• The development of the use and the origins of the modern trust : Maitland's thesis, the crusades, and beyond 

  Breach, Lindsay Dean (University of Canterbury, 2018)

  This thesis advances a new theory to explain the origin of the use in English law. It defines a use, in the absence of consensus about definition, as occurring when a person (the feoffor) makes an enforceable grant of land ...

• Development of a prototype for a real-time variable rate bitumen spray system 

  Allison, Peter (University of Canterbury, 2018)

  This thesis presents work carried out on the development of a real-time variable rate bitumen spraying system. Sealing roads with bitumen binder and stone chip is used to provide a protective, wear resistant layer and ...

• Climate change and sustainable development in the Pacific: the EU’s contributions 2000-2017, with a case study on the Cook Islands 

  Abbott, S.R. (University of Canterbury, 2018)

  My thesis is going to mainly discuss climate change, sustainable development and the European Union’s climate change policies within the Pacific region, it will use the Cook Islands as a case study. The context for this ...

• Bring your own device (BYOD) and teacher pedagogy in a New Zealand primary school. 

  Rae G; Dabner NJ; Mackey J (2017)

  The practice of students bringing their own mobile devices (BYOD) to school is increasingly being used to leverage digital learning opportunities in New Zealand schools. This paper presents a summary of the findings from ...

• Practical Joule Heating for Phytosanitary Log Treatment 

  Heffernan WJB; van Herel M; Nursultanov N; Smart T (2016)

  A team at the University of Canterbury’s Electric Power Engineering Centre (EPECentre) has developed a laboratory machine and process that can rapidly and reliably Joule heat the sapwood of softwood timber. This treatment, ...

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