• Ngāti Kahungunu Ngāti Porou
  • Ngāti Kuia Ngāri Koata Rangitāne
    Faculty of Education
  • Kia Ārohi Kia Mārama - Scoping Excellence

    Project commenced:

    What are the threshold concepts for undergraduate study in the field of Māori studies?

    How can the identification of Māori studies’ threshold concepts be used to support teaching and student achievement in Māori studies programmes?

    According to Māori oral tradition, Te Ihonga was a demi-god who could tie intricate knots. The resulting entanglements became known as ‘te ruru a Te Ihonga’ (the ties of Te Ihonga) (Mead and Grove 2001:206). They were regarded as so complicated and secure that only people who knew Te Ihonga’s secret were thought to be able to untie them.

  • Kia Ārohi Kia Mārama - Scoping Excellence

    Project commenced:

    This research seeks to investigate Māori jurisprudence. Māori jurisprudence, broadly speaking, comprises a set of tikanga and how those tikanga are used in everyday life to make decisions that affect Māori communities. For this research we wish to focus specifically on the most important institution of Māori decision-making: the hui. This pilot project will investigate a limited set of hui, specifically examining decision-making and the role of tikanga in such decision-making, within urban contexts.  The research hypothesis upon which this project is designed is that modern everyday Maori jurisprudence is observable and distinct, despite the impact of Western legal frameworks.

  • Ngāti Ranginui Ngāti Tūwharetoa
    Associate Professor - Centre for Academic Development, Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Mātauranga Māori)

    Meegan teaches courses on higher education learning and teaching and hosts teaching orientations and events. Most of her teaching is to lecturers and tutors whilst she also contributes to the programme offered by Te Kawa a Māui, the School of Māori Studies, such as their introductory course about Māori society and culture and their postgraduate course about Māori research methodologies.

  • Ngāti Kahungunu Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki
    Senior Lecturer School of Law

    Carwyn's primary research interests relate to the Treaty of Waitangi and indigenous legal traditions.  Before joining the faculty in 2006, Carwyn worked in a number of different roles at the Waitangi Tribunal, Māori Land Court, and the Office of Treaty Settlements.

  • Te Rarawa
    Associate Professor

    Māmari completed an MA (Distinction) in Classical Studies, BA (Hons), and an LLB (Hons) at Victoria University. She then spent three and a half years at Russell McVeagh in Wellington working in the Māori legal team in the Corporate Advisory Group, latterly concentrating on ACC law.

  • Ngāti Awa Ngāti Porou
    Senior Lecturer, MBU's Director, School of Management
  • Full project

    E kore e ngaro nga tapuwae i nga wa o mua,
    He arahina ke tatou ki te huarahi nei,
    Me hangaia e tatou e tatou ano

    We can never erase the footprints of our past,
    They lead us to the paths of the future
    We carve for ourselves.

    In the 21st century, indigenous youth face an uncertain and challenging future. In the years ahead they will need to deal with a daunting range of issues, some of potentially unprecedented scale and scope.

  • Full project Pae Tawhiti project

    Project commenced:

    Te Reo Māori represents an amazing opportunity to New Zealand for its potential to enrich society and culture and transform the experience and consciousness of those who are exposed to and use the language. The Māori language is an official language of New Zealand and is indigenous to our country. It is part of our country’s national character and identity. The richness and vibrancy of the language distinguishes New Zealand in areas such as tourism, exporting, employment, education and broadcasting, and plays an integral role in cultural identity.

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