Te Kawa a Māui – School of Māori Studies


100 Level Courses

MAOR 101 – Te Timatanga/Introduction to Maori Language

MAOR 102 – Te Arumanga/Elementary Maori Language

MAOR 111 – Wana te Wanawana /Maori Language 1A

MAOR 112 – Wanawana te Tu / Maori Language 1B

MAOR 122 – Te Puwhenuatanga o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa/The Peopling of Polynesia

MAOR 123 – Te Iwi Maori me ana Tikanga/Maori Society and Culture

MAOR 124 – Te Putaiao Maori/Maori Science

MAOR 125 – Special Topic: Maori Performing Arts and Society


200 Level Courses

MAOR 210 – Special Topic: Cultural Mapping

MAOR 211 – Tu Te Wana Wana/Maori Language 2A

MAOR 212 – Te Ao Hangarau, a Rehia/Culture, Performance and Technology

MAOR 213 – Te Kawa o te Marae/Marae Etiquette and Protocols

MAOR 214 – Tikanga Whenua, Tikanga Moana/Maori Land and Sea Tenure

MAOR 215 – Ta Te Maori Whakahaere Rauemi/Maori Resource Management

MAOR 216 – Te Tiriti o Waitangi/The Treaty of Waitangi

MAOR 221 – Tu Tu Te Wana/Maori Language 2B

MAOR 222 – Te Aukorimiha, Te Auripomiha o te Reo/The Social and Political Development of the Maori Language

MAOR 233 – Pacific Literature


300 Level Courses

MAOR 308 – Maori Media

MAOR 311 – Tiri Te Wana Wana/Maori Language 3

MAOR 312 – Toi Maori/The Arts of the Maori

MAOR 313 – Nga Tikanga Tuku Iho/Maori Customary Concepts

MAOR 316 – Torangapu Maori/Maori Politics

MAOR 317 – Special Topic: Science and Indigenous Knowledge

MAOR 318 – Special Topic: Maori Performance Analysis

MAOR 321 – Te Reo Karanga, Te Reo Whaikorero/The Language of Karanga and Whaikorero

MAOR 322 – Te Tahu o te Reo/Topics in the Structure of Maori Language


400 Level Courses

MAOR 402 – Nga Ahuatanga Mahi Toi o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa/Approaches to the Study of Oceanic Art

MAOR 404 – Te Toi o Te Karanga o Te Whaikorero/The Art of Karanga and Whaikorero

MAOR 405 – Nga Kohinga Korero a Iwi/Tribal Ethnographies

MAOR 406 – Te Reo o Nga Tohunga/The Language of the Masters

MAOR 407 – Special Topic: Korero Whakarei: Advanced Creative Maori Language

MAOR 408 – Ta Te Maori Rangahau/Methodology of Maori Research

MAOR 409 – Te Ao Onamata/Issues in Traditional Maori Society

MAOR 410 – Kaupapa Turua/Special Topic

MAOR 411 – Te Ao Hurihuri/Issues in Contemporary Maori Society

MAOR 412 – Special Topic: Te Tataritanga Whatutoto o te Reo Maori/Advanced Linguistic Analysis of the Maori Language

MAOR 489 – Kaupapa Rangahau/Research Essay


500 Level Courses

MAOR 502 – Nga Ahuatanga Mahi Toi o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa/Approaches to the Study of Oceanic Art

MAOR 504 – Te Toi o te Karanga o te Whaikorero/The Art of Karanga and Whaikorero

MAOR 505 – Nga Kohinga Korero a Iwi/Tribal Ethnographies

MAOR 506 – Te Reo o Nga Tohunga/The Language of the Masters

MAOR 507 – Kaupapa Tutahi/Special Topic

MAOR 509 – Te Ao Onamata/Issues in Traditional Maori Society

MAOR 510 – Kaupapa Turua/Special Topic

MAOR 511 – Te Ao Hurihuri/Issues in Contemporary Maori Society

MAOR 589 – Kaupapa Rangahau/Research Essay (25%)

MAOR 591 – Thesis

MAOR 592 – Thesis

MAOR 595 – Research Project (50%)


600 Level Courses

MAOR 690 – Maori for PhD


800 Level Courses

MAOR 801 – Te Tu Marae/Marae Practice

MAOR 802 – Waiata Tawhito/Waiata Performance

MAOR 803 – Te Mahi Taonga/Practical Maori Art

MAOR 804 – Whakakokoi Matauranga/Academic Study Skills

MAOR 820 – Te Matatau ki te Reo Maori (Maori Language Proficiency)

MAOR 821 – Te Reo Maori me ona Ahuatanga (Description of Maori Through the Medium of Maori)

MAOR 822 – Planning and Development, and Curriculum Studies

MAOR 823 – Special Topic

MAOR 824 – Research Paper