RestrictedArchive–Te Puna Rangahau: Recent submissions

  • Elevation: Folding the Interior 
    Kilgour, Kristin Grace (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)
    This research anticipates that by repurposing the interior of existing and vacant historic architecture, significant to the community it serves, the life span of buildings can be prolonged. This in turn will lead to the ...
  • New Luminescent Materials Based on Aluminosilicate and Gallium Silicate Inorganic Polymers 
    Rogers, Joanne (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)
    This thesis describes the development of new luminescent materials using aluminosilicate and gallium silicate inorganic polymers as hosts for rare earth ions. The newly developed phosphors were investigated using XRD, ...
  • Unpacking the Suitcase: German-Jewish Refugees in New Zealand and the Afterlives of their Displaced Objects 1933-2015 
    Hormann, Louisa (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)
    When German-Jewish refugees arrived in New Zealand in the 1930s fleeing Hitler’s Europe, they brought with them everything they could from their former homes: furniture, luggage, personal documents, musical instruments, ...
  • Holocene Palaeosecular Variation in New Zealand and the South West Pacific: Records and Models 
    Corkill, Ruth (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)
    We develop a palaeomagnetic secular variation (PSV) record from a Holocene sediment sequence of Lake Pupuke, containing declination and inclination logs for the period 1150-9600 yr BP. Magnetic measurements from three cores ...
  • Living Systems - An emergent digital methodology for conceptual residential design 
    Campbell-Hunt, Katherine (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)
    This thesis explores the implications of a digital design process based on multi agent systems on conceptual residential design. The process of form finding uses multi agent systems to express social systems, with the ...
  • Guardians of the Park: Intensifying development along the edge of urban green space within Christchurch 
    Willis, James (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)
    On February 22 2011 a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck the Canterbury region causing widespread damage to both Christchurch city and surrounding areas. The quake devastated the city taking lives and causing significant ...
  • In the name of progress: China's vanishing villages 
    Shen, Pei Qi (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)
    The pace and severity of China’s current urbanisation is unprecedented. The country’s landscape is going through an extreme transformation. Where once sprawled rice paddies and lush hillsides, now replaced with towering ...
  • Extracellular matrix derived peptides and mesenchymal stem cell motility 
    Dempsey, Sandi Grainne (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)
    Biomaterials derived from decellularised extracellular matrices have shown promise as tools in tissue regeneration and wound healing. Such materials display biocompatibility as well as inherent bioactivity, promoting ...
  • House for a Grounded Sailor 
    Smith, Rosemary (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)
    The ‘detail’ in contemporary architectural practice is associated with construction processes via working drawings which aim to specify, prescript and direct the building. The ‘detail’ is, in this sense, a visual representation ...
  • Low Correlation Codes for Sonar Systems 
    Pratap, Rajiv (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)
    Sonar is a vital technology for the detection of objects in the water. Sonar systems have been redefined over many decades, but research is still beingconducted into optimal detection methods. Codes, and the filters ...
  • High-Resolution Water Stable Isotope Ice-Core Record: Roosevelt Island, Antarctica 
    Emanuelsson, Daniel (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)
    This thesis presents a water-isotope (δD) record from 1900 to 2009 for the Roosevelt Island Climate Evolution (RICE) ice core, Antarctica. Examination of the RICE isotope record with observation data (using global reanalysis ...
  • Compelling Choices: Tensions in the Practice and Experience of Prenatal Screening in New Zealand 
    Donovan, Sarah Ellen (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2010)
    Recently there has been a shift in health policy in New Zealand, as internationally, away from prenatal screening for fetal abnormalities targeting specific 'high risk' groups of pregnant women, towards the implementation ...
  • Reactive River Realms: A Regenerative Approach to Designing Urban River Infrastructure 
    Oberdries, Tymara (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)
    Many New Zealanders have a strong affinity to the rivers that weave through their urban landscapes. Various cities developed on riverbanks, due to water trade, transport and industry. Each river has its own unique personality ...
  • Social Media, Crisis Mapping, and the Christchurch Earthquake of 2011 
    Beatson, Abi (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)
    The initial M7.1 Darfield earthquake that struck Christchurch and the surrounding Canterbury region on the 4th of September 2010 at 4.35am (local time) was the ‘first high-impact geological event to affect New Zealand in ...
  • Great Expectations 
    Nicholas, Brett (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)
    There are guide books, journal articles, scholarly papers, conference proceedings, text books, and industry practice notes to educate architects on how they should undertake all manner of business. The body of this work ...
  • Pulse - Recovering the Lost Heartbeat of the Wellington Landscape 
    Pool, Oliver (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)
    With the expansive urbanisation of New Zealand’s once- natural landscape, the flowing streams - the pulse of the land’s heartbeat - lie dormant, out of mind, out of sight. These flowing waterways were once the backbone ...
  • Credit market, microfinance organisations and joint-liability lending 
    Hoang, Hien (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)
    Access to small amounts of credit is generally regarded as an important factor to encourage entrepreneurial activity and to reduce poverty in developing countries where poverty levels are high. However, financial services ...
  • Novel Nanogold Syntheses and Control of the Interaction between Nanogold and Wool Fibres 
    Wrigglesworth, Emma (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)
    The coloured characteristic of gold nanoparticles make them an appealing and useful material. Arising from localised surface plasmon resonance, this colour is strong and stable and can be manipulated by controlling the ...
  • Improving the Use of DNA Evidence in the Malaysian Criminal Justice Process: Learning From International Experience 
    Muhamad, Mohd Munzil Bin (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)
    DNA evidence is a significant tool in the criminal justice process. Its significance derives from the presumed reliability of the techniques used in DNA analysis, which has been regarded by scientists as the “gold standard” ...
  • The Hidden Architecture of Property Markets 
    Temple, Guy (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)
    The current property market is being driven by a multitude of unique situations which will become part of New Zealand’s history. The devastating earthquakes in Christchurch have caused many people to lose their homes and ...

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