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YA Literature: A Genre on the Rise. Challenges and Strategies in Translating the Imaginary World of Elizabeth Knox’s Southland Saga

Bell, Florencia (Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)

Young Adult (YA) literature has taken the publishing industry by storm since J.K. Rowling published the first novel of her Harry Potter saga (1997-2007). From then on, the genre has exponentially grown expanding to other ...
Yoga Communities in Aotearoa/New Zealand: Examining Spirituality, Secularism, and Consumerism in the Wellington Yoga Industry

Tilley, Ali Hale (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

This ethnographic study looks at the Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) yoga industry, examining the ways that spirituality, secularism, and consumerism influence modern yoga practices. This study argues that people in New Zealand ...
"You Are Never Truly Free" Social Stigma in India and its Impact Upon Rehabilitation, Reintegration and Advocacy for Survivors of Sex Trafficking

Mukesh, Sumu Diya (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

This research examines how social stigmas related to sex work and sexual activity in India contribute to the creation of environments conducive to gender discrimination and the erosion of female rights. It seeks to understand, ...
“You Can Get Prepared, But It’s Still Scary Walking Out The Door”: Exploring the Role of Dynamic Re-entry Factors in Release Planning for High-Risk Offenders

Richards, Chelsea M. (Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)

The task of preparing high-risk prisoners for the multitude of challenges they will face once released is vital to their chances of successful re-entry. Recent research in New Zealand has found that developing good quality ...
"You can never be on one side alone": Some Young Somali-Kiwi Women's Narratives about Identity, Resettlement and Community Development in Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand

James, Emily Kathryn (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)

This research investigates how young Somali women are navigating through the resettlement process while negotiating their own identities in Wellington, New Zealand. It is important as it addresses two main research gaps: ...
You Can't Sit With Us

Young, George (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

The shortage of housing supply in New Zealand’s central urban areas has seen a large shift in population towards lower density, suburban areas. The urban sprawl away from the cities has had adverse effects on suburbs, towns ...
You Could Never Have a Third Place in a Sausage Factory

Thomas, Elinor (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

In the face of climate crisis, we must take action to curb greenhouse gas emissions. One key strategy for doing this is to decrease travel by private vehicles through increasing the use of other travel modes like walking ...
You Eat What You Are: The Role of Identities and Socioeconomic Factors in Meat Consumption and Acceptance of Protein Alternatives

McKay-Valentine, Aaron (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

The consumption of meat has serious implications for environmental issues. It contributes to carbon emissions, soil degradation, and habitation loss. Meat consumption also has negative impacts on health, and animal ethics. ...
"You Know Very Well You're Not Real": Victorian Children's Fantasy Literature and the Problem of Writing the Child

Turner, Beatrice (Victoria University of Wellington, 2009)

This thesis examines eight "Golden Age"children's fantasy narratives and uncovers their engagement with the "impossibility" of writing the child. Only recently has children's literature criticism recognised that the child ...
Young Children Learning About Maps at School and in the Neighbourhood

Holland, Paulette (Victoria University of Wellington, 2005)

In the New Zealand National Curriculum maps are defined as an essential skill along with graphs and tables. Despite the widespread use of maps in everyday life and their incorporation in more than one area of the curriculum ...
Younger and Older Together: Children's Interactions in a Mixed-Age Early Childhood Centre

Fagan, Tara Jan (Victoria University of Wellington, 2009)

Since industrialisation, children have increasingly become educated in age-bands to facilitate manageability. The contemporary 21st century Western world further limits mixed-age interaction for young children, yet there ...
The Young Generation Y's Expectations to Ethics at Work in New Zealand

Øevrebøe, Hege (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

This thesis is an exploratory study of the young Generation Y’s expectations to ethics at work in New Zealand. Chapter 1 sets out the structure of the thesis and introduces background information as well as the research ...
Young People and Desistance from Crime: Perspectives from New Zealand

Carpenter, Craig (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

This thesis examines the process by which young people stop, or 'desist' from, criminal offending in New Zealand. It does so by presenting insights on desistance gained from observations and interviews with young ex-offenders ...
Young People's Comprehension of the Rights Caution in New Zealand

Gaston, Frances (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

In New Zealand we have a child/youth, and an adult version of the Rights Caution, which are the rights read to an individual when they are arrested, detained, or questioned by police. The child/youth version was created ...
Young People’s Knowledge and Understanding of the Youth Justice System in New Zealand: A Community Sample

Dean, Phillippa (Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)

New Zealand (NZ) has a separate youth justice system that is designed to be responsive towards the developmental needs of young people that have engaged in antisocial behaviour. It is therefore essential that young people ...
Youth Mainstreaming in Pacific Development: Challenges and Opportunities

Baba, Kesaya (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

Development outcomes are poor for young people in the Pacific and show little hope of improving without a concerted, collaborative effort. This research seeks to explore the concept and practice of youth mainstreaming (YM) ...
Youth Participation in Community Development: A Case Study of Youth in Takeo Province, Cambodia

Khin, Sam Ann (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

Youth participation in community development has been viewed as one of the most effective methods for promoting young people’s active engagement with social services. However in rural communities of Cambodia, young people’s ...
A Youth Perspective: Collaboration for Youth Development within Aotearoa New Zealand

Lavini, Amy (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

Collaboration is an increasingly popular approach to addressing the multi-faceted needs of youth-at-risk both within academic literature and government policy in New Zealand. Due to being a relevantly new concept, there ...
Youth Suicide, Subjective Well-Being and the Role of Place in New Zealand

Snider, Anne-Marie (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

One of the major shifts in our social structure over the last 50 years has been a switch in the relative well-being positions of young and old. This is reflected in their suicide rates where, in contrast to the gradual ...
'Youth': Victim, Troublemaker or Peacebuilder? Constructions of Youth-in-Conflict in United Nations and World Bank Youth Policies

Pratley, Elaine Mei Lien (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

Examination of how the United Nations ('UN') and World Bank construct youth affected by armed conflict and political instability (referred to as 'youth-in-conflict') in their respective youth policies reveals that the ...