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Neogene Evolution of the Pacific - Australia Plate Boundary Zone in NE Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand

Townsend, Dougal B (Victoria University of Wellington, 2001)

Six new palaeomagnetic localities in NE Marlborough, sampled from Late Cretaceous - Early Tertiary Amuri Formation and Middle Miocene Waima Formation, all yield clockwise declination anomalies of 100 - 150 degrees. Similarity ...
Neutron Cross Section Measurement Using the Associated Particle Technique

Johnson, Peter B (Victoria University of Wellington, 1966)

The associated particle technique is applied to the D(d.n) He3 reaction, in order to produce a tagged neutron beam of accurately known energy, flux, and direction. The incident deuteron beam is obtained from a 400 Kv ...
A New Debate About Children and Childhood. Could it Make a Difference to Early Childhood Pedagogy and Policy?

Mitchell, Linda Mary (Victoria University of Wellington, 2007)

The study analyses constructions of childhood within early childhood education pedagogy and policy in New Zealand. Constructions are evaluated against criteria for an education based on a concept of the "child as citizen" ...
New Design guidelines for Mobile Learning Application: Transactional Distance Perspective

Limtrairut, Pakapan (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

M-learning is the approach of using mobile device such as mobile phones to help users engage with learning content. M-learning software exists, but does not have high uptake especially compared to e-learning. One reason ...
New Halogenated Secondary Metabolites from Red Algae of the South Pacific

Woolner, Victoria (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

An NMR- and MS-directed study led to the isolation and structure elucidation of several halogenated secondary metabolites from a New Zealand and a Tongan red alga. An extensive investigation was carried out on the New ...
New Methods for Studying Materials Under Shear with Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Brox, Timothy Ian (Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)

For over 30 years, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques have been used to study materials under shear. Collectively referred to as Rheo-NMR, these methods measure material behaviour due to external stimuli and provide ...
A new old age?: Exploring the values, attitudes and expectations of baby boomers and their implications for policy and practice in an ageing society

Glasgow, Kathy (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

As a large age cohort, baby boomers needs, attitudes and behaviour can have a substantial impact on society. Despite international predictions that older boomers will behave in very different ways to current generations ...
New Perspectives on the Chronostratigraphy and Magmatic Evolution of the Auckland Volcanic Field, New Zealand

Hopkins, Jenni L. (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

Understanding the eruptive history of a volcanically active region is critical in assessing the hazard and risk posed by future eruptions. In regions where surface deposits are poorly preserved, and ambiguously sourced, ...
New reaction paths for advanced SiAlON/TiN composites

Calloch, Pauline (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

This thesis demonstrates how selected ceramic additives, including titanium nitride (TiN), impact upon the “chemistry ↔ microstructure ↔ properties” relationship as it applies to composites in the generic Sialon-TiN composite ...
New Zealand Architects Abroad

Dudding, Michael (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

This thesis is an oral history based investigation of four recently graduated architects (Bill Alington, Maurice Smith, Bill Toomath and Harry Turbott) who individually left New Zealand to pursue postgraduate qualifications ...
New Zealand learning environments: The role of design and the design process

Alsaif, Fatimah Mohammed (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

Learning environments are important spaces because these are where primary school children spend many hours. These environments can vary from single cell classrooms to modern open plan learning studios. As the design of ...
Ngā Pā Harakeke O Ngati Porou: A Lived Experience of Whānau

Walker, Taingunguru Whangapirita (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)

Māori live within a post-colonial society, and were subjected to colonisation, warfare, land loss and urbanisation. These policies changed Māori from an agrarian society into an industrialised society within the cities. ...
Ngāti Whakaue Iho Ake – An Iwi Science Education Exploration

McRae, Hiria Stacey (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

This thesis aims to provide a pathway to improve Māori student engagement with science education. Internationally, some indigenous communities have worked with schools in the delivery of science programmes, resulting in ...
N M R Studies of Coal

Davenport, Sally Jane (Victoria University of Wellington, 1985)

Carbon-13 CP/MAS NMR was used to study a selection of fifty-seven New Zealand coals and ten Australian coals. The coal rank varied from lignite to semianthracite. A qualitative survey of the plant origins of NMR signals ...
No More Than Comfort? A logics approach to the 'grip' of cost-benefit analysis in a New Zealand public policy decision

Markham, Julie Clare (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

This study explores an apparent paradox: cost-benefit analysis (CBA) requires a series of highly subjective decisions to calculate, yet is employed for its perceived objectivity. The dominant view of CBA in the academic ...
The Non-Adoption of XBRL by Professional and Government Organisations in New Zealand and its Implications for Stakeholders

David, Jasmine (Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)

Technology adoption plays a significant role in changing the way business communicates its financial information. One recently developed, technology-based language that can be used for financial reporting is eXtensible ...
Non-Compliance in WTO Dispute Settlement: Assessing the Effectiveness of WTO Retaliation from Its Purpose(s)

Limenta, Michelle Engel (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

The issue of non-compliance with the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) recommendations and rulings emerges when the violator state fails to bring its inconsistent measures into conformity with its WTO obligations within a ...
Non-Māori teachers teaching Māori language in English-medium primary schools: We are all in this together - He waka eke noa

Patrick, Alice (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

This thesis reports the findings of original research examining the role that non-Māori teachers can play teaching te reo Māori in English-medium¹ primary schools, as per the expectation in the New Zealand Curriculum ...
Nonprobative Photos Inflate the Truthiness and Falsiness of Claims

Newman, Eryn J. (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)

When people evaluate claims they often rely on what comedian Stephen Colbert calls truthiness, judging claims using subjective feelings of truth, rather than drawing on facts. Over seven experiments I examined how ...
Non-probative Photos Promote the Truth of Positive Claims

Cardwell, Brittany A. (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

People’s judgments are prone to the influence of feelings, even cognitive feelings such as the ease with which related information comes to mind (Alter & Oppenheimer, 2009; Schwarz & Clore, 2007). In 14 experiments, we¹ ...