Due to extensive prehistoric extinctions of other frugivores, Pacific pigeons are thought to be one of the most important seed dispersers of large-seeded plants in Tonga, yet virtually nothing is known about their interactions ...

The position of this essay will be explored through two challenging contexts. The first one focuses on the process of challenging the functional, cultural and social context of standard libraries in history and modern ...

One may accept a view of the delinquent child similar to that of A. E. Jones who speaks of "persistently unruly juveniles too young for Borstal for whom a new kind of institution, more drastic than the ordinary approved ...

The level and type of information required by resident doctors to ensure adequate decision making is not known. The literature suggests that many questions arising in clinical practice go unanswered, chiefly due to lack ...

This thesis develops a sociological perspective of environmental concerns in New Zealand through a case study of the Wellington/Moa Point sewerage system. It uses historical material, e.g newspapers, local government ...

The ongoing world wide focus on communities, the building of social capital, and of residential mobility has produced a stream of research on attachment to place. Surprisingly, very little published work appears to have ...

This report is about the atrium which is today understood to be a covered, daylit courtyard space, that exists within a building or between several buildings, and usually extends several levels. It is an ancient architectural ...

The study of commerce or business has always included some examination of laws which govern its operation. The earliest English writers1 on education for a career in commerce gave law an important place in their recommended ...

This study investigates the perceptions of Puhoi Town Library by local residents. Puhoi is a small rural village north of Auckland and has a volunteer-run library which is presently underused in a borrowing capacity by ...

After deciding on the subject of this thesis two interesting and significant facts confronted me. First of all it was with great difficulty that I managed to secure a copy of the very text I was to study. Secondly, a ...