The establishment of national parks can generate significant changes for the people living in and around them. Acknowledging this, park managers around the world increasingly recognise that nature conservation and protected ...

The Resource Management Act (RMA) governs management of river resources in New Zealand. The RMA promotes the goal of sustainability, but it is largely administrative law, which is non-prescriptive with respect to environmental ...

The boutique accommodation experience is explored in order to identify the types of experiences hosts and guests aim to provide and receive. Qualitative in-depth interviews, applying principles of the laddering technique ...

While Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus) do not appear to have altered biologically since their introduction into New Zealand 100 years ago, the way people have viewed them and classified them has changed. Though at ...

New Zealand research on the physical activity levels of older adults has primarily focused on self-report methodologies and there has been a lack of quantification of what constitutes 'moderate-intensity' physical activity. ...

In recent decades, Aotearoa New Zealand's universities have become increasingly involved in the commercialisation of new technologies. Simultaneously, questions have arisen about their ability to critique these new ...

Each year, hundreds of first year students head to the Lincoln University campus to embark on university study. Many of them, however, do not continue past the first few weeks. When students decide to leave university ...

This thesis argues that while analysing markets and developing strategies to exploit the external market place and to attract tourists remains a central focus for tourism marketers, it is not enough on its own to achieve ...

The regulation of the importation of new plant species underwent a major shift in the late 1990's with the implementation of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996. Under HSNO plant species entering New Zealand ...