• The Scent of Blue Memories: Multisensory Exploration in Animated Autoethnography 

  Park, Monique Hyobin (Auckland University of Technology, 2021)

  This thesis discusses the experience of worlds within a film, which can be understood as a multisensory exploration that reveals animation as being more than simply an audio-visual medium, and how such a film can resonate ...

• Genome Analysis and Geographical Distribution of a Novel Emaravirus in Karaka 

  Rabbidge, Lee Owen (Auckland University of Technology, 2021)

  Chlorotic spot symptoms were observed on a specimen of a tree endemic to New Zealand, karaka (Corynocarpus laevigatus), leading to an investigation of the potential viruses associated with the symptoms. RNA-seq analysis ...

• Paralolla: An Investigation into Gender and Empowerment in Gaming 

  Bell, Laura (Auckland University of Technology, 2021)

  From Alice in Wonderland to Coraline: Paralolla examines the precedents of the heterotopia in fictional media to critically fabricate a digital game-based experience addressing the pressures surrounding gender identity for ...

• Mediated Representations of Echo Chambers: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Its Use in Headlines 

  Sheikh, Samir (Auckland University of Technology, 2020)

  This study seeks to understand the use of ‘echo chamber’ as a term in headlines by the news media since the 2016 United States presidential elections. Headlines from across the ideological spectrum consisting of thirteen ...

• Flexible Learning Spaces - Implications for Teacher Wellbeing 

  Burns, Caroline (Auckland University of Technology, 2020)

  The design and construction of Flexible Learning Spaces (FLS) in New Zealand schools has been government policy since 2011. As teacher wellbeing is increasingly recognised as a critical contemporary educational issue, ...

• Crossing Borders: Border Pedagogy and the Formation of Emerging Adults in Theological Education 

  Barnard, Mark (Auckland University of Technology, 2020)

  The intention of this thesis is to consider how the Border Pedagogy articulated by Henry Giroux (1992) might be applied to the formation of emerging adult education at St John’s Theological College. The literature is ...

• Journey to Faith: A Creative Exploration of a Personal Journey to the Christian Faith 

  Haryadi, Timothy (Auckland University of Technology, 2020)

  Journey to Faith is a narrative sequence that draws on my experience of becoming a Christian. The story of the sequence follows the creation of a humanoid clay sculpture, which represents my Christian journey from an ...

• Aspiring to Lead? An Exploration of the Career Stories of Ethnic Minority Women of African Descent Working in New Zealand 

  Chiambiro, Isabel (Auckland University of Technology, 2020)

  The ever-growing number of different ethnicities and cultures in the contemporary workforce is presenting various challenges and opportunities to organisations, employees and their families. According to Royal Society of ...

• The Undoing of Gender by Senior Female Leaders Within New Zealand’s ICT Industry 

  Prasad, Karishma (Auckland University of Technology, 2020)

  The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry is one of New Zealand’s fastest-growing and well-remunerated industries. Within New Zealand’s ICT industry, the average salary is $82,000, compared to the country’s ...

• Community’s Perceptions and Strategies to Prevent Violence Against Children in the Home, in Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia 

  Neang, Munin (Auckland University of Technology, 2020)

  Violence against children is a serious human rights and social and public health issue. According to World Health Organization (WHO), violence against children is “all forms of physical and/or emotional ill-treatment, ...

• The Influence of Context and Emotional Intelligence Practice in Leading a Physical Fitness Testing Situation for Police Officers 

  McCallum, Kelly (Auckland University of Technology, 2020)

  The concept of emotional intelligence (EI) has gained popularity in recent years due to its strong links to effective leadership. During the past few decades, various researchers have explored the importance of relationships ...

• Studies of Transition Metal Complexes Containing Pentaamine Ligands 

  Lautaha, Anau (Auckland University of Technology, 2020)

  This thesis presents the study of two pentadentate pentaamine ligands N¹,N¹'-(pyridine-2,6-diylbis(methylene))bis(ethan-1,3-diamine)(mpyden) and N²,N²-bis(2-aminoethyl)propane-1,2,3-triamine (bapt) and the associated ...

• Matrix Factorisation Based Recommendation for Web Mashups 

  Ou, Jacky (Auckland University of Technology, 2020)

  In recommender systems, the Internet has evolved over the years for recommending items such as music, movies, books and videos for users to boost the popularity or sales for a single item. One of the significant challenges ...

• Analysis of ISO 27001 Compliance in Tonga Organisations Information Security 

  Moala, Siumafua I Telavivi (Auckland University of Technology, 2020)

  Information security is a critical issue today. According to Cisco (2019), the increasingly popular services such as “e-commerce, mobile payments, cloud computing, Big Data and analytics, IoT, AI, machine learning, and ...

• “Manatu ‘Ofa ki ‘Api” (Remembrance of Home in Love): Home and Diaspora – Leimatu’a Remittance Fundraising 

  Tonga, Sylvester (Auckland University of Technology, 2020)

  Observers and scholars have claimed that remittance giving should decline over time due to weaker ties between overseas-born Tongans and kin in the homeland. Despite such claims, the magnitude of remittances that flow every ...

• Scratch the Cat 

  Belz, Albert Alexander Amahou (Auckland University of Technology, 2020)

  This thesis consists of practice-led research in the form of a full-length script for a feature film titled Scratch. It also includes a 6000-word essay (exegesis). A summary of the script is as follows: On the verge of ...

• How Are New Zealand Job Advertisements Perceived by Graduate Students From Mainland China: A Case Study 

  Cai, Lu (Auckland University of Technology, 2020)

  The purposes of this study were (a) to explore how New Zealand job advertisements are perceived by graduate students from Mainland China, and (b) to identify if there are any potential areas for intercultural (mis)understanding. ...

• A Critical Analysis of Self-regulated Learning and Strategy Use: SRL in NZ Schools' Policies, and Some Implications for Students With Learning Difficulties 

  Diddee, Anupama (Auckland University of Technology, 2020)

  Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) is an extraordinary umbrella that includes various aspects of learning like cognition, metacognition, behaviour, emotions and motivation. It has become an important topic of research because ...

• Young Workers’ Experiences of Non-Standard Employment in New Zealand 

  Ewertowska, Tanya Milly (Auckland University of Technology, 2020)

  Young workers have been shown to have a significant presence in non-standard employment around the world (Hipp, Bernhardt, & Allmendinger, 2015; Peiró, Sora, & Caballer, 2012; Smith, 2018), and a considerable number of ...

• Using an Open-source Spatial Database and GIS to Manage Multi-scale Land-use/ Land-cover Data in Laos PDR 

  Sivilay, Kongkeo (Auckland University of Technology, 2020)

  Managing multi-level geospatial datasets, particularly the land-use and land cover data in highly changeable environments and social entities, such in Lao PDR is, always a challenging task for GIS specialists. They have ...

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