Masters Theses
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The Masters Theses collection contains digital copies of AUT University masters theses deposited with the Library since 2002 and made available open access. From 2007 onwards, all theses for masters degrees awarded are required to be deposited in Tuwhera Open Theses & Dissertations 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 & Dissertations. 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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Material Discord: Digitally Crafting Knitwear
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This practice-led research explores the idiosyncratic materiality of knitted fabrications and investigates how identifying and analysing perceived redundancies in the making process has the potential to uncover new ... -
Promoting Rural Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Tourism Development: The Case of Battambang, Cambodia
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Entrepreneurship in rural tourism has become an area of focus as it is a means to achieve sustainable rural development. The purpose of this study is to explore how tourism entrepreneurship could be encouraged in a rural ... -
From the Prosaic to the Poetic: Finding Pathos in the Everyday
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)The basis of this project is to explore how an installation-based practice may generate a combination of pathos and humour within the everyday. By examining the overlooked or mundane, I have aimed to transform the prosaic ... -
Extracting Data From Line Charts in Scanned Medical Documents
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Hand-drawn charts contained in printed forms are used to summarize data in a format that can be quickly processed and understood by humans. They differ from computer- generated charts in a few different ways: Firstly, ... -
Students’ Expectations of Team Onboarding Support in Agile Software Development
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)In modern agile software development environments, teamwork is the core of software development. Good collaboration of development teams can improve productivity, which contributes to the success of an organization’s product ... -
Digitisation of Conventional Water Meters Using Automated Number Recognition
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Nowadays, New Zealand families are still using traditional analog water meters. Even if the traditional water meter has the characteristics of accuracy measurement precision, simple structure, zero power dissipation and ... -
How Youth Programme Teachers’ Learn to Implement Pasifika Values in Their Teaching
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This study focusses on six Youth Guarantee (YG) teachers and their understanding of Pasifika values in their teaching practices. Pasifika students’ achievement rates remain lower than New Zealand European and Asian students. ... -
Writhing Dark Muscle
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This thesis consists of practice-led research in the form of a full-length script for a feature film; plus, an 5975-word essay (exegesis). A summary of the script is as follows: After a near-death experience, Kaden, a ... -
Web APIs Recommendation Based on Topic Modelling and Clustering
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Nowadays, Recommender Systems are widely used in various web portals, while service discovery is still a great challenge for better integrating appropriate services into business scenarios. Gaining insight of the development ... -
Incorporating Service Proximity Into Web Service Recommendation Via Tensors Decomposition
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)The sparseness of Mashup-API rating matrix coupled with cold-start and scalability issues have been identified as the most critical challenges that affect most Collaborative filtering based Web APIs recommendation solution. ... -
Awang Laut: Exploring Storytelling in a Mobile Augmented Reality Environment for Cultural Heritage Sites
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)In the age of mobile technologies, tourists are using their hand-held devices at the same time they are living travelling experiences. Mobile technologies such as smartphones and tablets are not only essential for tourists, ... -
Teachers' Experiences of Teaching as Inquiry and Biculturally Responsive Pedagogy for Māori Students in Schools with a Low Percentage of Māori Students
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Historical marginalisation and deficit theory toward the Māori people in Aotearoa New Zealand schools has resulted in Government expectations for teachers to improve outcomes for Māori students. This research aimed to ... -
What Gets in the Way of Waikato Child Health Nurses Undertaking Child Health Specific Postgraduate Education?
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This study sought to identify the factors which deter and hinder Waikato child health nurses from undertaking postgraduate education and to assess the popularity of such education in the practice areas which support the ... -
Video Conferencing in Early Childhood Education: Teachers' Perspectives
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)“Today’s children are growing up in a rapidly changing digital age that is far different from that of their parents and grandparents” (National Association for the Education of Young Children & Fred Rogers Center, 2012, ... -
The Fall of A'ana; Recollecting Pre-contact Trauma in Samoa
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)The projects key concern is located in the village of Fasito’otai, A’ana, Sāmoa where an event of genocide occurred. Over four hundred children, women and the elderly were murdered, their bodies thrown in a pit and burned. ... -
Understanding Visitors’ Experiences in Nature-based Tourism: A Case Study of Komodo National Park Indonesia
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)The importance of understanding visitors’ experiences has been acknowledged in the tourism field. It is believed that in order to create a successful tourism destination, the local tourism government, management, and ... -
He ia anō ta te Takatāpui i te Ao Māori: Takatāpui; Being of the Māori World
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Being takatāpui comes with a sense of disconnection about our place among whānau, hapū, and iwi. It is envisaged that this research, which is made up of an exegesis and a creative output (documentary) will engender an ... -
(Re)locating New Zealand School Principals as Leaders in School Networks: Leadership in Communities of Learning
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Since 2014, Ministry of Education (MoE) policy in New Zealand has encouraged schools to work collaboratively together in formalised networks known as Communities of Learning (CoLs). The Investing in Educational Success ... -
Injury Epidemiology of Elite New Zealand Cricketers: A 2009-2015 Update
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Introduction: Cricket played in New Zealand at international and domestic level has increased in recent time as well as growth of the new Twenty20 match format. Increasing and variable workloads are known to influence the ... -
Optimal Sizing of a Standalone Photovoltaic (PV) System for Residential Customers Considering Electricity Consumption Patterns: A Case Study of Ibadan City, Nigeria
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)With the regular electricity outages and the growing demand for electricity in Nigeria, households are now depending heavily on generators powered by fossil fuels such as diesel and gasoline as their major source of ...