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A boosted HP filter for business cycle analysis: evidence from New Zealand’s small open economy.

Hall, Viv B; Thomson, Peter (2022)

We investigate whether the boosted HP filter (bHP) proposed by Phillips and Shi (2021) might be preferred for New Zealand trend and growth cycle analysis, relative to using the standard HP filter (HP1600). We do this for ...

"Evidence of me" becoming "evidence of us": A case study of the policy, processes and responses of selected GLAM institutions to personal donations of collections and artifacts

Day, Alison Suzanne (Victoria University of Wellington, 2021-06-22)

Research problem: Donors are important contributors to collection development in GLAM institutions, yet interactions with potential donors and communication of procedures and policies is under researched. To address the ...

An examination into the ways in which museums communicate about and engage audience on climate change and environmental issues on their Facebook platforms

Bikovska, Dragana (2021-06-22)

Climate change is one of the biggest challenges that the world is facing at the moment. The climate change issue has been identified as “one of the most significant and fastest growing threats to people and their heritage ...

Written Feedback In Second Language Writing: Perceptions Of Vietnamese Teachers And Students

Nguyen, Phuong Anh (Victoria University of Wellington, 2021)

Writing can be very challenging for ESL students since they need to overcome the changes associated with academic writing styles and their mechanics in order to improve their writing skills (Hyland & Hyland, 2006). In ...

Chinese Immigrant Academic Librarians' Experiences and Perceptions of Career Advancement in New Zealand

Sang, Hu (2021)

For many professionals, career advancement is an important goal and part of their professional life. Nevertheless, due to the ever-competitive nature of the workplaces, the prosperity of advancement is limited as the ...

Campaign: A Content Analysis of the New Zealand-based Chinese Language Ethnic Media’s Coverage of the 2008, 2011 and 2014 New Zealand General Elections

Hoyle, Caleb (Victoria University of Wellington, 2021)

New Zealand’s ethnic Chinese population has grown significantly since the selection criteria of immigrants shifted from being defined by ethnic or national origin to personal merit in 1987. The ease with which non-citizens ...

A Study of Long-Form Works for the Jazz Ensemble

Brake, Ryan (Victoria University of Wellington, 2021)

Reflections (In Mosaic) is a long-form work written for a modern jazz orchestra. While made up of seven smaller parts, it is intended to be listened to as a single continuous performance. Reflections (In Mosaic) serves as ...

Golden Years – Understanding the New Zealand Superannuation Fund

Bell, Matthew (2021)

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZSF) is one of New Zealand’s largest publicly-owned financial assets. Its primary purpose is to act as an inter-generational tax smoothing vehicle, in order to assist future taxpayers ...

“It’s Beyond You, But You’re A Part of It”: Mountaineering in the Southern Alps of Aotearoa New Zealand

Scully, Morgan (Victoria University of Wellington, 2021)

This thesis provides a phenomenological exploration of the lived experience of mountaineering in New Zealand. Based on fieldwork completed in the Southern Alps and Mount Ruapehu, it offers an analysis into how mountaineers ...

Comparing Income Distributions Using Atkinson’s Measure of Inequality

Creedy, John (2021)

This paper is aimed at undergraduate and graduate economics students, and public sector economists, who are interested in inequality measurement. It examines the use of the Atkinson inequality measure to compare income ...

What is happening to tax policy in New Zealand and is it sensible?

Gemmell, Norman (2021)

This paper reviews two recent changes to tax policy settings in New Zealand: an increase in the top income tax rate and a ‘housing package’. It argues that both represent ad hoc responses without a coherent strategy. ...

Distributional Comparisons Using the Gini Inequality Measure

Creedy, John (2021)

This paper is aimed at undergraduate and graduate economics students, and public sector economists, who are interested in inequality measurement. It examines the use of the Gini inequality measure to compare income ...

The Physics of Interdigitated Dielectrometry Sensors and Application as In-Situ Oil Oxidation Monitoring

Risos, Alexander (Victoria University of Wellington, 2021)

Monitoring of hydrocarbon oxidation is of great importance in many industry applications and reliable in-situ measurements are a challenge. In literature, it was shown that new versus degraded hydrocarbons show a change ...

Integrated conservation of the Whenua Hou Diving Petrel

Fischer, Johannes (Victoria University of Wellington, 2021)

Seabirds are one of the most threatened taxa on the planet. These species are also considered ecosystem engineers. Therefore, seabirds are of particular conservation interest. One of the most threatened seabirds is the ...

Illustrating Income Mobility and Poverty Persistence

Creedy, John; Gemmell, Norman (2021)

This paper is aimed at graduate and undergraduate economics students interested in income inequality and mobility. It summarises several diagrams introduced in recent literature to illustrate income mobility. The ...

Ngā Ohaoha a Te Matatini Measuring the Kapa Haka Economy

Takoko, Mere (Victoria University of Wellington, 2021)

While this thesis largely examines the economic contribution of Kapa Haka, it also sets out a framework to inform future research to ensure that the inequalities of today will not be visited upon the mokopuna of tomorrow. ...

Income and Extratropical Cyclones in New Zealand

Apurba, Roy; Ilan, Noy; Harold E., Cuffe (2021)

Aotearoa New Zealand is highly vulnerable to extratropical cyclones because of its unique location in the midlatitude south pacific region. This study empirically investigates the impact of the extratropical cyclones on ...

Taxation, user cost of capital and investment behaviour of New Zealand firms

Nolan, Gulnara; Nolan, Matt (2021)

This paper investigates the relationship between the user cost of capital (UCC) and the investment behaviour of New Zealand firms both in the short and long run. The key goal is to understand how policy changes that influence ...

Economic Lessons for Tax Policy Advisers

Gemmell, Norman (2021)

This paper aims to provide tax policy advisers with some lessons from the general economics and public economics literatures relevant for the design of ‘good tax policy’ in relatively developed OECD economies such as New ...

Management of Prelabour Rupture of Membranes at Term, at Northland District Health Board.

Hay, Rebecca (Victoria University of Wellington, 2021)

Background Prelabour rupture of membranes at term (PROM) is a subject of interest to women and maternity care providers alike. Management of PROM varies internationally, and regionally within New Zealand, despite the ...

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