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“It hurts my head to think about it” - SMEs and the Legal Framework for International Commercial Contracts

van Oeveren, Hanneke (2016)

The exercise of party autonomy through careful contractual drafting allows parties contracting across borders to stipulate the applicable law and dispute resolution process most appropriate to the transaction at hand. This ...
Itineraries of Modern Ethiopian Instrumental Music

Johnson, Lucien (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

This dissertation explores the way in which Ethiopian musicians of the 1960s and 70s adapted forms such as jazz, soul and Latin music to create a new hybrid instrumental music style variously referred to as Ethio-Jazz or ...
"It Isn't All about You": The Management of ICT and Non-ICT Information Resources via Human Information Behaviour

Atkinson, Paul Daniel (Victoria University of Wellington, 2008)

"Applications that gather dust... Technologies no one understands... Information that's ignored... [thus, there is still very much a need to] pay attention to Information behaviour" (Davenport, 1997, p.2). Human Information ...
IT Project Governance and Stakeholder Conflict Resolution

Johnstone, David (Victoria University of Wellington, 2010)

IT projects have long been problematic, particularly as they have grown in size and complexity, frequently integrating several organisational functions, and often involving many stakeholders as a result. A common problem ...
"It's a... does it matter?": Theorising "boy or girl" binary classifications, intersexuality and medical practice in New Zealand

Christmas, Geraldine (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)

This thesis investigates the clinical management of intersexuality in New Zealand and support for intersex New Zealanders and their families. My research is informed by the narratives of New Zealanders with intersex ...
'It's all the things'? Exploring teachers' views on the notion of 'community' in early childhood education

Hamer, Judith (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

This thesis explores the multiple meanings of ‘community’ within early childhood education (ECE). Utilising a qualitative, interpretive approach, this exploratory case study has sought to gain an in-depth understanding of ...
“It’s a personal thing”: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of law librarians’ evaluation of revalidating in the LIANZA professional registration scheme

Cook, Ruth Kathryne (2017)

Research problem: This qualitative study explores how law librarians in New Zealand evaluate revalidation in the LIANZA professional registration scheme. The LIANZA scheme has been running since 2007 and previous studies ...
"It's been a roller coaster of emotions": A phenomenological study of the lived experience of couples' first-time parenting and the mothers' return to employment. A New Zealand and Malaysian study

Syed Hussien, Sh Fatimah (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

The purpose of this study is to examine New Zealand and Malaysian couples’ lived experience of first-time parenting and women’s experience of returning to work. Although each member of the family has different individual ...
"It's Beyond Water": Stories of Women’s Experience of Using Water for Labour and Birth

Maude, Robyn (Victoria University of Wellington, 2003)

This study looks at stories of women’s experience of using water for labour and birth and has explored them to reveal the meaning women make of the experience. Randomised controlled trials report that there are no ...
“It’s Beyond You, But You’re A Part of It”: Mountaineering in the Southern Alps of Aotearoa New Zealand

Scully, Morgan (Victoria University of Wellington, 2021)

This thesis provides a phenomenological exploration of the lived experience of mountaineering in New Zealand. Based on fieldwork completed in the Southern Alps and Mount Ruapehu, it offers an analysis into how mountaineers ...
'It's either Maccas or uni': A Bourdieusian analysis of working-class youth in New Zealand

Lockyer, Orin (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

School to work transitions is often presented as a binary choice. You either pursue a university education that is framed as a sure-fire pathway to both social and economic mobility, or you pursue a ‘lesser’ form of ...
'It's hard to ask': Examining the factors influencing decision-making amongst end-stage renal disease patients considering asking friends and family for a kidney

Jones, Merryn Anne (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

Background: Organ donation is an important facet of healthcare delivery in New Zealand, with donation often leading to an increased quality of life for recipients, and a reduction in healthcare costs for the community. ...
"It‘s Hard to Keep Track": Mapping a Shifting Nation in Dylan Horrocks‘s Hicksville

Clayton, Hamish (Victoria University of Wellington, 2009)

Using an art form that justifiably lays claim to both visual and literary genealogies—the graphic novel—Dylan Horrocks's Hicksville advances, rather than strictly challenges, many of the discussions which have informed the ...
“It's not just a professional development thing": Non-Māori librarians in Aotearoa New Zealand making sense of mātauranga Māori.

Oxborrow, Kathryn (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Libraries in Aotearoa New Zealand have their roots in Western worldviews and understandings of knowledge which are distinctive from those of the Indigenous Māori population. These differences can lead to cultural clashes ...
‘It’s part of who I am’: Tā’aloga ma fa’asinomaga ma fa’aSāmoa - Sport, identity, and culture in the lives of Samoan-New Zealanders

Connolly, Josh (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

Samoan-New Zealanders have become increasingly prominent within New Zealand sport since the mid-20th century. Despite the apparent desirability of players with Pacific Island heritage their presence is also met with ...
It's The Same Old Story: Rape Representation in New Zealand Newspapers (1975 - 2015)

Barton, Ange (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

Newspaper reporting of rape, and in particular, representations of women as rape victims, have historically been presented by the media in a misinformed manner, influenced by myths and misconceptions about the dynamics of ...
It Takes a Village: A collective approach to NZ housing

Whyte, Olivia (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Access to affordable, quality housing is a necessity that has become unattainable for many New Zealanders. Land values, property prices and rents continue to increase at rates higher than income growth. As urban populations ...
I want to share: Balancing collective and individual needs in New Zealand urban housing architecture

Walshe, Genevieve (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

In 2016 I visited Sargfabrik cohousing in Vienna and was intrigued and captivated by the rich, diverse and friendly atmosphere within the semi-public spatial and architectural realm, which I thought would never happen in ...
Iwi Exhibitions at Te Papa: A Ngāi Tahu Perspective

Sciascia, Ana (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

The post-modern museum has in recent years been grappling with how best to engage with source communities in their professional practice. However there is a gap in the international literature in documenting the relationships ...
‘I wouldn’t want to be a cow’: An ethnographic exploration of more-than-human relational praxis on a New Zealand dairy farm

Goulding, Audrey (Victoria University of Wellington, 2021)

This thesis aims to understand how industrial farmers perceive and relate to the nonhuman world. A small-scale ethnographic focus of a 250-cow dairy farm in New Zealand’s Rangitikei district is presented as a proxy for ...

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