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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Increasing Club Membership in Golf and Lawn Bowls in New Zealand: An Action Research Study
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Declining sport club membership is a pervasive issue. The main research question of this thesis is how can a member-owned, non-equity golf or lawn bowls club increase adult membership in New Zealand, while sub-questions ... -
Fatu Lālānga ’I Falehanga: Subjectivity in Tongan Thinking and in New Zealand ECE Policy
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)In Tongan epistemology, the interplay of mind, body and soul, self and collective, spatiality and temporality, subjectivity and objectivity, provide complex notions of how Tongans understand being. This research investigates ... -
Kode Technology Peptide-Based Kodecyte Diagnostics Using Spirochetes and SARS CoV-2 As Models
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Despite advanced developments in molecular testing of disease, antibodies, as biomarkers, play an important role in diagnosing disease, checking immune response and for serological surveillance. There is an increasingly ... -
Kākahu Hou: The Breath of Cloth
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)This research explores the potential for fashion, film, and garment design investigations to act as knowledge catalysts. The project aims to restore & revitalise understandings of a Taranaki cosmological worldview that can ... -
Epidemiology of Atrial Fibrillation in Ischaemic Stroke Patients: A Population-Based Study in Auckland, New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Background and Purpose Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a leading risk factor for ischaemic stroke (IS). Worldwide, population-based data on its influence on IS outcomes are sparse. In New Zealand (NZ), there have been no ... -
Exploring Pacific Talanoa Research Methods in Visual Arts Installation and Performance Art Practices
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)This practice-led PhD thesis encompasses a socially engaged installation and performance art practice that includes individual and co-operative performances. Performance art collectives—currently forming an important part ... -
NAATAPUITEA: An Artistic Interpretation of Traditional and Contemporary Samoan Musical Structures, Instrumentation and Koniseti
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Positioned as an artistic, practice-led inquiry, this thesis asks “What is the potential for Samoan ways of knowing the land, genealogy and ritual to resource creative fāgogo (Samoan storytelling).” In researching this ... -
Ko e tangi fai mei he ate: Conceptualising Deliberate Self-Harm Amongst Young Tongan Women in Auckland, New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)The words of my ancestors bring to light the heart of this research, Ko e tangi fai mei he ate. Tangi means to cry and ate is a plant that is often seen of no significance and importance. The ate prefers to grow in isolated ... -
An(i)ti: An Examination of Settler Discourse and Politics in Guåhan
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Guåhan is an unincorporated territory of the United States which exists in a “liminal space, betwixt and between, somehow outside the normal order of sovereignty or integration” (Stade, 1998, p. 47). Often referred to as ... -
A Bridge Over Troubled Water: Insights From Aid Workers Seeking to Reduce Maternal Mortality in the Developing World
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Each year, hundreds of thousands of women are dying needlessly in their efforts to bring a child into the world. It is a continuing tragedy on an international scale, and is at the forefront of the world’s global health ... -
Head Impact Sensors: An Examination of their Performance, Validity and Utility in Boxing Sparring
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Concussions represent a major challenge for sports medicine, as they are frequent and may lead to long-term health impairments. To better understand concussions and the risks associated with participation in contact sports, ... -
Midwives’ and Obstetricians’ Experience of Place in Relation to Supporting Physiological Birth: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)National and international evidence shows that ‘place’ influences birth outcomes, but evidence is limited as to ‘how’. In New Zealand, there are significant differences in the rates of spontaneous vaginal births by ‘place’, ... -
Towards a Neurophysiological Approach of Managing Sport-Originated Brain Injury
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Of the estimated 27 million traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) annually, 95% are considered mild TBIs (mTBIs), that are not life threatening but lead to disturbances in normal brain function. While these injuries are described ... -
An Investigation Into the Nano Fluids Physiochemical Properties Due to Ultrasonic Perturbation for Near Wellbore Remediation
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Research on nanofluids has been conducted extensively. However, to the best of our knowledge the protocol to produce nanofluid which will enhance the physio-chemical properties using external perturbation such as ultrasound ... -
Out of the Darkroom and Into the Dark: The Experiences of Medical Imaging Technologists Regarding the Introduction and Ongoing Use of New Technology
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Medical imaging is undergoing constant change, which has accelerated with the advent of digital imaging technology. Commonly cited benefits of digital systems include: reduced repeat examinations, image manipulation, and ... -
Localization of Mobile Robots for Precision Manufacturing
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)To manufacture a bigger part, you need a larger machine!" This paradigm is going to be broken through the development of mobile robots that can move around a part and apply a manufacturing operation to it, instead of ... -
Images and the Imaginal: Ta'wil in Art Practices of Light
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)This practice-oriented research aims to provoke an imaginative understanding beyond representational knowledge of things using ta’wil, a method of esoteric interpretation in Islamic thought that performs in the metaphysical ... -
Techniques For Developing Secure-by-design Industrial Control Software
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Industrial Control Systems (ICS) have significantly changed how we operate manufacturing plants, transportation systems, facility management and monitoring systems. Reliance on modern ICS has significantly improved human ... -
Energy Business Initiative for Distributed Solar Photovoltaic Systems Adoption in Developing Countries: A Case of Uganda
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Global trends in energy generation transition reveal increasing acceptance for renewable energy generation technologies. This is not only about the urge for energy independence and security, but also about the increased ... -
An Examination of the Impacts of Employee Empowerment From Different Perspectives: A Multilevel Analysis
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Employee empowerment has been recognised as one of the most desirable managerial practices in the hospitality industry, where frontline employees directly interact with customers to provide services. The extant literature ...