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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"New Zealander"”.
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European identity in the Aotearoa New Zealand census
… majorities, including Europeans in Aotearoa New Zealand, surprisingly absent. Demographic changes, however, and the decline of majorities, are altering politics and making white ethnicity more salient. (Re)assertions of dominance such as Brexit and the storming of Capitol Hill, and white …
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Constructions of national identity and the nation: the case of New Zealand/Aotearoa
… identity and the nation, using the case study of New Zealand. The main empirical data are 'ordinary talk', from 41 New Zealanders interviewed in London in late 1994 and early 1995. The thesis investigates the work which is done in participants' talk by constructions of national identity and the …
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Only the Dead: The Construction of Memory and Myth in New Zealand’s Lost Battles of the Mediterranean
… fictional, and biographical accounts of New Zealand military participation in Greece and Italy in World War Two, considering how they attempt to make sense of traumatic wartime experiences, and how personalities and events have been mythologised in ways that have implications for …
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From the jungle : Iban performance practice, migration and identity : a practice-based PhD based on four-years of research, culminating in this thesis and a performance piece, From the jungle, May 2012
… them. My father is Iban and my mother white New Zealander, and I grew up in both Sarawak and New Zealand before coming to live in the UK in my 20s. My performance training has been within a Western context, both in New Zealand and the UK. This project has been a personal exploration, which …
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Enchantment and the mechanical: an autoethnographic inquiry into leadership framed within a cosmic and ecological story
… whole. As a fifth-generation, Pākehā, (New Zealander of European descent) working in a multicultural setting in the centre of London, I needed to understand two fundamental and seemingly opposing forces that motivate me. One is the opportunistic and single minded drive of the pioneer and …
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“Going native”: a case study of cultural appropriation in a settler society, with particular reference to the activities of Johannes Andersen in New Zealand during the first half of the twentieth century
… appropriation employed by the settler society in New Zealand through focusing on the activities of Johannes Andersen (1873-1962) in the first half of the twentieth century. In seeking to authenticate himself as an autochthonous New Zealander, Andersen, like other Pakeha around 1900, turned to …
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Talking the talk: New Zealanders remember the Vietnam War
From 1964 to 1972, almost 4,000 New Zealand military personnel served in Vietnam, most in an active combat role. The war was a politically and socially divisive issue for New Zealanders in general, but it can be argued that its greatest impact has been on the veterans themselves. This thesis will …
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Pictogram use during chest pain nurse specialist consultations in regional New Zealand: Patient experiences and clinical outcomes
… the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in New Zealand. Ischemic heart disease is the single biggest killer of New Zealanders’ and the highest-ranked cause of premature death. The Heart Foundation reminds us “every 90 minutes a New Zealander dies from heart disease.” Maori have an increased …
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"Bringing it home" New Zealand responses to the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939
This thesis discusses New Zealander's attitudes to and involvement in the Spanish Civil War, 1936 to 1939. Although distance muted the war's impact, three general divisions of opinion developed in New Zealand - pro-Republicanism, pro-Francoism and "Non-Interventionism". The first Labour …
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Policy, occupation and transnationalism: New Zealanders living in Australia
… the integration and transnational practices of New Zealand migrants in Australia. The Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement (TTTA) that was implemented in 1973, allows New Zealand citizens to live, work and travel to Australia with few restrictions. Since then, the TTTA has only undergone one major …
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Treaty People Recognising and Marking Pākehā Culture in Aotearoa New Zealand
… in relation to their national identity (New Zealander, Australian, or American) rather than name being part of a cultural group within their nation state. This study, located in Aotearoa New Zealand, explores with a particular group of New Zealanders, how Pākehā who are members of the …
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Nutritional and genetic characterization of dairy cows managed on pasture-based systems, identifying key aspects to improve their performance
… of nutrient was better represented by the new set of parameters derived, the accuracies of milk, protein, and fat production remained low (CCC of 0.13, 0.12, and 018, respectively), with moderate slope bias. To achieve the third objective, a dataset including 180 group cows' diets (153 from …