Browsing Unitec Research by Title
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LAB: Research Theatre Company (part two) - Creating a dialogue with the audience
(2011)The research project LAB: Research Theatre Company (part two) - Creating a Dialogue with the Audience was designed to investigate the dramaturgical development of the theatre show Alfonsina (and the theme of immigration) ... -
Landscape for life - An investigation of opportunities for aesthetic improvement and biodiversity enhancement for living roofs in New Zealand
(2010)Living roofs offer an opportunity to bring conservation into a contemporary context integrated within urban landscapes. Once neglected and under-utilized roof landscapes can now become biodiverse enclaves of indigenous ... -
Landscapes for life (Stage 2) – An investigation of opportunities for aesthetic improvement and biodiversity enhancement for living roofs in New Zealand
(2012)Results from stage 2 of this project have shown that a New Zealand indigenous extensive living roof plant community can provide the basic microhabitat variables required to support lizards with the exception of humidity. ... -
Learner engagement with where-to-next feedback in early tertiary studies
(ePress, Unitec|Te Pūkenga, 2023-11-29)Learners on the New Zealand Diploma in Business are early tertiary learners and do not perform as well as it is believed that they should. In addition, there is a disparity between ethnicities and age groups. This study ... -
Learning through the multi-disciplinary studio
(2020-12-07)PROBLEM: The environmental effects of climate change on the world's cities are becoming more and more evident Sea level rise, pluvial flooding, storm water contamination are just some of the environmental issues that will ... -
Learning to speak nursing : using early adult literacy assessment and targeted intervention to promote student success on the Bachelor of Nursing programme
(2020-12-07)LNAAT testing Quasi-experimental design Pathways Awarua By the numbers Characteristics of the group Outcomes References and acknowledgements -
Let us keep together not wide apart = Waiho i te toipoto Kaua i te toiroa: The space between us. A conversation on ambulatory research
(2021-12)Walking in its symbolic form could be considered as humans first aesthetic act, initiating order in chaos or the void (te kore) and transformational of the spaces traversed. Eventually these early human journeys became ... -
London Town
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Low cost Codesys Raspberry Pi based virtual simulations and development of motion control implementation
(2022-12-09)Education Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) hardware systems tend to be laboratory based and entail a cost per unit and as class numbers increase, the cost increases proportionally which can ultimately limit class sizes. ... -
M[ ]VE : body tactics : a vertical studio project in the architecture programme
(2020-10-09)Architectural space is designed and built for occupation by the body: the individual body, the collective body, the bodies of all species... as becoming architects we must develop an awareness and a recognition of this ... -
Machine learning technology and its application to computer games for health education
(2012)Driven by an initiative of the Adult & Paediatric Diabetes Psychology Service of New Zealand, research has been performed to develop new mechanisms, in the form of computer games, to educate children and teenagers about ... -
Making ancestors
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Male student engagement with school counsellors
(2021-12-06)This presentation reports on Phase One of a multi-stage investigation into the supports and constraints encountered by male secondary students seeking engagement with their school’s counsellor(s) in New Zealand co-educational ... -
Managing disasters in New Zealand from a civil/structural engineering perspective
(2022-12-08)Introduction: types of disasters Earthquake Earthquake in New Zealand - seismic assessment of existing buildings - effects of earthquake on existing buildings - damage pinched hysteretic behavior of mails - backbone ... -
Mā te huruhuru, ka rere te manu: Gaining insights into the experiences of postgraduate tauira Māori within vocational education
(2021-12)Why this study? Our research Research focus: We aim to: •Identify key challenges faced by tauira Māori undertaking postgraduate work particularly in relation to thesis writing process •Identify key factors that ... -
Measuring social cohesion in community settings: Case studies of pre- and post-Internet intervention
(2012)This case study in a school community near Unitec, in Avondale, aimed to assess strategies for building social cohesion as an element in successful implementation of a community internet scheme. It focused specifically on ... -
A micro-study of Greek female immigrants to New Zealand in the 60s
(2012)The research aim of this research project was to explore the migratory experiences of a distinct group of single women who left Greece en masse to undertake domestic work in New Zealand in the early 1960’s. This was an ... -
Microwave moisture levelling of lucerne chaff
(2020-12-07)This project has seen the development of a low cost method of microwave drying of lucerne chaff prior to packaging and distribution. Lucerne has long been used as a high protein food source for livestock in particular for ... -
MLearning where the 'm' stands for messing about
(2015-10)In our field-based Bachelor of Teaching (ECE) programme our students work alongside children who are 21st century learners, navigating fast changing environments that are increasingly shaped by digital technologies. By ...