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Pacific business sustainability in New Zealand: a study of Tongan experiences
(Auckland University of Technology, 2009)Pacific business sustainability in New Zealand is important for the economic and social wellbeing of the Pacific Island people who have chosen New Zealand as their home. As with many ethnic minorities businesses overseas, ... -
Pacific fathers cultivating the future: the health of Pacific fathers and their influence upon and involvement with their children
(Auckland University of Technology, 2011)Background: Pacific men’s health, and particularly the health of Pacific fathers, is a significant health priority which in recent years has become a largely neglected yet important area for health researchers and policy ... -
Pacific Island adolescent girls with a physical disability: health and wellbeing through physical activity
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)As is well documented, health and wellbeing is positively associated with participating in physical activity. However, the little research available suggested that Pacific adolescents generally, are participating in less ... -
Pacific Island Families Study: parental perceptions of overweight obesity and future concern for child’s weight status
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)Across the life course, social and cultural determinants of overweight and obesity need better understanding. Two out of three New Zealand (NZ) born Pacific children are either overweight or obese but little is known about ... -
Pacific Island Women’s Experiences of the ‘Brown Glass Ceiling’ in Senior Management in Aotearoa New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Research has illustrated how the glass ceiling hinders women from entering senior management roles. In addition, research has shown that ethnic women experience additional barriers because of their ethnicity and culture. ... -
Pacific Islanders in Mainstream New Zealand Media: Visibility of Pacific Island News Broadcasters and Their Pathways Towards Higher Positions
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)New Zealand’s population has become increasingly multicultural since the migration of the Pacific Islands in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The multicultural changes in society’s diverse makeup highlights the need to ... -
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 ... -
Pacific youth "romantic" relationships and wellbeing
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)Healthy youth relationships are central to Pacific youth wellbeing today. Healthy relationship patterns learned in the youth years are precursors for healthy adult relationships in later life. To explore Pacific youth ... -
Package design for children: do practitioners get it right?
(Auckland University of Technology, 2009)The literature indicates that children are highly influenced by product packaging and that it is the packaging that will make the product stand out from the crowd and hopefully making a sale. There have been a number of ... -
Packaged software implementation requirements engineering by small software enterprises: an ethnographic study
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)This thesis investigates the practices of requirements engineering (RE) for packaged software implementation, as enacted by small packaged software vendors (SPSVs). Throughout the thesis, a focus on the actions carried out ... -
Paediatric Ketamine Sedation: Stories from Healthcare Professionals
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)Ketamine provides an efficient and economical way to perform painful procedures without the use of general anaesthesia. The physiological risk profile of ketamine has been thoroughly researched, but the non-physiological ... -
Pain assessment and pain alleviation practices of ambulance officers in Auckland
(Auckland University of Technology, 2011)Pain is a common complaint of many patients that ambulance officers encounter. The prevalence of pain in Auckland is unknown. Little is known about how ambulance officers and paramedics assess and treat pain. More options ... -
Painting and time: the dynamic of the actual and the virtual
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)Painting and Time: The dynamic of the actual and the virtual is a practice-led thesis exploring imagery and association derived from the transit space of travel. This is a place where time is highly coded, where the traveller ... -
Painting in Counterpoint
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)This project is an exploration into the process of painting and problems that emerge during painting. In particular it explores how decisions are made in a continuous process of shifting relations of visual qualities that ... -
Painting Myself for Others: The ‘Hum of Perpetual Noticing’ in the Personal Essay
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)If the art of the personal essay is to birth the inner workings of one’s brain, be warned; this writer has just birthed a litter of teething puppies—and worryingly, a good half of them are unruly bitches. As a columnist ... -
Painting of time: duration emergence sensation
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)‘Painting of time: duration, emergence, sensation’ investigates a methodological conundrum where a painter is unable to orientate painting towards its objective, because the object of ‘pursuit’ is the absolutely new whose ... -
Painting: Adventures in a Marginal Aesthetic
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This project explores how a relationship between consonance and dissonance can operate as a dynamic interplay that is constantly at work during the process of painting. It also explores how this interaction operates as a ... -
Paradox: how New Zealand culture enables creativity, yet mitigates against its spread
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)This practice-led thesis examines the concept of creativity in the context of contemporary New Zealand business. The thesis project comprises two complementary components. The first is a 30-minute video documentary that ... -
Paradoxical Realities: A Creative Consideration of Realismo Maravilhoso in an Interactive Digital Narrative
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This artistic, practice-led thesis is concerned with the potentials of polyvocality and interactive digital narrative. The practical project, Saints of Paradox, is formatted as a printed picture book that can be expanded ... -
Paramedic Response to Acute Stroke/TIA: A Population-based Study of Current Practice and Outcomes
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)Stroke is a major cause of death and disability. Recent changes in the treatment and care of stroke and transient ischaemic attack (TIA) patients have improved survival and quality of life. However, these therapies are ...