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New Zealand Resident Sāmoan Health and Illness Beliefs About Chronic Pain and Healthcare Management: A Qualitative Descriptive Study
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Chronic pain carries considerable impact on individuals, families, and communities in Aotearoa/New Zealand (A/NZ), almost one in five adults experience chronic pain (Ministry of Health, 2019). Chronic pain is a multidimensional ... -
New Zealand Scholar Mamas: The Influence of Motherhood on Academic Careers
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)New Zealand women account for almost 64% of the academic workforce, (Statistics New Zealand, 2014), but are less represented in higher levels of Academia. This underrepresentation has been described and explained by various ... -
New Zealand women and their numeracy skills: what the adult literacy and life skills survey tells us and doesn’t tell us about the numeracy skills of New Zealand women
(Auckland University of Technology, 2012)The extant findings of the 2006 Adult Literacy and Lifeskills survey (ALL) are examined and some further quantitative analysis is undertaken to clarify the numeracy skills of New Zealand women. Fundamental questions are ... -
New Zealand's destination image and the Chinese outbound market : a comparative study between the Beijing (north) and Guangdong (south) markets
(Auckland University of Technology, 2006)This thesis examines the similarities and differences between northern and southern Chinese markets (in this case, the Beijing and Guangdong markets) in relation to New Zealand's destination image, from both visitors' and ... -
New Zealand's economic imperative - identifying key factors of the global success of New Zealand's Biotechnology Sector
(Auckland University of Technology, 2011)Evidence suggests that New Zealand suffers from low levels of productivity stemming, in part, from low national productivity, undermined by weaker levels of productivity in some of New Zealand’s key industry sectors. ... -
New Zealand-Based Sports Tourists’ Attitudes and Perceptions Towards Thailand’s Aspirations of Becoming an International Sports Event Tourism Destination
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Over the past twenty years, sports event tourism has been proven to contribute to the development of local tourism and hospitality businesses, largely through the revenue generated as a direct and indirect consequence of ... -
New Zealanders making advance directions: a discourse analysis
(Auckland University of Technology, 2005)Advance directives (ADs) convey consumers' wishes about accepting or refusing future treatment if they become incompetent. The issue of making a particular AD, more commonly referred to as a living will, is the focus of ... -
News values in three Pacific nations: a case study in development journalism and the reporting of the Pacific Islands Forum in Fiji, Vanuatu and New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)The term “development journalism” has been used for four decades in Asia, but in the Pacific and even more so in Western countries such as New Zealand and Australia, the term is met with scepticism, particularly from working ... -
Next-generation cellular technologies for sensor networking
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)Device-to-Device (D2D) and Massive Machine Communication (MMC) are believed to be cornerstones in next generation cellular technologies. With D2D enabled in Long Term Evolution Advanced (LTE-A) networks, devices in physical ... -
Nga kapua whakapipi a tamamutu - strength in unity nurturing future Turangitukua leaders
(Auckland University of Technology, 2007)Education is development. It helps to create choices and opportunities for people, reduce the twin burdens of poverty and diseases, and give a stronger voice in society. For nations it creates a dynamic workforce and ... -
Nga Maumahara: Memory of Loss
(Auckland University of Technology, 2011)This practice-based art project explores the notion of markers of loss in relation to traditional Maori artifacts, with a focus on issues of memory of loss, colonial governance and land alienation. The purpose of this ... -
Ngaitamarawaho and the Office of Treaty Settlements: Aligning the Hapu Raupatu grievance to the settlement process
(Auckland University of Technology, 2005)Ngaitamarawaho is the Hapu of Ngatiranginui from Tauranga who suffered the greatest loss of land at the hands of Governor Grey. In generations past, the Tupuna stated categorically, Queen Victoria took our land, Grey created ... -
Ngā Kaikawekōrero: producing Māori television documentary in Aotearoa New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2012)In Aotearoa New Zealand, television documentary is a particularly significant genre through which Māori stories can be told from Māori perspectives. Additionally, the wide reach of mainstream television makes it an ideal ... -
Ngā Tikanga o Te Uhunga i Te Nehenehenui: E pēwhea ana te āhua o ētehi o ngā tikanga o te uhunga i Te Nehenehenui?
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)Ka whai haere te raupapa o tēnei tuhinga i ngā mahi o ngā rā o te uhunga - tīmata mai ana i te matenga o te tūpāpaku, tae noa ki te rā e tanumia ai te tūpāpaku. Ka āta tirohia i tēnei tuhinga te āhua o ngā ... -
Nicholas Grundy and the Magic Undies
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)Nicholas Grundy and the Magic Undies is a fast paced, plot driven, Bildungsroman fantasy aimed at eight to twelve year olds. The novel is narrated by its eleven-year-old protagonist, Nicholas Grundy, who discovers a world ... -
Night Owl and Other Poems, With a Manifesto on Imagination and Poetics
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)“The Night Owl and Other Poems” is a collection of poems that explores four areas of the human condition, destruction, humanity, sorrow and love, and explores how these four areas are affected under a variety of experiences ... -
No Longer/Not Yet: lacuna and dissemination in practice
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)This drawing project presently considers relationships between traditional elements of comics, and provisional, abstract painting. (Apparently) casual gestures are produced by labour-intensive means as ‘printed materials’, ... -
No suits allowed: in what ways does the creativising of central Auckland reveal the workings of Bormann’s (1973) shared fantasy themes?
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)Against the backdrop of the failing extractive era, global economies are given a salvation: creativity. The concepts of the creative economy, the creative class who produce the creative economy, and the creative city that ... -
No'oloto: Exploring the Epistemological Significance of No’oloto to the Academic Achievements of Tongan Tertiary Students in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)New Zealand statistics indicate that Pacific students’ academic performance has been low at both secondary and tertiary level. These are significant concerns given that Pacific students are deemed capable of great potential. ... -
No, Really, It's OK: Exploring Trauma and Healing Through Video Game Creation
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)The following exegesis is an autoethnographic enquiry into designing video games to reflect on personal trauma. Using the context of video game culture and design, I explore the capability that video games hold for expressing ...