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Investigating on-field decision making in rugby union
(The University of Waikato, 2020)Quick, accurate decision making in sport is essential for successful performance. In this five study thesis, psychological elements of decision making were investigated, guided by real world challenges encountered in a ... -
Improving water allocation law and policy in New Zealand: Lessons from Australia
(The University of Waikato, 2019)The main research question in this thesis is what lessons can New Zealand learn from the Australian experience in water allocation? In order to answer this question the thesis first examines the current water allocation ... -
Teachers’ perceptions of professional learning through social media in environmental education
(The University of Waikato, 2020)Increasingly rapid consumption of natural resources and the production of wastes and their impacts on ecosystems have become unsustainable practices due to the increase in population, technological development and economic ... -
Calcium phosphate precipitation from whey permeate
(The University of Waikato, 2001)Currently the New Zealand Dairy Industry manufactures a very successful milk calcium product known as ALAMINTM by the precipitation of calcium phosphates (CaP) from various heated whey permeate streams. The main scientific ... -
Kitiaga mo fakamahani e hikihikiaga matagi he tau fifine Niue: tau pūhala he tau hiapo Niue women’s perspectives and experiences of climate change: a hiapo approach
(The University of Waikato, 2020)Indigenous communities in the Pacific are on the front-line of some of the most severe climate change impacts. Pacific leaders have consistently stated the urgent need for climate action (Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, ... -
On interpellation: an introduction to specular sociology
(The University of Waikato, 2020)Louis Althusser's theory of interpellation represents certain social phenomena (including, but not limited to: class, state power, philosophy, and art) as being constituted by mirror structures of mis/recognition (cf. ... -
The digital lives of Muslim sportswomen: Navigating the spaces of sport, culture, and social media
(The University of Waikato, 2019)This research focuses on the multiple and diverse ways that Muslim sportswomen navigate a range of online spaces. In exploring the digital lives of Muslim sportswomen, this research moves beyond stereotypical representations ... -
Te Pā Tūwatawata: Te Reo i te Kāinga
(The University of Waikato, 2019)He tuhinga tēnei e whakaatu atu ana i ngā whakakitenga i puta mai ai i ngā rangahau mō te reo Māori i te kāinga ki ngā whānau o Tūwharetoa. He toronga anō hoki ki tētahi huarahi hei whakatō iho anō i te reo Māori ki roto ... -
Commissioning genetic modification: The marginalisation of dissent in the royal commission on genetic modification
(The University of Waikato, 2004)The Royal Commission on Genetic Modification (RCGM) appeared to be a 'public debate'. It sought the participation of people from a cross-section of society according to its broad terms of reference, and invited input on ... -
Number sense in a secondary school context
(The University of Waikato, 2004)Current mathematics education research in New Zealand is directed at primary school or senior secondary school, in the areas of numeracy, technology innovations, student achievement and teacher professional development. ... -
Politics or pedagogy? The development of middle schools in New Zealand
(The University of Waikato, 2004)The development of eight New Zealand middle schools during the 1990s was both a continuation of a long held educational tradition and a move in a new innovative direction. The extent to which this development however, was ... -
The political economy of employment relationships in New Zealand
(The University of Waikato, 2003)This thesis investigates the nature of employment relationships in New Zealand. The analysis is based on the assertion that much of the 'established wisdom' about employment relationships in New Zealand workplaces is not ... -
Mana Motuhake Ringa: The non-invasive neural interface based artificial hand
(The University of Waikato, 2019)Ten million people on the earth at any given time suffer from the loss or lack of a limb. Three million of these are upper extremity amputees. No matter the cause or reason for amputation the amputees’ life is never the ... -
Characterising sound visualisations of specifications using refinement
(The University of Waikato, 2019)Visualisations can be used to help analyse, explore, and validate Z specifications. However, if visualisations contain errors or are used incorrectly then they can be misleading and harmful. The aim of this work is to ... -
Social Change and Reproductive Behaviour in Rural Bangladesh, 1983-1996
(The University of Waikato, 2003)Recent changes in the reproductive behaviour of women m the rural areas of Bangladesh have occurred at a time when the country has been and still 1s predominantly agricultural and socio-economic conditions poor. Attempts ... -
From a young Bolshevik to a professional writer : A critical study of Wang Meng 's novels with reference to his writing from the 1950s to the 1990s
(The University of Waikato, 2004)Wang Meng is one of China's most high profile and prolific writers, having produced a substantial body of fictional work since the 1950s, much of which has surprised readers and critics alike because of its high level of ... -
Chemical aspects of saponin bioactivity and ovine photosensitization diseases
(The University of Waikato, 2004)A general review of saponin chemistry, bioactivities and of chemical aspects of saponin-associated hepatogenous photosensitization of ruminants (sheep, goats, and cattle) is presented. A field trial was undertaken to ... -
Clonal cell proliferation in the mammary gland
(The University of Waikato, 2004)The primary aim of this thesis was to classify the nature of the clonal expansion of cells that gives rise to bovine and murine mammary epithelia. It is generally assumed that the mammary gland is derived from the outgrowth ... -
An examination of genres and text-types in written Māori discourse: Analysis and pedagogic implications
(The University of Waikato, 2004)The overall aim of this research project is to determine what genres and text-types are most commonly required of students at upper secondary and tertiary levels in Māori-medium educational settings (Chapter 4), and to ... -
Understanding the emotional environment of the classroom
(The University of Waikato, 2004)Gottman's work on "meta-emotion" reveals the impact of parents' emotional interactions on their children's emotional development; however there has been no analysis of comparable teacher influences on children in school ...
