Browsing Masters Theses by Title
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Paradox: how New Zealand culture enables creativity, yet mitigates against its spread
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)This practice-led thesis examines the concept of creativity in the context of contemporary New Zealand business. The thesis project comprises two complementary components. The first is a 30-minute video documentary that ... -
Paralolla: An Investigation into Gender and Empowerment in Gaming
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)From Alice in Wonderland to Coraline: Paralolla examines the precedents of the heterotopia in fictional media to critically fabricate a digital game-based experience addressing the pressures surrounding gender identity for ... -
Parametric Analysis of Bioimpedance Spectroscopy Measurement Data for a Simulated Human Limb
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Bioelectrical impedance analysis or bioimpedance analysis (BIA) is a non-invasive procedure originating in the early 1930s and 1940s that involves the measurement of the electrical impedance of a region of tissue. Bioimpedance ... -
Parental Vaccine Hesitancy among Former Refugees in Aotearoa New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)Background: Vaccination is one of the most cost-effective and successful public health measures to prevent and control infectious diseases. Vaccine hesitancy is an important factor underpinning suboptimal vaccination uptake ... -
Parents' perceptions of children's rights in the family setting in Auckland, New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)The purpose of this study is to explore parents' perceptions of young children's rights in the home setting. The research addressed parents' knowledge of children's rights, their perceptions of children's rights in the ... -
Parents' perceptions of the s59 Crimes Act debate and law change (the "Anti-Smacking Bill")
(Auckland University of Technology, 2011)On the 9th of June 2005, a private member‘s Bill to repeal section 59 of the Crimes Act was drawn from the ballot and after much public debate it came into effect as law on 21 June, 2007 as the Crimes (Substituted Section ... -
Pasifika Academics with Adversity in Childhood: Stories of Resilience
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)This research concerns the stories of resilience from adverse childhood experiences as told by eight Pasifika academics. Studies pertaining to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and the phenomenon of resilience have ... -
The Passing. A metaphoric interpretation of the impermanence of the book
(Auckland University of Technology, 2011)This thesis contemplates a debate. In the 1990s and the early years of this century, a number of theorists, Kernan (1990), Birkerts (2006) and Young (2007) (building on Max Nordau’s fears expressed in 1895), argued that ... -
Passionate dedication: a qualitative and descriptive study of nurses' and hospital play specialists' experiences on a children's burn ward
(Auckland University of Technology, 2007)A qualitative descriptive approach was undertaken to explore the experience of eight registered nurses and two hospital play specialists who care for children hospitalised with burn injuries. The research participants were ... -
The Past is a Foreign Country
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)Zigzags and Leapfrogs: A Memoir, is a description of my quest to reconcile two, often conflicting, aspects of my existence. One is my search for a place to belong, a place to be assimilated into, a place to stand, my ... -
Pathways to principalship
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)A qualitative descriptive approach was undertaken to research what was available within the areas of advice and guidance for potential principals who wish to achieve the position of principal at secondary schools in Aotearoa ... -
Pathways to the Paralympic Games: Exploring the Sporting Journeys of High Performance Para Athletes with a Limb Deficiency
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)Characteristics associated with sport expertise have been well researched for able-bodied athletes, however, little has been documented for Para athletes. It is important to understand the sporting journeys of successful ... -
Patients lived experience of momentary encounters with staff that made a difference
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)The nature of patient encounters in hospital accounts for hospital as a un homelike space which contributes to how encounters with staff are structured, and moments of care arise. In exploring the meaning of patients ... -
Patterns and motifs in the Va: a Samoan concept of a space between
(Auckland University of Technology, 2007)This project is an exploration of the endless negotiation of the va, the relationships that consistently define and redefine themselves in the space between two cultures. The va consists of relationships between people and ... -
Patterns of identity: Textiles in Aotearoa: http://www.textiles.org.nz
(Auckland University of Technology, 2004)Patterns of Identity: Textiles in Aotearoa (POI) is an online information resource documenting New Zealand textiles. First published in 1999 as a Web site, the POI resource was expanded in 2001 to include a textile image ... -
Pause Through Shadow
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)This thesis seeks to explore if a multi-sensory building on the banks of Te Whau (the Whau) can have a profound influence in connecting people back to the awa (river). Through design making and testing I investigate various ... -
PEEP: Antigone, An Exploration of Performing Live Theatre During a Pandemic, Using Sophocles’ Antigone
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Employing the dramaturgical methodology of Pandemic/Epidemic Embodied Performance (‘PEEP’), this practice-led research project staged a live theatre production of the ancient Greek tragedy Antigone, by Sophocles, in Auckland, ... -
Pencarrow
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)This submission is in two parts. The first, an exegesis, sets my creative work in its literary, stylistic and social context. The second and main part of this submission is the first draft of a novel, Pencarrow, which I ... -
People I know
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)People I Know is a conceptual visual arts project which involves collecting and archiving information with the intention of extending the notion of portraiture and identity beyond the frame of the body. The collection is ... -
People with albinism in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)Albinism is an inherited genetic condition that reduces the amount of melanin pigment formed in the skin, hair, and/or eyes. As a result of this condition, people with albinism have vulnerability to the sun and bright ...