New Zealand Studies
Meet our current and former postgraduate New Zealand Studies students, and find out about their research topics.
Margaret Kawharu
Margaret's research focuses on exploring the modes of survival for Maori tribal groups post Treaty settlement.
Sandra Thomas
Sandra's thesis examined the policy underpinning confiscation of land from ‘loyal’ non-combatant Maori following the Waikato war of 1863-64.
Gerrard Carter
Gerrard's research examines the Wellington Provincial Council's decision-making processes and the development of provincial administrative systems.
Claire Hall
Family Memory scholarship recipient Claire Hall is researching intergenerational family memory within the archival collections of Taranaki whānui.
Matthew Nicoll
Matthew's thesis studied the conceptual origins of ‘Joint’ Intelligence in British and Dominion intelligence organisation (1900-1942).
Kura Marie Teira Taylor
Kura Marie Teira Taylor's (Te Atiawa) thesis subject, ‘Te Atiawa Paake: Reflections on the Playgrounds of my Life’, was developed within indigenous paradigms.
Ethan McKenzie
Ethan's research explores the origins and emergence of bicultural consultancies in New Zealand, which materialised by the end of the 1980s.
Charlotte Thompson Darling
Charlotte's thesis focused on William Colenso (1811–1899) as a central character who helped define the textual landscape of New Zealand.
Therese Crocker
Therese's thesis is titled: Settling Treaty Claims: The Formation of Policy on Treaty of Waitangi Claims in the Pioneering Years, 1988-1998.
Stephanie Warren
Stephanie’s thesis analyses how the perception of the Treaty of Waitangi has changed over time, considering if a Māori–Pakeha duality is relevant to the future.