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An unbroken connection? New Zealand families, duty, and the First World War

Patrick, Rachel (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

This thesis explores the topic of families during the First World War through a single New Zealand family and its social networks. The family at the core of the thesis, the Stewarts, were a well-to-do Dunedin family who ...
Under Prying Eyes: Repression, Surveillance and Exposure in California, 1918-1939

Judkins, Simon James (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

This thesis is a study of a network of surveillance organisations that developed in California, especially around Los Angeles, between the First and Second World Wars, employing surveillance as a tool of political and ...
Unfortunate Strangers: Lascars in the British Maritime World c. 1849-1912

Broughton, Dean (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

In 1903, there were 36,893 lascar sailors out of the 247,448 seamen working on British merchant ships. Lascars were non-white workers mostly recruited from Asia. As a result of changes to the British maritime industry in ...
Unfurling routes of self-determination in Aotearoa New Zealand: The Black Women’s Movement 1978 – 1982

Okeroa, Erina (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

Self-determination is a transformative process of ideas and action. It can manifest in a variety of ways but is often dependent on the meeting of likeminded people, the circumstances they find themselves in, and the energy ...
Unsettling the Colony: Gender, fear and settler colonialism during the evacuation of 'refugee' settler women from Land Wars conflicts at Taranaki (1860-1861) and Poverty Bay (1865, 1868)

Hawkins Elder, Jamie (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

Anxiety and fear were central to the condition of settler colonialism in 1860s New Zealand. The Land Wars of the 1860s in New Zealand provoked potent anxiety about the enemy, about loved ones’ lives and about survival. The ...
The US-ROK Alliance: the Feasibility of the Continuing US Military Presence in the Republic of Korea

Park, Jeongmin (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

The U.S. – ROK alliance is currently on a high after a decade of fluctuating relations. Both the Obama and Lee administrations have been focused on producing a future plan that takes both nations strategic interests into ...
The Utility of Critical and Human Security Approaches and Perspectives in Contemporary Settings

Lynch, Matthew Ian (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

This thesis seeks to demonstrate that Critical and Human Security approaches and perspectives – under conditions associated with the ‘globalisation of security’ and the ‘bifurcation of the security environment’ – should ...
The Value of Technological Idealisations to Future Ethical Thinking

Kelly, Adam (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

This thesis focuses on what I have called “technological idealisations”, and how they are valuable to many current and future ethical debates. Technological idealisations refer to a methodology of using technology thought ...
The Value of Truth

Holden, Josef (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

People often want truth, and it often seems worth wanting. This has led many to claim that truth is valuable (VT). This essay argues that there are good reasons to reject VT. After dealing with preliminary issues, Chapter ...
Valuing Education: The role of soft power in Chinese engagement with Tonga

Gibbons, Regan Priestley (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

The bilateral relationship between China and Tonga has existed for almost fifteen years, expanding from an initially limited scope to encompass trade, education, tourism, culture and defence. While China has rapidly expanded ...
Vietnam and the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC): Prospects, Challenges and Opportunities

Vu, Hoa Thi Hai (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)

Although there is a large literature on ASEAN regionalism, comparatively little attention has been devoted to Southeast Asia’s efforts to build a shared social and cultural community. This thesis examines how the ASEAN ...
Vietnamese cultural diplomacy and the enhancement of Vietnam's soft power - A case study of Vietnamese cultural diplomacy towards ASEAN

Mai, Thu Thi Dang (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

The idea of soft power has emerged since the beginning years of the 21st century and it has caught attention of many scholars and political leaders of the world. Cultural diplomacy is an instrument utilized by governments ...
Vietnamese response to the Sino-Russian cooperation and rivalry since the end of the Cold War

Tran, Dung Cong (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)

A thesis presented on the Vietnamese response to the changes in the Sino-Russian relations since the end of the Cold War, beginning with an overview of the Sino-Russian relations during and after the Cold War, with an ...
Vietnam in international institutions

Khong, Thi Binh (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

This thesis investigates how socialization in three selected institutions, namely the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) and the UN Security Council (UNSC) has led to pro-norm ...
Vietnam-Japan Trade Relations in the 1st Decade of the 21st Century

Le, Thuy Ngoc Van (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

Since the early years of the past century, the expansion of integration and economic cooperation has become an inevitable trend for economic development of countries. The globalization has opened up significant economic ...
Vietnam's ASEAN Chairmanship in Dispute Management of the South China Sea in 2010

Vu, Thi Minh Hang (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

This thesis examines the attempts of Vietnamese policy makers to manage the dispute with China on the South China Sea within the context of Vietnam’s ASEAN Chairmanship in 2010. In particular, it examines the actions of ...
Violent Trajectories: A Cultural History of the Enfield Rifle in the British Empire

Thompson, Daniel M. (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

This thesis explores the material, cultural, and political significance of the Enfield rifle in the British Empire from c. 1850 to 1870. Unravelling the weapon’s links with imperial ideology and violence, it argues that ...
Visual Histories: Amateur Film in New Zealand c.1923-1970

Paul, Jane (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)

Many ordinary New Zealanders made amateur films between c.1923-1970. This thesis explores the types of films they made; home movies, community films and films made by members of amateur cine clubs. The discussion focuses ...
The Wairarapa Wealthy in Public and Private, 1876–1913

Cruden, Joseph (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

Social histories of New Zealand’s colonial wealthy usually focus on those who left personal papers, ignoring those who left no major records. What is more, histories of the wealthy have tended to focus on the South ...
We Do Not Have an Adequate Conception of Art Until We Have One that Accommodates Gardens

Powell, John Francis (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

In the first part of this thesis (chapters 1 – 4) I argue that we do not have an adequate conception of art until we have one that accommodates gardens. I argue for this by demonstrating that gardens are sufficiently like ...