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Showing 1 to 20 of 52 for “"South Island"”.
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Regionally dissected temperature and rainfall models for the South Island of New Zealand
… long term temperature and rainfall trends of the South Island of New Zealand, on a regionally dissected basis. The results are reported on examination of temperature and rainfall data from the South Island of New Zealand, segmented into nine regions, broadly based on NIWA’s South Island climate …
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Late Quaternary landscape evolution and environmental change in Charwell Basin, South Island, New Zealand
… folded Marlborough Fault Zone of north-eastern South Island, New Zealand. The basin contains the piedmont reach of the Charwell River, and a series of late Quaternary loess-mantled alluvial terraces and terrace remnants that have been uplifted and translocated from their sediment source due to …
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A history of South Island whaling : A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Diploma of Parks and Recreation
I believe the approach to any dissertation topic should be threefold; - it should reflect a personal interest, a relevance to an area in which the author has worked and above all, be a readable account. The choice of a topic will ultimately reflect the interests and views held by the author. My …
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The effectiveness of actively accumulating dust in rejuvenating soils and ecosystems in a super-humid, high weathering and leaching environment, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand
… located on the super-humid West Coast of the South Island, New Zealand. Across both gradients, soils were analysed for indicators of pedogenesis pathways (soil morphology, fractionation of pedogenic oxides, phosphorus (P) and particle sizes), and ecosystem fertility was evaluated by describing …
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Population structure and genetic variation in Hector’s dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori)
… genetically isolated regional populations, North Island (n = 29), East Coast South Island (n = 110), West Coast South Island (n = 122) and South Coast South Island (n = 19). Significant levels of genetic differentiation were not detected within local sub-populations of the East Coast and West …
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Post-Disaster Road Network Resilience Assessment
… earthquakes have occurred in NZ, all in the South Island, causing 184 deaths and an estimated economic loss of US$28.5 billion in damage. The Alpine fault, one of the major fault systems in NZ, extends over 600km in the South Island. There is a high probability of a rupture in the next 50 …
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Phomopsis castanea infection levels in chestnut from the North and South Islands of New Zealand
… over two growing seasons in both North and South Island sites. 'P castanea' colonised leaves, twigs, and structural parts of the inflorescence and branch tissue. Phomopsis was identified on the stigmatic surface and associated with pollen. Phomopsis infection levels increased with increased …
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Fruit development and oil content of olives grown in the South Island of New Zealand: A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Horticultural Science with Honours at Lincoln University
… monitor fruit development of olives grown in the South Island of New Zealand. Optimum harvest time is an important consideration for the production of olive oil in New Zealand. Growers require a simple and reliable test that can be used in the field to estimate the time when oil content and …
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Towards a model of the Cenozoic tectonic development of New Zealand
… progressively increased its extent to the southwest beneath northern New Zealand and concomitantly increased its dip. Based on these solutions, it is proposed that the Cenozoic geological development of New Zealand may be modelled as a tectonic succession, involving the oblique dislocation …
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Model development for seasonal forecasting of hydro lake inflows in the Upper Waitaki Basin, New Zealand
… River catchment is located in the centre of the South Island of New Zealand, and produces 35-40% of New Zealand's electricity. Low inflow years in 1992 and 2001 resulted in the threat of power blackouts, and a national demand for electricity that is currently growing at 2 to 5% a year gives …
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Hydrological factors influencing the ecology of riverbed breeding birds on the plains' reaches of Canterbury's braided rivers : a thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the University of Canterbury
… wide, unstable, braided riverbeds of the eastern South Island, New Zealand, have been inhabited by a diverse avifauna. Several species including the wrybill breed only on these rivers. Use is restricted mainly to the breeding season from September to December, so this was the critical study …
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Clay petrology of Mesozoic to recent sediments of central western North Island, New Zealand
… surficial sediments from central Western North Island are presented with the aim of determining the significance of areal and stratigraphic variations in clay mineral distributions. Sample analysis procedures using mainly X-ray diffractometry have been determined that are relatively simple, …
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Benchmarking and management behaviours of top sheep and beef cattle farmers
… performing sheep and beef cattle farmers in the South Island of New Zealand. The more specific objectives were to understand the management behaviours of a selected group of top performing farmers along with a study of the role of information in benchmarking and good management practices. Using …
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Shaking ground and shifting collectives: Understanding community resilience in Kaikōura, Aotearoa New Zealand : A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Lincoln University
… the North Canterbury region of New Zealand’s South Island. Prior to and following the earthquake, natural and social scientists conducted a significant amount of research on the resilience processes and recovery efforts in North Canterbury. This thesis examines community resilience in …
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The terrestrial carbon cycle in transition: tracking changes using novel tracers on multiple timescales
… archipelago located in the mid-latitudes of the Southern Hemisphere. New Zealand’s palaeo-environmental archives (e.g. speleothems and lake sediments) provide a unique opportunity to reconstruct the concentrations and characteristics of DOC under changing climate conditions over …
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Agronomic potential of Lupinus polyphyllus L. for dryland Merino properties in the Mackenzie Basin : A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Lincoln University
… nodulated at 10 field sites sampled across the South Island. Twenty-two bacterial isolates formed functional nodules on L. polyphyllus, which indicated that rhizobia, capacble of nodulating L. polyphyllus, were present across a wide range of sites in the South Island. Gene sequences identified …
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Cutting up the high country: the social construction of tenure review and ecological sustainability
… given to the process of dividing New Zealand's South Island high country Crown pastoral leases between primary production and biodiversity conservation held as freehold tenure or full Crown ownership and control respectively. The process, started without a clear statutory mandate in 1991, was …
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Quantitative geomorphology and hydrology of the Cass River Basin, New Zealand
<p>The Cass River drainage basin is in the Southern Alps in the central part of the South Island of New Zealand. The Alps are composed of complexly folded greywacke which is still actively rising. The basin has been modified by several glacial advances during Pleistocene time. </p><p>The Cass basin …
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