Browsing Masters Theses by Title
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Pacific Island Families Study: parental perceptions of overweight obesity and future concern for child’s weight status
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)Across the life course, social and cultural determinants of overweight and obesity need better understanding. Two out of three New Zealand (NZ) born Pacific children are either overweight or obese but little is known about ... -
Pacific Islanders in Mainstream New Zealand Media: Visibility of Pacific Island News Broadcasters and Their Pathways Towards Higher Positions
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)New Zealand’s population has become increasingly multicultural since the migration of the Pacific Islands in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The multicultural changes in society’s diverse makeup highlights the need to ... -
Pacific Women, Beauty and Race: The Communication of Beauty Ideals and the Experiences of Pacific Women in Contemporary Society
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Contemporary notions of beauty embedded in social ideals and values, can have a significant influence on the lived experiences of women. From social class to skin colour and ethnicity, women’s bodies have been largely ... -
Pacific youth "romantic" relationships and wellbeing
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)Healthy youth relationships are central to Pacific youth wellbeing today. Healthy relationship patterns learned in the youth years are precursors for healthy adult relationships in later life. To explore Pacific youth ... -
Package design for children: do practitioners get it right?
(Auckland University of Technology, 2009)The literature indicates that children are highly influenced by product packaging and that it is the packaging that will make the product stand out from the crowd and hopefully making a sale. There have been a number of ... -
Paediatric Ketamine Sedation: Stories from Healthcare Professionals
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)Ketamine provides an efficient and economical way to perform painful procedures without the use of general anaesthesia. The physiological risk profile of ketamine has been thoroughly researched, but the non-physiological ... -
Pain assessment and pain alleviation practices of ambulance officers in Auckland
(Auckland University of Technology, 2011)Pain is a common complaint of many patients that ambulance officers encounter. The prevalence of pain in Auckland is unknown. Little is known about how ambulance officers and paramedics assess and treat pain. More options ... -
Painting in Counterpoint
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)This project is an exploration into the process of painting and problems that emerge during painting. In particular it explores how decisions are made in a continuous process of shifting relations of visual qualities that ... -
Painting Myself for Others: The ‘Hum of Perpetual Noticing’ in the Personal Essay
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)If the art of the personal essay is to birth the inner workings of one’s brain, be warned; this writer has just birthed a litter of teething puppies—and worryingly, a good half of them are unruly bitches. As a columnist ... -
Painting: Adventures in a Marginal Aesthetic
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This project explores how a relationship between consonance and dissonance can operate as a dynamic interplay that is constantly at work during the process of painting. It also explores how this interaction operates as a ... -
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 ...