    Childerhouse, Paul; Thomas, Andrew; Phillips, Gareth; Towill, Denis R. (Emerald, 2010)
    Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the appropriateness of using the 12 previously published material flow simplicity rules (SRs) to shape the successful design and implementation of improvements in a casting ...

  • The Auditor’s Dilemma: An economic perspective on an old problem

    Van Peursem, Karen A. (Department of Accounting Working Paper Series, 2005-12)
    This paper analysis the pressures that come to bear on the financial auditor of corporate accounts. It is argued that the integrity and independence of the auditor is a portion of the service quality which they bring to ...

  • Augmented Memory for Conference Attendees

    Schweer, Andrea; Hinze, Annika (The University of Waikato, 2007)
    Human memory at its best can perform astonishing feats - the tiniest snippet of information can trigger whole chains of associations, ending at an item long-believed forgotten. While modern information systems excel at ...

  • Augmenting Autobiographical Memory: An Approach Based on Cognitive Psychology

    Schweer, Andrea (University of Waikato, 2011)
    This thesis investigates how an interactive software system can support a person in remembering their past experiences and information related to these experiences. It proposes design recommendations for augmented ...

  • Augmenting primary teaching and learning science through ICT

    Otrel-Cass, Kathrin; Cowie, Bronwen; Khoo, Elaine G.L. (Teaching & Learning Research Initiative, 2011)
    This study explored how information communication technologies (ICTs) in primary classrooms can enhance the teaching and learning of science. By building on teachers’ and students’ prior knowledge and experience with ICTs, ...

  • Austerity Measures: Presenting Food in British Writing, 1939-1954

    Taylor, David Andrew (University of Waikato, 2016)
    Rationing measures in force in the United Kingdom from the beginning of the Second World War in December of 1939 until July of 1954 ostensibly ensured an egalitarian access to food and resulted in a general levelling-up ...

  • AusTraits, a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora

    Falster, D.; Gallagher, R; Wenk, EH; Wright, IJ; Indiarto, D.; Andrew, SC; Baxter, C.; Lawson, J.; Allen, Stuart.; Fuchs, A.; Monro, A.; Kar, F.; Adams, MA; Ahrens, CW; Alfonzetti, M.; Angevin, T.; Apgaua, DMG; Arndt, Stefan K.; Atkin, Owen K.; Atkinson, J.; Auld, T.; Baker, A.; von Balthazar, M.; Bean, A.; Blackman, CJ; Bloomfeld, K.; Bowman, DMJS; Bragg, J.; Brodribb, TJ; Buckton, G.; Burrows, G.; Caldwell, E.; Camac, J.; Carpenter, R.; Catford, J.; Cawthray, GR; Cernusak, LA; Chandler, G.; Chapman, AR; Cheal, D.; Cheesman, AW; Chen, S. -C.; Choat, B.; Clinton, B.; Clode, PL; Coleman, H.; Cornwell, WK; Cosgrove, M.; Crisp, M; Cross, E.; Crous, KY; Cunningham, S.; Curran, T.; Curtis, E.; Daws, M.; DeGabriel, JL; Denton, MD; Dong, N.; Du, P.; Duan, H.; Duncan, DH; Duncan, RP; Duretto, M.; Dwyer, JM; Edwards, C.; Esperon-Rodriguez, M; Evans, JR; Everingham, SE; Farrell, C.; Firn, J.; Fonseca, CR; French, BJ; Frood, D; Funk, JL; Geange, SR; Ghannoum, O; Gleason, SM; Gosper, CR; Gray, E; Groom, PK; Grootemaat, S; Gross, C; Guerin, G; Guja, L; Hahs, AK; Harrison, MT; Hayes, PE; Henery, M; Hochuli, D; Howell, J; Huang, G; Hughes, L; Huisman, J; Ilic, J; Jagdish, A; Jin, D; Jordan, G; Jurado, E; Kanowski, J; Kasel, S; Kellermann, J; Kenny, B; Kohout, M; Kooyman, RM; Kotowska, MM; Lai, HR; Laliberte, E; Lambers, H; Lamont, BB; Lanfear, R; van Langevelde, F; Laughlin, DC; Laugier-kitchener, B-A; Laurance, S; Lehmann, CER; Leigh, A; Leishman, MR; Lenz, T; Lepschi, B; Lewis, JD; Lim, F; Liu, U; Lord, J; Lusk, Christopher H.; Macinnis-Ng, C; McPherson, H; Magallon, S; Manea, A; Lopez-Martinez, A; Mayfeld, M; McCarthy, JK; Meers, T; van der Merwe, M; Metcalfe, DJ; Milberg, P; Mokany, K; Moles, AT; Moore, BD; Moore, N; Morgan, JW; Morris, W; Muir, A; Munroe, S; Nicholson, A; Nicolle, D; Nicotra, AB; Niinemets, U; North, T; O'Reilly-Nugent, A; O'Sullivan, OS; Oberle, B; Onoda, Y; Ooi, MKJ; Osborne, CP; Paczkowska, G; Pekin, B; Pereira, CG; Pickering, C; Pickup, M; Pollock, LJ; Poot, P; Powell, JR; Power, S; Prentice, IC; Prior, L; Prober, SM; Read, J; Reynolds, V; Richards, AE; Richardson, B; Roderick, ML; Rosell, JA; Rossetto, M.; Rye, B.; Rymer, PD; Sams, M; Sanson, G; Sauquet, H; Schmidt, S; Schoenenberger, J; Schulze, E-D; Sendall, K; Sinclair, S; Smith, B; Smith, R; Soper, F; Sparrow, B; Standish, RJ; Staples, TL; Stephens, R; Szota, C; Taseski, G; Tasker, E; Thomas, F; Tissue, DT; Tjoelker, MG; Tng, DYP; de Tombeur, F; Tomlinson, K; Turner, NC; Veneklaas, EJ; Venn, S; Vesk, P; Vlasveld, C; Vorontsova, MS; Warren, CA; Warwick, N; Weerasinghe, LK; Wells, J; Westoby, M; White, Melissa; Williams, NSG; Wills, J; Wilson, PG; Yates, C.; Zanne, A. E.; Zemunik, G.; Zieminska, K. (Nature Portfolio, 2021)
    We introduce the AusTraits database - a compilation of values of plant traits for taxa in the Australian flora (hereafter AusTraits). AusTraits synthesises data on 448 traits across 28,640 taxa from field campaigns, published ...

  • Australia's Pacific Seasonal Worker Pilot Scheme (PSWPS): Development impacts in the first two years

    Gibson, John; McKenzie, David (University of Waikato, 2011-06)
    Australia launched the Pacific Seasonal Worker Pilot Scheme in August 2008. This program was designed to alleviate labor shortages for the Australian horticultural industry by providing opportunities for workers from ...

  • Australia's PSWPS: Development impacts in the first two years

    Gibson, John; McKenzie, David (Wiley, 2011)
    This research note presents an analysis of the development impacts of Australia's Pacific Seasonal Worker Pilot Scheme. We estimate the gain per participating household to be approximately A$2600, which is a 39% increase ...

  • Australia: A land of missed opportunities?

    Greasley, David; McLaughlin, Eoin; Hanley, Nick; Oxley, Les (Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2017)
    Comprehensive Investment (CI) may provide an indicator of future changes in a country's per capita consumption. The authors explore the utility of the CI indicator for Australia by constructing CI data since 1861 and by ...

  • Australian Commercial Law by C Turner [Book Review]

    Manyam, Joel (2001)
    This article reviews the book "Australian Commercial Law", by C Turner.

  • Australian Legends: historical explorations of Australian masculinity and film 1970-1995.

    Hanley, Galina (The University of Waikato, 2010)
    The twin purpose of this research is to explore films as historically specific cultural texts, rather than representations of one historical moment, and to engage with historiographical debates surrounding representations ...

  • Australian Sociology: Fragility, Survival, Rivalry by Kirsten Harley & Gary Wickham[Book Review]

    Rajčan, Adam; Burns, Edgar (SAGE Publications, 2021)
    This short book is one of about two dozen volumes in the Palgrave Macmillan series on national sociology histories around the world. Australia and New Zealand represent overlaps in colonial histories, the growth of western ...

  • Australia’s discussion of kava imports reflects lack of cultural understanding

    Aporosa, S. 'Apo' (2019)
    The Australian government is considering an increase in the amount of kava travellers can bring into the country. The consultation process includes a proposed pilot program to ease restrictions on kava importation for ...