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Kahawai Phylogeny and Phylogenetics: A Genetic Investigation into Commercial and Recreational Fisheries Management and Practice

Hodgson, Brenton (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

Globally, commercially exploited fish species are coming under more and more pressure as the population of humans grow. Protein from the sea has traditionally been available to coastal communities throughout history. In ...
Ka Mua, Ka Muri-Walking Backwards into the Future: An Environmental History of the South Wairarapa Region 1984-2016

Rainford, Eleanor Jane (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

‘Ka mua, ka muri’, Walking backwards into the future, is a Māori proverb that aptly describes the findings of this thesis. That we should look to the past to inform the future is arguably the purpose of history, yet we ...
“Kanaky, my land, for your liberty I will never stop fighting”: Investigating Kanak women activists’ roles, experiences, and strategies within the independence movement in Kanaky, New Caledonia

Cottingham, Prasanthi (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

This research uses a post-colonial feminist lens to investigate how development towards gender equality and equity can be promoted alongside processes of decolonisation in Kanaky-New Caledonia. In particular, it explores ...
Ka ora ngā Kōrero Hītori o Ngāti Konohi mā roto mai i ngā Mahi Whakaako Waiata i te Kapa Haka o Whāngārā-mai-tawhiti

Rangihaeata, Piripi Kaahe (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

Ko te whāinga matua o tēnei tuhinga, ko te wānanga, ko te tātari i te huarahi whakaako i ngā kōrero hītori, i ngā kōrero tuku iho i roto i ngā mahi kapa haka. Ko ngā huarahi pēnei i te haka, i te waiata, i te mōteatea e ...
Kappa Opioid Receptor Agonists: New Targets In The Treatment Of Pain

Kumar, Nitin (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

Background and Purpose: Pain, although necessary for survival, can become pathological affecting an estimated 1 in 5 adults globally. It is also the most common reason people seek medical attention. Mu opioid receptor ...
Kastam: Exploring the Architectural Principles of Exchange and Resilience

Saunyama, Ruwarashe (Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)

The Refugee Resettlement situation on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea is in dire need of a humane intervention. The Manus Island Detention Centre was officially permanently closed on the 31st of October 2017 (ABC News), ...
Keats as a Reader

Paterson, Alexandra (Victoria University of Wellington, 2010)

This thesis examines the poetry of John Keats through an exploration of his attitude towards reading. Keats's reading is characterized by openness, receptivity, and crucially, response. The first chapter explores the ...
Keeping ahead of floods and droughts: a case study of Sdau Kaong Commune, Cambodia

Oum, Sopharo (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)

The Lower Mekong Basin covers four countries, Lao PDR, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. These countries are often affected by floods and sometimes by droughts. These natural hazards silently and adversely affect people’s ...
Keeping Men on Track: The Management of Single Male Employees by the New Zealand Government Railways Department 1923-1940

Kelly, Robert Campbell David (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

The New Zealand Government Railways Department undertook a wide range of reforms in the 1920s as a result of concerns about the threat of road competition and the longevity of New Zealand’s railway infrastructure. Some of ...
“Keeping the wet in wetlands”: A case study of wetland response to projected changes in climate at Mathews Lagoon, Boggy Pond and Wairio Wetlands

Warren, Samwell Mytton (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

Wetlands are some of the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet. They are critical for global, regional and local ecosystems, and provide considerable social and economic value for human populations (Findlayson, et. al., ...
Key Elements for Engaging Dairy Farmers in Action Towards Healthy Waterways: a Case Study in the Aorere Catchment, New Zealand

Robertson, Jodie (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

Over the past few years, there has been increasing attention in New Zealand drawn to the pollution of water bodies from dairy farm effluent, and ways to mitigate this. The aim of this research is to identify the key ...
The Khovanov homology of knots

Le Gros, Giovanna (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

The Khovanov homology is a knot invariant which first appeared in Khovanov's original paper of 1999, titled ``a categorification of the Jones polynomial.'' This thesis aims to give an exposition of the Khovanov homology, ...
Kia Maia ki te Kanga o Ta Koutou Ahi: Keeping the Home Fires Burning

Kumar, Te Atawhai Praneeta Devi (Victoria University of Wellington, 2010)

This thesis articulates physical activities of tangata whenua occupation and use as being central to the operations of ahi ka and fundamental to the demonstration of mana whenua and mana moana. The focus on use and ...
Kicking Round Home: Atonality in the Bone People

Kennedy, Anne (Victoria University of Wellington, 2007)

This thesis considers the role that musical atonality plays in Keri Hulme's the bone people, and explores the ways in which an atonal reading can suggest interpretations for the novel 's cultural location. From a survey ...
The Kids Are All Right: Designing an Earthquake-Resilient Classroom Table

Tucker, Ryan (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

In the seismically active region of New Zealand the threat of earthquakes is ever-present with potential implications for residents of all ages. As school children spend a large extent of their daily lives within the ...
The Kind of Problem a City Will Always Be: A Study of the Epistemological State of Urbanism and the Kind of Problem a City is

Kominami, Takeshi (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)

Jane Jacobs in her seminal work Death and Life of Great American Cities (1993) titled a chapter of her book, The Kind of Problem a City is, and in it, discussed how a city should be understood as a situation of a complex ...
Kinematics of the Central Alpine Fault Mylonite Zone, Tatare Stream, South Island, New Zealand

Gillam, Benjamin G (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

The hanging wall of the Alpine Fault (AF) near Franz Josef Glacier has been exhumed during the past ~3 m. y. providing a sample of the ductilely deformed middle crust via obliquereverse slip on the AF. The former middle ...
Kinetic Monte Carlo Modelling of Dissolution and Passive Film Formation in Fe-Cr Alloys

Parker, Amanda Jeanne (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

Stainless steels differ from iron in that chromium content allows for the formation of a passive iron-chromium oxide film which is only nanometres in thickness, offering protection from the environment. While the composition ...
Kinser Inequalities and Related Matroids

Cameron, Amanda (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)

Kinser developed a hierarchy of inequalities dealing with the dimensions of certain spaces constructed from a given quantity of subspaces. These inequalities can be applied to the rank function of a matroid, a geometric ...
Ki te Taumata: a Personal Journey into the Multiple Identities of Academically High Achieving Māori Girls

MacDonald, Liana (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

This thesis investigates the multiple identities of four academically high achieving, Māori girls negotiated in one English Medium mainstream schooling environment. The study sought to determine how these young women have ...