Browsing Masters Theses by Title
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Ngaitamarawaho and the Office of Treaty Settlements: Aligning the Hapu Raupatu grievance to the settlement process
(Auckland University of Technology, 2005)Ngaitamarawaho is the Hapu of Ngatiranginui from Tauranga who suffered the greatest loss of land at the hands of Governor Grey. In generations past, the Tupuna stated categorically, Queen Victoria took our land, Grey created ... -
Ngā Kaikawekōrero: producing Māori television documentary in Aotearoa New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2012)In Aotearoa New Zealand, television documentary is a particularly significant genre through which Māori stories can be told from Māori perspectives. Additionally, the wide reach of mainstream television makes it an ideal ... -
Ngā Tikanga o Te Uhunga i Te Nehenehenui: E pēwhea ana te āhua o ētehi o ngā tikanga o te uhunga i Te Nehenehenui?
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)Ka whai haere te raupapa o tēnei tuhinga i ngā mahi o ngā rā o te uhunga - tīmata mai ana i te matenga o te tūpāpaku, tae noa ki te rā e tanumia ai te tūpāpaku. Ka āta tirohia i tēnei tuhinga te āhua o ngā ... -
Nicholas Grundy and the Magic Undies
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)Nicholas Grundy and the Magic Undies is a fast paced, plot driven, Bildungsroman fantasy aimed at eight to twelve year olds. The novel is narrated by its eleven-year-old protagonist, Nicholas Grundy, who discovers a world ... -
Night Owl and Other Poems, With a Manifesto on Imagination and Poetics
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)“The Night Owl and Other Poems” is a collection of poems that explores four areas of the human condition, destruction, humanity, sorrow and love, and explores how these four areas are affected under a variety of experiences ... -
No Longer/Not Yet: lacuna and dissemination in practice
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)This drawing project presently considers relationships between traditional elements of comics, and provisional, abstract painting. (Apparently) casual gestures are produced by labour-intensive means as ‘printed materials’, ... -
No suits allowed: in what ways does the creativising of central Auckland reveal the workings of Bormann’s (1973) shared fantasy themes?
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)Against the backdrop of the failing extractive era, global economies are given a salvation: creativity. The concepts of the creative economy, the creative class who produce the creative economy, and the creative city that ... -
No'oloto: Exploring the Epistemological Significance of No’oloto to the Academic Achievements of Tongan Tertiary Students in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)New Zealand statistics indicate that Pacific students’ academic performance has been low at both secondary and tertiary level. These are significant concerns given that Pacific students are deemed capable of great potential. ... -
Nocturnal tissue hypoxia and associated cardiovascular risk factors in obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome assessed by overnight change in urine uric acid and metanephrine excretion in a New Zealand population
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSA) is caused by obstruction of the upper airway and is characterized by repetitive pauses in breathing during sleep, despite the effort to breathe. An apnoea is a period of time during ... -
Nomadic Objects: Temporal Placemaking & Mindfulness in the Non-place
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)How can temporary place-making practice reveal a nomadological condition at work within a contemporary spatial landscape? How can this temporary place-making practice create a space of mindfulness within the low-affect ... -
Non-adherence to group therapy in a community drug and alcohol outpatient unit: a thematic analysis
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)The aim of this qualitative study was to gain a thorough understanding of non-adherence to group therapy in the context of a community alcohol and drug outpatient service in Auckland, New Zealand. This study explored themes ... -
Non-invasive blood pressure measurement algorithm for all age groups
(Auckland University of Technology, 2012)The oscillometric method is the most common technique used in commercial non-invasive blood pressure monitoring. In this technique, devices record the pressure oscillations in the cuff as the cuff pressure decreases from ... -
Nonhuman Persons: a Photographic Love for Aotearoa’s Natural Environment
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)Nonhuman Persons: A Photographic Love for Aotearoa’s Natural Environment focuses on how photography and an intimate perception of spirituality can establish connections with the indigenous flora of Aotearoa. Through a ... -
Normal
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Exegesis of Normal: episodes one and two. A Genre Analysis of the Superhero Genre in Serialised Television. The epic tales of myths and legends about great heroes and vile villains have been popular for a thousand ... -
Not for me without me: co-designing assistive technology with people affected by dementia
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)Dementia is a degenerative disease of the brain that impairs an individual?s memory, language, mood, and logic. With the number of people living with dementia expected to double every twenty years, increasing strain has ... -
Not Our Future: An Exploration of Pacific Cultural Identity Through Targeted Television Health Advertising
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)This research study investigates how Pacific Peoples of New Zealand perceive and interpret their cultural identity through targeted television health messages and advertising. These health messages which portray Pacific ... -
Notes for Sound
(Auckland University of Technology, 2011)The novel Notes for Sound is a literary work of musical fiction, or ‘literary music,’ that explores the material and mythological being of music as a phenomenon of sound. Drawing on the proven tendency for listeners to ... -
A Novel and Exegesis Exploring the Slipstream Genre and Its Relevance in the 21st Century
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)In this thesis, the Slipstream genre and tragicomedy are used to explore and convey the psychological damage and coping mechanisms that the protagonist, Sheryl Chateaupon, uses to firstly bury the traumas of her past, and ... -
Novel applications of Association Rule Mining- Data Stream Mining
(Auckland University of Technology, 2009)From the advent of association rule mining, it has become one of the most researched areas of data exploration schemes. In recent years, implementing association rule mining methods in extracting rules from a continuous ... -
A Novel E-mail Reply Approach for E-mail Management System
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This project describes a novel intelligent E-mail reply system through information retrieval and information generation techniques. There are several difficulties to realise different kinds of functions using machine ...