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  • Vagrancy 
    Curry, Gerard Paul (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 1971)
    This thesis was prompted by the vagrancy laws set down in ss.49-52 of the Police Offences Act 1927. Vagrancy laws are a survival of a long series of repressive statutes. History records the statutes being used to prompt ...
  • Valid knowledge: astrology in the curriculum of the post-compulsory education and training sector 
    Carpenter, Garth (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 1991)
    What is taught students in the post-compulsory education and training sector reflects a tradition of authorised knowledge influenced by the historical development of epistemology, positivism and the empirical sciences. Now ...
  • Validating the English Language Exam for university entry in Shanghai, China 
    Book, Kin Chung Matthew (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)
    The University Entrance Exam (UEE) plays a vital role in the Chinese education system. Yet despite it being a high-stakes exam for over nine million senior high school students each year, there is little research demonstrating ...
  • Value added tax and financial services 
    Van Schalkwyk, Sybrand Abraham (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2003)
    Financial services are normally excluded from the ambit of VAT. This exemption represents a deviation from the aim of VAT in general and causes distortions to arise in the economy. The difficulty lies in applying VAT to ...
  • The value of a programme of clinical supervision for graduate nurses: an evaluative study 
    Kwai, Karina (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2004)
    The function and implementation of clinical supervision in the practice setting presents a number of challenges for new graduate programmes for registered comprehensive nurses. There have been numerous reports and papers ...
  • The value of facade retention : a New Zealand perspective 
    Pierce Martyn (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 1989)
    FACADE: Dictionary Definition Facade' (-sahd), n. Face of building towards street or open space; frontal or outward appearance [F (foll., -ADE')] FACADISM: Definition A term used in a derogatory sense to describe bad ...
  • The value of play to the pre-school child 
    Lublow, Patricia May (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 1957)
    In order to solve this problem in relation to recognised institutions of the Education Department I have observed two schools of the 2-5 year old group. One an organization claiming to be nothing but a "Play Centre" and ...
  • Value orientations in New Zealand prisons 
    Gamby, John (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 1965)
    At 9th September 1964, 1518 men and women were inmates of New Zealand prisons and borstals. Of these, 563 were under 21 years old. Of 936 male adults in prison, 805 had had previous convictions. Most men in prison, then, ...
  • Value Relevance of Non-Financial Information: Evidence from Environmental Social Governance Disclosure Worldwide 
    Zuraida (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)
    This study investigates the value relevance of disclosure of non-financial information (NFI) worldwide, specifically, information on environmental (E), social (S) and governance (G) factors both in aggregate ESG form and ...
  • Valued But Broken: Reconstructing Damaged Built Heritage 
    Page, Bradley (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)
    Heritage buildings are an important element of our urban environments, representing the hope and aspirations of a generation gone, reminding us of our achievements and our identity. When heritage buildings suffer damage, ...
  • Values in Social and Personal Change 
    Ritchie, James E (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 1960)
    It is one aim of this thesis to report on some aspects of life in a modern Maori community in such a way, and using such concepts, that some understanding may be reached of how this community will react to rapid industrial ...
  • Values, attitudes & beliefs of New Zealand dairy farmers towards climate change & greenhouse gas abatement 
    Newton, Mark Jeremy (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2009)
    Greenhouse gas emissions from dairy farms present a major challenge to New Zealand, and urgent action is needed to abate them to avoid costs associated with greenhouse gas abatement. Greenhouse gas emissions from dairy ...
  • Values, value change and attitudes to occupations as a function of moral judgment level 
    Standring, Dennis E (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 1976)
    Third year educational psychology students were assessed using the Defining Issues Test, (a test of moral judgment), the Rokeach Value Survey, and an occupational rating scale. As well, they were exposed to a confrontation ...
  • Valuing library services : case study of a New Zealand bank library 
    Barden, Monique Therese (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2000)
    The purpose of this study is to examine criteria for measuring the value of information services in corporate libraries and to assess the impact these information services have on business activity and user information ...
  • Valuing library services : how public libraries in New Zealand measure and communicate the economic benefit value that they add to their communities and/or user groups 
    Coolbear, Kay Louise (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2007)
    The purpose of this research project was to determine the ways in which public libraries in New Zealand demonstrate and communicate the economic benefits that they deliver to their user groups and/or communities. To achieve ...
  • Valuing the volunteer: a case study of volunteer management at the New Zealand Masters Games (Wanganui) 
    Barlow, Ian Douglas (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2000)
    The management of operational sports volunteers at the New Zealand Masters Games (Wanganui) and the degree to which their recruitment and retention conforms to formally prescribed volunteer guidelines are examined in this ...
  • The vanadium content of Taranaki ironsand 
    Gibbs, Harry Stephen (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 1937)
    Taranaki ironsand is a marine deposit, found for 300 miles along portion of the western coast of the North Island of New Zealand. Mineralogically this sand consists principally of magnetite and ilmenite, with some quartz ...
  • Vanquishing the Unknown 
    Matkin, Olivia (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)
    Our contemporary desire towards infinite youth has created an overwhelming fear of death. The places holding reference to death are considered taboo and are typically avoided. Historically these are culturally significant ...
  • The Vapour Pressure of Anthracene in the Solid State 
    Brennan, Barry Thomas (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 1954)
    The vapour pressure of solid anthracene was measured by a static method between 157.3 and 206.9°C, and by a transpiration method in the vicinity of 182-184°C. Good agreement was obtained between the two methods. The vapour ...
  • Variance reduction techniques in the simulation of digital systems 
    Chen, Song-Xi (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 1990)
    Importance sampling has been widely used as a technique to reduce run-time in the simulation of digital systems. It is well known that the effects of importance sampling can be reduced in the presence of system memory (eg. ...

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