Browsing by Supervisor "Goldsmith, Michael"
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Individualism and the public good: a case study in childhood immunisation
(The University of Waikato, 2000)The election of the Fourth Labour Government in July 1984 marked a turning point in New Zealand’s political economic history, ushering in the rise of the individualism which was fundamental to the prevailing philosophy of ... -
Watching news : a study of television news reception
(The University of Waikato, 2000)This doctoral thesis is an investigation of the relationship that exists between viewers and television news. As an inherently reflexive thesis, the research process itself is also critically examined. This duality is ... -
Culture and collaborative conservation? Inter-cultural difference and the Maungatautari Project
(The University of Waikato, 2018)This thesis situates and examines the role of sociocultural difference and biculturalism in the Maungatautari Sanctuary Mountain project, a multi-stakeholder community-based biodiversity conservation project in the Waikato ... -
TOKU TIA: Tuvalu and the impacts of climate change
(The University of Waikato, 2017)Climate change is the greatest and most profound threat the world is facing today. Its impacts on the environment, species of all kinds, and humanity is intensifying at an unprecedented rate. Low-lying atoll states, such ... -
Laowai: Contested Identity and Imagined Community among Shanghai's Expatriates
(University of Waikato, 2017)Considering their significance to the globalised economy, expatriate communities have attracted relatively little scholarly scrutiny. Much has been written about non-Western migration to the West, but there has been little ... -
Towards a framework of deep diversity: Identity and invisibility in the Indian diaspora in New Zealand
(University of Waikato, 2015)Using the Indian diaspora in New Zealand as a case study, this thesis examines how state categorisation practices and nation building narratives have constructed and racialised migrant minorities, such as Indians, in ... -
Opportunities and Challenges of Cultural Heritage Tourism: Socio-economic politics of sustainable tourism in South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia
(University of Waikato, 2014)The Indonesian constitution has mandated the government to improve the welfare of communities and to maintain cultural identity. Realising the importance of the mandate, different levels of government have adopted ... -
Cheese Machines and Cellos: Technical Craftsmen and Craft Technicians
(University of Waikato, 2013)The study is based on a period of ethnographic research among approximately thirty tradesmen, apprentices, supervisors and related personnel at a medium-sized precision engineering company in Hamilton, New Zealand. The ... -
The Indigeneity of Archaeological Research in Fiji: Issues and Opportunities
(University of Waikato, 2010)A literature review showed that there are substantial materials written on Fiji with regards to the search to identify the origin of Fijians. Archaeologists, in particular, began their work in the early 1900s (see Chapter ...
