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Fracture: The reception of the 'other' author in Aotearoa

Arathimos, Michalia (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)

The fracturing of cultural identity is a common trope in postcolonial literatures. Traditional binaries of 'self' and 'other' are now complicated by cultural hybridities that reflect the intersectionality of migrant ...
Fragility and excluded minors

Clark, Ben (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

Let Ɲ be a set of matroids. A matroid, M, is Ɲ -fragile, if for every element e, either M\e or M/e has no minor isomorphic to a member of Ɲ . This thesis gives new results in matroid representation theory that elucidate ...
A framework for professional learning and development in science for New Zealand upper primary teachers

Cizadlo, Theodore (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

This doctoral thesis describes the development of a framework to guide the creation and delivery of bespoke professional learning and development programmes (PLD) in physical science for groups of Year 7 and 8 teachers. ...
A Framework for the Collection, Retention and Use of Human Body Parts

Thomas, Cordelia Mary (Victoria University of Wellington, 2006)

Organ transplantation and biotechnological research depend on the availability of body parts, which necessitates the willing involvement of the public. The rapid development of biotechnology has led to a search for an ...
The French Contribution to the Exploration of the Pacific in the Eighteenth Century

Dunmore, John (Victoria University of Wellington, 1961)

THIS THESIS is an attempt to examine and correlate the voyages of the French in the Pacific Ocean during the latter part of the eighteenth century. So far, no study of this kind has been attempted, most recent research ...
Frequency Dispersion of Impedance in a Molten Electrolyte

Clarkson, Thomas Stephen (Victoria University of Wellington, 1972)

It is an experimental fact that the impedance of an electrolyte as usually measured (by conductance bridge in a two electrode cell) is dependent on the frequency of the applied voltage. A quantity of fundamental physical ...
"Friendly relations between the two races were soon established"?: Pākehā interactions with Māori in the planned settlements of Wellington, Nelson and New Plymouth, 1840-1860

Burke, Rebecca (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

This thesis uses a micro-historic approach to explore the personal relationships between Māori and settlers in Wellington, Nelson and New Plymouth between 1840-1860 [prior to the Taranaki Wars] as they are presented in ...
From Alba to Aotearoa: Profiling New Zealand's Scots Migrants, 1840-1920

Lenihan, Rebecca A. (Victoria University of Wellington, 2010)

While New Zealand has been described as more Scottish than any other country beyond Scotland, and Scots consistently made up nearly 20 per cent of the immigrant population of New Zealand to 1920, as a group New Zealand's ...
From Callas To Netrebko: Diva power, vocality, and the mediatisation of the operatic voice

Wollerman, Jenny (Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)

Maria Callas’s fame as an opera star in the 1950s is still recognised today, and, for many, her name is synonymous with the modern concept of the opera ‘diva’. The increasing diversity of mediatised forms of operatic ...
From constraints to participation: A study of the behaviour of New Zealand travellers with mobility impairments

Nazari Orakani, Solmaz (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Individuals with disabilities have been acknowledged in the literature to have the same desire to travel as their able-bodied counterparts. However, participation in tourism imposes disproportional challenges for many of ...
From Revolution to "Refolution" A Study of Hizb al Tahrir, Its Changes and Trajectories in the Democratic Context of Indonesia (2000-2009)

Ahnaf, Mohammad Iqbal (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) is a part of an international network organization called Hizb al-Tahrir (HT). The organization is commonly portrayed as an "anti-system" movement that seeks to overthrow democracy and revives ...
From street-level to screen-level bureaucracy: Front-line public servants’ recordkeeping behaviours in ICT-enabled agencies

Rapson, Anita (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

Recordkeeping is a ubiquitous task within the public sector: public agencies rely on evidence of activities, in the form of public records, to coordinate activities, track resources, establish precedents, monitor performance ...
From syndromes to symptoms: Advancing our understanding of mental disorders

Clack, Samuel (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Traditionally, psychiatric syndromes have formed the primary target of explanation in psychopathology research. However, these syndromes have been significantly criticised for their conceptual weakness and lack of validity. ...
From the Superatom to a Large Variety of Supermaterials: A Theoretical Study

Schacht, Julia (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

Metal clusters have been a subject of interdisciplinary research for many years as they act as a bridge between atoms and solid-state materials. In particular, clusters that show distinct thermodynamic stability and unusual ...
Functional analysis of Hypoxylon pulicicidum genes required for heterologous biosynthesis of nodulisporic acids

Van de Bittner, Kyle Cornelius (Victoria University of Wellington, 2021)

Nature holds some of the greatest secrets in drug design and development and the ability to access these trade secrets has been revolutionised by modern bioengineering technologies. In order to exploit these technologies ...
Functional Fiction to Collective Action: Speculative Participatory Serious Urban Design Gaming to Enhance Slum-upgrading Processes

Beattie, Hamish (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

People who are marginalised in slum-upgrading processes can benefit from participatory design strategies. When marginalised slum communities confront and explore conflicting perspectives, values, assumptions and goals ...
The Functional Morphology of Avicularia in Cheilostome Bryozoans

Carter, Michelle Clare (Victoria University of Wellington, 2008)

Avicularia are modified zooids characteristic of cheilostome bryozoans. Through evolutionary time the functional capacity of the polypide has evolved and is now a vestigial feature within the avicularium. The functional ...
Functional role of betalains in Disphyma australe under salinty stress

Jain, Gagandeep (Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)

Foliar betalainic plants are commonly found in dry and exposed environments such as deserts and sandbanks. This marginal habitat has led many researchers to hypothesise that foliar betalains provide tolerance to abiotic ...
Fundamental Investigations into Single Molecule Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

Artur, Camille G. (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

After the first claim of single molecule (SM) detection by surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) was published in 1997 and years of debate and maturing, SM-SERS can now be considered as an established subfield of SERS. ...
Funding Populations and Paying Providers: The Role of Financial Risk in the New Zealand Primary Health Care Strategy

Howell, Bronwyn Elizabeth (Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)

This thesis examines how funding changes in the New Zealand Primary Health Care Strategy (NZPHCS), introduced in 2002, altered the magnitude, locus and management of financial risk in the New Zealand primary health care ...