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The influence of interacting stressors on soft sediment ecosystem function
(The University of Waikato, 2021)Soft sediment intertidal habitats provide valuable ecosystem services to millions of people worldwide yet are under intense anthropogenic pressure. In particular, the intensification of land derived sediment and nutrient ... -
Dating the emergence of the divaricate habit in the New Zealand flora
(The University of Waikato, 2021)The New Zealand divaricates are a collection of shrubs, short trees and tree juveniles whose crowns are made of tough interlaced twigs branching at wide angles and bearing small leaves. These species represent c. 13% of ... -
Measuring the temperature response of soil respiration from two distinct carbon pools in soil.
(The University of Waikato, 2020)As soils contain a large store of terrestrial carbon, understanding the dynamics and stability of this important carbon reserve and how it may change with regards to future changes in temperature is of global interest. It ... -
Chief Justice James Prendergast and the administration of New Zealand colonial justice, 1862-1899
(The University of Waikato, 2001)The New Zealand legal system during the nineteenth-century was in a state of rapid change and constant turmoil. After the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi between Maori and the British Crown in 1840, British immigration ... -
Early childhood student teachers’ beliefs about the role of the teacher and how young children learn
(The University of Waikato, 2001)The purpose of this research was, firstly, to explore early childhood student teachers’ beliefs about the role of the teacher and how young children learn. Secondly, it was to examine formative influences on participants’ ... -
Towards a functional definition of German studies: New Zealand and the international context
(The University of Waikato, 2001)Particularly during the past two decades education systems have been confronted by globalisation and internationalisation, resulting diversification and integration of foreign and trading relations, increasingly multicultural ... -
Perceptions of technology and technology education in Fiji and the Solomon Islands: implications for a technology education curriculum
(The University of Waikato, 2001)This study is about students’ and educators’ perceptions of technical education, technology, technology education and traditional technology in Fiji and the Solomon Islands. Perceptions are the mental representation of ... -
New direction for treating parent-adolescent conflict: comparison of problem solving skills training and social cognitive development training
(The University of Waikato, 2001)Parent-teen conflict has been associated with both acting-out behaviours and psychiatric disorders in adolescence, which indicates serious conflicts have negative sequelae that goes beyond the specific area of disagreement. ... -
A mixed-method approach to low energy availability in elite track cyclists
(The University of Waikato, 2021)Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) is a complex condition that has a range of health consequences involving, but not limited to, metabolic, immune, and reproductive function, and psychological health. Low energy ... -
Using object biography metadata to create artefact interactions outside memory institutions
(The University of Waikato, 2021)Artefacts are primarily experienced inside museums, and those with insufficient display and interpretation can be isolated and ignored. Mobile devices potentially allow the artefact interaction touchpoints to be moved into ... -
Sea ice dynamics drive benthic microbial communities in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica
(The University of Waikato, 2020)Globally, Earth’s warming climate is evidently driving sea ice variability in high latitude regions. In the Arctic, older and thicker multi-year sea ice is declining and transitioning into younger and more ephemeral ... -
Use your kind words please: Effects of tootling on student and teacher behaviour in New Zealand primary-school classrooms
(The University of Waikato, 2020)The aim of this study was to extend the literature on tootling, an intervention consisting of student reports of peers’ prosocial behaviour. Effects on student on-task behaviour and disruptions, alongside teacher praise ... -
The othering othered: English female travel writers in Arabia
(The University of Waikato, 2021)This thesis examines female travel writing in Arabia. Travel writing as an Orientalist discourse influenced both ordinary and well-educated people in the West to look at the Orient through Orientalist stereotypes: “primitive” ... -
The characteristics and life difficulties associated to non-suicidal self-injury and suicidality in a community sample.
(The University of Waikato, 2021)Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) is a complex and understudied topic within the New Zealand literature. Risk factors, and functions of NSSI and suicidality within the socio-cultural context of New Zealand is an important ... -
Moving beyond psychocentric perspectives of suicide: Towards an ecological and social justice understanding
(The University of Waikato, 2021)Suicide is a fundamentally political and deep moral concern within Aotearoa, New Zealand. The act of suicide is best understood as a complex phenomenon occurring within multiple biological, psychological, philosophical, ... -
Discourses of climate change adaptation policy in Thailand: Implications for sustainable development and sufficiency economy
(The University of Waikato, 2021)The significant threat of climate change to sustainable development is most acute in developing countries, which are predicted to experience higher occurrences of wildfires, more extreme storm events, rising sea-level and ... -
Understandings of homelessness in Aotearoa New Zealand and how they impact a local response: A case study of The People's Project in Hamilton
(The University of Waikato, 2021)Administrative and census data documented the increase of homelessness in Aotearoa New Zealand between 2006 and 2018. At the same time, homelessness increased in significance as a social issue. In 2009, the first New Zealand ... -
The artist is present: Lynch, Mendieta and creative practices of the body on-screen
(The University of Waikato, 2021)This thesis examines visualisations of the human body and investigates how specific creative practices influence body representation on screen. Utilising a mixed methodological approach, including practice-related frameworks ... -
Coastal and sediment dynamics in a high-energy, rocky environment
(The University of Waikato, 2001)A study of the wave dynamics, hydrodynamics and sediment dynamics was conducted at an energetic open-coast site at New Plymouth, New Zealand. The location features large, shore-normal reefs of volcanic agglomerate extending ... -
Health ‘in queer street’: constituting sickness, sexualities and bodies in the spaces of lesbian health
(The University of Waikato, 2001)This thesis explores lesbian health. The appeal of this project is its attention to the constitutions, resistances, and reproductions involved in the construction of ‘lesbian health’. ‘Lesbian health’ provides the context ...
