Masters Theses
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The Masters Theses collection contains digital copies of AUT University masters theses deposited with the Library since 2002 and made available open access. From 2007 onwards, all theses for masters degrees awarded are required to be deposited in Tuwhera Open Theses & Dissertations unless subject to an embargo.
For theses submitted prior to 2007, open access was not mandatory, so only those theses for which the author has given consent are available in Tuwhera Open Theses & Dissertations. Where consent for open access has not been provided, the thesis is usually recorded in the AUT Library catalogue where the full text, if available, may be accessed with an AUT password. Other people should request an Interlibrary Loan through their library.
Theses are protected by the Copyright Act 1994 (New Zealand). The thesis may be consulted by you, provided you comply with the provisions of the Act and the following conditions of use:
- Any use you make of these documents or images must be for research or private study purposes only, and you may not make them available to any other person.
- Authors control the copyright of their thesis. You will recognise the author’s right to be identified as the author of the thesis, and due acknowledgement will be made to the author where appropriate.
- You will obtain the author’s permission before publishing any material from the thesis.
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Pacific Women, Beauty and Race: The Communication of Beauty Ideals and the Experiences of Pacific Women in Contemporary Society
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Contemporary notions of beauty embedded in social ideals and values, can have a significant influence on the lived experiences of women. From social class to skin colour and ethnicity, women’s bodies have been largely ... -
The Perceived Impact on Wellbeing After Health and Wellness Coaching - a Qualitative Evaluation
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Health and wellness coaching (HWC) is an evidence-based intervention to help individuals gain the knowledge and skills to undertake health-related behaviour change in their lives. The Primary Prevention of Stroke in the ... -
Becoming Known As Whole Persons in Clinical Encounter
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)This study sought to shed light on the unique essence of the clinical encounter in a biomedical context when whaiora (those seeking wellness) and healthcare students are invited to a whole person mindbody encounter (wpmbe). ... -
A Qualitative Descriptive Study of Tū Tahanga, a Kaupapa Māori Adapted Violence Prevention Programme, in a Forensic Mental Health Inpatient Unit
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Introduction: Forensic mental health services are tasked with rehabilitating service users with mental illness and offending behaviour. Service users are provided with a range of interventions that target mental illness ... -
Ensemble Classifier Modelling for Dealing with Missing Values
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)An ensemble classifier method for life critical data classification is considered one of the most capable classifiers where data suffers from missing values. The execution of a decision tree classifier can be expanded by ... -
Open-plan Office and Its Impact on Interpersonal Relationships
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)In a modern industrialised world, many employees work in an open-plan office environment. Therefore, the effect of the open-plan office on interpersonal relationships and worker wellbeing is important to investigate. This ... -
Cleansing Legacy Data for GDPR Compliance: A Case Study
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Today's news media are packed with information infringements and cybersecurity infringements amongst the world's most prominent companies. Misuse of personal information has become a major issue. Hence, the preservation ... -
Self-service Phone Kiosk Attributes and Pilgrims Experience: Toward an Integrated Conceptual Framework
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)The launching of a self-service phone kiosk in what is considered the most holy place for Muslims in the entire world is the main context of this thesis. Pilgrimage or visit (i.e., Hajj and Umrah in Arabic) to these holy ... -
Infrastructure that Walks the Walk, Experience Design for the Te Paki Trail
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This dissertation is a design proposal for a series of transitional infrastructures that articulate the experiential journey of the Te Paki Coastal Walk, Northland, Aotearoa New Zealand. It draws on perceptual aesthetics, ... -
The Caravan Trader Problem (CTP) and a Tournament-based Lamarckian Genetic Algorithm Solution
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This research introduces the Caravan Trading Problem (CTP) which is a routing problem with an additional economic model, and attempts to optimize two different objectives, namely profit and distance, using Genetic Algorithm ... -
Mediation and Facilitation of Collective Employment Disputes in New Zealand From a Historical and Comparative Perspective
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)In Aotearoa (New Zealand) the State has provided employment dispute processes since 1894. The aim of this thesis was to build empirical and theoretical insights into the current dispute resolution processes, with a specific ... -
Tā moko: Marked Histories and Identities
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)The primary objective of this work is to examine the way in which ideas about cultural identity are reflected in the current practice of tā moko. The research question asks, does tā moko carry cultural identity for ... -
Retail’s Social Side: How Conventional and Unconventional Employee Appearance Influence Customers From Different Cultures?
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)With people dining out more than ever, selecting a restaurant from a high number of possibilities is now influenced by an increasing number of factors. The appearance of the employees in a restaurant is one of these ... -
An Evaluation of General Classification Models for Multi Resident Activity Recognition
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Human activity recognition has become a popular research field in smart environments such as smart homes, classrooms, and offices. Most of the research has been focused on single resident environment of activity recognition. ... -
The Impact of a Delivery Option in a Physical Retail Space on Shopper Likelihood
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Retails stores have grown rapidly in the past few years. And the growing number of technologies which widely used in retail space. It is the subtle changes like online or mobile shopping options to the retail environment ... -
Intimate Displacements: Peripatetic Cartographies Across Tāmaki Isthmus
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Every day, humans move through the urban fabric we collectively create, however the city also moves us. In a series of six day-long walks, I have performed sections across the everyday life of the city, creating an ... -
Mind Your Step: A Sculptural Investigation of Spatial Awareness and Site
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Questioning my existence in this land and exploring the impact my presence has in it, Mind Your Step is a practice-led investigation searching multiple sites that combine to create a dialogue between process and material. ... -
Material Discord: Digitally Crafting Knitwear
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This practice-led research explores the idiosyncratic materiality of knitted fabrications and investigates how identifying and analysing perceived redundancies in the making process has the potential to uncover new ... -
Promoting Rural Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Tourism Development: The Case of Battambang, Cambodia
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Entrepreneurship in rural tourism has become an area of focus as it is a means to achieve sustainable rural development. The purpose of this study is to explore how tourism entrepreneurship could be encouraged in a rural ... -
From the Prosaic to the Poetic: Finding Pathos in the Everyday
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)The basis of this project is to explore how an installation-based practice may generate a combination of pathos and humour within the everyday. By examining the overlooked or mundane, I have aimed to transform the prosaic ...