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The Naked Hunch: Designing a bathhouse with the aim of destigmatising the naked body

Ong, Olivia (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Collective and biased perceptions constantly reinforce social stigmas surrounding the naked body. Bodies of difference, those that deviate from societal norms are often considered ‘othered’ and as a result of this, judged ...
Na Suklit: Benicio Sokkong and the Bamboo Musical Instruments of the Kalinga

Prior, Aaron (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

This ethnomusicology study explores the contexts of the bamboo musical instruments of the Kalinga people of the Philippines in two distinct contemporary locations: the urban setting of Lucnab, Baguio City, and the rural ...
National ideals or national interest: New Zealand and South Africa, 1981-1994

Peacock, Lauren (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)

“National ideals or National Interest?” examines the making and implementation by successive New Zealand governments of policy toward apartheid South Africa from 1981 to 1994. Its main focus is the contradictory relationship ...
National Identity and New Zealand’s Actions on the United Nations Security Council: 1993-94 and 2015-16

Breach, Kate (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

To win its seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in both 1993-94 and 2015-16, New Zealand campaigned using the same prime pillar; its ability to act independently on the world’s prime authority for maintenance ...
National Standards: A secondary analysis of the NZCER 2010 Primary and Intermediate Schools National Survey

Mazengarb, Jess (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

This thesis describes a secondary analysis of the NZCER 2010 Primary and Intermediate Schools National Survey. The aim of this project was to conduct an exploratory investigation into the attitudes of education stakeholders ...
Natural Buffer Placement and Downstream Flood Mitigation in Rural Hawkes Bay, New Zealand

Ballinger, John (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

Small scale field studies from around the world have shown that agricultural land management has a significant effect on the timing and magnitude of flood peaks. One land management technique called ‘soft’ engineering ...
Natural Products Studies of Marine Organisms of the South Pacific

Northover, Bryan John (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

This thesis describes the NMR-guided isolation and structural elucidation of one novel and several known compounds from marine organisms collected from Tonga and New Zealand. In the process of this work, 11 Tongan algal ...
Natural Product Studies on the Hamigerans

Woolly, Ethan (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

This study describes the NMR-directed isolation and structural elucidation of several new and semi-synthesised compounds. Carrying on from the previous examinations on the sponge Hamigera tarangaensis undertaken at VUW ...
Natural, Wearable Game Controllers

Steel, Emily (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

Natural, wearable game controllers explores how people interact with games and their potential uses. Since the early days of personal computing video games have been used for more than just fun. Such uses include exploration ...
The Nature of Enticement

Williams, Molly (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

As the world’s population rapidly becomes significantly more urban than rural, the structures that enable urban adapted living can also become a barrier between humans and the living ecosystems they are a part of and have ...
The Nature of the Alt-Right

Williams, Byron (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

The presidential campaign and eventual election of president Donald Trump emboldened and highlighted the existence of a fringe group known as the alt-right, short for alternative right. While the term was coined in 2008 ...
Nautical Symbolism in Christian Maori Architecture

Radburnd, Pamela (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

It is well known that many Maori cultural traditions and cosmological beliefs are anchored in a sea of knowledge associated with seafaring, navigation and the oceanic environment. Despite the loss of deep-sea voyaging, ...
Navigating the Coalface: Religion, State, Pacific Communities and Family Violence in New Zealand

Searell, Jake (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

This thesis examines how the New Zealand state (e.g. government ministries and departments, government-funded social welfare NGOs, and the justice system) engages with religion as it addresses issues of family violence ...
Navigating the tensions of flexible work: An exploration of the individual strategies employed by flexibly working parents

Andrejic, Natalija (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

The demand for workplace flexibility is growing in New Zealand. The increasing and fragmented employment participation of women has given rise to growing complexity within family lives and higher demand for flexible work. ...
The near win effect on observing behaviour in simulated slot-machine gambling: The role of conditioned reinforcement

Colls, Lauren (Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)

Slot machines are a remarkably popular mode of gambling even though they are programmed to make a profit by paying out less money than is put in. One common feature of slot machines, which may increase the likelihood of ...
Necroeconomics: Power, Ethics, and the Political Economy of Human-Animal Relations

Dutkiewicz, Jan (Victoria University of Wellington, 2010)

This paper is an innovative addition to the ongoing debate about human-animal relations. It approaches the topic from the perspective of political economy rather than moral philosophy and seeks to provide an explanatory ...
The need for a structured approach to extradition between China and New Zealand

Griffiths, Joseph (Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)

New Zealand will increasingly be confronted with human rights issues arising from the extradition of individuals to China due to perceived inadequacies in China’s criminal justice system and the practice of using force to ...
Negative Capability: Documentary and Political Withdrawal

Gennard, Simon (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

This thesis thinks with, alongside, and against several theories of political withdrawal that have emerged during the past three decades as they have been taken up by artists working with documentary video. Political ...
Negotiating Gender and Police Culture: Exploring the Barriers to Retention and Progression of Female Police Officers in New Zealand

Chan, Shannon M. (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)

Women officers represent a minority within the New Zealand Police (Police) particularly within the senior ranks. In recent years, Police have made concerted efforts to increase women’s representation as well as improve the ...
Negotiating the Political Ecology of Aboriginal Resource Management: How Mi'kmaq Manage Their Moose and Lobster Harvest in Unama'ki, Nova Scotia, Canada

Huber, Bernard (Victoria University of Wellington, 2009)

Since the Supreme Court of Canada affirmed the fishing and hunting rights of the Mi'kmaq nation in 1985 and 1990, the government has failed to accommodate these in appropriate and effective resource management frameworks. ...