224New Zealand Journal of History, 37, 2 (2003) Research THESES COMPLETED 2002–2003 The University of Auckland MLitt Sherwood, V. Hare Winiata and the Epsom Murder, 1876. Narrative and Speculation MA Barnes, W. A Cultural History of the Black Death in England and Italy Hyde, C. The Benefit of War? An Investigation into the New Zealand Nurses Who Served Abroad, 1939–1945 Johnson, M. ‘Land of the Wrong White Crowd’: Pakeha Anti-Racist Organisations and Identity Politics in Auckland, 1964–1981 Laurenson, H. ‘Going Up, Going Down!’: The Rise and Fall of Auckland Department Stores, 1920–1960 Mather, F. Negotiating With Neutrality: Britain’s Relations with Spain, Portugal, Sweden and Switzerland, 1943–1945 McNamara, H. The Sole Organ of the Irish Race in New Zealand? A Social and Cultural History of the New Zealand Tablet and its Readers, 1898– 1923 Moody, N. The Promotion of New Zealand, 1950–1980 Moore, G. ‘Strangers to the Country’: An Oral History of Vietnamese Identity in Auckland Yamauchi, K. Humanizing the Enemy: Exploring the Humanity of Japanese Soldiers in the Solomons Islands During the Pacific War University of Canterbury PhD Ferguson, P. The Making of White New Zealand Policy: Nationalism, Citizenship and the Exclusion of the Chinese, 1880–1920 Lean, J.H. The Secret Lives of Slaves: Berbice, 1819– 1827 Lewis, K. The Mt Cook Group: A Cash Flow Analysis and Business History Reid, M. But By My Spirit: A History of the Charismatic Renewal in Christchurch, 1960–1985 Smithies, J. Imaging New Zealand: Literacy Critique and Cultural Redefinition, 1940–1983 MA Bloy, L. The Past as it Appeared to those Present: ‘Class’ in the Eye of the Beholder in 1930s and 1940s New Zealand Society Campbell, E. Scottish Identity in Dunedin and Christchurch to c.1920: An Application of the New ‘British History’ to New Zealand Churton, W. Alternative Music in New Zealand, 1981–2001: Definitions, Comparisons, and History RESEARCH 225 Coleman, S. ‘Come over and help us’: White Women, Reform and the Missionary Endeavour in India 1876–1920 Gush, N. Beauty of Health: Cora Wilding and the Sunlight League Kerr, S.D. ‘Good Old Clyde’: Clyde Carr MP, Timaru and the Art of Incumbency, 1928–1962 Parsons, G. The Christchurch Community at War 1914– 1918: Society, Discourse and Power Massey University – Albany PhD Young, G. Nga Kooti Whenua. The Dynamics of a Colonial Encounter MA Beatson, E. Becoming a Three Tikanga Church: The Bi- Cultural Commission on the Revision of the [Anglican] Church Constitution, 1986–1992 MPhil Tutagalevao, E.J. Establishing Zion in Sauniatu Village: A Historical Analysis of a Latter-Day Saints Gathering in Samoa Massey University – Palmerston North MA Logan, J-M. The Wedded Soul: Mystical Marriage in Late Medieval Female Mysticism Towers, R. Land of Milk and . Gas? Economic Change and its Social Consequences in 1980s Taranaki School of Mäori Studies PhD Edwards, W. Te Ihu Waka: The Interface Between Research and Mäori Development Fitzgerald, S. Te Whare Rünanga: The House of Learning MA Hayes, D. Wähine Kaihautü, Wähine Whai Mana. Navigating the Tides of Change: Whakatohea Women and Tribal Socio-Politics MacFarland, A. Te Ähua o te Poroporoaki ki a Ngäi Tühoe University of Otago PhD Clarke, A. A Cultural History of Public Holidays and Festivals in Early Colonial Otago Kuzma, J. Landscape Literature and Identity. New Zealand Late Colonial Literature as Environmental Text Mitchell, J. Immigration MA Bagge, M. Clyde High Dam Seal, B. A History of New Zealand Winemakers Victoria University of Wellington MA Dewson, E. ‘Agnes, Alex, Mag and I’: Rural Women and Sibling Relationships in New Zealand, 1870s–1930s 226 New Zealand Journal of History, 37, 2 (2003) RESEARCH ESSAYS/DISSERTATIONS COMPLETED 2002–2003 The University of Auckland Jeffery, C. Origins, Traditions and Journeys Connected with the Waikato River Massey University – Albany Deason, A. The Native Health Nursing Scheme, 1911– 1930 McKeever, H. Houses and the Real Estate Industry Post 1950: Selling the ‘New Zealand Dream’ Massey University – Palmerston North Bell, R. The Development of a Feminist Historiography in New Zealand, 1970–1999 Duke, A. ‘A Fool’s Paradise’? New Zealand’s Reaction to the Japanese Threat in 1941–1942 Hickey, C. ‘My old frying pan is not coming back to rip the guts out of any New Zealander’: New Zealand Responses to the Sino-Japanese War, July 1937–March 1938 Knowles, H. Promoting Prohibition: The New Zealand Alliance for the Abolition of the Liquor Traffic’s Campaign, 1914–1920 Lane, S. A History of the Waikato Branch, Federation of University Women, 1955–2000 Luxford, S. ‘Partners in the Welfare of the Nation’: The Involvement of Cambridge Women in Local Patriotic Organisations During the Great War Mathieson, H. The Resumption of French Nuclear Testing in 1995 and the Response of New Zealand McIntosh, G. Mother-Christ or Lover-Christ: Masculinity, Sexuality and the Female Image in the Texts of Bernard of Clairvaux, Francis of Assisi and Richard Rolle Ridge, P. ‘The Result is Chaos’: An Examination of the 1891 Royal Commission into Native Land Laws Scarfe, A. Early Maraekakaho Station Ward, J. ‘The Interposing Barrier’: Perceptions and Expectations of the British Army in New Plymouth in 1855 University of Otago Barton, C. The Empress Matilda in English Historical Writing, 1849–1991 RESEARCH 227 Barton, C. The Decline and Fall of Opera in Otago? The Dunedin Opera Company, 1957–1997 Broadhurst, M. Dunedin Presbyterian Children’s Homes, 1907–1939 Cooper, N. Historical Analysis of the 1981 Springbok Tour of New Zealand with Special Reference to Dunedin Deed, S. ‘A Credit to the City’: The Historical Significance of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Building, Dunedin Heritage, E. Ricoeur on History. An Investigation of the Nature of History as Proposed by Paul Ricoeur in his Time and Narrative Farr, A. Building the Machinery of Peace: New Zealand and the San Francisco Conference Greer, B. The City, Society and Golf at St Clair Greeves, C. ‘Hands off Beaumont’. The ‘Tuapeka’ Dam Controversy Hughes, S. Gender, Advertising and the Feminist Movement in 1970s New Zealand Keenan, L. For God, For King, and For Country? Factors Influencing Recruitment into the 28th (Maori) Battalion Ketchen, M. Changing Stance: National Party Policy on Nuclear Free New Zealand and ANZUS Kitto, L. Unacceptable Risk: An Analysis of the Anti-Nuclear Movement and the Anti-Food Irradiation Movement in New Zealand McKay, W. The Other Class of Women: Maternity Services Available for Destitute Women in Dunedin c.1886–1897 Milne, L. Fiordland — National Park? The Status of Fiordland Before 1952 Persen, E. The Beginnings of the ‘War on Terrorism’ Simpson, J. Te Hapa O Niu Tireni — ‘Left Out of New Zealand’? An Investigation of Maori Interactions with Pakeha in South Canterbury, 1844–1906 Wilson, C. Tatawai, Kai Tahu and the Claim Young, J. Aspects of the Thought of William Thomas Locke Travers Victoria University of Wellington Groshinski, L. Historical Fiction as Public History? Nelle Scanlan and the Pencarrow Novels Mercer, R. Local Mining of Nelson and Golden Bay, 1894–1904, with Special Reference to the Establishment of the Puponga Coal Mine O’Brien, R. A Woman’s Place: The Alexandra Home Buildings, 1879–1974 228 New Zealand Journal of History, 37, 2 (2003) Reilly, H. Electrifying Wellington: How Street Lights and Trams Transformed the Capital, 1901–1930 Swarbrick, N. Conserving to this Land What Properly Belongs to it: The Cultural Significance of the Maori Antiquities Act, 1901 University of Waikato MA/MSocSc Hapuku, C. The Maori Agricultural College, Hastings, 1913–1931 Kahu, A. From Subsistence Living to Participation in a Monetary Economy: Maori of the Taupo District, 1870–1930 THESES IN PROGRESS The University of Auckland PhD Albright, J. New Zealand, Canada and Anglo-French Appeasement in the 1930s Barry, R. New Zealand’s Defence Policy from the Last Years of the First World War to the End of 1975 Braren, A. A Social History of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in New Zealand, 1920–1970 Callister, S. Visualising Armageddon: The Iconography of New Zealand in World War I Chapman, S. Gender, Race, Class and the Victorian Interpretation of Racial Conflict Day, A. Child Immunisation: Reactions and Responses in New Zealand Government Policy 1925– 1975 Diggelmann, L. Marriage, Inheritance, and the Balance of Power in Twelfth-Century England and France Fortune, G. War and Marriage: War Brides of New Zealand Servicemen During World War Two Frank, T. ‘About Our Father’s Business’: Fatherhood in New Zealand, 1900–1940 Harper, W. The Second Law Harris, A. E Kore e Taea Oranga mo te Tangata i te Aroha me te Pipi Anake: Maori Leadership and Representation, 1945–1975 Hoar, P. Mass Media, Mass Culture and Propaganda in New Zealand, 1914–1918 Jenkins, J. Corporations and the State in New Zealand c.1960–1975 Kolesova, E. Changing Values in Japanese Education: An Historical Study O’Shaughnessy, M. New Zealand and the Spanish Civil War Prebble, K. Psychiatric Nursing in New Zealand, 1945– 1980 RESEARCH 229 Puckey, A. Relationship of Maori to the ‘Pakeha Economy’ Reid, N. A Critical Biography of James Michael Liston Taonui, R. Nga Tatai-Whakapapa: Dynamics in Oral Tradition Twohill, N. Trade and Relations Between New Zealand and the Southern Cone of Latin America Whittle, J. Electricity and the New Zealand Landscape, 1888–1998 Wilcox, M. A Social and Cultural History of Gay Men in Auckland, 1890–1990 Wyatt, P. Maori–Pakeha Relations in Northland, 1810s– 1860s MA Atchison, A. The Role of the Scottish Parliament and Its Relationship with the Court, 1513–1560 Barnes, F. New Zealand’s Londons: The Cultural and Economic Role of the Metropole During the Inter-War Period Black, P. History of Mining and Settlement in Northern New Caledonia Bolitho, S.