Postgraduate Certificate

PGMMI803: Contemporary Māori/Indigenous Policy Development (30 credits)

Description: This paper will critically examine and critique the conceptual frameworks and applications of policy development across a range of settings and experiences as it relates to Māori/Indigenous advancement. Understanding power relationships and best practice engagement in terms of consultation and meaningful collaborative partnership policy applications is critiqued and explored for wider understanding and application.  Central to this paper is the interrogation of the policy cycle and the comparative analysis between Western and Indigenous/Māori systems and practices.  Consideration is given to developing a Policy/Kawa that integrates Māori world views, principles (Mātāpono) Mātātika, (ethical practices) as part of the core design, implementation and evaluation processes

PGMMI804 – Te Reo o Ngā Tohunga (30 credits)

Description: This paper examines and gives Reo and English analysis, interpretation, inquiry of advanced Māori oral and written literature relevant to Mātaatua Waka; whānau, hapū and iwi-marae wānanga. This paper brings together relevant, enduring literature to support the oral traditions of knowledge legacy of marae-tikanga protocols and etiquette to ensure marae-tikanga within the whānau, hapū and iwi knowledge is sustainable into the future. Key concepts of teaching practice include the oral traditions of whaikōrero (formal speech) and karanga (ceremonial calls), whakatauāki (proverbs), pepeha (tribal sayings), karaipiture, (biblical passages), tauparapara (chants), mōteatea (sung poetry) kōrero tuku iho (inherited stories) and kōrero paki (creative amusing stories). Tauira will be expected to research, compile and present their own whānau, hapū and iwi oral and written literature in written form and present seminar discussion samples to support their Reo academic revitalisation aspirations. Students enrolling in this course should note that a high degree of Māori language proficiency is essential to succeed. Students must be able to operate successfully in an immersion Māori learning and teaching environment and are expected to submit assignments in te reo Māori.

PGMMI805: Te Reo o te Mōteatea (30 credits)

Description: This core subject of this paper is mōteatea. Mōteatea will be examined in the reo and english in terms of its analysis, interpretation, inquiry of advanced Māori oral and written literature relevant to Mātaatua Waka; whānau, hapū and iwi-marae wānanga-mōteatea. Traditional and contemporary mōteatea contains insightful poetic commentaries, philosophies, values, biographies, prophetic identities, quotes, biblical passages, historical literature that explain complex views on a range of important and endure knowledge issues. Tauira will be expected to research, compile and present whānau, hapū and iwi mōteatea oral and written literature in written form and seminar presentation outlines to support mōteatea revitalisation aspirations. Students enrolling in this course should note that a high degree of Māori language proficiency is essential to succeed. Students must be able to operate successfully in an immersion Māori learning and teaching environment and are expected to submit assignments in te reo Māori.

PGMMI806: Te Whakarauora (30 credits)

Description: The purpose of this paper is to provide in te reo Māori an interpretation, analysis, an examination of the highly ornate oral and written literature contained in the ceremonial performance of karanga and whaikōrero. Within the performance of karanga and whaikōrero other ritualised narratives such as poroporoaki (farewell calls), whenua (land) combined with ā-whanau, ā-hapū, ā-iwi experience come to the fore. Students enrolling in this course should note that a high degree of Māori language proficiency is essential to succeed. Students must be able to operate successfully in an immersion Māori learning and teaching environment and are expected to submit assignments in te reo Māori.

PGMMI811: Advanced Māori/Indigenous Economic Development (30 credits)

Description: In this course, tauira will gain an understanding of the complexities of balancing competing or complementary economic influences facing Māori and indigenous communities. More specifically it will examine traditional and contemporary notions of economic development, as well as relevant theory, and its application in Māori and indigenous contexts. Furthermore, this paper will provide tauira with theoretical frameworks and futures-oriented solutions, which will enable them to develop, apply and implement economic development models within Māori and indigenous settings.

PGMMI812: Contemporary Māori/Indigenous Policy Development (30 credits)

Description: This paper will critically examine and critique the conceptual frameworks and applications of policy development across a range of settings and experiences as it relates to Māori/Indigenous advancement. Understanding power relationships and best practice engagement in terms of consultation and meaningful collaborative partnership policy applications is critiqued and explored for wider understanding and application.  Central to this paper is the interrogation of the policy cycle and the comparative analysis between Western and Indigenous/Māori systems and practices.  Consideration is given to developing a Policy/Kawa that integrates Māori world views, principles (Mātāpono) Mātātika, (ethical practices) as part of the core design, implementation and evaluation processes.

PGMMI816: Kaitiakitanga (30 credits)

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This paper examines the concept of Kaitiakitanga as it relates to Māori Resource Management. The course is grounded within Māori Knowledge systems and philosophies of knowing and understanding from a Māori world-view. This world-view is based on Mātauranga and Kaupapa Māori principles and values and validated through Āhuatanga Māori cultural performance indicators.  The paper provides a critique relating to the relativity of traditional and contemporary concepts of Kaitiakitanga particularly as it relates to Māori people and their resources and contemporary practices.  Central to these concepts is the provision of a sustainable management practice that integrates ‘mana’ tapu’ ‘mauri’ and ‘rāhui’ into a sustainable and measurable management practice within contemporary environments. 

This paper is specifically designed to enable graduates to immediately apply what they have learnt to their work, place, whānau, hapu and iwi Māori resource policies and practices. Moreover, graduates will also be able to effectively engage and inform Crown agencies on ‘Mātauranga/Kaupapa Māori’ driven best practice approaches for managing resources in a range of contexts. 

PGMMI821: Te Tapere nui ā Whatonga (30 credits)

Description: This paper provides a post-graduate level introduction to the various methods and genre of Māori storytelling. This paper will also explore the origins and evolution of Māori storytelling and its importance to the identity of whānau, hapu and iwi. The paper familiarizes tauira with a range of Māori storytelling techniques, styles, mediums and language with the aim of developing an in-depth understanding of the skill set and knowledge base required to create pakiwaitara or pūrākau (Māori storytelling or narration). This paper will assist in developing the various genres of te reo pōhewa (creative language) and its application and significance to the art of Māori storytelling.

PGMMI822: Mana Wahine Leadership (30 credits)

Description: This paper will undertake research where Māori women’s leadership contributes to Māori and Indigenous Peoples’ self-determination. Mana Wāhine underpins Māori women’s leadership theories, principles and practices. ‘Herstories’ are used to examine Māori women’s discourses of mātauranga wāhine, tikanga Māori, the politics of difference and diverse realities that affirm Mana Wāhine leadership.

PGMMI828: Research Methodologies and Methods (30 credits)

Description: This paper will prepare tauira for the research component required for further postgraduate study. Tauira will become aware of a range of ethical considerations informing future projects of research they may undertake and will develop familiarity with associated research jargon.

PGMMI829: Tā te Māori Rangahau Kōrero (30 credits)

Description: Ko te ngako o te kaupapa nei he wānanga i ngā tūāhuatanga o te rangahau mō te hunga kei te tuhituhi ki te reo Māori, kei te whai hoki i te tirohanga Māori. Ka āta tirohia te āhua o ngā putunga rangahau a te Māori, mō te Māori anō, i tuhia ki te reo Māori, i whāi rānei i ngā tikanga a te Māori hei huarahi rangahau mā rātou e mārama ai te āhua o tā te Māori tāna rangahau kōrero. Ko te tikanga ia he āta wānanga i ngā whare kōrero, i ngā marae kōrero, i ngā pātaka kōrero o te Māori, ngā āhuatanga i kīia ai te Māori he iwi whai tikanga, he kawa anō ōna hei āhuatanga rangahau māna. Ka mutu ko te reo Māori te tāhuhu o te kaupapa nei. Māna e kōkiri, māna anō e hua ai te ora o te mātauranga, o te wānanga, o te rangahau ki te whai ao, ki te ao mārama. Me mōhio ki te kōrero me te tuhituhi i roto i te reo Māori

IHI805: Special Topic (30 credits)

Description: This course allows for a special area of study to be offered by a visiting lecturer or invited lecturer with a strong background in a given area of academic study. The lecturers for this course will be suitably qualified to the level of Masters. The offering of this option will depend on the availability of visiting lecturers. The visiting lecturer will develop a course outline directly related to their academic area of expertise in consultation with a designated representation of Graduate studies staff. Consideration also will be given to areas of valid demand identified among Masters students. This paper is a flexible course drawing on the experience and knowledge base of a recognised lecturer.

IHI806 Selected Topics (30 credit)

Description: This course enables students to study in-depth selected topics from the field of Indigenous Studies or Māori Studies through a programme of readings, seminars and directed research. Students will be supervised by a lecturer in whose area they are studying. The student will produce a research-based project as part of their assessment.

Papers marked with * indicates students can choose to enrol in this paper as a single semester course full-time, or as a double semester course part-time.