Doctoral Theses
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The Doctoral Theses collection contains digital copies of AUT doctoral theses deposited with the Library since 2004 and made available open access. All theses for doctorates awarded from 2007 onwards are required to be deposited in Tuwhera Open Theses 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. 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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Whakamana Te Reo AA Ngaa Rangatahi Ki Roto I Ngaa Ratonga Hauora (Empowering the Voices of Our Young People in Health Services)
(Auckland University of Technology, 2023)Whakamana te reo aa ngaa rangatahi ki roto i ngaa ratonga hauora (Empowering the voices of our young people in health services) seeks to fill a gap within the literature about the engagement practices of rangatahi with ... -
Displacement of Self-Continuity: An Illuminative Heuristic Inquiry Into Identity Transition in an Allegorical Animation
(Auckland University of Technology, 2023)This practice-led artistic research considered how a fictional allegory might be employed to examine issues of acculturation, displacement and identity transition. Using the story of a refugee family, the study explored ... -
Exploring Young African Migrant Women Conceptualisation of Their Health, Healthcare Experiences, and Improvement of Services in Aotearoa, New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)The increasing diversity of the Aotearoa New Zealand population has noticeably impacted on healthcare service provision, access, and utilisation, with health service underutilisation more prevalent among young immigrants. ... -
Measuring Cricket Fast Bowling Workload Using Inertial Measurement Units
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)Fast bowlers have the highest incidence of injury compared to any other position in cricket. A bowling volume that is too high or too low – measured by the number of deliveries bowled in a session – can increase the chance ... -
Ever Present Archiving: Methodologies for Art Histories Through Fabrication, Invention and Social Practice
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)Ever Present Archiving explores the ways in which an installation-based practice might critique assumed forms of collected knowledge. The thesis explores modes of fabrication, invention and social practice to interrogate ... -
Responsive Learning: Learning from and With Each Other - A Grounded Theory
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)Occupational therapists work collaboratively with parents of children needing support with their development. In delivering therapy intervention, a key role is to help parents learn about their child’s condition, treatment ... -
Disentangling the Combined Effects of 24-Hour Time-Use Behaviours on Childhood Obesity: A Compositional Data Analysis
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)Obesity in children is a worldwide health problem, and New Zealand is no exception. One in three New Zealand children is overweight or obese. Thus, identifying modifiable determinants of obesity in children is essential ... -
Workers’ Experiences of Workplace Bullying in Faith-Based Organisations: Developing a Policy Framework for Christian Churches in South-Eastern Nigeria
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)Workplace bullying as a growing social phenomenon has been intensively studied from various perspectives in the past three decades. What is known about bullying from these studies is that it is a complex phenomenon, ... -
The Moral Path Beyond War: A Narrative Inquiry into the Experiences That Have Influenced the Moral Perspectives of Kashmiri Youth
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)This study is centred on the experiences and perspectives of eight young people, living in Kashmir, a conflict region in India. Studies and news reports on Kashmir largely focus on the politics of the conflict, its clinical ... -
The Creating Space Project: Young People’s Voice in Healthcare
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)Introduction: The legal mandate set out in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) ( 1989) states that every child has the right to express their views freely in matters that affect them and to ... -
An Assessment of the Effectiveness of Marine Mammal Tourism Management: The Case Study of Aotearoa/New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)New Zealand is viewed as a world leader in marine mammal conservation and its regime for managing marine mammal tourism has been touted as best practice. Despite its management framework, a variety of studies conducted in ... -
Blowing the Whistle: Exploring the Experiences of Early-Career New Zealand Rugby Referees
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)The extent to which officials stay in the role varies (Bernal et al., 2012; S. L. Forbes & Livingston, 2013), but the reasons why are still not well understood. Although researchers have explored continuation amongst ... -
Exploring Host and Guest Value Co-Creation in the Tourism Sharing Economy: The Case of Ho Chi Minh City
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)Visitors are increasingly participating in the tourism sharing economy in order to experience local culture and engage with local communities. While most studies about the sharing economy (SE) in tourism focus on the ... -
Optimising the Trade-Off Between Accuracy and Privacy in Data Stream Mining Environments
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)Data streams differ from static datasets due to numerous characteristics such as being incremental, high speed, high volume, subject to concept drift, and dynamically adapting. This unique nature of data streams makes ... -
Conceptualisation Development and Evaluation of a Novel Framework to Enhance Data Security in Mobile Cloud Computing Environment
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)Security issues (e.g., data breaches, malicious applications, account hijacking, and insecure application programming interfaces) are obstacles in the adoption of Cloud Computing (CC) and Mobile Cloud Computing (MCC) ... -
KAABA: The Heart's Centre - Kashf Al-Makān/Unveiling Spaces of Being
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)On March 15, 2019, the Al-Noor Mosque and the Linwood Islamic Centre in Ōtautahi Christchurch were the sites of the first terrorist attack on Muslim people in Aotearoa New Zealand, where fifty-one shuhada (martyrs) were ... -
A Feasibility Study of a Hybrid Power Generation System Using Offshore-wind Turbine and Tidal Turbine
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)In New Zealand, the government aims for 100% of electricity production to be from renewable sources and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30% from 2005 levels by 2030. Despite increasing energy demands, depleting fossil ... -
The Role of Faith Leaders in Influencing Wellbeing: A Qualitative Exploration of the Views of Tongan People Living in Aotearoa to Inform Policy Church Law and Practice
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)This doctoral study investigates the role of faith leaders in influencing the wellbeing of Tongan people living in Aotearoa. There is no specific evidence describing the role of faith leaders in the lives of Tongan people. ... -
Converting Industrial Cold Pressed Avocado Oil Waste into Higher Value Products
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)Organic cold-pressed avocado oil (CPAO) has seen a steady incline in popularity over the past years due to its health promoting benefits and versatile culinary applications. However, the CPAO extraction process is relatively ... -
Nutritional Manipulation Strategies to Enhance Endurance Exercise Performance
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)Athletes manipulate training volume and intensity to maximise training adaptations and performance. As performance levels continue to rise, athletes often seek to incorporate novel strategies to optimise their training ...