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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Production of Kombucha with NZ honeydew honey
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Kombucha is a fermented tea drink which is receiving increased research and development interest due to its popularity, large market share in the beverage industry and numerous beneficial health claims. Typical kombucha ... -
Mediated Representations of Echo Chambers: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Its Use in Headlines
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)This study seeks to understand the use of ‘echo chamber’ as a term in headlines by the news media since the 2016 United States presidential elections. Headlines from across the ideological spectrum consisting of thirteen ... -
Flexible Learning Spaces - Implications for Teacher Wellbeing
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)The design and construction of Flexible Learning Spaces (FLS) in New Zealand schools has been government policy since 2011. As teacher wellbeing is increasingly recognised as a critical contemporary educational issue, ... -
Crossing Borders: Border Pedagogy and the Formation of Emerging Adults in Theological Education
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)The intention of this thesis is to consider how the Border Pedagogy articulated by Henry Giroux (1992) might be applied to the formation of emerging adult education at St John’s Theological College. The literature is ... -
Journey to Faith: A Creative Exploration of a Personal Journey to the Christian Faith
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Journey to Faith is a narrative sequence that draws on my experience of becoming a Christian. The story of the sequence follows the creation of a humanoid clay sculpture, which represents my Christian journey from an ... -
Aspiring to Lead? An Exploration of the Career Stories of Ethnic Minority Women of African Descent Working in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)The ever-growing number of different ethnicities and cultures in the contemporary workforce is presenting various challenges and opportunities to organisations, employees and their families. According to Royal Society of ... -
The Undoing of Gender by Senior Female Leaders Within New Zealand’s ICT Industry
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry is one of New Zealand’s fastest-growing and well-remunerated industries. Within New Zealand’s ICT industry, the average salary is $82,000, compared to the country’s ... -
Community’s Perceptions and Strategies to Prevent Violence Against Children in the Home, in Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Violence against children is a serious human rights and social and public health issue. According to World Health Organization (WHO), violence against children is “all forms of physical and/or emotional ill-treatment, ... -
The Influence of Context and Emotional Intelligence Practice in Leading a Physical Fitness Testing Situation for Police Officers
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)The concept of emotional intelligence (EI) has gained popularity in recent years due to its strong links to effective leadership. During the past few decades, various researchers have explored the importance of relationships ... -
Studies of Transition Metal Complexes Containing Pentaamine Ligands
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)This thesis presents the study of two pentadentate pentaamine ligands N¹,N¹'-(pyridine-2,6-diylbis(methylene))bis(ethan-1,3-diamine)(mpyden) and N²,N²-bis(2-aminoethyl)propane-1,2,3-triamine (bapt) and the associated ... -
Matrix Factorisation Based Recommendation for Web Mashups
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)In recommender systems, the Internet has evolved over the years for recommending items such as music, movies, books and videos for users to boost the popularity or sales for a single item. One of the significant challenges ... -
Analysis of ISO 27001 Compliance in Tonga Organisations Information Security
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Information security is a critical issue today. According to Cisco (2019), the increasingly popular services such as “e-commerce, mobile payments, cloud computing, Big Data and analytics, IoT, AI, machine learning, and ... -
“Manatu ‘Ofa ki ‘Api” (Remembrance of Home in Love): Home and Diaspora – Leimatu’a Remittance Fundraising
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Observers and scholars have claimed that remittance giving should decline over time due to weaker ties between overseas-born Tongans and kin in the homeland. Despite such claims, the magnitude of remittances that flow every ... -
Scratch the Cat
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)This thesis consists of practice-led research in the form of a full-length script for a feature film titled Scratch. It also includes a 6000-word essay (exegesis). A summary of the script is as follows: On the verge of ... -
How Are New Zealand Job Advertisements Perceived by Graduate Students From Mainland China: A Case Study
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)The purposes of this study were (a) to explore how New Zealand job advertisements are perceived by graduate students from Mainland China, and (b) to identify if there are any potential areas for intercultural (mis)understanding. ... -
A Critical Analysis of Self-regulated Learning and Strategy Use: SRL in NZ Schools' Policies, and Some Implications for Students With Learning Difficulties
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) is an extraordinary umbrella that includes various aspects of learning like cognition, metacognition, behaviour, emotions and motivation. It has become an important topic of research because ... -
Young Workers’ Experiences of Non-Standard Employment in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Young workers have been shown to have a significant presence in non-standard employment around the world (Hipp, Bernhardt, & Allmendinger, 2015; Peiró, Sora, & Caballer, 2012; Smith, 2018), and a considerable number of ... -
Using an Open-source Spatial Database and GIS to Manage Multi-scale Land-use/ Land-cover Data in Laos PDR
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Managing multi-level geospatial datasets, particularly the land-use and land cover data in highly changeable environments and social entities, such in Lao PDR is, always a challenging task for GIS specialists. They have ... -
Re-thinking Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is a multi-disciplinary programme offered to patients who have had a cardiac event. In New Zealand, CR programmes are funded by the district health boards and are supported by primary healthcare ... -
A Comparative Corpus-assisted Discourse Analysis of New Zealand and Chinese Social Media Posts on the Student Climate Strikes
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Since 2018, student strikes for climate action have taken place around the world. The Swedish youth activist, Greta Thunberg, initiated this activism through her attempt to encourage more climate action from her government. ...