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As the restrictions imposed on us by the pandemic ease, we look forward to welcoming more students back on campus. From Trimester 1 2023, more of our courses will be delivered (at least partly) in-person to ensure we can offer you the best learning experience through workshops, field trips, placements, labs, and face-to-face tutorials and lectures. When you enrol for 2023, be sure to check what modes are available for your chosen course(s).

Showing 41 courses for the subject Maori Studies

Te Tīmatanga/Introduction to Māori Language

MAOR101

This course is an introduction to the Māori language for those who have little or no previous experience of the Māori language or culture. In MAOR 101 students work to develop a foundation of basic Māori language speaking, reading and writing skills,...

Total points

20.0

Days taught
2023

Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri

Trimesters taught
2023

Trimester 1,Trimester 3

Years available

2023

Te Arumanga/Elementary Māori Language

MAOR102

This course is designed for students with some basic Māori language experience, and extends upon the foundations laid in MAOR 101. In MAOR 102, students work to improve their oral and written Māori language competence, reaching a level approximately ...

Total points

20.0

Days taught
2023

Mon,Wed,Fri

Trimesters taught
2023

Trimester 2,Trimester 3

Years available

2023

Whakakokoi Mātauranga / Academic Skills A

MAOR103

MAOR 103 is a course tailored to the Tohu Māoritanga programme for Tohu students who are enrolled in a 20-point degree related course. It introduces students to competencies needed for University such as critical thinking, academic writing, independe...

This course is offered in person only.

Total points

20.0

Days taught
2023

Mon,Wed

Trimesters taught
2023

Trimester 2

Years available

2023

Whakakokoi Mātauranga / Academic Skills B

MAOR104

MAOR 104 is a course tailored to the Tohu Māoritanga programme for Tohu students who are enrolled in a 15-point degree related course. It introduces students to competencies needed for University such as critical thinking, academic writing, independe...

This course is offered in person only.

Total points

25.0

Days taught
2023

Mon,Wed

Trimesters taught
2023

Trimester 2

Years available

2023

Wana te Wanawana/Māori Language 1A

MAOR111

This course focuses upon developing a foundation of tertiary level Māori language learning and academic skills. Throughout MAOR 111 students will work to develop oral and aural confidence in te reo Māori. They will also encounter a range of Māori lan...

This course is offered in person only.

Total points

20.0

Days taught
2023

Mon,Fri

Trimesters taught
2023

Trimester 1

Years available

2023

Wanawana te Tū / Māori Language 1B

MAOR112

This course focuses upon further developing listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in te reo Māori. There is a focus upon oral performance. Students will further develop their language proficiency by beginning to evaluate, edit, and critical...

This course is offered in person only.

Total points

20.0

Days taught
2023

Tue,Fri

Trimesters taught
2023

Trimester 2

Years available

2023

Te Iwi Māori me āna Tikanga/Māori Society and Culture

MAOR123

This course introduces students to a broad range of Māori beliefs, concepts and structures that are important to the foundations and development of Māori society and culture. The course will cover aspects of pre-European Māori society, cultural chang...

This course is offered in person only.

Total points

20.0

Days taught
2023

Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri

Trimesters taught
2023

Trimester 1,Trimester 2

Years available

2023

Special Topic: Maori Cultural Practices for Professionals

MAOR125

This course prepares students to enter the workforce equipped to deal with the challenges of engaging with the Maori world and Maori stakeholders. It focuses on basic Maori language skills, workplace Treaty issues, and operating appropriately and eff...

Total points

20.0

Years available

Māori Cultural Practices for Professionals

MAOR126

This course prepares students, particularly those in the workforce, to deal with the opportunities and challenges of engaging with the Māori world and Māori stakeholders and communities. It focuses on basic Māori language skills, workplace Treaty iss...

Total points

20.0

Trimesters taught
2023

Trimester 3

Years available

2023

Te Pūtaiao Māori/Māori Science

MAOR202

Māori have always been scientists and this science enabled them to adapt to, survive and thrive in the landscape of Aotearoa. This course examines how, by looking at mātauranga and pūtaiao Māori (Māori knowledge and science) in both traditional and c...

Total points

20.0

Days taught
2023

Mon,Wed

Trimesters taught
2023

Trimester 2

Years available

2023

Māori Historical Methods: Whakapapa, Mōteatea, Manuscripts & Treaty Settlements

HIST203

An introduction to Māori historical methods and practical research skills, emphasising a range of older and more contemporary methodological frameworks for the study of history.

Total points

20.0

Days taught
2023

Mon,Wed

Trimesters taught
2023

Trimester 2

Years available

2023

Te Taunaha Whenua/Mapping Whenua

MAOR203

This course leads students to understand how mapping in Aotearoa New Zealand has impacted on Māori relationships with their lands. Key readings will reveal similarities and differences between Western and Māori spatial representation. Exercises in lo...

Total points

20.0

Years available

Tū Te Wana Wana/Māori Language 2A

MAOR211

This Māori language course extends oral, aural, reading and writing skills, with a particular focus on the relationship between language and Māori worldviews. It develops these language skills by drawing on literature from a range of time periods and...

This course is offered in person only.

Total points

20.0

Days taught
2023

Mon,Thu

Trimesters taught
2023

Trimester 1

Years available

2023

Te Kawa o te Marae/Marae Etiquette and Protocols

MAOR213

This course examines the Maori rituals and customs that govern the processes and functions of the marae. It examines the theoretical and practical application of kawa (protocols) of the marae, in both a traditional and contemporary context. Attendanc...

This course is offered in person only.

Total points

20.0

Years available

Te Tiriti o Waitangi/The Treaty of Waitangi

MAOR216

This course examines Te Tiriti o Waitangi/ The Treaty of Waitangi, developing an understanding of its impact on the people of Aotearoa from its conception to the current day and beyond.

Total points

20.0

Days taught
2023

Tue,Wed,Fri

Trimesters taught
2023

Trimester 2

Years available

2023

Te Pūwhenuatanga o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa / The Peopling of Polynesia

MAOR217

This course focuses on Polynesian origins in the Pacific with special emphasis on the settlement of New Zealand and the development of Māori culture. It draws on archaeological, linguistic, traditional and other forms of evidence. There is an optiona...

This course is offered in person only.

Total points

20.0

Days taught
2023

Mon,Tue,Fri

Trimesters taught
2023

Trimester 1

Years available

2023

Tū Tū Te Wana/Māori Language 2B

MAOR221

This Māori language course further extends oral, aural, reading and writing skills, with a particular focus on modern language contexts. It draws on a number of literary genres and situations that develop an understanding of language acquisition and ...

This course is offered in person only.

Total points

20.0

Days taught
2023

Tue,Fri

Trimesters taught
2023

Trimester 2

Years available

2023

Te Aukorimiha, Te Auripomiha o te Reo/The Social and Political Development of the Māori Language

MAOR222

MAOR 222 explores the socio-linguistic landscapes related to language revitalisation, planning and policy. The course also probes the current climate of Māori language revitalisation and the impact different initiatives have made on the social and po...

Total points

20.0

Days taught
2023

Thu

Trimesters taught
2023

Trimester 3

Years available

2023

Special Topic: TBA

CREW256

TBA

Total points

20.0

Years available

Tā Te Māori Whakahaere Rauemi/ Māori Resource Management

MAOR301

This course starts by looking at Māori ownership and mana over environmental resources and some of the challenges presented by the Crown to that mana. It moves to examine the current laws which govern Māori land and resources such as the Resource Man...

This course is offered in person only.

Total points

20.0

Days taught
2023

Tue,Thu

Trimesters taught
2023

Trimester 1

Years available

2023

Te Pūmoto o te Tangata Whenua, o te Taiao/ Indigenous Knowledge and Science

MAOR302

What can Māori learn from other Indigenous peoples? In this course, students explore how Indigenous knowledge and ‘Western’ science work against, with or independent of each other and look at examples of how science contributes to Indigenous developm...

Total points

20.0

Days taught
2023

Tue

Trimesters taught
2023

Trimester 1

Years available

2023

Māori Media

MAOR308

This course examines the idea of Māori media from a range of perspectives. Broadly defined, Māori media includes the creative works of Māori media practitioners; however, the course also examines representations of te ao Māori more generally. Drawing...

Total points

20.0

Years available

Tiri Te Wana Wana/Māori Language 3

MAOR311

In this course students test their advanced Māori language oral, aural, reading and writing skills, through engaging in a variety of advanced level Māori language tasks. This includes delving into the use of figurative language (kōrero whakaniko) and...

This course is offered in person only.

Total points

20.0

Days taught
2023

Mon,Thu

Trimesters taught
2023

Trimester 1

Years available

2023

Ngā Tikanga Tuku Iho/Māori Customary Concepts

MAOR313

This course aims to develop student insight and understanding of the nature of both traditional and contemporary Māori culture, society and politics through critical analysis of concepts such as utu, muru, raupatu, rahui and tapu.

Total points

20.0

Days taught
2023

Wed,Fri

Trimesters taught
2023

Trimester 1

Years available

2023

Tōrangapū Māori/Māori Politics

MAOR316

This online course examines a range of Māori political structures, movements, ideologies and visions. Students will also explore Māori politics in relation to Pacific and international Indigenous contexts. The themes covered in the course include Tin...

Total points

20.0

Trimesters taught
2023

Trimester 2

Years available

2023

Special Topic

MAOR317

Total points

20.0

Years available

Te Reo Karanga, Te Reo Whaikōrero/The Language of Karanga and Whaikōrero

MAOR321

This course examines the classical language of the Māori with an emphasis on the composition of original narrative and lyrical material. Attendance is required at a noho marae (approximate cost $15.00).

Total points

20.0

Days taught
2023

Tue,Fri

Trimesters taught
2023

Trimester 2

Years available

2023

Te Tāhū o te Reo/Topics in the Structure of Māori Language

MAOR322

This course provides an introduction to linguistic themes and the linguistic description of the Māori language, through the medium of te reo Māori, for competent Māori speakers. It concentrates on the analysis of the structure of Māori sentences and ...

This course is offered in person only.

Total points

20.0

Years available

Te Reo o Nga Tohunga/The Language of the Masters

MAOR406

This is an advanced course in Maori language. While the emphasis is placed on the study of classical texts including waiata, whakatauki and karakia, it will also include examples of contemporary compositions. Examples of classical texts that will be ...

Total points

30.0

Years available

Tā Te Māori Rangahau/Methodology of Māori Research

MAOR408

This course explores research theories and practices of relevance to researchers in Māori Studies. In 12 weekly seminars, staff at Te Kawa a Māui share their discipline-specific experiences and methodologies, including discussions on kaupapa Māori re...

Total points

30.0

Days taught
2023

Mon

Trimesters taught
2023

Trimester 1

Years available

2023

Kaupapa Turua/Special Topic: Iwi Internship

MAOR410

This course aims to provide a limited number of selected students with the opportunity of gaining insights into the operations of an iwi organisation, the roles and responsibilities of iwi representatives, resource consent processes and/or iwi negoti...

Total points

30.0

Years available

Te Ao Hurihuri/Issues in Contemporary Māori Society

MAOR411

This course covers the development of government and iwi policy to address issues of significance to Māori. It includes a review of some traditional and contemporary tikanga and Māori concepts impacting on issues that governments wish to address thro...

Total points

30.0

Days taught
2023

Fri

Trimesters taught
2023

Trimester 2

Years available

2023

Kia Kautū/Internship

MAOR413

Approved and supervised work placement of students in an organisation with a predominant focus on Māori issues.

This course is offered in person only.

Total points

30.0

Trimesters taught
2023

Trimester 2,Trimester 3

Years available

2023

Kaupapa Rangahau/Research Project

MAOR489

Students enrolled in this course will complete a major essay, the topic of which is to be negotiated with the Head of School, Māori Studies, who will arrange appropriate supervision.

Total points

30.0

Trimesters taught
2023

Trimester 1,Trimester 1 + 2,Trimester 2 + 3

Years available

2023

Aro Taketake/Indigenous Theories

MAOR501

This course will explore Indigenous theories and worldviews. In particular, it will cover Indigenous peoples’ political and cultural relationships, international contexts, resource management and policy (language, education, economic and science) and...

This course is offered in person only.

Total points

30.0

Days taught
2023

Fri,Sat,Sun

Trimesters taught
2023

Trimester block dates

Years available

2023

Kaupapa Turua/Special Topic

MAOR510

This course aims to provide a limited number of selected students with the opportunity of gaining insights into the operations of an iwi organisation, the roles and responsibilities of iwi representatives, resource consent processes and/or iwi negoti...

Total points

30.0

Years available

Kia Kautū/Internship

MAOR512

Approved and supervised work placement of students in an organisation with a predominant focus on Indigenous issues.

This course is offered in person only.

Total points

30.0

Trimesters taught
2023

Trimester 2,Trimester 3

Years available

2023

Kia Rukuhia/Project in Indigenous Studies

MAOR521

This course enables students to research a particular aspect of Indigenous Studies in detail with a focus on conducting reviews of key literature in the discipline by Indigenous peoples and about Indigenous peoples. The course will also examine the c...

Total points

30.0

Trimesters taught
2023

Trimester 2,Trimester 3

Years available

2023

Thesis

MAOR591

MA thesis (100%) in Maori Studies.

Total points

120.0

Trimesters taught
2023

Full Year

Years available

2023

Rangahau Pūtahi: Dissertation

MAOR595

A major research dissertation in Māori studies or Pacific studies or Education. An appropriate supervisor will be assigned depending upon the student's choice of topic.

Total points

60.0

Trimesters taught
2023

Trimester 2 + 3

Years available

2023

Māori for PhD

MAOR690

Total points

120.0

Trimesters taught
2023

Full Year

Years available

2023

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