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Prof Michael Roche D.Litt, PhD, MA

Professor

School of People, Environment and Planning

There are three major strands to Professor Roche’s writing and research that have been developed over the last 30 years: ‘historical geography’, Agrifood studies, and Geographic Thought

His major long term substantive research focus has been on forests. and forestry in NZ.. Research outputs in this area include his definitive works Forest Policy in New Zealand: An Historical Geography 1840-1919 (1984) and History of Forestry in New Zealand (1990). Unusual for a geographer, he has produced a number of biographical studies on major figures in the forestry sector for the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. More recently this work has used networked approaches to empire to explore the flows of ideas, people and materials in the forestry sector.

Another long term research project has centred on society and environment in New Zealand in the interwar period. A focus of his efforts here has been the discharged soldier settlement scheme. His detailed archival research has indicated that ‘failure’ took several forms and was not as monolithic as the historiography suggests nor was it one of total failure; there were some overlooked success stories.

As the co-investigator in a Social Science Research Fund project on ‘Food and Fibre Production’ he worked on two newly emergent theorisations – ‘pluriactivity’ and ‘subsumption’ in sheep/beef and dairy commodity production systems in the late 1980s and early 1990s. A follow on project with collaborators from the University of Auckland was supported by a Massey University Post-Doctoral Fellowship focused on pip fruit. Work from this productive project contributed to the international debates on Food Regimes and commodity chains and formed part of a distinctively Australasian critique of the political economy of agriculture. This work has been continued as part of the Marsden funded ‘Biological Economies’ project.

Geographic thought is another been long standing research interest. His work has included discussion of the genesis and importance of early text books such as Patrick Marshall’s Geography of New Zealand (1912) and the regional perspective of George Jobbern’s World Regional Geography of the 1930s. His interest in Jobberns is reflected in the recent publication of ‘A Geographer by Declaration’ (2010) which brings together a selection of Jobberns’ published and unpublished writing. He also published on Andrew Clark another figure in NZ geography who gained an international reputation as well as editing a virtual issue of the NZ Geographer featuring the work of Kenneth Cumberland.

Aspects of this research informs my teaching in 154.111 and 145.701 (agrifood), 145.213 and 145.214 (historical geography), and 145.706 (geographic thought).

Michael Roche’s research interests include historical geography especially colonial forestry and landscape transformation, contemporary agrifood studies, and the history of geographic thought especially as it relates to NZ. He has contributed to the New Zealand Historical Atlas, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, the and Te Ara and has edited or co-edited Engaging Geographies (2014), A Geographer by Declaration: Selected Writings of George Jobberns (2010), Past Matters; Heritage and Planning History (2007) and (Dis)Placing Empire: Renegotiating British Colonial Geographies (2005).

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Ph: 83648
Location: 3.24, Social Sciences Tower
Campus: Turitea

Qualifications

Doctor of Literature - Massey University (2017)
Doctor of Philosophy - University of Canterbury (1983)
Master of Arts (Second Class Honours) - University of Canterbury (1980)

Prizes and Awards

College of Social Sciences and Humanities Individual Research Award (Massey University) Typically one only is awarded each year - citation reads 'research standards you are achieving demonstrate the excellent quality of research in the univeristy. - Massey University (2015)
Massey University Research Fellowship for senior staff - one of only two awarded competitively across the whole of the three campuses of Massey University in 2005. From: Massey University - (2005)
Distinguished New Zealand Geographer Medal 2010: This is the New Zealand Geographical Society's highest award for 'wide-ranging and exemplary service to geography' for research in historical geography, agri-food studies, and geographic thought, as editor of the New Zealand Geographer & conference organiser and proceedings editor. - (2010)
Institute of Foresters of Australia Maxwell Jabobs Award 2010. This is a competitive award offered annually by the Australian Foresters. The 2010 award supported travel, accommodation, and research expenses in Adelaide for historical research on the forester Hugh Corbin in Australia. This is the only Jacobs award to date for a forest history topic and one of the few also made to a non forester. A commissioned report has been prepared for the Institute and other parts of the research have been incorporated into papers presented at the NZ History Association Conference in Hamilton, at the Royal Geographical-Institute of British Geographers Conference in London and at the Plantations symposium at the Rachel Carsen Centre in Munich. - (2011)
Life Fellow, New Zealand Geographical Society 2014 - New Zealand Geographical Society (2015)

Research Expertise

Research Interests

Landscape transformation in NZ

Colonial forestry networks

WWI discharged soldier settlement

history of NZ university geography

agrifood systems

Thematics

21st Century Citizenship, Resource Development and Management, Future Food Systems

Area of Expertise

Field of research codes
Human Geography (160400): Human Geography not elsewhere classified (160499): Studies In Human Society (160000)

Keywords

Historical Geography

Environmental History

Agrifood

Geographic Thought

Research Projects

Summary of Research Projects

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Completed Projects

Project Title: Hybrid Nature in New Zealand Domains

The project examined attitudes to nature and ideas of scenic beauty in the 1890s-1900s by focussing on two public domains. This small scale approach complemented the broad brush national overview of Making a New Land Environmental Histories of New Zealand (2013). The selected case studies were Ashburton Domain and Pukekura Park (New Plymouth). They are linked by W.W. Smith who was curator of both Ashburton (1894-1904) and Pukekura Park (1908-1920). Smith was also a member of the Scenery Preservation Commission 1904-06 established to recommend areas for preservation as scenic reserves and to once and for all save the scenery of the colony. Through this work Smith developed a stronger appreciation of a more 'New Zealand' landscape aesthetic. Initially he had brought British landscape garden ideas to his work; Ashburton domain was created with an assemblage of British, Australian, and American tree species very much derivative of a British parkland ideal. Pukekura Park in contrast had developed very differently around a remnant of the lowland indigenous vegetation. Here Smith, by now something of an Eco-Nationalist created a naturalistic indigenous forest in an urban setting which reflected a new ability to see the indigenous flora as scenic.

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Date Range: 2010 - 2011

Funding Body: Massey University

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Prof Michael Roche - Project Leader

Project Title: Soldier home and farm loans

The discharged soldier settlement scheme placed ex-soldier farmers on the land. Economist J.B. Condliffe, historians such as Sir Keith Sinclair, and geographer Ken Cumberland were all critical of the scheme, an interpretation that prevailed until the 1990s. This project continued the revisionist line of inquiry through detailed archival work that recreated the agricultural geography of selected soldier settlements in the 1920s and 1930s. This work looked in detail at the nature of failure, some of which is attributable to the unsuitability of the settlers but also to uneconomic properties and finally to deteriorating global economic conditions in the late 1920s. 'Farmer' failure/success can also be distinguished from the success/failure of 'farm' settlements; the former might leave whereas the farm might survive under new occupancy. The research has also shown that the Crown went to considerable, hitherto unrecognised, lengths via debt restructuring and farm amalgamation to keep ex-soldiers on the land but it questions whether persistence on the farm under difficult economic circumstances was really a measure of 'success'. Thus it has been possible to place the New Zealand soldier settlement experience midway along a continuum between that of Canada and Australia.

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Date Range: 2007 - 2008

Funding Body: Massey University

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Prof Michael Roche - Project Leader

Research Outputs

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Mouat, MJ., Prince, R., & Roche, MM. (2019). Making Value Out of Ethics: The Emerging Economic Geography of Lab-grown Meat and Other Animal-free Food Products. Economic Geography. 95(2), 136-158
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Roche, M. (2018). Charles Foweraker: forestry and ideas of sustainability at Canterbury University College (1925-19340.. ENNZ: Environment and Nature in New Zealand. 11(2018), 6-23
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Roche, M. (2018). From an “Absent to a Silent Presence”—New Zealand at the International Geographical Congress 1875 to 1952. New Zealand Geographer. 74(3), 143-151
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Mansvelt, J., & Roche, M. (2018). Richard Heerdegen (March 29, 1941-April 13, 2018) OBITUARY. NEW ZEALAND GEOGRAPHER. 74(2), 113-114
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Roche, MM. (2017). W. W. Smith (1852-1942): “Second to None in the Dominion as a Field Naturalist”.. The Journal of New Zealand Studies. 25(December), 88-88
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Roche, MM. (2017). Road Maintenance – patching a hole in mobilities-roading research: A case study of the longbeach road board, Canterbury, New Zealand, 1911-1938. New Zealand Geographer. 73(2), 119-128 Retrieved from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nzg.12160/full
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Roche, M. (2017). George Jobberns, freemasonry, geopolitics and the post-WWII world. New Zealand Geographer. 73(1), 35-44
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Roche, M. (2017). James Hector and JT Thomson in strife over names and time. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 47(1), 94-99
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Roche, M. (2017). Forest governance and sustainability pathways in the absence of a comprehensive national forest policy — The case of New Zealand. Forest Policy and Economics. 77, 33-43
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Mansvelt, J., & Roche, M. (2016). Distinguished New Zealand Geographer: Emeritus Professor John R. Flenley. NEW ZEALAND GEOGRAPHER. 72(1), 70-72
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Roche, M. (2016). Frances B. Lysnar: New Zealand's first woman FRGS, 1913. Geographical Journal. 182(4), 429-437
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Roche, M. (2016). John Turnbull Thomson, Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society: An early New Zealand geographer. New Zealand Geographer. 72(1), 3-13
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Roche, MM. (2015). W. W. Smith and the transformation of the Ashburton domain ‘from a wilderness into a beauty spot’, 1894 to 1904. Studies in the History of Gardens & Designed Landscapes. 36(1), 65-77 Retrieved from http://www.tandfonline.com/
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Roche, M., & Argent, N. (2015). The fall and rise of agricultural productivism? An Antipodean viewpoint. Progress in Human Geography. 39(5), 621-635
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Tucker, C., Morris, C., & Roche, M. (2013). Special Issue Antipodean Agrifood Futures.. New Zealand Sociology. 28(4), 3-7 Retrieved from http://www.ipp.org.nz/NZSindex.html
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Roche, MM. (2013). A.H. Clark's Framing of Geographical Change.. Historical Geography. 41, 191-206 Retrieved from https://ejournals.unm.edu/index.php/historicalgeography/article/view/3068
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Roche, MM. (2013). The Royal commission on Forestry 1913 viewed from 2013’. New Zealand Journal of Forestry. 58, 7-11 Retrieved from http://www.nzjf.org/contents.php?volume_issue=j58_1
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Lewis, N., Le Heron, R., Campbell, H., Henry, M., Le Heron, E., Pawson, E., . . . Rosin, C. (2013). Assembling biological economies: Region-shaping initiatives in making and retaining value. New Zealand Geographer. 69(3), 180-196
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Henry, M., & Roche, M. (2013). Valuing lively materialities: Bio-economic assembling in the making of new meat futures. New Zealand Geographer. 69(3), 197-207
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Roche, M. (2013). H. hugh corbin at the university of adelaide school of forestry, 1912-1925. Australian Forestry. 76(1), 2-9
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Roche, M. (2012). Hugh Corbin: New Zealand’s first Professor of Forestry 1925 to 1931.. New Zealand Journal of Forestry. 57(3), 38-43 Retrieved from http://www.nzjf.org/abstract.php?volume_issue=j57_3&first_page=38
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Roche, M. (2012). Forestry as imperial careering: New Zealand as the end and edge of empire in the 1920s-1940s. New Zealand Geographer. 68(3), 201-210
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Roche, M. (2012). Food Regimes revisited: A New Zealand perspective. Urbani Izziv. 23(SUPPL. 2)
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Roche, M. (2011). New Zealand geography, biography and autobiography. New Zealand Geographer. 67(2), 73-78
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Roche, M. (2011). George Jobberns and the writing of New Zealand geography: Textbooks from the 1920s to 1940s. New Zealand Geographer. 67(2), 90-101
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Roche, M. (2011). New Zealand geography, biography and autobiography Introduction. NEW ZEALAND GEOGRAPHER. 67(2), 73-78
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Roche, M. (2011). World War One British Empire discharged soldier settlement in comparative focus. History Compass. 9(1), 1-15
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Roche, M. (2010). Colonial forestry at its limits: The latter day career of Sir David Hutchins in New Zealand 1915-1920. Environment and History. 16(4), 431-454
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Roche, M. (2010). David Hutchins in Australia 1914-1915: The penultimate chapter in the career of an imperial forester. Historical Records of Australian Science. 21(2), 165-180
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Roche, MM. (2009). The best crop the land will ever grow: W. F. Massey through the lens of environmental history. Journal of New Zealand Studies. 8, 97-120
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Roche, M. (2009). The tung oil boom in Australasia: A network perspective. Geographical Research. 47(3), 256-268
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Roche, MM. (2009). Latter day 'imperial careering: L.M. Ellis - a Canadian forester in Australia and New Zealand, 1920-1941. ENNZ: Environment and Nature in New Zealand. 4(1), 58-77
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Campbell, H., Burton, R., Cooper, M., Henry, M., Le Heron, E., Le Heron, R., . . . White, T. (2009). From agricultural science to "biological economies"?. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 52(1), 91-97
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Roche, MM. (2008). Farm amalgamation: A strategy for saving soldier settlements in New Zealand during the 1920's & 1930's. Brittish Review of New Zealand Studies (BRONZS). 17, 67-94
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Stubbs, BJ., Star, P., & Roche, MM. (2008). Editorial. Environment and History. 14(4), 445-447
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Roche, MM., & Dargavel, J. (2008). Imperial ethos, Dominions reality: Forestry education in New Zealand and Australia 1910-1965. Environment and History. 14(4), 523-543
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Stubbs, BJ., Star, P., & Roche, MM. (2008). Editorial. Environment and History. 14(4), 445-447
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Stubbs, BJ., Star, P., & Roche, MM. (2008). Environment and history: trans-tasman forest history. 14(4)
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Roche, MM., Kennedy, D., Wiles, J., & Pawson, E. (2008). New Zealand Geographer. 64(3)
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Roche, MM. (2008). Historical geography in New Zealand, 1987-2007. History Compass. 6, 1-29
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Roche, M. (2008). Failure deconstructed: Histories and geographies of soldier settlement in New Zealand circa 1917-39. New Zealand Geographer. 64(1), 46-56
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Roche, M. (2006). Conference report: IV British World conference, The University of Auckland, 14-16 July 2005. New Zealand Geographer. 62(1), 82-83
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Roche, M. (2006). Rural geography: Processes, responses and experiences in rural restructuring. SOCIAL & CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY. 7(3), 494-496
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Roche, MM. (2006). Railway housing and garden suburb rhetoric in 1920s New Zealand. Planning History. 28(2&3), 35-42
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Roche, MM. (2006). Garden suburbs and New Zealand railways 1922-1929. Planning Quarterly. (162), 12-16
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Roche, MM. (2005). The missing report. Turnbull Library Record. 38, 35-41
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Roche, M. (2005). Rural geography: A borderland revisited. Progress in Human Geography. 29(3), 299-303
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Roche, MM. (2005). The natural history of southern New Zealand. New Zealand Geographer. 61(1), 86-86
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Le Heron, R., & Roche, MM. (2003). Nuova regolamentazione, ristrutturazione e ridefinizione dell'agricoltura in Nuova Zelanda. Le Politiche Agricole nel Mondo. 2, 31-49
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Roche, M. (2003). Rural geography: A stock tally of 2002. Progress in Human Geography. 27(6), 779-786
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Roche, M. (2003). 'Wilderness to orchard': The export apple industry in Nelson, New Zealand 1908-1940. Environment and History. 9(4), 435-450
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Miller, CL., & Roche, MM. (2003). New Zealand's 'new order': town planning and soldier settlement after the First World War. War & Society. 21(1), 63-81
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Roche, MM. (2002). Land of discontentment: the dynamics of change in rural and regional Australia. Australian Geographical studies. 40(2), 255-256
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Roche, MM. (2002). Defending the little desert, the rise of ecological consciousness in Australia. Australian Geographical Studies. 40(1), 98-100
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Roche, M., Flenley, J., Hesp, P., Mansvelt, J., & Scheyvens, R. (2002). Connections: The teaching and learning of geography at New Zealand universities: Part 2 - Geography at Massey in the twenty first century. New Zealand Journal of Geography. 113(1), 5-8 Retrieved from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.0028-8292.2002.tb00822.x/abstract
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Roche, M. (2002). Rural geography: Searching rural geographies. Progress in Human Geography. 26(6), 823-829
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Roche, M. (2002). Soldier settlement in New Zealand after World War I: Two case studies. New Zealand Geographer. 58(1), 23-32
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Roche, MM. (2001). Bateman contemporary atlas of New Zealand - The shapes of our nation. New Zealand Geographer. 57(1), 61-61
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Holland, P., & Roche, MM. (2001). John Roger Flenley : plants, pollen and people. New Zealand Geographer. 57(2), 6-10
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McKenna, M., Le Heron, R., & Roche, M. (2001). Living local, growing global: Renegotiating the export production regime in New Zealand's pipfruit sector. Geoforum. 32(2), 157-166
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Le Heron, R., & Roche, M. (1999). Rapid reregulation, agricultural restructuring, and the reimaging of agriculture in New Zealand. Rural Sociology. 64(2), 203-218
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Roche, M., Mckenna, M., & Heron, RLE. (1999). Making fruitful comparisons: Southern hemisphere producers and the global apple industry. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie. 90(4), 410-426
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Mckenna, M., Roche, M., Mansvelt, J., & Berg, L. (1999). Core issues in New Zealand's apple industry: Global-local challenges. Geography. 84(3), 275-280
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Roche, MM. (1999). International food regimes: New Zealand's place in the international frozen meat trade, 1870-1935. Historical Geography. 27, 129-151
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Roche, M. (1998). A philosophy of geography for New Zealand schools. Foreword: Clark on a philosophy of geography. New Zealand Journal of Geography. (106), 19-25
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Roche, M. (1998). Space 1999: Geography and the future in the university. New Zealand Journal of Geography. (106), 26-29
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Roche, M. (1998). Planting power, the afforestation of the commons and state formation in Portugal. JOURNAL OF RURAL STUDIES. 14(2), 268-269
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McKenna, M., Roche, M., & Le Heron, R. (1998). Sustaining the fruits of labour: a comparative localities analysis of the integrated fruit production programme in New Zealand's apple industry. Journal of Rural Studies. 14(4), 393-409
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Roche, M. (1997). 'The land we have we must hold': Soil erosion and soil conservation in late nineteenth- and twentieth-century New Zealand. Journal of Historical Geography. 23(4), 447-458
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Roche, M., & Mansvelt, J. (1997). Deliberations: Year 13 achievement and university teaching. New Zealand Journal of Geography. (103), 18-21
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Mcclean, R., Berg, LD., & Roche, MM. (1997). Responsible geographies: Co-creating knowledge in Aotearoa. New Zealand Geographer. 53(2), 9-15
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Berg, LD., & Roche, MM. (1997). Market metaphors, neo-liberalism and the construction of academic landscapes in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Journal of Geography in Higher Education. 21(2), 147-160
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Le Heron, R., & Roche, M. (1996). Globalization, sustainability, and apple orcharding, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. Economic Geography. 72(4), 416-432
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LEHERON, R., & ROCHE, M. (1995). A FRESH PLACE IN FOODS SPACE. AREA. 27(1), 23-33
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Grosvenor, S. (1995). Sustainability, corporate growers, regionalisation and pacific-asia links in the tasmanian and hawkes bay apple industries. Australian Geographer. 26(2), 163-172
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Heron, RL., Galloway, I., Puklowski, K., & Roche, M. (1994). The Impacts of Hail Storms on the Apple Industry of the Heretaunga Plains. New Zealand Journal of Geography. 97(1), 14-21
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Heron, RL., Roche, M., & Johnston, T. (1994). Pluriactivity: An exploration of issues with reference to New Zealand's livestock and fruit agro-commodity systems. Geoforum. 25(2), 155-171
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ROCHE, MM. (1993). Geography–Internationalisation and the Condition of Forestry in New Zealand. New Zealand Geographer. 49(2), 23-31
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ROCHE, MM. (1993). Internationalisation as Company and Industry Colonialisation: The Frozen Meat Industry in New Zealand in the 1900s. New Zealand Geographer. 49(1), 2-7
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ROCHE, MM. (1993). Public Good Science Fund: Crown Research Institutes and the Restructuring of State Science Research in New Zealand. New Zealand Geographer. 49(1), 42-45
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ROCHE, MM. (1993). PROGRESS IN RURAL POLICY AND PLANNING, VOL 1 - GILG,A, BRIGGS,D, DILLEY,R, FURUSETH,O, MCDONALD,G. PROGRESS IN HUMAN GEOGRAPHY. 17(2), 288-289
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ROCHE, M. (1992). FIGHTING OVER THE FORESTS - WATSON,I. JOURNAL OF RURAL STUDIES. 8(3), 340-340
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ROCHE, MM. (1992). GLOBAL FOREST RESOURCES - MATHER,AS. PROGRESS IN HUMAN GEOGRAPHY. 16(4), 640-641
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Roche, MM., Johnston, T., & Le Heron, RB. (1992). Farmers' interest groups and agricultural policy in New Zealand during the 1980s. Environment & Planning A. 24(12), 1749-1767
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ROCHE, M. (1991). A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Cartoons and Social Commentary. New Zealand Journal of Geography. 92(1), 10-11
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Roche, MM. (1990). Perspectives on the post-1984 restructuring of state forestry in New Zealand. Environment & Planning A. 22(7), 941-959
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Roche, MM. (1990). The New Zealand timber economy, 1840-1935. Journal of Historical Geography. 16(3), 295-313
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Le Heron, R., Roche, M., & Anderson, G. (1989). Reglobalisation of New Zealand's food and fibre system: Organisational dimensions. Journal of Rural Studies. 5(4), 395-404
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Roche, M. (1985). The View of The Traveller: Charles Darwin at the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, in 1835. New Zealand Geographer. 41(1), 25-29
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Le Heron, RB., & Roche, MM. (1985). Expanding exotic forestry and the expansion of a competing use for rural land in New Zealand. Journal of Rural Studies. 1(3), 211-229
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Pawson, E., Le Heron, R., Campbell, H., Henry, M., Le Heron, E., Legun, K., . . . Rosin, C. (Eds.) (2018). The New Biological Economy: How New Zealanders are Creating Value from the Land. Auckland: Auckland University Press
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Henry, M., & Le Heron, E. (2018). Reimagining Hawkes Bay. In E. Pawson, R. Le Heron, H. Campbell, N. Lewis, M. Henry, M. Roche, . . . C. Rosin (Eds.) The New Biological Economy How New Zealanders are Creating Value from the Land.
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Henry, M., & Roche, M. (2018). Making Lamb Futures. In E. Pawson, R. Le Heron, H. Perkins, C. Hugh, M. Henry, M. Roche, . . . K. Legun (Eds.) The New Biological Economy How New Zealanders are Creating Value from the Land. Mike: Mike
[Chapter]Authored by: Henry, M., Roche, M.Edited by: Henry, M., Roche, M.

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Roche, M. (2018). Technological Transfer and local innovation: Pulp and Paper manufacture in New Zealand, c.1860-c.1960. In T. Särkkä, M. Gutierrez-Poch, & M. Khulberg (Eds.) Technological Transformation in the Global Pulp and Paper Industry 1800-2018.. (pp. 189 - 216). Swizterland: Springer Nature
[Chapter]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM., & Venkateswar, S. (2018). Indian migration to New Zealand in the1920s Deciphering the Immigration Restriction Amendment Act 1920’. In S. Bandyopadhyay, & J. Buckingham (Eds.) Indians and the Antipodes, Networks, Boundaries and Circulation. (pp. 129 - 161). New Delhi: Oxford University Press
[Chapter]Authored by: Roche, M., Venkateswar, S.

Roche, M., & Venkateswar, S. (2018). Indian Migration to New Zealand in the 1920s: Deciphering the Immigration Restriction Amendment Act 1920. In S. Bandyopadhyay, & J. Buckingham (Eds.) Indians and the Antipodes: Networks, Boundaries and Circulation. New Delhi: Oxford University Press
[Chapter]Authored by: Roche, M., Venkateswar, S.Contributed to by: Venkateswar, S.

Roche, MM. (2017). ‘“A duty of the country” soldier settlement 1915-1941.’. In R. Bell (Ed.) New Zealand Between the Wars. Auckland: Massey Univerisity Press
[Chapter]Authored by: Roche, M.

Le Heron, R., Smith, G., Le Heron, E., & Roche, M. (2016). Enacting BAdairying as a system of farm practices in New Zealand: Towards an emergent politics of new soil resourcefulness?. In Biological Economies: Experimentation and the Politics of Agri-Food Frontiers. (pp. 170 - 186).
[Chapter]Authored by: Roche, M.

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Roche, MM. (2016). Lands for Settlement, Forests, and Scenic Reserves: Nature and Value in New Zealand, 1890s-1920s’. In G. Winder,, & A. Dix (Eds.) Trading Environments, Frontiers, Commercial Knowledge, and Environmental Transformation, 1750-1990. (pp. 138 - 165). New York: Routledge
[Chapter]Authored by: Roche, M.

Henry, MG., & roche, M. (2016). Materialising taste: Fatty lambs to eating quality, taste projects in red meat. In R. Le Heron, H. Campbell, N. Lewis, & M. Carolan (Eds.) Biological Economies: Experimentation and the politics of agrifood frontiers. (pp. 95 - 108). London: Routledge
[Chapter]Authored by: Henry, M., Roche, M.

Henry, M., & Roche, M. (2016). Materialising taste: Fatty lambs to eating quality - taste projects in New Zealand's red meat industry. In Biological Economies: Experimentation and the Politics of Agri-Food Frontiers. (pp. 95 - 108).
[Chapter]Authored by: Henry, M., Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2016). Historical Research and Archival Sources’. In IM. Hay (Ed.) Qualitative Methods in Human Geography. (pp. 225 - 245). Ontario: Oxford University Press
[Chapter]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM., & Venkateswar, S. (2016). Neither Natural Born British Subjects nor Aliens: Indians in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force 1914-1918. In J. Watson, J. Crawford, & D. Littlewood (Eds.) Experience of a Lifetime: People, Personalities and Leaders in the First World War. Palmerston North: Massey University Press
[Chapter]Authored by: Roche, M., Venkateswar, S.Contributed to by: Venkateswar, S.Edited by: Littlewood, D.

Diprose, GJ. (2014). Policing art: The political potential of creative practices in Aotearoa New Zealand. In M. Roche, J. Mansvelt, R. Prince, & A. Gallagher (Eds.) Engaging Geographies: Landscapes Life Courses, and Mobilities. (pp. 45 - 61). : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
[Chapter]Edited by: Roche, M.

Witten, KL., Kearns, R., Carroll, P., Asiasiga, L., & Ta'vae, N. (2014). Parents’ understandings of the intergenerational decline in children’s independent outdoor activity. In M. Roche, J. Mansvelt, R. Prince, & A. Gallagher (Eds.) Engaging Geographies. (pp. 155 - 174). Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
[Chapter]Authored by: Carroll, P., Witten, K.Edited by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2014). In commemoration of the landing of the Australasian Forces at Gallipoli: Anzac Park and Anzac Day in Palmerston North, New Zealand 1916 to 1947. In Gallipoli: History, Memory and National Imagination. (pp. 141 - 167). Ankara: Turku Tarih Kurumu
[Chapter]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, M., Mansvelt, J., Prince, R., & Gallagher, A. (Eds.) (2014). Engaging geographies: Landscapes, lifecourses and mobilities. Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
[Edited Book]Edited by: Mansvelt, J., Prince, R., Roche, M.

Roche, M., Prince, R., Mansvelt, J., & Gallagher, A. (Eds.) (2014). Connecting landscape, lifecourse and mobilities. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
[Edited Book]Authored by: Gallagher, A., Mansvelt, J., Prince, R., Roche, M.Edited by: Mansvelt, J., Prince, R., Roche, M.

Prince, RJ. (2014). Topologies of mobile policy: Neoliberalism and creativity. In . Roche, MM, . Mansvelt, . Prince, & A. Gallagher (Eds.) Engaging Geographies: Landscapes, Lifecourses and Mobilites. (pp. 191 - 206). Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
[Chapter]Authored by: Prince, R.Edited by: Prince, R., Roche, M.

Roche, M., Prince, R., Mansvelt, J., & Gallagher, A. (2014). Connecting landscape, lifecourse and mobilties. In M. Roche, J. Mansvelt, R. Prince, & A. Gallagher (Eds.) Engaging Geographies, Landscapes, Lifecourse and Mobilties. (pp. 1 - 10). Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
[Chapter]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, M., Mansvelt, J., Prince, R., & Gallagher, A. (Eds.) (2014). Engaging Geographies, Landscapes, Lifecourse and Mobilities.. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
[Edited Book]Authored by: Roche, M.Edited by: Gallagher, A., Roche, M.

Roche, M., Mansvelt, J., Prince, R., & Gallagher, A. (Eds.) (2014). Engaging Geographies, Landscapes, Lifecourse and Mobilities.. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
[Edited Book]Edited by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2014). Pests pines and fires: Large scale plantation forestry in New Zealand, 1897-1955. In F. Uekotter (Ed.) Comparing Apples, Oranges, and Cotton. Environmental Histories of the Plantation. (pp. 167 - 194). Frankfurt, Germany: Campus Verlag
[Chapter]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2013). An interventionist state: Wise us forestry and soil conservation. In E. Pawson, & T. Brooking (Eds.) Making a new land, environmental histories of New Zealand.. (pp. 209 - 225). Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago University Press
[Chapter]Authored by: Roche, M.

Eichbaum, C., & Shaw, R. (2010). Introduction. (pp. 1 - 23).
[Chapter]Authored by: Roche, M., Shaw, R.

(2010). a geographer by declaration. : Canterbury University Press
[Edited Book]Authored by: Roche, M.

Suryadevara, NK., & Mukhopadhyay, SC. (2015). Introduction. (pp. 1 - 9).
[Chapter]Authored by: Roche, M.

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Roche, MM. (Ed.) (2010). A geographer by declaration: Selected writings by George Jobberns. Christchurch, New Zealand: Canterbury University Press
[Edited Book]Edited by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2010). Historical research and archival sources. In I. Hay (Ed.) Qualitative Research Methods in Human Geography. (pp. 173 - 190). New York, NY, United States: Oxford University Press
[Chapter]Authored by: Roche, M.

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Roche, M. (2008). The commodity chain at the periphery: The spar trade of Northern New Zealand in the early 19th century. In Agri-Food Commodity Chains and Globalising Networks. (pp. 201 - 213).
[Chapter]Authored by: Roche, M.

Miller, C., & Roche, M. (Eds.) (2007). Past Matters: Heritage and planning history - Case studies from the Pacific Rim. Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
[Edited Book]Edited by: Miller, C., Roche, M.

Dupuis, A., Blandy, S., & Dixon, J. (2012). Introduction. In Multi-owned Housing: Law, Power and Practice. (pp. 1 - 12).
[Chapter]Authored by: Miller, C., Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2005). Historical research and archival sources. In I. Hay (Ed.) Qualitative Research Methods in Human Geography. (pp. 133 - 146). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press
[Chapter]Authored by: Roche, M.

Schirmer, J., & Roche, MM. (2005). Corporatization, commercialization and privatization: New Zealand. In M. Garforth, & J. Mayers (Eds.) Plantations, Privatization, Poverty and Power: Changing Ownership and Management of State Forests. (pp. 200 - 222). London, UK: Earthscan
[Chapter]Authored by: Roche, M.

Proudfoot, LJ., & Eds, MMR. (Eds.) (2005). (Dis)Placing empire: Renegotiating British colonial geographies. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing
[Edited Book]Edited by: Roche, M.

Proudfoot, LJ., & Roche, MM. (2005). Displacement. In LJ. Proudfoot, & MM. Roche (Eds.) (Dis)Placing empire: Renegotiating British colonial geographies. (pp. 201 - 206). Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing
[Chapter]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2005). Empire, duty and land: Soldier settlement in New Zealand, 1915-1924. In LJ. Proudfoot, & MM. Roche (Eds.) (Dis)Placing Empire: Renegotiating British Colonial Geographies. (pp. 135 - 153). Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing
[Chapter]Authored by: Roche, M.

Proudfoot, LJ., & Roche, MM. (2005). Introduction: Place, network, and the geographies of empire. In LJ. Proudfoot, & MM. Roche (Eds.) (Dis)Placing Empire: Renegotiating British Colonial Geographies. (pp. 1 - 14). Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing
[Chapter]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2004). Coldstream soldier settlement in the 1920s and 1930s: A lowland farm landscape and the 'third phase of pastoralism' in Canterbury. In G. Kearsley, & BF. Eds (Eds.) Glimpses of a Gaian World: Essays in Honour of Peter Holland. (pp. 133 - 150). Dunedin, NZ: University of Otago, School of Social Science
[Chapter]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2002). The State as conservationist, 1920-60: 'Wise use' of forests, lands and water. In E. Pawson, & T. Brooking (Eds.) Environmental Histories of New Zealand. (pp. 183 - 199). Melbourne, VIC: Oxford University Press
[Chapter]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2001). Rural Canterbury in the global economy. In G. Cant, & R. Kirkpatrick (Eds.) Rural Canterbury : Celebrating its History. (pp. 141 - 160). Wellington, NZ: Daphne Brassell Associates & Lincoln University Press
[Chapter]Authored by: Roche, M.

Wilkinson, R., Roche, MM., Krausse, M., & Smith, W. (2001). Food or forest? Contested land use in Wairoa District, New Zealand. In S. Lockie, & B. Pritchard (Eds.) Consuming foods, sustaining environments. (pp. 110 - 124). Rockhampton, QLD: Central Queensland University
[Chapter]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2000). Campbell, Douglas Archibald. In The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. (pp. 89 - 90). Auckland, NZ: Auckland University Press, & Department of Internal Affairs
[Chapter]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2000). Henry, David 1888-1963. In The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. (pp. 217 - 218). Auckland, NZ: Auckland University Press & Department of Internal Affairs
[Chapter]Authored by: Roche, M.

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Abasa, SFM. (2015). Policies, practices, public pedagogy: Two case studies of art museum educators in Aotearoa New Zealand. (Doctoral Thesis, Massey University)
[Doctoral Thesis]Authored by: Abasa, S.Edited by: Roche, M.

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Report

Roche, MM.(2011). Report on the role of Hugh Corbin in Australian and New Zealand forestry 1912-1950. Palmerston North, New Zealand
[Technical Report]Authored by: Roche, M.

Conference

Mouat, MJ., Prince, RJ., & roche, . (2017, December). In Vitro Meat and Cowless Milk: On Making Markets for Synthetic Food. Presented at Cultural Studies Association of Australia and Aotearoa Annual Conference. Massey University, Wellington.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Prince, R., Roche, M.

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Roche, MM.(2016). W. W. Smith and the transformation of the Ashburton Domain 'from a wilderness into a beauty spot', 1894 to 1904. Paper presented at the meeting of Studies in the History of Gardens and Designed Landscapes
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM., & Venkateswar, S. (2015, April). Indian migration to New Zealand in the early1920s: deciphering the Immigration Restriction Act 1908 and the Immigration Restriction Amendment Act 1920. Presented at Indian Migration to the Pacific and Indian Ocean States. Christchurch, New Zealand.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Roche, M., Venkateswar, S.

Henry, MG., & roche, M. (2014, June). Materialising Taste: Silver Fern Farms, Eating Quality and Assembling Difference in the New Zealand Red Meat Industry. Presented at Institute of Australia Geographer - New Zealand Geographical Society Joint Conference. Melbourne, Australia.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Henry, M., Roche, M.

Roche, MM., & Venkateswar, S. (2014, August). Neither Natural Born British Subjects nor Aliens: Indians in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force 1914-1918. Presented at The Experience of a Lifetime: People, Personalities and Leaders in the First World War. The Centenary History of New Zealand and the First World War. Wellington, New Zealand.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Roche, M., Venkateswar, S.

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Roche, MM. (2014, October). ‘The forest as an elemental natural resource in colonial New Zealand and the first failure of scientific state forestry 1874 to 1877’. Presented at Invited presentation into Colonial Worlds, Elemental Histories’ Symposium, Centre for Research into Colonial Societies, University of Otago. Hocken Librayr Dunedin.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2014, June). Alternative Pathways to Sustainability? Comparative forest governance Models – New Zealand Forest Futures Project’. Presented at Forest Futures Project. Stockholm.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Roche, M.

Venkateswar, S., & Roche, M. (2014, August). Neither Natural Born British subjects nor Aliens: Indians in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force 1914 to 1918’.. Presented at The Experience of a Lifetime: People Personalities and Leaders in the First World War Conference. Wellington.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Roche, M.

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Roche, MM. (2014, August). Frances B Lysnar FRGS – doing popular geography from New Zealand in the 1910s and 1920s. Presented at Royal Geographical Society with IBG International Conference. London, United Kingdom.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Roche, M.

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Roche, MM. (2014, August). Changes and Challenges Facing the Export Meat Industry in New Zealand’. Presented at International Geographical Union Regional Conference. Krakow.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Roche, M.

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Roche, MM. (2014, August). ‘An historical view of George Jobberns, geopolitics, and his War-time visioning for a peaceful post-1945 world’.. Presented at International Geographical Union Regional Conference,. Krakow.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Roche, M.

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Henry, MG., & Roche, M. (2014, June). Materialising Taste: Silver Fern Farms, Eating Quality and Assembling Difference in the New Zealand Red Meat Industry. Presented at IAG / NZGS Conference 2014. University of Melbourne, Melbourne.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Henry, M., Roche, M.

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Roche, MM.Podocarps & Pines – Revisiting Forestry in early 20th century New Zealand’. . Dunedin
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2012, December). Speculations on Geography as ‘education for life’ Kenneth Cumberland in the New Zealand Geographer 1945 to 2007’. Presented at New Zealand Geography Conference. Napier.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM.NZ Meat Industry crisis & Dairy Sector boom: An Historical Perspective’. . Palmerston North
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM.A.H. Clark & the study of Geographical Change: a New Zealand Legacy. Society and Environment: Conceptions and Representations of Nature(s) in the History of Geography. . Cologne
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM.Creating a New Domestic Niche Market for Lamb Meat in New Zealand: Case Studies of Small Scale Experimentation. . Cologne
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM.Seeing Scenic New Zealand: W.W. Smith and the Scenery Preservation Commission 1904-1906. . Prague
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2012, August). Lands for Settlement, Forests and National Parks: Nature and Value in New Zealand, 1890s to 1930s. Presented at Trading Environments: Commercial Knowledge and Environmental Transformations. Munich.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, M. (2012). The (dis)enchantment of an Empire Forester: Owen Jones from Oxford to Rotorua, 1911 - 1955. In New Zealand Geographical Society Conference: Connecting Landscapes: Book of Abstracts(pp. 112 - 112). , New Zealand Geographical Society Conference: Connecting Landscapes New Zealand: New Zealand Geographical Society
[Conference Abstract]Authored by: Roche, M.

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Roche, M. (2012). Geography as 'education for life': Kenneth Cumberland in the New Zealand Geographer 1945–2007. In New Zealand Geographical Society Conference: Connecting Landscapes: Book of Abstracts(pp. 111 - 111). , New Zealand Geographical Society Conference: Connecting Landscapes New Zealand: New Zealand Geographical Society
[Conference Abstract]Authored by: Roche, M.

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Roche, MM. (2012). Lands for Settlement, Forests and National Parks: Nature and Value in New Zealand, 1890s to 1930s. , Trading Environments: Commercial Knowledge and Environmental Transformations
[Conference Abstract]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2012, August). Seeing Scenic New Zealand: W.W. Smith and the Scenery Preservation Commission 1904-1906. Presented at XV International Conference of Historical Geographers. Prague.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2012, December). NZ Meat Industry crisis & Dairy Sector boom: An Historical Perspective.. Presented at Agrifood Network Conference,. Palmerston North.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, M. (2012, December). The (dis)enchantment of an Empire Forester: Owen Jones from Oxford to Rotorua, 1911 - 1955. Presented at New Zealand Geographical Society Conference: Connecting Landscapes. Napier, New Zealand.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Roche, M.

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Roche, M. (2012, December). Geography as 'education for life': Kenneth Cumberland in the New Zealand Geographer 1945–2007. Presented at New Zealand Geographical Society Conference: Connecting Landscapes. Napier, New Zealand.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Roche, M.

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Roche, MM. (2012, August). Creating a New Domestic Niche Market for Merino Lamb Meat in New Zealand: A Case Study of Small Company Experimentation. Presented at 32nd International Geographical Union Conference. Cologne.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2012, August). A.H. Clark & the study of Geographical Change: a New Zealand Legacy.. Presented at 32nd International Geographical Union Congress. Cologne.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2012, August). Andrew Clark and the interpretation of changing landscapes. Presented at 32nd International Geographical Union Congress. Cologne.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2012). Transforming the colonial settlement with parks & domains: Scenic beauty in two New Zealand towns 1894 to 1920. In A. Gaynor (Ed.) Proceedings of the 11th Urban History/Planning History Conference. In Gaynor, A, Gralton, E, Gregory, J. and McQuade, S. (eds.). (pp. 293 - 305). Perth, Western Austraila: 11th Urban History/Planning History Conference
[Conference Paper in Published Proceedings]Authored by: Roche, M.

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Roche, MM.Colonial foresters and imperial careering with particular reference to Australia and New Zealand, 1912-1941. . London, England
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM.An environmental hisotry of plantation forestry in New Zealand 1897 to 1987. . Rachel Carson Centre , Munich
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2011, April). New production configurations and provenance dictates in New Zealand meat industry with particular reference to Hawkes Bay and Central Otago. Presented at Association of American Geographers. Seattle, WA, United States.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2010). Building houses in New Zealand under the Workers' Dwelling Act, 1905 and Housing Act, 1919.. In D. Nichols, A. Hurlimann, C. Mouat, & S. Pascoe (Eds.) Green Fields, Brown Fields, New Fields Proceedings of the 10th Australasian Urban History, Planning History Conference. (pp. 529 - 541).
[Conference Paper in Published Proceedings]Authored by: Roche, M.

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Roche, MM.(2009). Economic failure in the aftermath of crisis - looking back to look forwards: The case of the tung oil industry in New Zealand during the 1930s. . Perth, WA
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2009, August). Discourses of deforestation in 1920s to 1990s century new Zealand:. Presented at First World Congress of Environmental History. Copenhagen, Denmark.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2009, April). In commemoration of the landing of the Australasian forces at Gallipoli.. Presented at Second International Gallipoli Symposium: Gallipoli and National Imagination.. Anzac Park, Palmerston North, NZ.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM.(2008). Historical legacies and contemporary challenges facing pastoralism in New Zealand with specific reference to the meat industry. . Leipzig, Germany
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM.(2008). Latter day 'Imperial Careering': L.M. Ellis - A Canadian Forester in Australia and New Zealand. . Palmerston North, New Zealand
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2008). Food regimes revisted: A New Zealand perspective. Proceedings of Commission on the Dynamics of Economic Spaces International Geographical Union. (pp. unpaged).
[Conference Paper in Published Proceedings]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2008, July). Spaces for animals in historical geography in New Zealand: A preliminary assessment. Presented at Reflecting on Our Relationships: Animals and Agriculture. University of Auckland, Auckland, NZ.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM., & Firdos, S. (2008, July). Forest and forestry: India and New Zealand. Presented at New Zealand Geographical Society 24th Conference. Wellington, New Zealand.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM.(2008). Centring social science in building diverse and resilient biological economies. . Wellington, NZ
[Conference Other]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2008). Ashburton remembers: Celebration and commemoration in a New Zealand town 1903-1928. In L. Finch (Ed.) Seachange: New and Renewed Urban Landscapes. Proceedings of the 9th Australasian Urban History/Planning History Conference. (pp. unpaged - 13).
[Conference Paper in Published Proceedings]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM.(2007). Tung oil trees: Imperial and extra imperial networks in Australasia during the 1920s and 1930s. . University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM.(2007). The Tung Oil boom: Ambition, risk, and networks in Australasia in the 1920s and 1930s. . Melbourne, VIC
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Roche, M.

Dargavel, J., & Roche, MM. (2007, January). Imperial ethos, dominions reality: The Australian Forestry School and New Zealand. Presented at Trans-Tasman Forest History: 7th Conference of the Australian Forest History Society. Christchurch, NZ.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM.(2006). The remarkable pine. . Victoria University of Wellington, NZ
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Roche, M.

Miller, CL., & Roche, MM. (Eds.)(2006). Past Matters: Heritage, History and the Built Environment: Proceedings from the 8th Australasian Urban History / Planning History Conference. In Past Matters: Heritage, History and the Built Environment: Proceedings from the 8th Australasian Urban History / Planning History Conference. Massey University, Wellington, NZ: Massey University, School of People, Environment and Planning
[Conference Other]Edited by: Miller, C., Roche, M.

Roche, MM.(2006). Scholarship teaching and learning: Cases from the New Zealand University Geography Oral History Pilot Project. . Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM.(2006). The commodity chain at the periphery: The spar trade of northern New Zealand in the early 19th century. . University of Auckland, Auckland, NZ
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM.(2006). Nature, natural resources, conservation, and W. F. Massey in New Zealand 1894 to 1925. . Massey University, Palmerston North, NZ
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM.(2006). Railway housing and garden suburb rhetoric in New Zealand 1922-1932. . Hamburg, Germany
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2006). New Zealand railway's garden suburb heritage: The Milson railway settlement, Palmerston North. In CL. Miller, & MM. Roche (Eds.) Past Matters: Heritage, History and the Built Environment. Proceedings of the 8th Australasian Urban History / Planning History Conference. (pp. 443 - 453).
[Conference Paper in Published Proceedings]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2005). Edward phillip Turner's career: a microcosm for a developing 'Forest Consciousness' in New Zealand. (pp. 16). , 6th National Conference of the Australian Forest History Society Inc Rotterdam, Netherlands: Millpress
[Conference Abstract]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2005, July). Colonial forestry championed and contested: Sir David Hutchins in New Zealand 1915-1920. Presented at British Worlds Conference IV. University of Auckland, Auckland, NZ.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2005). Sir David Hutchins and Kauri in NZ. In JD. Ed (Ed.) History of the Araucarian Forests Symposium. Canberra, ACT
[Conference Paper in Published Proceedings]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2005). Edward Phillips Turner: The development of a 'Forest Sense' in New Zealand 1890s to 1930s. Proceedings 6th National Conference of the Australian Forest History Society Inc.. (pp. 143 - 153). Rotterdam, Netherlands
[Conference Paper in Published Proceedings]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2004). Houses not farms - Housing loans for soldier settlement in Palmerston North, New Zealand 1918-1931: Inverting the rural mythology. In G. Lehmann, & DN. Eds (Eds.) The 21st Century City: Past / Present / Future: Proceedings from the Seventh Australasian Urban History/Planning History Conference. (pp. 334 - 349). Geelong, VIC
[Conference Paper in Published Proceedings]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2004, September). Edward Phillip Turner's and the development a 'Forest Consciousness' in New Zealand 1890s to 1930s. Presented at 6th National Conference of the Australian Forest History Society. Augusta, WA.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2003, December). A poisoned paradise: The Nelson apple industry in the early 20th century. Presented at 12th International Conference of Historical Geographers. University of Auckland, Auckland, NZ.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2003, April). A hidden agenda for rural geography. Presented at Mini-Symposium on Biotechnology and the Social Sciences. Akaroa, NZ.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2003). Disciplinary directions: Insights from New Zealand geographers. New Zealand Geographical Society 22nd Conference Proceedings. (pp. 1 - 5). Auckland, NZ: New Zealand Geographical Society 22nd Conference
[Conference Paper in Published Proceedings]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2001, August). Fit land for heroes: World War I soldier settlement in New Zealand. Presented at 11th International Conference of Historical Geographers. Quebec City, Canada.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Roche, M.

Miller, CL., & Roche, MM. (2000). Scientists and planners: Land use planning and regional planning initiatives in New Zealand 1929 to 1947. In C. Garnaut, & SH. Eds (Eds.) Fifth Australian Urban History Planning History Conference. (pp. 285 - 293). Adelaide, SA
[Conference Paper in Published Proceedings]Authored by: Miller, C., Roche, M.

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Roche, MM. (2015, April). 2015. ‘Germans as Enemy Aliens: Surveillance, Identity, and Legacy – A case Study’. Resource and Environmental Planning Programme Planning Seminar Series. ‘Home Front’ Seminar, 8 April.
[Oral Presentation]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2014, October). ‘Ron Lister Lecture University of Otago: Who was Otago’s first (Pakeha) Geographer?’. In Univeristy of Otago.
[Oral Presentation]Authored by: Roche, M.

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Roche, MM. (2014, July). 'The Tung Oil Boom - Business History and Environmental Histories in.
[Oral Presentation]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2014). Changes, Challenges and Responsibility’.
[Other]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2013, September). Histories and Geographies of Gallipoli and Anzac Day in Palmerston North, New Zealand.
[Oral Presentation]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM., Tucker, C., Morris, C., & Roche, M. (2013). Antipodean Food Futures. Sociological Association of Aotearoa
[Other]Authored by: Roche, M.Edited by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2012). ‘Geography as ‘education for life’: Kenneth Cumberland in the New Zealand Geographer 1945–2007’. (pp. 1 - 17).
[Other]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2012, July). Hugh Corbin - Auckland University's only Professor of forestry: 20th century Imperial Networks & forestry careering. School of People Environment & Planning, Massey University, Palmerston North. Presentation to Auckland Branch of the NZ Geographical Society, July 17 2012..
[Oral Presentation]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2008). Exotic forestry. (pp. n/a - n/a). Ministry oof Culture and Heritage
[Other]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2008). Vale Lindsay Poole (1908-2008). (pp. 3 - 4).
[Other]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2007). New Zealand. (pp. 1236 - 1238). Sage Publications
[Other]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2007). International Tropical Timber Agreement (ITTA). (pp. 947 - 947). Sage Publications
[Other]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2007). Book review: 'The forest wars' by Judith A. Ajani. (pp. 295 - 297).
[Other]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2007). Book review: 'Political geography' by Mark Blacksell. (pp. 234 - 235).
[Other]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2007). Guest editor: Newsletter No. 46. (pp. 1 - 8).
[Other]Authored by: Roche, M.

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Roche, MM. (2006). A colonial forester in New Zealand; the latter career of Sir David Hutchins 1915-1920. Presented at Australian National University, Canberra, ACT.
[Oral Presentation]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2005). Campbell, Douglas Archibald 1906-1969. Ministry for Culture and Heritage
[Other]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2005). Butler, Joseph 1862-1934. Butler, William James 1858-1932. Ministry for Culture and Heritage
[Other]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2005). Carter, Francis John 1869-1949. Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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Roche, MM. (2005). Ellis, Leon MacIntosh 1887-1941. Ministry for Culture and Heritage
[Other]Authored by: Roche, M.

Roche, MM. (2005). Hansson, Arnold Maria 1889-1981. Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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Roche, MM. (2005). Holt, Robert 1832/1833? - 1909. Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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Roche, MM. (2005). Henry, David 1888-1963. Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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Roche, MM. (2005). Sutherland, Mary 1893-1955. Ministry for Culture and Heritage
[Other]Authored by: Roche, M.

Holland, P., & Roche, MM. (2001). New Zealand Geographer. New Zealand Geographical Society
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145.214 Social Change and Environment
145.711 Foundations in Human Geography

Current Doctoral Supervision

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Nick Haig - Doctor of Philosophy
Museums and the Rhetorics of Remembrance

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2007 - Janet Stirling - Doctor of Philosophy
Geography fieldtrips in NZ at Secondary School and undergraduate level in the second half of the 20th Century and beyond.
2000 - Robert Garnham - Doctor of Philosophy
Tourism: Globalisation and Uneven Development.
1997 - Susan Bowler - Doctor of Philosophy
Managing the Shopping Centre as a Consumption Site. Creating Appealing Environments for Visitors; Some Australian and New Zealand Examples.

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2015 - Susan Abasa - Doctor of Philosophy
Policies. Practices. Public Pedagogy: Two Case Studies of Art Museum Educators in Aotearoa New Zealand.
2012 - John Annabell - Doctor of Philosophy
Planning Napier: 1850 - 1968
1999 - Jennifer Hodge - Doctor of Philosophy
Nature's Trustee: Perrine Moncrieff and Nature Conservation in New Zealand 1920-1950.
1993 - John Hammond - Doctor of Philosophy
The Institutionalisation of Geography in New Zealand: an interpretation

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