Browsing by Author "Willis, Richard"

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Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in New Zealand Snow Tourism
(Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2010) Prince, Brian William; Willis, Richard
Snow tourism plays an important part in the winter experience of a growing number of enthusiasts across the world. Its strong reliance on weather and climate conditions means it is not immune to changes in climate conditions. The response to climate change generally involves adaptation to impacts and mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions. This study explores the awareness, perception, attitude and response to climate change within the New Zealand ski industry based on interviews with ski field managers and industry official, and questionnaires surveys with those participating in winter sports activities. It provides an overview of the level of consideration for climate change within five ski fields and among winter sports enthusiasts in the Queenstown Lakes Region and the Mackenzie country. While it is in their best interest to address such an issue, ski field businesses and winter sports enthusiasts do not necessarily comply with the recommended response to climate change because they are being influenced by a range of internal and external factors. At present, the level of planning for adaptation among the five ski fields surveyed is limited and the effectiveness of the voluntary initiatives that have been introduced to mitigate their impacts is questionable. Furthermore, their adaptive capacity to climate change impacts is being constrained by a range of factors. Despite the good intentions of winter sports enthusiasts and given the voluntary nature of mitigation initiatives addressed at them, they currently indulge freely in their favourite activity without adopting far reaching pro-environmental behaviours.
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The exporting firm: structure, policy, personnel and performance: a case study of the "manufacturing Engineers and Allied Metal Trades" trade group in New Zealand
(Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 1972) Willis, Richard
One might have reasonably expected the successful exporting firm in New Zealand to exhibit certain characteristics, which distinguished it from others. However, the quest to discover what characterises the successful exporting firm proved less conclusive than hoped for the industrial group studied. The initial reaction of the reader to such a result may be that of the writer - anti-climax. However, this sense of anti-climax should not obscure some important results. The study shows that the exporting firm is in no major sense strongly oriented towards exporting. It is the local market which dominates firm production and marketing mentality, and exporting is generally viewed as a useful adjunct to local sales.
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GEOG111: Geography: Fundamentals of Geography
(Victoria University of Wellington, 2007) Willis, Richard
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GEOG111: Geography: Fundamentals of Geography
(Victoria University of Wellington, 2005) Willis, Richard
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GEOG111: Geography: Fundamentals of Geography
(Victoria University of Wellington, 2008) Willis, Richard
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GEOG112: Geography: An Introduction to Human Geography & Development
(Victoria University of Wellington, 2010) Willis, Richard
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GEOG311: Geography: Geography of New Zealand and Australia
(Victoria University of Wellington, 2010) Willis, Richard
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GEOG311: Geography: Geography of New Zealand and Australia
(Victoria University of Wellington, 2008) Willis, Richard
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GEOG311: Geography: Geography of New Zealand and Australia
(Victoria University of Wellington, 2007) Willis, Richard
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GEOG311: Geography: Geography of New Zealand and Australia
(Victoria University of Wellington, 2005) Willis, Richard
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Towards Closer Economic Partnership? - a Comparison of Neoliberal Restructuring in the Dairy Complexes of Chile and New Zealand
(Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2004) Challies, Edward Richard Timothy; Willis, Richard; Murray, Warwick
This thesis employs an incorporated comparative approach in order to investigate convergent paths of politico-economic development in Chile and New Zealand in the context of a proposed Closer Economic Partnership (CEP) agreement. In an effort to identify likely outcomes of such an agreement, the thesis examines the case of the dairy sector. In comparing the dairy complexes of New Zealand and Chile in historical and contemporary contexts, the thesis finds that substantial differences between the two complexes make them relatively incompatible in the context of a CEP. Ongoing liberalisation in the sector, and a bilateral CEP, are likely to have unevenly distributed outcomes both between New Zealand and Chile and within the dairy sectors in each country. In particular, the Chilean dairy sector is characterised by low state involvement and conflict between transnational companies and small-scale farmers. A CEP with New Zealand will reinforce this uneven relationship between global capital and local enterprise. Further, the structures of the dairy complexes of New Zealand and Chile vary to the extent that the potential benefits of a CEP are likely to accrue disproportionately to New Zealand farmers. The thesis recommends that further localised and sectoral research is required, and must be integrated into policy advocacy if New Zealand trade policy is to have equitable outcomes both within New Zealand, and beyond national borders.