In the past there have been a number of commentaries on the potential of regionalism in landscape architecture. In the context of New Zealand there is indication to suggest it is re-emerging as a method of approaching ...

The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) posits that the expected return on an asset, for instance stocks, is linearly and positively related to beta. The model also holds that beta sufficiently explains any variation in ...

This Master's thesis is a history of apprenticeship in New Zealand. Apprenticeship has traditionally been the main route for entry into the skilled trades. At one level apprenticeship is a way of training people to do a ...

This document provides 'food for thought' for provision of improved and effective creation of Community Based Environmental Management within New Zealand. The focus of this report is primarily on supporting Care groups ...

The purpose of this report was to identify underlying issues in the strong wool industry both here in New Zealand and the international market and find ways to look forward with a more positive approach. Since the release ...

‘Rural restructuring’ has frequently been used to indicate the magnitude, and conceptualise the nature, of contemporary change in the countryside. Most notably, concern has focused upon the fundamental changes in economic ...

There are many factors that have been proposed to contribute to plant invasiveness in nonnative ecosystems. Traits of invading species are one of them. It has been proposed that successful species at a certain invasion ...

Biotechnology and, increasingly, genetic modification (GM) are some of the most powerful tools we have to keep ahead of the demands of an ever growing and increasingly health conscious population, while maintaining our ...

Intrigued by a Ministry for the Environment report on the value of New Zealand's clean green image in dollar terms; and the economic possibilities of branding products to such a flagship, led me to research the topic ...

The study of Solow (1957) stimulated debate among economists on the role of technical change in economic growth. The consensus has been that technological change accounts for a significant proportion of gross national ...