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Showing 1 to 20 of 1513 for “"Waikato"”.
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The chronology of Waikato pā: A spatio-temporal investigation of pā in the middle Waikato basin
… proliferation, and development within the Middle Waikato Basin through a spatio-temporal investigation of palisade construction activity as identified at six pā (fortified places). The chronological approach applied in this thesis uses 14C wiggle-match dating to provide an accurate and precise …
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Military Settlement in the Middle Waikato Basin
… phase in the European occupation of the Middle Waikato Basin. Prior to the 1863 - 1864 Waikato War, few Europeans, other than a small number of missionaries and traders, were settled in the region. The setting of the Middle Waikato Basin was largely unmodified by Man, except along the major …
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The development of community orchestras in the Waikato
Orchestral music in the Waikato has a long and rich history, although to date there has been little exploration of this. Indeed, research about musical growth and development in New Zealand is sparse and fragmented in terms of both time and geography. By focusing on a particular region that has yet …
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Total quality management and drinking water quality: The Waikato experience
… of drinking water in water utilities within the Waikato Region and the role of Total Quality Management (TQM) and its models (i.e. ISO 9000 Series Standards, ISO 14000 Series Standards, and the different Quality Awards like The Deming Prize and the Malcolm Baldrige Award and its New Zealand …
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Homai raa. Kia purutia, kia hereherea, taawhiwhi taamau. Ka pai. Taawhiwhi taumau, he tauira waiora a Waikato : The creation of a Waikato-specific Maaori health model
… to the health needs and desires of the people of Waikato (The collective name of the tribes of the Waikato basin). Globally, minority populations (including Maaori) are consistently and disproportionately over represented in many health, education and incarceration statistics. Colonisation, …
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Reduction of water and bed levels in the lower Waikato River
… reduction in water and bed levels of the lower Waikato River, to identify probable factors influencing the reduction, and to predict the future water and bed levels at Huntly in relation to the Huntly Power Station management Sediments in the Waikato River are composed of gravelly pumiceous …
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Enhancing child development services for neurodivergent children in Waikato: A qualitative study
… for the Child Development Centre (CDC) in the Waikato district by considering stakeholders' perspectives regarding support for neurodivergent children and ways to adapt service delivery to ensure improved health and social outcomes. Participants: Stakeholders from health and education sectors, …
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Imaging and Imagining the Waikato: A Spatial History c.1800-c.1914
This thesis reframes the history of the Waikato from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries through a spatial history approach using a visual archive. I argue that Pākehā images of the Waikato were both contemporary records and instruments of colonisation in the region, and that the …
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Sport in the Waikato c.1897-1974: Narratives of Play, Identity and Belonging
… thesis engages with narratives of sport in the Waikato region over a period of eighty years to examine these representations as they produced meanings of sporting activities for local people. Informed by competing ideas about historical truth, the thesis interprets printed media as …
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Food webs in the lower Waikato River and the role of hydrogeomorphic complexity
… section of New Zealand’s longest river, the Waikato River. Zones of potential ecological importance influencing carbon transfer along the lower Waikato River were identified using a combination of (i) high-frequency, along-river water quality measurements collected during four seasons and …
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The ecology of the lucerne flea, Sminthurus viridis, in the South-Auckland/Waikato area
… is an annual pest in pastures in the Auckland/Waikato area. It damages legumes, particularly white clover, from late autumn until early summer, with a peak in infestation in spring. No research into the seasonality of the lucerne flea (LF) has been done in New Zealand. It was therefore decided …
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Dairy farm women in the Waikato 1946-1996: fifty years of social and structural change
… of the changes that have taken place in the Waikato Region 1946-1996. I investigate changes, including the household and farm strategies which have been brought about by technical, social, economic and political procedures experienced by dairy farm women over a 50 year period. Structuration …
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Maori participation in higher education: Tainui graduates from the University of Waikato, 1992 to 1997
… Board and who graduated from the University of Waikato between 1992 and 1997. The thesis addresses two questions: what factors contributed to the success of Tainui graduates at the University of Waikato? What effect did programmes, policies and initiatives offered by the University of Waikato …
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Responses of wild freshwater fish to anthropogenic stressors in the Waikato River of New Zealand
… diffuse discharges on fish populations of the Waikato River, compare responses to different discharges and identify potential sentinel fish species, we sampled wild populations of brown bullhead catfish (Ameiurus nebulosus, (LeSueur, 1819)), shortfin eel (Anguilla australis Richardson, 1848), …
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Cross-cultural differences in environmental valuation: a choice modelling application to water resources in the Waikato
… non-Māori in a waterway context. Preferences of Waikato University students were derived from a choice experiment and supplemented with additional measures of Māori cultural identity, to measure the strength of affiliation with traditional Māori culture; and connectedness to nature, to measure …
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The spatial equity and sustainability of general practitioner services: A mixed methods analysis of the Waikato DHB region
… care. For instance, adult residents of the Waikato region, and in particular Māori, have higher levels of unmet need for primay care than others. Improving the spatial equity of health services is a key step in achieving health equity. Health systems should contribute to achieving health …
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A changing dialogue within health communication in New Zealand: a case study of the Waikato screening mammography programme
… in Otago and Southland, the other in the greater Waikato region. As a community-based health intervention, the breast screening programme communicates with eligible women to encourage them to participate in screening mammograms every two years. The purpose is early detection and treatment of …
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A secret ingredient for SMEs performance: Human resource management in cafés and restaurants in Auckland and Waikato, New Zealand
… and restaurant businesses in the Auckland and Waikato regions in New Zealand. The study used mixed methods: with priority to surveys first and conducting semi-structured interviews in later stage. The quantitative (survey) data comprised matched pairs of 107 small- and medium-sized cafés and …
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Stories of relocation to the Waikato: Spaces of emotion and affect in the 2010/2011 Canterbury earthquakes, Aotearoa New Zealand
… of people from 19 households who moved to the Waikato region of New Zealand as a result of the Canterbury earthquakes and aftershocks. It is argued that exploring relocation through the lens of emotion and affect can give rise to an understanding of the collective aspects of non-conscious, …
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A formative and process evaluation of a service development group: an analysis of the Waikato Hospital Board’s review of maternity services
… analysis of what occurred before and during the Waikato Hospital Board’s Review of Maternity Services. An historical perspective of the Service Development Group (SDG) approach to health planning is presented together with information about the establishment of the SDG and review process. Nine …
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