• A Rock With Lots of Holes: Volcanic Imaginaries of Tāmaki Makaurau 

  Kostandini Ziu, Silvia (Auckland University of Technology, 2022)

  Our surroundings shape a sense of identity, and the interactions with spaces begin to define our experience in the city. A rock with lots of holes is a spatial design research inquiry into place-making; investigating a ...

• Using Historic Satellite and 3D UAV Imagery to Map the Dynamics of the Coast at Sites with Anthropogenic Debris in Southland New Zealand 

  Newman, Cassandra Leigh Bascombe (Auckland University of Technology, 2022)

  The coast is a naturally active margin that forms an important barrier system subjected to the forces of both the terrestrial and marine environment. Coastal erosion has become a problem where infrastructure and debris ...

• An Advanced Glazing System 

  Bailey, Izaac Michael (Auckland University of Technology, 2022)

  Building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) have the potential to rapidly decarbonize new and existing building stock, to accelerate the development of BIPV new avenues for manufacturing must be explored that lower the barrier ...

• A Method for Face Image Inpainting Based on Generative Adversarial Networks 

  Gao, Xinyi (Auckland University of Technology, 2022)

  Recently, face image inpainting has become a fascinating research area in the field of deep learning. However, the existing methods have the disadvantage that the image inpainting results are not clear enough. Therefore, ...

• It’s in the Bag – Stories of Identity Memory and Loss and the Short-Story Cycle 

  Paine, Jeanette Elizabeth (Auckland University of Technology, 2022)

  This thesis consists of the creative work of The Handbag Tales, a short-story cycle of 10 interlinked tales based on the everyday objects found inside women’s handbags and the backstories of how they came to be kept or ...

• Drawing Modes of Doing: Illustrating Stories of Everyday Mental Wellness With Young Adults 

  Ng, Janette Shu Ling (Auckland University of Technology, 2022)

  Advocates for young adult mental wellbeing are needed now more than ever. Improving mental health literacy and sharing hopeful recovery narratives can lead to better health outcomes for those experiencing mental distress. ...

• Tracing the Tāmaki: An Ecological Investigation of the Tāmaki Estuary through Creative Practice 

  Fromont, Emma Nicole (Auckland University of Technology, 2022)

  Tracing the Tāmaki: An Ecological Investigation of the Tāmaki Estuary through Creative Practice is a project that explores environmental aesthetics through collaboration with place. The project endeavours to entangle the ...

• Using Si-Rich Compounds to Facilitate the Economic and Water Quality Aspirations of Māori Landowners 

  Campbell, John Norman (Auckland University of Technology, 2022)

  The leaching of nutrients can have a significantly negative effect on the quality and biodiversity of natural waters (Liu et al., 2019). The leaching of nutrients applied to farmland as fertiliser is a leading cause of ...

• The Evolution of Corporate Social Responsibility: An Investigation Into How Māori Words Are Used by New Zealand Corporates 

  Reiss, Catherine (Auckland University of Technology, 2022)

  There is a growing interest in the value that indigenous knowledge can bring to business, and this is reflected in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programmes. In New Zealand the indigenous Māori language and ...

• Inclusive Design: Exploring Accessible Informed Consent for People With Aphasia 

  Stanley, Geena June (Auckland University of Technology, 2022)

  This research explores how information design and typographic approaches can help create accessible participant information sheets for people with aphasia to ensure they can be included in research. There are worrying ...

• Libidinal Earth 

  Roberts, Angus Gerard (Auckland University of Technology, 2022)

  When I encounter Robert Smithson’s Asphalt Rundown, or Richard Serra’s liquid lead ‘splashes’, or Ann Hamilton’s mastic transformations, I turn to recognise a peculiar coupling of desire and matter, as if earth itself is ...

• Geospatial Analysis of Marine Habitat Representation for Marine Spatial Planning Around Waiheke Island Auckland New Zealand 

  Murdoch-Tighe, Levi (Auckland University of Technology, 2022)

  This thesis compares differences in marine habitat composition for different sections of coast within 1 km of Waiheke Island located in the inner Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand (36.800° S, 175.101° E). The maps, graphs, ...

• Sailboat and Kayak Detection Using Deep Learning Methods 

  Luo, Ziyuan (Auckland University of Technology, 2022)

  Visual object recognition is one of the most important and tough problems in computer vision. It targets various visual objects within realistic and real-time images. In depth, deep learning has become a powerful method ...

• Atmospheric Sound Design in Games: Pacing Engagement and Environmental Storytelling 

  Collins, Callum Barnett (Auckland University of Technology, 2022)

  Atmospheric Sound Design in Games: Pacing, Engagement, and Environmental Storytelling seeks to demonstrate that game pacing is a key factor in determining player investment in high-agency narrative elements, such as ...

• ‘An Alternative Paradigm’: An Exploration Into Systemic Design Within a Virtual Game Ecosystem to Elicit Ecological Consciousness 

  Walker, Brooke Rosemary (Auckland University of Technology, 2022)

  This research explores the potential of utilising systemic design in the creation of a virtual game ecosystem to generate ecological consciousness, which is an alternative perception of the natural world that focuses on ...

• A Sole for Nature: Communicating Nature Based Play Through the Design of Toddlers Footwear 

  Riddell, Hollie Anne (Auckland University of Technology, 2022)

  As children grow and learn, they are grasping how to navigate through their natural environment, and the shoes they wear should support that, not hinder it. This research aimed to engage parents to understand how a shoe ...

• The Perceptions of Undergraduate Mainland Chinese Students of the Effect of English Instruction on Their Ability to Write Academic English 

  Zhu, Yinghan (Auckland University of Technology, 2022)

  The main aim of this study is to investigate the perceptions of Mainland Chinese students about the challenges they face in producing acceptable academic writing at undergraduate level in tertiary institutions in New ...

• Analysing Junior Sport Development Programs in New Zealand: A Qualitative Case Study 

  Rawlings, Jesse James (Auckland University of Technology, 2022)

  It is widely recognised that children who participate in sport can gain a number of social and physical benefits. These benefits are particularly evident in children who participate in a range of team sports. Despite this, ...

• TŪHONONGA: Architecture Co-occupying with Earth and Sky 

  Yates-Francis, Matangireia Mita Ngarua (Auckland University of Technology, 2022)

  TŪHONONGA is a design-based research proposal exploring indigenous Māori narratives to help understand how we can better co-occupy with more-than-human entities like maunga, wai, Rangi and whenua. Designing a long-term ...

• How Perceived Institutional Forces Impact ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) Implementers When Assimilating an ERP Solution in a Public Sector Organisation 

  Orr, Gilbert Duncan (Auckland University of Technology, 2022)

  This research aimed to explore how perceived institutional forces impact ERP implementers when assimilating an ERP solution in a public sector organisation in New Zealand. A public sector organisational setting was ...

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