Browsing Doctoral Theses by Title
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Habitus, Ontology and Misrecognition: Addressing the Issue of Structural Injustice Within the University Context
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)This thesis is grounded in the philosophy of education, and is first and foremost an issue-based body of research intended to explore how those of us within the university context can work towards combatting the structural ... -
The Hand of the Cloth: An Ontological and Aesthetic Unfolding Through Digital and Virtual Materiality
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)This research unfolds an ontology and aesthetics of cloth through physical, digital and virtual states. Material structure and cloth dynamics are investigated through the use of the technology of motion capture. The context ... -
Hands across the sea: situating an Edwardian greetings postcard practice
(Auckland University of Technology, 2013)The Edwardian postcard has been described as the Twitter of its age. Earlier regarded as an insignificant pop-cultural trifle, it has, over the last two decades, begun to receive serious academic attention. This attention ... -
Haunting Minnie Dean: A Heuristic Inquiry Into Baby Farming, Psychological Infanticide and Closed Stranger Adoption
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)In this study I use the methodology of heuristic inquiry and methods from imaginal psychology to explore the relationship between 19th century baby farming, and my experience of psychological infanticide through closed ... -
He iwi rangatira anō tātou i mua, kia pai te whakahaere o ngā tikanga mō te iwi. Kia mangu ki waho kia mā i roto
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)This thesis contends that tapu (spiritual and physical boundaries), mana (power and authority), utu (reciprosity) and rūnanga (debate and decision-making) were the four pou (guiding principles) which delegated power and ... -
He kupu tuku iho mō tēnei reanga: a critical analysis of Waiata and Haka as commentaries and archives of Māori political history
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)Prior to the arrival of Pākehā to Aotearoa/New Zealand, the Māori language was exclusively oral. However, this did not in any way impede the archiving of knowledge and history deemed important by tīpuna Māori. In fact, ... -
He kura-hāpainga, he kura-waka, he kura-kōrero, he kura-huna, He Kura-kura
(Auckland University of Technology, 2013)He aha rā ia ngā hua kua puta i te kura kaupapa Māori [KKM]? Kua whai hua rānei te kaupapa nei? Ko hea ngā taumata angitu KKM? Mā wai hei whakatau pēnā e ekea ana ngā taumata tika? Kua roa ēnei pātai, i te horopaki o ... -
He Tātai Whetū ki te Rangi Mau Tonu, Mau Tonu He Tātai Tangata ki te Whenua Ngaro Noa, Ngaro Noa
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Since the first sailing vessels anchored on the shores of Aotearoa/New Zealand, the face of Māori culture has irrevocably changed due to the impact of Western influences, including new belief systems, technologies, education, ... -
He Whakapapa tōu, he tuakiri anō tōu: the importance of whakapapa to an urban Māori identity
(Auckland University of Technology, 2012)The main purpose of this thesis is to determine whether whakapapa is still an important facet of Māori culture for urban Māori today. The effect of mass migration to urban centres has had a major impact on Māori culture ... -
Health and productivity in New Zealand: an exploratory study
(Auckland University of Technology, 2012)Health and productivity management (HPM) is a business strategy employed by organisations to manage employee health risk and improve productivity. The major determinants of health are chronic disease and the associated ... -
Health of Pacific children in New Zealand: association between selected elements, behaviour and body-size
(Auckland University of Technology, 2013)In childhood environmental and dietary exposure to toxic and non-toxic elements may affect development and growth. The elemental concentrations of scalp hair and toenails may reflect chemical uptake via the diet, or ... -
A healthy lifestyle campaign by-youth-for-youth: the challenge of empowerment and the potential of collaboration
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)Unhealthy lifestyle choices contribute to New Zealand’s highest risk factors for causes of death (Maddison, Turley, Legge, & Mitchelhill, 2010; Ministry of Health, 2004; World Health Organization, 2009a), and youth are ... -
A hermeneutic exploration of mindfulness psychology
(Auckland University of Technology, 2012)This thesis explores the theory and practice of mindfulness within the context of clinical psychology. Informed by philosophical hermeneutics, it seeks to understand (1) mindfulness, (2) how mindfulness works and (3) how ... -
A hermeneutic phenomenological study of the lived experiences of immigrant students in their mathematics classrooms at a secondary school in Auckland, New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2011)The presence of immigrant students in mathematics classrooms continues to become more and more prevalent as a consequence of global migration. While their transitional experiences in their new environment may be understood ... -
Hesed and the New Testament: An Intertextual-Categorisation Study
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Heterogeneous probabilistic models for optimisation and modelling of evolving spiking neural networks
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)This thesis proposes a novel feature selection and classification method employing evolving spiking neural networks (eSNN) and evolutionary algorithms (EA). The method is named the Quantum-inspired Spiking Neural Network ... -
High Radio Frequency Applications of Soft Conductors and Flexible Dielectrics
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)This PhD research focuses on designing wearable and flexible high radio-frequency (RF) structures with soft conductors and flexible substrates. These structures are designed to operate from 20 to 40 GHz, including antennae, ... -
High-involvement Work Processes, Trust, and Employee Engagement: The Mediating Role of Perceptions of Organisational Justice and Politics
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)A still growing body of empirical research has demonstrated that high-involvement work processes (HIWPs) have positive relationships with various measures of organisational effectives. However, critical scholars maintain ... -
Higher education choices and decision-making: a narrative study of lived experiences of Chinese international students and their parents
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)This thesis investigates Chinese parents’ and children’s knowledge and understanding of decisions regarding higher education and the pathways and choice action patterns that emerged as the family histories and biographies ... -
Hobbling the News: A Study of Loss of Freedom of Information As a Presumptive Right for Public-interest Journalists in Aotearoa New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Public-interest journalism is widely acknowledged as critical in any attempt at sustaining actually-existing democracy and is reliant on access to State-held information for its effectiveness. The success of Aotearoa New ...