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Interpreting and Animating the Tāwhaki Myth Cycle in a Video Game
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This exegesis explores the ways in which the Tāwhaki myths may be interpreted in a video game. The Tāwhaki myths were chosen because of their relative obscurity in the modern era (Mead, 1996). I examine three possible ways ... -
Values, Employee Perceptions and Organisational Change: A Case Analysis
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)The concept of values is multifaceted and one that is closely related to organisational culture constructs. Values have been conceptualised at multiple levels - individual, leader, social group, institution, inter-organisation ... -
Wearable Resistance Technology to Enhance Swimming Performance
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Resistance training that replicates specific sport actions may optimise the transference of muscular adaptations to performance. In swimming, there are many different in-water training aids that are used by swimmers with ... -
The Ecological Self — A Lens-based Inquiry
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This lens-based research project explores a deep personal connection with a familiar coastal site. I am interested in exploring the ways in which different lens-based media can facilitate a reciprocal exchange between the ... -
Technical and Economic Analysis of Solar Energy Application for a Hospital Building in Dammam, Saudi Arabia
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)An increase in energy demand is a consequence of the world’s population growth. Hence, more energy supply is needed to meet the demand. Fossil based energy can run out as well as cause air pollution. Consequently, this ... -
Painting: Adventures in a Marginal Aesthetic
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This project explores how a relationship between consonance and dissonance can operate as a dynamic interplay that is constantly at work during the process of painting. It also explores how this interaction operates as a ... -
Shifting Registration: an Exploration of Printmaking and Possibilities
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This practice-led research explores creative opportunities within fine art printmaking. In the context of my own practice, it investigates how new possibilities might emerge from the interplay between a technically precise ... -
The Effect of Distillation Conditions and Molasses Concentration on the Volatile Compounds of Unaged Rum
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Caribbean rums are made from blackstrap molasses and during the production process, four critical stages can affect the flavor of rum. These four stages include fermentation, distillation, aging, and blending. During the ... -
Facial Expression Classification Using R-CNN Based Methods
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)With the rise of artificial intelligence technology and the development of human vision research, most of researchers are gradually putting more and more attention on the machine recognition of face images. In this thesis, ... -
Re-negotiating the Boundaries: a Grounded Theory Study
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Physiotherapy’s historical adoption of the biomechanical approach which views the body-as-machine, has played an important part in defining its professional role, identity and status. But the physiotherapy profession is ... -
Case Study Research Exploring the Impact of Material Poverty on a Child’s Patterns of Occupation
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Poverty breaches tamariki/children’s rights and is socially unjust, as it has negative effects on their health and well-being that could be prevented. Growing up in poverty is associated with a sense of loss, feelings of ... -
Beyond Filling the Skill Gaps - The Entrepreneurial Drivers, Challenges, and Contribution Channels of Skilled Indian Migrants in the New Zealand Economy
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Skilled migrants are an essential component of global migration flows to developed countries. This includes New Zealand, which is highly dependent on skilled migrant labour to fill its labour market shortages (DOL, 2009; ... -
A Pro-poor Tourism Case Study: Efate Island, Vanuatu
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Vanuatu is classified as a “Least Developed Country” by the United Nations Development Program and is constrained by its socio-economic environment. The majority of Ni-Vanuatu live in a predominantly rural situation, within ... -
Assessing the Engineering Properties and Performance of Limestone Compared to Contract Specifications As Road Construction Aggregate in the Kingdom of Tonga
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Flexible unbound aggregate pavement failure can be caused by a number of factors due to the nature and duration of repetitive loading being applied. These pavements are considered to be elastic multilayered system made up ... -
Does the Implementation of Rapid Deceleration Training Improve Change of Direction Performance in Rugby Players?
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Agility and change of direction (COD) are distinct but crucial skills for team sport athletes. As athletes develop different performance aspects, the ability to control the body during COD is altered. Unplanned rapid COD, ... -
Tama Samoa Tama Aotearoa
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This project takes the Samoan practice of Fāgogo (storytelling) as a central approach and frames it using the contexts of Talanoa (conversation),Vā (relational space) and photographic self-portraiture. My research questions ... -
A Contestable Professional Development Fund: Interpretations of the Applicant Experience
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This research was undertaken to understand health workers lived experience of applying for contestable professional development funding in the health sector. It responds to the World Health Organizations’ (WHO) call for ... -
Implementation of the Common ASEAN Tourism Curriculum and its Effects on Cambodian Hospitality Training Programmes
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)The Common ASEAN Tourism Curriculum (CATC) was developed as an essential mechanism to facilitate the inter-governmental tourism collaboration amongst ASEAN members. In Cambodia, the implementation of CATC has been promoted ... -
A New Face of Tourism: Understanding Travel Experiences of New Zealand Inbound Generation Z
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Any successful tourism industry player requires not only the ability to recognize change, but to also effectively respond to this change. Generational change is one such occurrence, offering both opportunities and challenges ... -
Community Integration in Long Term Stroke Survivors
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)The aim of the current study is to examine the level of community integration in a cohort of long-term four-year stroke survivors with the objective of understanding what factors at baseline can affect low levels of community ...