Doctoral Theses
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The Doctoral Theses collection contains digital copies of AUT doctoral theses deposited with the Library since 2004 and made available open access. All theses for doctorates awarded from 2007 onwards are required to be deposited in Tuwhera Open Theses 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. 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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Textiles From Our Place: Exploring Connective Textile Making as a Phenomenology of Locale
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)This doctoral research queries the question; what is the process, outcome, and experience of crafted textile making, springing from a locally generated self-reliance? The thesis gives focus to a process of making that ... -
Achieving Sustainable Construction Through Construction & Demolition Waste Minimisation in Residential Building Projects
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)Human desires and their fulfilment through urbanisation have become a global environmental concern. In addition, the factual claims made on socio-economic and environmental benefits achieved through Construction & Demolition ... -
A Grounded Theory of Radio Listening As Company Among Older Listeners
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)Despite the ubiquity of the idea that radio listening provides company, there is little understanding of the mechanisms by which this is achieved. This study aims to understand how older radio listeners experience the radio ... -
Televised Sports Coverage in New Zealand: Between Global Capitalism and Cultural Citizenship
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)This thesis explores the political economy of New Zealand sports coverage, via public television, subscription-pay-TV and digital streaming, amidst the evolving tensions between global capitalism and cultural citizenship. ... -
Promiscuous Emplacements: Performing with Marginal Urban Places.
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)Promiscuous Emplacements investigates more-than/human relationality through performance with outdoor urban environments across Tāmaki Makaurau. I encounter hidden, overlooked, and neglected crevices and corners of the city ... -
A Life of Safety, Dignity and Connection: How Victim-Survivors of Sexual Violence in Aotearoa New Zealand Conceive of Justice
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)The lack of justice for victim-survivors of sexual violence is widely recognised, and is an ongoing cause of reform. However, the discourse and resulting developments have largely been constrained to legislative and formal ... -
Te Mana-A-Māui / The Magic Of Māui: Transforming and Shapeshifting Pūrākau Māori
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)This practice-led thesis is concerned with writing, illustrating, and designing a trilogy of stories for contemporary young readers. The study addresses the question: How might a philosophy drawn from the Māui cycle be ... -
Exploring Guesthouse and Cuisine Experiences: The Strategic and Sustainable Development of the Guesthouse Phenomenon in the Maldives
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)The Maldives has catered to the high-end tourist market segments for half a century. Prior to 2009, the tourism industry was based solely on the “one island, one resort” concept with each hotel and all its facilities built ... -
Everything Matters: Exposing the Complexity of Stakeholder Collaboration in Clinical Education for Undergraduate Nursing Students
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)The question asked in this study is how do stakeholders collaborate to support the development of clinical competence in undergraduate nursing students in the acute care setting? In 2015, a Bachelor of Health Science ... -
Improving Strain-Sensing Electronic Skins Based on Electrical Impedance Tomography
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)Background: Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) possesses the capability of converting almost any electrically conductive material into an electronic skin (E-skin) that detects and transduces spatially distributed pressures ... -
Setting the Agenda on Vietnam – How Foreign Mainstream Media Coverage Relates to a Country’s Reputation
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)Images of war victims and references to the wars that ended more than 40 years ago still dominate Vietnam’s international news coverage. The country, to some extent, is perceived as a damaged one, in spite of its significant ... -
Novel Mechanisms for Controlled Antigen Expression (KODE™ CAE) on Erythrocyte Membranes
(Auckland University of Technology, 2005)Background: A major function of blood banking laboratories around the world is the ABO typing of blood from donors and recipients for the purposes of transfusion. Incorrect determination of donor and to a lesser degree ... -
Engaging Emotion: Using Critical Realism to Understand the Affective Well-being of New Zealand Baptist Pastors and to Design an Affective Well-being Course
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)It is widely researched and affirmed that church pastoral ministry can impact detrimentally on a pastor’s well-being. In response, this research utilises a critical realist methodology to identify the causes and conditions ... -
Transforming Open Data to Linked Open Data: An Ontology Framework Based on New Zealand Case Study
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)Open government initiatives are increasingly gaining momentum and are becoming a critical part of the democratic fabric of both developing and developed nations. The primary motivation behind the initiatives is to provide ... -
A Position in the Making: A Bourdieusian Analysis of How RN Prescribing Influences Collaborative Team Practice in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)Background. In 2016, New Zealand introduced legislation enabling suitably qualified registered nurses the authority to prescribe from a limited formulary under the supervision of an authorised prescriber (doctor or nurse ... -
Understanding the Antecedents and Relational Qualities of Environmental Collaboration in a Supply Chain Network in the Furniture Industry
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)Environmental collaboration means the direct involvement of supply chain partners in jointly planning for environmental objectives (Vachon & Klassen, 2008). Addressing the environmental issues faced in the supply chain ... -
Development of an Objective Measure of Cognitive Workload for Rehabilitation Using Electroencephalography (EEG)
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)The purpose of rehabilitation following a neurological injury is to reduce impairments, maximize functional abilities, and enhance quality of life. As a part of rehabilitation, patient is assigned a rehabilitation task, ... -
Ageing With Technology – An Extended Multimodal Design Study of Active Ageing Users’ Emotional Experience With Social Robots
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)This research explores the experience of advanced technology for active ageing users through their extended engagement with a social robot as a subcategory of smart products. In this project, such influences include the ... -
Deep Neural Networks for Road Scene Perception in Autonomous Vehicles Using LiDARs and Vision Sensors
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)Accurate object detection in road scenes is one of the most essential requirements of autonomous vehicles. Based on our findings, the existing solutions for autonomous vehicles rely on expensive 64 beams three-dimensional ... -
Associations Between the Nociceptive and Autonomic Nervous Systems in People with Knee Osteoarthritis and Fibromyalgia
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)Osteoarthritis is one of the most prevalent chronic pain conditions, with a lifetime risk of developing knee osteoarthritis (KOA) estimated to be up to 47%. Structural knee damage bears little relationship to pain; thus, ...