Browsing Masters Theses by Title
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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 ... -
Language and culture in community translation: An exploratory validation study of health information pamphlets
(Auckland University of Technology, 2004)The present study evolved from the threefold context of: the rising importance of the relatively neglected area of ‘community translation’; the vital importance of healthcare information for immigrants from non-English-speaking ... -
Language educational space design in High Fidelity
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)The recent availability of fully immersive three-dimensional virtual worlds, such as High Fidelity and Project Sansar, provide important new opportunities for language education, and are capable of extending those already ... -
Language Learner Perspectives on Written Corrective Feedback Provided by Their Teachers
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)Written Corrective Feedback (WCF) is one method by which a teacher provides a learner with feedback related to errors in their writing. Currently, English as a second language (ESL) learners’ perceptions of Written Corrective ... -
Language Learning Duration and Its Role in Undergraduate English-Speaking Students’ Intercultural Attitudes and Skills in Aotearoa New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)Globalisation has increased multicultural contact and contact between different linguistic groups (Stavans & Hoffman, 2015; Weng & Kulich, 2015). To manage these differences, intercultural competence is of critical importance, ... -
Language teacher motivation: a study of teachers of English as a Second Language (ESL) in New Zealand language schools
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)Research on the motivation of teachers of English as a Second Language (ESL) has been scarce and fragmented. This study aims to bridge the gap in the research by investigating the motivation of ESL teachers employed in ... -
Language utilisation in an international business organisation a New Zealand case study
(Auckland University of Technology, 2005)This study introduces themes and trends apparent from notable research into the use of second language competencies within a business context both from an international and a New Zealand perspective. From this, a distinct ... -
Larval development of the New Zealand mussel Perna canaliculus and effects of cryopreservation
(Auckland University of Technology, 2012)The New Zealand green-lipped mussel, Perna canaliculus, is an important aquaculture species. This commercially attractive mussel species contributes over 70% of total aquaculture in New Zealand, with exports in excess of ...