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Impact of the Ruakura Inland Port on the Golden Triangle - a system dynamics simulation study
(The University of Waikato, 2019)The Ruakura Inland Port, a project developed in anticipation of the increasing freight flows in the future, is an inland port that is expected to add an additional one million TEUs per annum to the Golden Triangle’s freight ... -
Passive in-situ estrogenic potency sampling with DGT-YES
(The University of Waikato, 2019)The purpose of this research was to investigate the presence of bisphenolic plastics and synthetic estrogens in municipal water systems, as well as along the Waikato River. The concentration of these compounds was assessed ... -
Novel approaches for modelling changes in phytoplankton diversity and lake ecosystem function
(The University of Waikato, 2019)Ecosystem function represents the collective outcome of many different processes. Function may be interrupted by events that originate from outside a system, influencing biological diversity dynamics. Difficulties in ... -
Learning discrete and Lipschitz representations
(The University of Waikato, 2019)Learning to embed data into a low dimensional vector space that is more useful for some downstream task is one of the most common problems addressed in the representation learning literature. Conventional approaches to ... -
"You kind of have to be a bit superhuman" : early childhood teacher beliefs about what it takes to be a good teacher: A discourse analysis
(The University of Waikato, 2019)The early childhood teaching profession has developed into a community with its own language and culture (Cumming & Sumsion, 2014). Early childhood teacher beliefs and discourses have been developed and sustained within ... -
Developing a research culture in a polytechnic: An action research case study
(The University of Waikato, 1999)This study is about the process of research culture development within a New Zealand polytechnic in the period 1992 - 1999. Prior to 1990, polytechnics tended to focus on vocational and technical, rather than academicall ... -
High precision timing in passive measurements of data networks
(The University of Waikato, 2002)Understanding, predicting, and improving network behaviour under a wide range of conditions requires accurate models of protocols, network devices, and link properties. Accurate models of the component parts comprising ... -
Water availability and quality in the Jordan River Valley and the Zarqa River Basin : stakeholders' perspectives
(The University of Waikato, 2019)The objective of the thesis is to investigate stakeholders’ perspectives of the impacts of pollution in the Jordan River Valley and the Zarqa River Basin in Jordan (Arabic: الأردن Al-Urdunn). The impacts that pollution has ... -
Context counts : leading educational reform in New Zealand secondary schools
(The University of Waikato, 2019)Educational leadership and organisational literature is replete with syntheses of effective leader behaviours, change sequences and reform models, yet few studies explore the nuanced manner in which individual leaders make ... -
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 ... -
Rangatahi and complex entanglements of sexuality, sexuality education and secondary school: A material-discursive exploration
(The University of Waikato, 2019)This research is an exploration with rangatahi (young Māori), of complex materially-discursive webs of sexuality education, sexuality, and secondary school education in Aotearoa. These research areas have commonly produced ... -
Use of granite and basalt rock powders as replacement materials in cement production
(The University of Waikato, 2019)The use of pozzolanic materials, rock powder or fly ash, as an additive to replace some cement additives is considered an innovative and cost-effective way to reduce the negative impact of cement production on the environment. ... -
Oral corrective feedback in a blended learning environment: Challenges and contradictions faced by teachers in a Vietnamese university
(The University of Waikato, 2019)Although much research has investigated oral correction feedback (OCF), little has addressed EFL teachers’ cognition and practices about OCF provision in blended learning environments. This qualitative case study aims to ... -
The role of local communities in community-based tourism development in traditional tea production areas in Thai Nguyen province, Vietnam
(The University of Waikato, 2019)This thesis is a theoretical and empirical examination of the role of local communities in sustainable tourism development through community-based tourism. It reveals how community participation and empowerment in tourism ... -
In situ measurement of metal-ligand complex dissociation rates in cave dripwaters
(The University of Waikato, 2019)The purpose of this study was to develop a new method for determining the trace metal binding properties of natural organic matter (NOM) in cave dripwaters. The methodology is based on the diffusive gradients in the ... -
Zooplankton communities in small Waikato lakes and ponds: are natural waters and farm dams the same?
(The University of Waikato, 2019)Ponds have been identified as biodiversity ‘hotspots’ that play an important role in supporting and maintaining biodiversity. In freshwater ecosystems, zooplankton are an essential trophic link between algae and fish, and ... -
Quantifying relationships between kōura (Paranephrops planifrons) abundance and micro-habitat features in Waikato hill-country streams
(The University of Waikato, 2019)Kōura (Paranephrops planifrons) is considered a taonga species by Māori and was once an abundant traditional fishery harvested throughout New Zealand. Kōura populations are under pressure in Waikato hill-country streams ... -
A Mana Wahine inquiry into indigenous governance
(The University of Waikato, 2019)This thesis investigates the question “How can indigenous women reinvigorate their role in tribal governance structures when many such structures continue to reinforce gendered colonial constructs within which women are ... -
Te Mata Ono-The six faces of Māori broadcasting
(The University of Waikato, 2019)Māori have always been involved in media communication and from a traditional viewpoint karanga, whaikōrero, taonga pūoro, haka, waiata and mōteatea are all mediums used to share messages across a mass audience. Since ... -
Tūrangawaewae mō te Kīngitanga
(The University of Waikato, 2019)Tūrangawaewae is an iconic marae located at the heart of the Kīngitanga. Established by Te Pūea Hērangi and other whānau, this marae has come to represent the struggles, successes and history of the Kīngitanga movement. ...
