Browsing Masters Theses by Title
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Motions from the Hand to the Digital: An exploration of colour mutability through material based print processes
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)Textile designers have begun digitally crafting surface through exploring materiality, resulting in new ways to connect to the tactile act of making as both digital and craft based through action. This shift concerns an ... -
Motivation and Meanings of Environmental Volunteer Experiences at Eco-leisure Destinations in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)Environmental volunteering is becoming more vital and fundamental for the health of community and environment. The purpose of this study is to identify characteristics of environmental volunteers and gain an understanding ... -
Motivations and Meanings of Environmental Volunteer Experiences at Eco-leisure Destinations in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)Environmental volunteering is becoming more vital and fundamental for the health of community and environment. The purpose of this study is to identify characteristics of environmental volunteers and gain an understanding ... -
The motivations, expectations and experiences of secondary school students involved in volunteer tourism: a case study of the Rangitoto College Cambodia house building trip
(Auckland University of Technology, 2013)Volunteer tourism is increasing in popularity and this trend is also occurring within New Zealand secondary schools. Students are engaging with charitable work in a variety of developing countries around the world. Using ... -
Motutapu Island, Hauraki Gulf: protecting our heritage with biologically justified MPA placement
(Auckland University of Technology, 2012)The state of Marine Protected Area’s (MPA’s) in New Zealand and the current guidelines for implementing new MPA’s are discussed with particular emphasis on intertidal rocky shores of northeastern New Zealand and Hauraki ... -
Movement and expression: a gestural spatial practice that explores the idiom of drawing
(Auckland University of Technology, 2013)The following work is concerned with the investigation of drawing as performance. This exegesis will raise, produce and investigate what processes are of interest when I, the artist, encounter the act of drawing. First and ... -
Movement Patterns and Injury Incidence in Cross-country Skiers: A Prospective Cohort Study
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)Purpose of the Work This 12-month prospective study describes the characteristics of a group of elite cross-country skiers using subject demographics; intake physical measurements (Movement Competency Screen—MCS, hamstring ... -
Moving Frames: An Exploration Into Multiple Viewing Perspectives Using Moving Transitions on Juxtaposed Comic Book Inspired Animations
(Auckland University of Technology, 2006)The project is an attempt to offer multiple viewing perspectives in a narrative. The objective is to experiment with communication via multiple screens effectively by using moving images. By moving images, I mean "a form ... -
Mrs Gallagher, Acts of disobedience: performance and installation in rural New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2008)This art project examines aspects of New Zealand rural culture through the experience of a fictional performer, Mrs Gallagher. She questions the instrumental approach of agribusiness production, both as it enframes her ... -
Muka Words
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Smalltalk Rearing is a poetry collection that follows the life of a young Māori woman from childhood to motherhood. It follows her experiences growing up as a child in a small rural town with her family made up mostly of ... -
Multi-interface cognitive radio for enhanced routing performance in multi-hop cellular networks
(Auckland University of Technology, 2012)Multi-hop Cellular Network (MCN) is an emerging wireless communication architecture, which combines the benefits of conventional Single-Hop Cellular Networks (SCN) and Multi-hop Ad-hoc Relaying Networks. In MCN, communication ... -
A multi-level analysis of telework adoption and outcomes following a natural disaster: the experiences of two Christchurch organisations
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)The city of Christchurch, New Zealand and surrounding areas experienced a series of large earthquakes which began in 2010 and continued for more than 17 months. Many organisations were suddenly faced with having no place ... -
A Multi-perspective Exploration of Fables: Moral Content in Visual Narratives
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)This research explores the possibilities of narrating Aesop’s fables visually to communicate the story line and the moral content. The primary aim is to transform abstract feelings and emotions of the fables, especially ... -
The multiplicity of “I”
(Auckland University of Technology, 2012)The Rain of the Praying Mantis is an exploration, a journey, into the life of Kataryna who returns to a place which she loves and cherishes, her childhood ‘home’. Milan Kundera states that “[a] novel is a long piece of ... -
Multiplicity: A Critical Framework and Underlying Theme
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Undercurrents is composed of a creative work (contemporary novel) and a critical work (exegesis). The thesis follows three students through their final year of high school: Cam, Jacob and Melissa, who share the text’s ... -
Muscle Endurance Performance of Quadriceps and Hamstrings, and Functional Ability Before and after Arthroscopic Meniscal Surgery: a Case Controlled Inter-limb Comparison
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to investigate muscle performance of the quadriceps and hamstrings muscles, as well as lower limb function in participants with meniscal lesions that required partial meniscectomy. ... -
Muscle power after stroke
(Auckland University of Technology, 2007)Stroke is the leading cause of disability worldwide. It often leads to mobility limitations resulting from deficits in muscle performance. While reduced muscle strength and rate of force production have been reported, ... -
Musings on Musos: A Thematic Analysis of the Working Conditions Experienced by New Zealand Musicians
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)The labour conditions in creative industries, such as the music industry, are complex. For instance, the deterioration of the 9-to-5 workday and the rise of project-based work has given creative workers more autonomy and ... -
My brother's keeper
(Auckland University of Technology, 2011)The thesis My Brother’s Keeper is a novel about the intersecting lives of three young Australians, trying to find their way in the world against a backdrop of the Vietnam War and small town cultural stereotypes. Rose is ... -
My journey into the unknown: exploring the experiences of Tongan graduates in New Zealand today and the Quarter Life Crisis
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)After completing a Bachelor’s degree, I had little success in finding a job which matched my field of study. I thought this situation was unique to me until I found that quite a few of my Tongan and other Pacific graduate ...