RestrictedArchive–Te Puna Rangahau: Recent submissions

  • Environmental Drivers of Phormidium Blooms in New Zealand Rivers 
    Heath, Mark W. (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)
    Proliferations of toxic benthic cyanobacteria occur in rivers worldwide. During the last decade, there has been an increase in animal poisoning linked to toxic mat-forming cyanobacteria, and in New Zealand, there have been ...
  • Model-Theoretic Accounts of Logical Consequence - Themes from Etchemendy 
    Christensen, Kasper Højbjerg (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)
    This thesis is a discussion and continuation of a project started by John Etchemendy with his criticism of Tarski's account of logical consequence. To this end the two central concepts of the thesis are those of an ...
  • Convergences and Divergences: Explaining Japanese and British Immigration Policy with Thin Constructivism 
    Mawhinney, William (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)
    This thesis seeks to contribute to the International Relations literature of migration by exploring the roles of ethnic conceptions of national identity and economic pressures in forming immigration control policies. ...
  • Constructing a community 
    Dickens, Katie Louise (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)
    It has been more than four years since the first earthquake in Christchurch and although the progress has been slow, with barely 10% of the rebuild underway (Peters, 2014), the city has fundamentally changed and there is ...
  • What is the nature of the relationship between Bullying and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in New Zealand adolescents? 
    Brown, Emma-Jayne Amelia (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)
    Bullying is a common phenomenon among young people, with up to 75% of adolescents indicating that they have experienced bullying at least once (e.g. Demaray & Malecki, 2003; Garisch & Wilson, 2010). Non-Suicidal Self-Injury ...
  • Talking peace: Young women's agency and peacemaking in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict 
    Goulter, Sophie (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)
    As violence reignites in Israel and Palestine, prospects of attaining a sustainable peace agreement appear bleak. Youth engaging in collaborative peacemaking face increasing obstacles to demonstrate their agency. Through ...
  • The evolutionary dynamics of the Late Neogene planktonic foraminiferal transitional pair Truncorotalia juanai-Truncorotalia crassaformis, with a phylogenetic reconstruction of Truncorotalia 
    Bicknell, Russell (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)
    Various facets of the Truncorotalia juanai-Truncorotalia crassaformis evolutionary transition are considered here. These planktonic foraminifera transitioned over the Miocene/Pliocene boundary. This pair offers an excellent ...
  • Investigating cross-modal neuroplasticity in the profoundly deaf 
    Harrow, Catherine (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)
    Superior visual processing in deaf individuals has been attributed to neuroplasticity, or the brain’s ability to rewire as a result of sensory deprivation. In particular, cross-modal recruitment of the auditory cortex has ...
  • Occupying Paekakariki’s Coastal Edge 
    Walker, Karyn Nicola (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)
    Many coastal environments around New Zealand are under threat from rising sea levels, storm surges, king tide inundation and coastal erosion. New Zealand is a long narrow country with a large coastline and this has influenced ...
  • Feathered Friends and Human Animals: General Biology and Comparative Description within the New Zealand Poultry Industry Press, c.1900-1960 
    Cook, Janine Ruth (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)
    Within the New Zealand poultry industry press between 1900 and 1960, scientific approaches were promoted and ‘sentimentality’ discouraged, yet comparative and anthropomorphic description suggesting similarities between ...
  • The nature of phonological representations in a second language 
    La Cruz, Erwin (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)
    This study explores the nature of phonological representations in a second language (L2). In particular, it explores whether abstract and exemplar phonological representations are available to adult learners of an L2. To ...
  • Simulated Anatomy - Designing Behaviour into 3D Printed Anatomy 
    McIntosh, Hamish (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)
    In medicine, 3D printing technologies are currently being used for the creation of custom prosthetics and implants, as a tool for preoperative planning and diagnosis and are even being employed in the early stages of ...
  • Waiting and Weighting: Public Transportation Model Sensitivity to Waiting Time and Schedule Deviation 
    Law, Richard (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)
    Public transport (PT) is not famed for its dependability, yet current PT accessibility models presume that the schedule is an adequate reflection of reality. Consequently, it is implicit that PT vehicles always operate ...
  • Old Patterns, New Practice 
    Scott, Deborah (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)
    The New Zealand rural landscape is revered for its natural beauty alongside its highly productive agricultural industry characterised by intense and sustained human modification of the natural environment. Typical conservation ...
  • The Politics of Social Discourses about Youth in New Zealand 1950-1965 and 1990-2005 
    Somers, Jean-Christopher (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)
    This thesis explores the politics of changing discourses around the youth question in New Zealand’s postwar (1950-1965) and near-contemporary history (1990-2005). Building on a modified Foucaultian framework, it examines ...
  • The Light Line: Transport infrastructure as a porous object 
    Allinson, Ben (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)
    ‘The Light Line’ suggests an alternative approach to the design of transport infrastructure. Driven by issues of severance and degraded pedestrian realms, this thesis argues a porous infrastructure which positions itself ...
  • A rising storm 
    Whatnall, Daniel Brent John (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)
    The need to orientate ourselves near the water’s edge has defined the foundations of the way we live. A large percentage of urban development and infrastructure in New Zealand is located either on or around its coastal ...
  • Articulating embodiment, cognition and creativity in performance: Three case studies 
    Somerfield, Rachel (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)
    This thesis examines ideas about psychophysicality in performance, through a twin focus on the work of performers themselves, and work coming out of cognitive studies. It centres on a paradigm in which indirect languages ...
  • Effect of UVB and temperature on the invasive algae Undaria pinnatifida 
    Piraud Monsalve, Fernanda (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)
    The introduction of non-indigenous species and environmental changes are both important threats to marine ecosystems. Environmental changes occur simultaneously and might impact marine organisms synergically or antagonistly. ...
  • Homeland and The Killing: Format Adaptation and High-End Drama 
    Glidden, Alexander (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)
    This thesis explores the adaptation of ‘high-end’ television drama programmes through a case study of two recent successful examples. In 2011, the American television dramas Homeland and The Killing were released. These ...

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