Browsing Doctoral Theses by Title
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Gay Men Coming Out Later in Life: A Phenomenological Inquiry Into Disclosing Sexual Orientation in Aotearoa New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)Despite the passing of significant legislation in the late 20th century ("Homosexual Law Reform Act, 1986," ; "Human Rights Amendment Act, 1993") homonegativity remains an issue in Aotearoa New Zealand. For example, in the ... -
Gender and the social construction of occupations: the case of Clinical Coders
(Auckland University of Technology, 2012)Labour market position is socially constructed through the complex and intertwined relationships embedded in gender, skill, power and occupational status. These interactions are located in the social structures of patriarchy ... -
Gendered embodiment and critical tourism - exploring Italian women's sensuality
(Auckland University of Technology, 2007)This thesis is a study of Italian women’s sensual embodiment in leisure and tourism experiences (involving beautifying in the city and tanning at the beach) in, and around, the city of Rome. The central link in this thesis ... -
Generating Value in Alliance Contracts Through the Lean Concept
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)The construction industry has recognised alliancing as a means to increase construction efficiency. Despite the potential benefits attributed to alliancing, the true performance enhancements have not been fully gained in ... -
Geospatial process modelling for land use cover change
(Auckland University of Technology, 2013)Human activities and effects of global warming are increasingly changing the physical landscape. In view of this researchers have developed models to investigate the cause and effect of such variations. Most of these models ... -
German speakers' migration to New Zealand: consequences across three generations
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)This research explored consequences of contemporary immigration to New Zealand from German-speaking Europe over time and across three generations through Nexus Analysis (Scollon & Scollon 2004), the methodological strategy ... -
Goal-oriented dynamic test generation
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)Automated software testing is increasingly being seen as an important means of improving the quality and reliability of software in industry. It mitigates the hardship of manual testing, which is labour-intensive and ... -
GPU accelerated feature algorithms for mobile devices
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)Mobile devices offer many new avenues for computer vision and in particular mobile augmented reality applications that have not been feasible with desktop computers. The motivation for this research is to improve mobile ... -
Habitus, Ontology and Misrecognition: Addressing the Issue of Structural Injustice Within the University Context
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)This thesis is grounded in the philosophy of education, and is first and foremost an issue-based body of research intended to explore how those of us within the university context can work towards combatting the structural ... -
The Hand of the Cloth: An Ontological and Aesthetic Unfolding Through Digital and Virtual Materiality
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)This research unfolds an ontology and aesthetics of cloth through physical, digital and virtual states. Material structure and cloth dynamics are investigated through the use of the technology of motion capture. The context ... -
Hands across the sea: situating an Edwardian greetings postcard practice
(Auckland University of Technology, 2013)The Edwardian postcard has been described as the Twitter of its age. Earlier regarded as an insignificant pop-cultural trifle, it has, over the last two decades, begun to receive serious academic attention. This attention ... -
He iwi rangatira anō tātou i mua, kia pai te whakahaere o ngā tikanga mō te iwi. Kia mangu ki waho kia mā i roto
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)This thesis contends that tapu (spiritual and physical boundaries), mana (power and authority), utu (reciprosity) and rūnanga (debate and decision-making) were the four pou (guiding principles) which delegated power and ... -
He kupu tuku iho mō tēnei reanga: a critical analysis of Waiata and Haka as commentaries and archives of Māori political history
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)Prior to the arrival of Pākehā to Aotearoa/New Zealand, the Māori language was exclusively oral. However, this did not in any way impede the archiving of knowledge and history deemed important by tīpuna Māori. In fact, ... -
He kura-hāpainga, he kura-waka, he kura-kōrero, he kura-huna, He Kura-kura
(Auckland University of Technology, 2013)He aha rā ia ngā hua kua puta i te kura kaupapa Māori [KKM]? Kua whai hua rānei te kaupapa nei? Ko hea ngā taumata angitu KKM? Mā wai hei whakatau pēnā e ekea ana ngā taumata tika? Kua roa ēnei pātai, i te horopaki o ... -
He Whakapapa tōu, he tuakiri anō tōu: the importance of whakapapa to an urban Māori identity
(Auckland University of Technology, 2012)The main purpose of this thesis is to determine whether whakapapa is still an important facet of Māori culture for urban Māori today. The effect of mass migration to urban centres has had a major impact on Māori culture ... -
Health and productivity in New Zealand: an exploratory study
(Auckland University of Technology, 2012)Health and productivity management (HPM) is a business strategy employed by organisations to manage employee health risk and improve productivity. The major determinants of health are chronic disease and the associated ... -
Health of Pacific children in New Zealand: association between selected elements, behaviour and body-size
(Auckland University of Technology, 2013)In childhood environmental and dietary exposure to toxic and non-toxic elements may affect development and growth. The elemental concentrations of scalp hair and toenails may reflect chemical uptake via the diet, or ... -
A healthy lifestyle campaign by-youth-for-youth: the challenge of empowerment and the potential of collaboration
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)Unhealthy lifestyle choices contribute to New Zealand’s highest risk factors for causes of death (Maddison, Turley, Legge, & Mitchelhill, 2010; Ministry of Health, 2004; World Health Organization, 2009a), and youth are ... -
A hermeneutic exploration of mindfulness psychology
(Auckland University of Technology, 2012)This thesis explores the theory and practice of mindfulness within the context of clinical psychology. Informed by philosophical hermeneutics, it seeks to understand (1) mindfulness, (2) how mindfulness works and (3) how ... -
A hermeneutic phenomenological study of the lived experiences of immigrant students in their mathematics classrooms at a secondary school in Auckland, New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2011)The presence of immigrant students in mathematics classrooms continues to become more and more prevalent as a consequence of global migration. While their transitional experiences in their new environment may be understood ...