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Laterally Grown ZnO Nanowires for Sensing Applications

Matthews, Campbell (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

Zinc oxide nanowires are a semiconducting material that has many uses in electronic applications. In particular, ZnO nanowires have been used in field effect transistors and applied as sensors for the detection of gases, ...
Layered Pasts: Cultural Heritage Landscapes in Cities

Manning, Kendra (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

This thesis aims to understand how indigenous heritage values might be represented in post-colonial urban environments. Using an urban design and landscape architecture lens, this paper builds on an emerging body of heritage ...
layers of old and new : the adaptive reuse of mid-20th century modern architecture

Kitto, Damien (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

This research portfolio explores the role of adaptive reuse to support the preservation of mid-century modern architecture and facilitate new needs. Technological transformations of the 21st century have changed needs, ...
Leadership pathways for local women: Case studies of three communes in Cambodia

Ly, Tem (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

Women in leadership are necessary for the development of Cambodia. Their involvement in leadership roles in the public sphere and politics is crucial and has been shown to impact positively on poverty reduction. Governments, ...
The Leadership Processes of Pacific Public Servants in Aotearoa, New Zealand

Paea, Mele Katea (Victoria University of Wellington, 2009)

This dissertation presents research focused on leadership processes among Pacific public servants at multiple levels in the New Zealand Public Service. The current study was guided by this research question: What are the ...
Leadership Styles: A Comparative Analysis of PTD Officers and DG Officers in the Ministry of Education Malaysia

Norwawi, Shahrizal (Victoria University of Wellington, 2010)

The purpose of this study is to explore the leadership styles of middle level managers working in the Ministry of Education Malaysia. The middle level managers in this research are restricted to those from the Administrative ...
Leading Ladies: Portraits of Principals: The Leadership Styles and Practices of Women Secondary School Principals Reflected within a Principal Professional Learning Community

Snedden, Erika Helen (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

Recent New Zealand Ministry of Education documents highlight the challenge to provide professional learning opportunities for principals and the current initiative to support and strengthen school leadership through the ...
Lead maternity care midwives' perspectives on the effect of severe perineal trauma on their relationship with women

Samuel, Audrene (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Although childbirth is a time of happiness and joy for couples, happiness can be flawed by pain and discomfort associated with perineal trauma sustained during childbirth. It is estimated that 85% of vaginal births are ...
Learning Actions That Reduce Variation in Objects

Bebbington, James (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

The variation in the data that a robot in the real world receives from its sensory inputs (i.e. its sensory data) will come from many sources. Much of this variation is the result of ground truths about the world, such as ...
Learning Communities in the City: Social Constructivism, Spaces and Connections in the New Urban Primary School

Silverwood, James (Victoria University of Wellington, 2010)

The main intention of the research is to develop a model for an inner city primary school building which is responsive to the urban context and reflects the educational theory of Social Constructivism. The underlying ...
Learning in a foreign environment: The perception and use of concept mapping strategy by Saudi International students in Higher Education

Abu Askar, Reem (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)

Learning in higher education demands the assimilation of a wide range of complex information. One way in which learners are able to represent complex information in a meaningful way is through concept mapping. This multiple ...
Learning through Play: An Interplay between Early Childhood Teachers' Beliefs and Practices in Aotearoa-New Zealand

James, Matthew (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

This study explores teacher conceptions of play and its relationship to children’s learning. It also explores how this influenced the role teachers took during play and the way they approached assessment. This case study ...
Learning to be Mindful: An Exploratory Study into the Perceived Benefits of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Training for a Music Therapy Student

Graham, Jessica O. M. (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

Mindfulness training has become very popular in recent years and has proven successful for reducing anxiety and depression and enhancing coping skills (amongst other benefits). This research project explores the perceived ...
Learning to code: A narrative inquiry - “Without code we would probably be like cave people”

Popat, Shahira (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

In 2018 there was educational change in New Zealand with the introduction of new curriculum content for digital technologies. A key component of the digital technologies curriculum content was computational thinking where ...
Learning to Disentangle the Complex Causes of Data

Butler-Yeoman, Tony (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

The ability to extract and model the meaning in data has been key to the success of modern machine learning. Typically, data reflects a combination of multiple sources that are mixed together. For example, photographs of ...
Learning to Expect the Predictable: The Role of Expectation in the Cognitive Control of Attention

Botes, Andre (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Some of the visual world is relevant to our goals and needs. Much more is not. A problem we face frequently in day-to-day living is that we are distracted by what is not relevant to our goals at the cost of attention towards ...
Learning to Lead: What Constitutes Effective Training for Student Leaders in New Zealand Secondary Schools?

Davies, Bronwyn (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

Student leaders in New Zealand secondary schools may include tutors, head students, sports and cultural captains, mentors and prefects. This study is based on the premise that student leaders can provide inspiration to ...
Leaving a Trail - Revealing heritage in a rural landscape

Rodgers, Maria (Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)

‘Leaving a Trail – revealing heritage in a rural landscape’ investigates how landscape architecture can reveal heritage and connect Māori and Pākehā to the land and to the past in rural Aotearoa New Zealand. Our rural ...
Leaving Your Dignity at the Door: Maternity in Wellington 1950 - 1970

Stojanovic, Jane Ellen Esther (Victoria University of Wellington, 2002)

This thesis describes the maternity system in Wellington between 1950 and 1970 particularly from the perspectives of consumers and midwives. Four women consumers who experienced maternity in Wellington and two midwives ...
Legal Parentage “By Design”: Reimagining Birth Certificates in Aotearoa New Zealand

Ballantyne, Ruth (Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)

This thesis highlights two significant flaws in birth certification and legal parentage regimes in Aotearoa New Zealand that negatively impact children conceived and raised in an array of diverse family structures. First, ...