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Same sex relations, state crime and resistance

Gledhill, Cara (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)

This thesis explores the criminalisation of same sex relations in a global context, using a framework which centres the state as criminal. It argues that criminalising laws serve as hegemonic dictates, which condone and ...
Scraping By and Making Do: Navigating New Zealand’s Welfare System

Walford-Bourke, Evelyn (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

In August 2017, debate over Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei’s declaration of two-decade-old benefit fraud sparked an ongoing discussion around poverty in New Zealand that revealed the fraying edges of the country’s ...
Sentencing consistency in the New Zealand District Courts

Goodall, Wayne (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

This thesis examines the consistency of sentencing between the circuits of the New Zealand District Courts. Four predictions based on a sequence or chain of theories incorporating the concept of bounded rationality from ...
Sex trafficking, victimisation and agency: The experiences of migrant women in Malaysia

Abdul Hamid, Haezreena Begum binti (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Malaysia has criminalised sex work. However, its geographic location, porous borders and proximity to major trade and traffic routes have ensured a growth in sex trafficking activities. As a result, the ‘United Nations ...
Sexual Abuse Counsellors' Responses to Trauma and Stress: a Social Work Perspective

Pack, Margaret Jane (Victoria University of Wellington, 2001)

Using a qualitative research methodology, this study explores the range of social, organisational and theoretical factors that impact on sexual abuse counsellors. The relevance of the concept of vicarious traumatisation ...
Sexual Violence as an Afterthought: Securing Justice for Sexual Violence Victims in the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

Hoy, Kellie-Sue (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)

Using Nancy Fraser’s (2007a) tripartite model of justice as a theoretical backdrop, this thesis critically evaluates the United Nation’s (UN) International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), in relation to how this ...
Shared landscapes: Ownership and governance of Ōhiwa Harbour (Aotearoa New Zealand)

Rother, Tanja (Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)

This thesis explores narratives of property and ownership in natural resources, particularly common property resources such as the foreshore and seabed. Using the Ōhiwa Harbour as a case study, I investigate property ...
Shared Parenting after Separation and Divorce in New Zealand

Opie, Margaret Anne (Victoria University of Wellington, 1988)

Shared parenting after separation or divorce is an intricate, fluid process in which gender, power and ideology are implicated. The dominant focus of the literature is on sharply polarised assessments of the value of joint ...
Social process in a voluntary organisation: a study of adult membership in the Scout Association of New Zealand

Kitay, Gerald Bennett (Victoria University of Wellington, 1978)

This thesis examines social processes in a large, voluntary organisation. The investigation was concerned with the activities and retention of lower-level adult members in the Scout Association of New Zealand. The demographic, ...
Sophisticated Mediators: New Zealand-Born Samoan First-Time Mothers and Strategies for Their Health and Wellbeing

Churchward, Marianna Ellen (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

This thesis explores the experiences of four New Zealand-born Samoan first time mothers during pregnancy, childbirth and early motherhood living in Wellington. The impetus for this research arose from findings that showed ...
"So We Thought not to Lose Our Background Completely": Agency and Belonging among South Sudanese Acholi in New Zealand

O'Byrne, Ryan (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

The members of the South Sudanese Acholi population in New Zealand are part of the burgeoning number of refugees worldwide. As such, they are at risk of having their personal experiences submerged in the stereotypical view ...
'...So Yeah, You Do What You Can ...': Exploring the Barriers to Women's Opportunities for Physical Activity

Northcott, Marilyn Colleen (Victoria University of Wellington, 2009)

This research was prompted by the Sport and Recreation New Zealand (SPARC) survey study Obstacles to Action: A study of New Zealanders Physical Activity and Nutrition 2006. The study found a segment of respondents who were ...
Stargazers' Anonymous: an Examination of Amateur Astronomy in New Zealand

Howe, Brian (Victoria University of Wellington, 2009)

In this examination of amateur astronomy in New Zealand, I suggest that astronomical science can be a medium through which adherents attempt to enact social transformation. Contemporary studies of leisure often emphasise ...
Students’ Perceptions of higher education in Sāmoa: Finagalo fa’aalia o alo ma fanau a’oa’oina ile Iunivesetē Aoao o Sāmoa

Filoi, Rosa (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

This thesis evaluates and analyses Sāmoan student perceptions of higher education in Sāmoa. This work offers an insider’s account of Sāmoan education in particular, focussing on current students belonging to the National ...
Success as social: Exploring young people's understandings of success in rural Java

Larasati, Rara Sekar (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

Using the case of desa wisata adat (official tourism and traditional cultural village) Ngadas, East Java, Indonesia, this thesis explores the meanings of success from the perspectives of rural young people and how the ...
Supported Independent Accommodation for Older New Zealanders: a Review of Current Policy and Innovative Practice

Reid, Maxwell F (Victoria University of Wellington, 2008)

Existing research establishes a clear link between poor housing and poor health. There is also growing evidence that the physical, mental and social wellbeing of individuals and households can be improved by ensuring their ...
Supported Independent Accommodation for Older New Zealanders: a Review of Current Policy and Innovative Practice

Reid, Maxwell F (Victoria University of Wellington, 2008)

Existing research establishes a clear link between poor housing and poor health. There is also growing evidence that the physical, mental and social wellbeing of individuals and households can be improved by ensuring their ...
Surviving Hillsborough

Day, Sally (Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)

This thesis explores trajectories of survival in the long-term aftermath of the 1989 Hillsborough disaster. Despite the vast amount of literature on Hillsborough, there is little knowledge regarding the subjective experiences ...
Swallowing the Black Pill: A Qualitative Exploration of Incel Antifeminism within Digital Society

Lindsay, Angus (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

This thesis explores the online ‘manosphere’ subculture of Involuntary Celibates (Incels). Incels have been widely discussed in contemporary media in recent years and have been cited as harmful after several mass-murders ...
Symbolic Ethnicity and the Dilemmas of Difference: Talking Indianness with New Zealand-Born Gujaratis

Gilbertson, Amanda (Victoria University of Wellington, 2007)

Marcus Banks (1996: 8) argues that the life of ethnicity has been lived out through the writings of academics rather than in the lives of the people they have studied and, indeed, local discourses of ethnicity are ...