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Item Notes from a firefly : the reality of Isarn woman in the cross-cultural space : an extended essay presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the post-graduate degree of Master of Fine Arts at Massey University, Wellington, Aotearoa(Massey University, 2014) Boontoum, Nara-Ratch PoaNo abstract. The following is taken from chapter 1: Photography is my medium to express identity, my sense of being, feeling and creativity. /liken the course of this project as crossing oceans, often treacherous and frightening and rarely comfortable, but through this path, different layers of my identity unfold and reveal different dimensions about myself. The tide is rough, the night is cold, but I feel the freedom in my soul. This paper is a landing point.Item Who are we? : voice, accent and identity in New Zealand television advertising : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Media Studies at Massey University(Massey University, 2014) Phillips, HazelThis thesis examines the extent to which accent has informed constructions of national identity within New Zealand television advertising. It considers how accents have been introduced to, and used within, television commercials over time. In analysing representations of nationality in a series of texts, it also discussed how audiences are interpellated as 'ideal' citizens or 'real' New Zealanders, and which groups of society this may include/exclude. This thesis identifies and discusses five discourses of national identity in the advertising texts chosen and concludes that while accent and voice have shifted over time, constructions and representations of New Zealand's national identity have not experienced a shift to an equal extent.