Browsing Unitec Research Committee Reports 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. ... -
London Town
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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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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 ... -
Modelling and monitoring the Unitec standard house to improve sustainability and indoor environmental quality
(2012)This project takes a two-pronged approach to investigate issues around the thermal performance and internal environment of New Zealand housing. The first stage of measuring has been completed and the BIM model successfully ... -
Modelling and monitoring the Unitec standard house to improve sustainability and indoor environmental quality.
(2011)A testing facility has been established on the Unitec campus which allows monitoring of temperatures and humidity levels in a standard 3-bedroom house, operating as a control, to compare with the performance a second house ... -
A more sustainable hull form
(2011-01-01)The aim of the project was to find a planing powerboat hull form capable of being pushed through the water more easily than existing hull forms and yet which still maintains, or even improves on practical performance factors ... -
Overcoming the English language barrier: Perspectives of graduates, following experience of practice-based learning
(2011)The aim of this small-scale qualitative research project was to ascertain the strategies developed or used by graduate students to improve their spoken English language during their study experience. We hoped to identify ... -
Pacific diaspora media pilot project
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Passive improvements to address summertime overheating in the Unitec standard house
(2012)Results from a previously funded project, monitoring space temperatures in a house constructed by students, indicated that the roof space achieved extremely high temperatures. It was hypothesised that the high roof space ... -
Prevalence of internal parasites of Oligosoma infrapunctatum on Mokoia Island
(2011-01-01)One five day trip to Mokoia Island was planned for December 2010 and successfully completed in this research period. We were able to catch 30 skinks and collect two faecal samples. However, because of heavy rain we were ... -
Promoting heritage: a conservation study of Apia courthouse
(2013)The overall aim of the project was to protect the former Courthouse in Apia, Samoa from demolition, to research its history and its current physical state, to prepare a plan for its protection, restoration and future use. ...
