title: Seismic reflection characterisation and geomorphology of the Katikati Basin, Te Awanui (Tauranga Harbour), Aotearoa New Zealand

authors: Mathews, Erin

abstract: Te Awanui (Tauranga Harbour) contains two distinct basins the Katikati Basin in the north, and the Tauranga Basin in the south. The Katikati Basin is not well understood or researched as there is bias towards the Tauranga Basin due to dredging and port activities.

This thesis investigated the Katikati Basin below the surface via a shallow seismic survey and above the surface using historic air photographs and hydrographic charts. No obvious faults were discovered within the seismic survey, therefore the faults found in the Tauranga Basin which are potentially associated with the Taupō rift may not extend into the Katikati Basin. The area surrounding the low gravity anomaly was analysed and there was no clear indication of a caldera therefore the seismic survey did not penetrate deep enough to reach the sediments associated with the low gravity anomaly. The historical air photographs and hydrographic charts showed that most of the changes to the geomorphology occur at the entrance where the tidal inlet has narrowed and deepened and at Waikoura Point on Matakana Island the spit tip changes shape and goes through periods of erosion and accretion especially during a triple-dip La Niña event of the El Niño Southern Oscillation Cycle.

Unfortunately no coring samples were taken within the Katikati basin for this study, therefore the true thickness of the Holocene sediments were not determined however, other studies revealed Holocene sediments up to 20 m in depth which was the depth of this seismic survey therefore I am certain no Pleistocene sediments were reached. There is much more to be researched on the Katikati Basin and this thesis builds as a starting point.

text: Seismic reflection characterisation and geomorphology of the Katikati Basin, Te Awanui (Tauranga Harbour), Aotearoa New Zealand Te Awanui (Tauranga Harbour) contains two distinct basins the Katikati Basin in the north, and the Tauranga Basin in the south. The Katikati Basin is not well understood or researched as there is bias towards the Tauranga Basin due to dredging and port activities.

This thesis investigated the Katikati Basin below the surface via a shallow seismic survey and above the surface using historic air photographs and hydrographic charts. No obvious faults were discovered within the seismic survey, therefore the faults found in the Tauranga Basin which are potentially associated with the Taupō rift may not extend into the Katikati Basin. The area surrounding the low gravity anomaly was analysed and there was no clear indication of a caldera therefore the seismic survey did not penetrate deep enough to reach the sediments associated with the low gravity anomaly. The historical air photographs and hydrographic charts showed that most of the changes to the geomorphology occur at the entrance where the tidal inlet has narrowed and deepened and at Waikoura Point on Matakana Island the spit tip changes shape and goes through periods of erosion and accretion especially during a triple-dip La Niña event of the El Niño Southern Oscillation Cycle.

Unfortunately no coring samples were taken within the Katikati basin for this study, therefore the true thickness of the Holocene sediments were not determined however, other studies revealed Holocene sediments up to 20 m in depth which was the depth of this seismic survey therefore I am certain no Pleistocene sediments were reached. There is much more to be researched on the Katikati Basin and this thesis builds as a starting point.

year: 2024

title: A necessary fiction: The ritualisation of stakeholder practices in New Zealand cinema

authors: Davies, Megan Jane

abstract: This thesis argues that stability of the concept ‘national cinema’ is located in the discursive positioning of individual films in such a way that they are connected to a national ‘common ground’, one which is ritually accessed via engagement with media such as cinema. This positioning, however, is not quantifiable and may not be identified as arising from any particular production practice, dimension of popularity, theme, style, characteristic of production personnel, and so on. By synthesising the work of several theorists and applying this synthesis to a selection of films, a framework of ideas (around the ritualised ‘flagging’ of the national via the expression of stakeholder interests) is applied to cinema in New Zealand. In particular, an ideoscape is ultimately mapped as a result of applying this framework of ideas. The normative assumptions of national cinema are examined in this way and found to be lacking despite the weight that the term ‘national cinema’ continues to have.

text: A necessary fiction: The ritualisation of stakeholder practices in New Zealand cinema This thesis argues that stability of the concept ‘national cinema’ is located in the discursive positioning of individual films in such a way that they are connected to a national ‘common ground’, one which is ritually accessed via engagement with media such as cinema. This positioning, however, is not quantifiable and may not be identified as arising from any particular production practice, dimension of popularity, theme, style, characteristic of production personnel, and so on. By synthesising the work of several theorists and applying this synthesis to a selection of films, a framework of ideas (around the ritualised ‘flagging’ of the national via the expression of stakeholder interests) is applied to cinema in New Zealand. In particular, an ideoscape is ultimately mapped as a result of applying this framework of ideas. The normative assumptions of national cinema are examined in this way and found to be lacking despite the weight that the term ‘national cinema’ continues to have.

year: 2011

title: Learning in later life: a bicultural perspective from Aotearoa/New Zealand

authors: Findsen, Brian

abstract: This article is concerned with how learning in later life has been constructed and practised by the two most numerous ethnic groups in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Pākėhā (Europeans) and Māori (Indigenous people). It is argued that learning is heavily influenced by historic features of interaction between these two groups; Pākehā as the dominant cultural and economic group and Māori as subordinate. While contemporary perspectives are necessarily interpreted in the light of historical trends and events, fresh interpretations of what constitutes biculturalism in this country allow for more nuanced understanding of possibilities for and obstacles to older adult learning/education. Themes from lifelong learning are analysed with special reference to older people’s learning, the consequences of Māori sovereignty on pedagogy and trends identified for older adult education. Two linked case studies of Pākehā and Māori older adult education in a New Zealand university are described to illustrate complexities and tensions in provision in a bicultural context.

text: Learning in later life: a bicultural perspective from Aotearoa/New Zealand This article is concerned with how learning in later life has been constructed and practised by the two most numerous ethnic groups in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Pākėhā (Europeans) and Māori (Indigenous people). It is argued that learning is heavily influenced by historic features of interaction between these two groups; Pākehā as the dominant cultural and economic group and Māori as subordinate. While contemporary perspectives are necessarily interpreted in the light of historical trends and events, fresh interpretations of what constitutes biculturalism in this country allow for more nuanced understanding of possibilities for and obstacles to older adult learning/education. Themes from lifelong learning are analysed with special reference to older people’s learning, the consequences of Māori sovereignty on pedagogy and trends identified for older adult education. Two linked case studies of Pākehā and Māori older adult education in a New Zealand university are described to illustrate complexities and tensions in provision in a bicultural context.

year: 2016