• Woman alone: solitude in selected short stories by Katherine Mansfield, Janet Frame, and Jacqueline Sturm 

  Hoskins, Polly Isabella Cumnor (University of Canterbury, 2020)

  The great accomplishment of Michele Leggott in her seminal essay on women’s writing in New Zealand poetry, “Opening the Archive: Robin Hyde, Eileen Duggan and the persistence of record”, is to point to “a lost matrix of ...

• A survey of training in industry, with special reference to female employees in the clothing trade in Christchurch, New Zealand 

  Wilson, Nancye Ellen (University of Canterbury, 1945)

  The aim of this survey of training in industry, with special reference to female employees in the clothing trade, is to outline recognised methods of training, to evaluate methods used in Christchurch, New Zealand, on the ...

• An inordinate disdain for beetles: imagining the insect in colonial Aotearoa 

  Duval, Lillian (University of Canterbury, 2020)

  This thesis examines cultural representations of insects over the last two centuries of European settlement in Aotearoa, with a view to better understanding the contemporary human-insect relationship. The study spans both ...

• Addressing New Zealand’s oil security in 2040 : policymaking in an uncertain world 

  Dalley, Tobias H. (University of Canterbury, 2020)

  Oil remains one of the most important resources for the operation of New Zealand’s economy and society. Having an accurate perception of the country’s oil supply security and the effectiveness of security-improving policies ...

• The sustinable Dead: Seeds of cultural syncretism in bodu disposal 

  McManus R (2020)

• Democratic commitment and the New Zealand Official Secrets Act : contradiction in terms 

  Turnbull, Peter Geoffrey (University of Canterbury, 1980)

  Information and access to it, is a vital ingredient in the democratic model. Government secrecy however inhi­ bits the flow of information to citizens. This denial of fu.Ll and accurate information stunts and weakens public ...

• Ethnic media and multi-dimensional identity: Pacific audiences’ connections with Māori media 

  Ross T (2020)

  This study explores issues of identity, hybridity and media in an Aotearoa/New Zealand context by analysing Pacific audiences’ affinity for and use of Indigenous Māori media. It makes the case for broadening ethnic ...

• Anglican church music in Canterbury 1850-1900 

  Bornet, Christopher Philip Prior (University of Canterbury, 1973)

  Speaking to members of the Lyttelton Colonists’ Society in 1851, John Robert Godley outlined the fortunes of the Canterbury Association, both in London where it originated, and in New Zealand. It had, he noted, followed a ...

• Iron Cross and Crescent Press Discussion of the Ottoman Empire in the United Kingdom, 1914-1918 

  Steel, Daniel (University of Canterbury, 2019)

  First World War historians have increasingly sought to move beyond conventional narratives of a self-contained Anglo-German conflict. It was, after all, a ‘world war’, reflected in the United Kingdom’s four years of nearly ...

• Authenticity and authority of voice in the post-serial investigative podcast genre. 

  Fletcher, Lewis (University of Canterbury, 2020)

  In recent years, audio podcasting has become a massively popular medium for long form, non- fiction storytelling. In 2019, 62 million Americans listened to podcasts regularly, more than triple the number who did so in 2013 ...

• A slice of wedding cake history 

  Cobley, Joanna (2020)

• Britain and strategic planning towards a second front, June 1940 - January 1944 

  Miller, David G. (University of Canterbury, 2005)

  In its original proposal, this thesis aimed to examine the wartime policies of Winston Churchill and his influence on Britain's decision to campaign throughout North Africa and the Mediterranean region and to assess whether ...

• New Zealand’s relations with post-communist Central and Eastern European countries since their accession to the European Union. 

  Griffin, Adam (University of Canterbury, 2020)

  New Zealand’s relations with the Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) have, for the most part, always been limited. Despite some improvement throughout the latter half of the 20th century, as New Zealand tried ...

• An auscultation of reminiscence 

  De Lautour R (2020)

• Phonological and Morphological Effects in the Acceptability of Pseudowords 

  Needle, J.; Pierrehumbert, J.; Hay, Jennifer B. (2020)

  We develop a large set of pseudowords that systematically varies length and phonotactic probability, and obtain acceptability ratings using an online interface. We find that phonotactic likelihood and the presence of an ...

• Cross-Straits Relations and the Taiwan Voter 

  Tan, Alexander C.; Ho, Karl (University of Michigan Press, 2017)

• Political Consequences of New Zealand's MMP System in Comparative Perspective 

  Shugart, Matthew S.; Tan, Alexander C. (University of Michigan Press, 2016)

• Recipes, Armistice and remembrance: cookbooks and the cult of housewifery c1918-c1948 

  Cobley, Joanna (Kōwhiti House, 2017)

• The Bridge of a Single Hair 

  De Lautour, R. (2018)

• Sir Robert Stout, P.C., K.C.M.C., D.C.L., L.L.D. : his early life, ministry and character 

  Hamlin, Reginald Henry James (University of Canterbury, 1931)

  For presenting this subject, no apology is necessary. While the history of New Zealand is read, Sir Robert tout’s name will not be forgotten. But the purpose of this dissertation and the length and varied interests of Sir ...

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