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Examining parental predictors of young children’s problematic screen media use.
(2022)There is a rapid growth in children’s media use, which raise parents’ concern over time. Nowadays children can access to media at an early stage either actively or passively. Parenting practices behaviours start to intervene ... -
Young & restless : negotiating youthful gender identities in a "postfeminist" era
(1999)Within contemporary 'western', industrial culture the nature and experience of femininity and masculinity is characterised by tension and contradiction. This thesis looks at how young, subcultural women and men ... -
A pool of anglepoised light : the legacy of colonialism in three Indian novels written in English
(2000)This thesis examines the work of three major Indian novelists belonging to consecutive generations whose responses to the legacy of colonialism emerges from and signals important historical shifts in postcolonial India. ... -
The construction of exotic otherness :representation and colonial politics in the Pacific
(1999)This thesis works to deconstruct and dismantle the construction and representation of the West and the Pacific, portrayed respectively as Self and Other in a variety of textual mediums, including explorers' accounts, ... -
Sustainable futures : Christchurch and beyond
(2000)This thesis examines sustainable futures at various scales from international to local, focussing on processes occurring within Christchurch, New Zealand. In order for a sustainable future to occur, the integration of ... -
Stripping men : a comparison of the New Zealand play Ladies Night and the British film The Full Monty as they (re)define maleness in the post-feminist world
(2000)In what appears to be a reversal of conventional gender roles the male characters of the New Zealand play Ladies Night (1987) and the British film The Full Monty (1997) strip for a female audience. The phenomenal ... -
The role of the press in maintaining social ideology
(1998)The press perform a crucial role in facilitating the social, economic and political spheres which combine to bind society together. This thesis looks at the relationship between the press and ideology. It provides an account ... -
Dretske's representational thesis
(1999)The aim of this thesis is to defend the negative thesis that it is not the case that all mental facts are facts about indicator functions. That which I am arguing against is Fred Dretske's Representational Thesis. The ... -
Long term behavioural, psychiatric and cognitive outcomes following mild head injury in childhood
(2000)Mild head injury is generally considered to be a common but benign childhood event. Previous studies investigating potential cognitive and behavioural consequences have produced mixed findings and controversial outcomes, ... -
Maori internal migration, 1976-1986
(1988)This thesis examines Maori internal migration for the period 1976-1986. The main aims of this study, are firstly to provide an analysis of Maori migration during a period when there has been little written on the spatial ... -
The crack of the whip? : party cohesiveness and institutional consensus
(1987)Although numerous studies of the New Zealand Parliament have characterised MPs and their parties as exhibiting a high degree of discipline and cohesiveness in their legislative behaviour, none have provided more than a ... -
Commercial wildlife viewing tourism in the South Island : a comparative analysis
(1993)This thesis explores the planning and management of commercial wildlife viewing tourism. A conceptual framework was developed to aid the understanding of both the supply and demand perspectives of wildlife viewing. The ... -
Three New Zealand cause groups : a look at motivation
(1976)This study began as a simple inquiry into why a certain type of pressure group, the cause group, as opposed to the economic interest group, existed in the New Zealand political system. It was prompted by the writer's ... -
From the umu to the oven : emancipation for the women of the Cook Islands?
(1993)This thesis is based on the life histories of forty women from the Cook Islands. The aim is to make the experiences of these women visible. It recognises the concerns of feminist geography and therefore challenges the ... -
Tourism "off the beaten track" : alternative tourism as an appropriate form of tourism in Fiji
(1992)Mass tourism has become an integral component within the economies of most countries as nations realise the earning potential of this worldwide industry. In countries of the Third World, however, tourism has not proved ... -
'Preaching the social gospel' : Methodist pacifism, 1935-1945
(1988)This thesis is a study of pacifism in the Methodist Church during the 1930's and World War 11. It concentrates particularly on the nature of Methodist Pacifism at this time. This was based on Christian pacifism, the ... -
The depiction of women : a study of lead stories in three New Zealand women's magazines
(1999)This study examines the issues which surround the portrayal of women in three New Zealand women's magazines; New Zealand New Idea, New Zealand Woman's Day and New Zealand Woman's Weekly. This thesis takes the form ...