Browsing Masters Theses by Title
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Kia Whai Reo Te Wao
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)The Māori language has been in a constant state of change and evolution since the arrival of the ancestors of Māori to New Zealand. The environment known by traditional Māori was vastly different to that known today. Daily ... -
Killed in the line of duty: who is killing foreign correspondents and why?
(Auckland University of Technology, 2009)The world of journalism is becoming increasingly dangerous, as figures published by international media organisations demonstrate. But the Western news media suggests, that particularly Western foreign correspondents are ... -
A kinematic analysis of acute and longitudinal adaptations to resisted sprinting
(Auckland University of Technology, 2002)The phase of greatest acceleration (0-30 metres) during sprinting is thought to be critical for success in many sporting situations. Methods for improving acceleration phase performance are therefore an important area of ... -
Kinetoscopic City: A Spatial Archival Recollection of an Urban Spectacle As an Immersive Cinematic Bi-location
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This creative research thesis approaches Fort Lane and its relative precinct as an invitation to reimagine, remap and rewrite the city as a kinetoscope2 arcade. Here, as a precursor to contemporary cinema, offered a new ... -
King Tide
(Auckland University of Technology, 2013)King Tide is a 114 minute comedy-drama that is an exploration of care and of community. It follows the middle-aged Reade as he returns to New Zealand from the Gold Coast to begin an unofficial investigation into ACC fraud ... -
The King: A Documentary and Exegesis
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)This Masters Exegesis is a creative practice exploration of the ordinary/extraordinary life of Andy Stankovich: a scrap metal yard worker, a world-class boxer, and an Elvis Presley performer. The King is an observational ... -
Knitted Paintings: Exploring the Potential of Colour in Knit
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)KNITTED PAINTINGS is a textile design project examining the significance of design and technology in knitted textile production, using practice-based investigations as a means of facilitating unique contributions to ... -
Knowing Reality: Psychotherapists’ and Counsellors’ Experiences and Understandings of Inexplicable Phenomena While Working With Clients
(Auckland University of Technology, 2005)This hermeneutic phenomenological study explores eight psychotherapists' and counsellors' experiences and understandings of 'inexplicable' phenomena that sometimes occur when working with clients.The purpose of the study ... -
Knowledge about nosocomial pneumonia prevention among critical care nurses in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2003)Nosocomial pneumonia (NP) is the most common nosocomial infection in the Critical Care Units (CCUs), comprising 15 to 23 percent of all hospital-acquired infections. Among all nosocomial infections, NP has the highest ... -
Knowledge of and Attitudes Toward Bystander CPR Among Thais in Auckland
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Introduction: Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a key factor in improving survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Yet many studies show that minority ethnicities exhibit lower rates of bystander CPR ... -
Ko Marouna te toa: The effects of the Cook Islands public sector reform on the delivery of education
(Auckland University of Technology, 2008)The effects of the public sector reform impacted on all aspects of public services including the performance of the economy. Central to this argument was the re-organization of the operations of the public service from ... -
Ko te amorangi ki mua, ko te hāpai ō ki muri: the role of Mātauranga Raranga in the dissemination of Mātauranga Māori
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)Indigenous knowledge comes not from one individual, but from a collective (Lentfer, 2012). Creation stories, cryptic proverbs or whakataukī, songs filled with imagery, symbolism and social value; tribal histories and ... -
Ko te matou kaiga tenei
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)In 1966, my grandparents and five of their children migrated from Tokelau to New Zealand. They have resided in our family homestead in Māngere East since 1970. Ko te matou kaiga tenei is a moving image based project that ... -
Ko te whakataukī tētahi matapihi e toro atu ai te rangatahi Māori ki te ao o tūnohunohu mā, he aha oti te matapihi e toro mai ai ō tātou uri ki tō tātou ao?
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Ki te tirohia te waiaro a te hunga rangatahi Māori ki te reo, me te whai wāhitanga mai o taua reo rā ki ō rātou whakaaro mō ō rātou tuakiri, ka kitea te noho taparua, te rerekē hoki o tētahi i tētahi. He mea tāwharau tēnei ... -
Ko tō ringa ki ngā rākau a te Pākehā – The use of digital resources in the learning and teaching of te reo Māori: a case study
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)Te reo Māori (the Māori language) is the heritage language of the indigenous people of New Zealand. Since official colonisation by the British in 1840, the impact of successive Government policies, post-WW2 urbanisation ... -
Korimako
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)This thesis is a creative work of fiction, which explores the intergenerational relationship between two protagonists, Mereana and Kahukura, who whakapapa Māori and Pākehā. Their tandem narrative speaks to the effects and ... -
The Kyoto Protocol and Carbon Dioxide Emissions in New Zealand: A Synthetic Control Approach
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)On the 11th of December 1997 the International Community signed the Kyoto Protocol: an international environmental treaty that commits countries to reducing their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to mitigate the effects of ... -
La Grand Fromage
(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 a 6000-word essay (exegesis). The script is framed by an Exegesis which is a 6000-word essay on the subject ... -
A landmark model for assigning item weight for pattern mining
(Auckland University of Technology, 2012)In weighted association rule mining, items are typically weighted based on background domain knowledge. However, it may not be feasible to gather domain information on every item in high dimensional datasets especially in ... -
Langa ngāue 'a e kau faiako Akoteu Tonga nofo 'i Aotearoa. Tongan early childhood education: building success from the teachers' perspectives
(Auckland University of Technology, 2011)This study contributes to the theorising of Tongan language and culture by exploring the notion of langa ngāue in an attempt to deconstruct colonised thinking and demarginalise Tongan people from colonial ways of knowing ...