Kampung is a pervasive concept in Malay Culture and considered counter urban in contemporary discourse. Rural to urban migration of the Malays from kampung to cities occur at an accelerated pace in urbanizing Malaysia. ...

This thesis investigates landscape disturbance history in Westland since 1350 AD. Specifically, I test the hypothesis that large-magnitude regional episodes of natural disturbance have periodically devastated portions of ...

Charwell Basin is a 6 km-wide structural depression situated at the boundary between the axial ranges and faulted and folded Marlborough Fault Zone of north-eastern South Island, New Zealand. The basin contains the piedmont ...

This comparative study assessed the usefulness of the convergence thesis as a tool for understanding developments in leisure, recreation and sport in New Zealand and Malaysia. The study examined the interrelationship between ...

Liquefaction affects late Holocene, loose packed and water saturated sediment subjected to cyclical shear stress. Liquefaction features in the geological record are important off-fault markers that inform about the occurrence ...

Internationally, liver abscessation is reported as a major issue affecting the health and productivity of beef cattle under intensive total mixed ration production systems. With the increasing intensity of pastoral ...

This thesis proposes a hybrid theory, informed by multiple clientelism and New Public Management, to examine local government authority and autonomy under interest group influence in a modern New Zealand context. Multiple ...

Loline alkaloids are commonly found in the endophyte-infected grasses tall fescue and meadow fescue (Festuca pratensis). In meadow fescue, lolines are often found in the absence of other alkaloids. The main objective of ...

Small towns are a vital part of the travel circuit in New Zealand, and small town travel space is a unique situation where global visitors meet the people and lived spaces of the local everyday. Connecting small towns to ...

Bearing witness to tragedy, the aftermath of genocide often resides quite evidently within the landscape. A potent container of memories and representation, the landscape provides both a symbolic role in which to honour ...