Past Postgraduate Students
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
| Year | Name of Student | Title of Thesis | Māori/English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Paerau Warbrick | The Māori Land Court, 1960-1980 | English |
| 2007 | Nathan Matthews | He kura Māori, he kura hāhi, he kura katorika, he kura motuhake mō te iwi: Hato Paora College: a model of Māori Catholic education | English |
| 2005 | Poia Rewi | Te Ao o te whaikōrero | Māori |
| 2004 | Rawinia Higgins | He tānga ngutu, he Tuhoetanga te Mana Motuhake o te tā moko wāhine: the identity politics of moko kauae | English |
| Lachy Paterson | Ngā reo o ngā niupepa: ngā niupepa Māori, 1855-1863 Ngā reo o ngā niupepa: Māori language newspapers 1855-1863 |
Māori English |
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| Jim Williams | E pākihi hakinga a kai: an examination of pre-contact resource management practice in Southern Te Wāi Pounamu | English | |
| 2002 | Brendan Hokowhitu | Te mana Māori : Te tātari i ngā kōrero parau | English |
Master of Arts - MA
| Year | Name of Student | Title of Thesis | Māori/English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Suzanne Boyes | English | |
| 2010 | Malia Lameta | The changing role of Samoan women in Samoan society | English |
| 2009 | Mara Hosoda | Hawaiian, Māori and Samoan performing arts as education | English |
| 2009 | Moira Fortin-Cornejo | The Development of Theatre in Easter Island - Hakarama I te A'amu o Rapa Nui | English |
| 2009 | Henare Mita | English | |
| 2007 | Sophia Beaton | A Contemporary Māori Culinary Tradition | English |
| 2007 | Christina Matteotti | Reclamations, Refigurations, and Exploitations: Comparative Indigenous Literary Responses to the Colonial Archive, Museum and Collection | English |
| 2005 | Rachael Ka'ai-Oldman | Tākina ko au, tākina ko koe!: Te āhuatanga o te whakataetae kapa haka | Māori |
| Dean Mahuta | Ko taku rau kotahi | Māori | |
| 2004 | Karyn Paringatai | Poia mai taku poi: Unearthing the knowledge of the past: a critical review of written literature on the poi in New Zealand and the Pacific | English |
| 2000 | Michelle Schaaf | Tamaitai wilson mai o moataa: The role of Samoan women as facilitators of learning | English |
| 1999 | Rawinia Higgins | He kupu tuku iho mō tēnei reanga: Te āhua o te tuku kōrero | Māori |
| Danny Tuato'o | Te Tahi o Pipiri: Literacy and missionary pedagogy as mechanisms in change. The reactions of three rangatira from the Bay of Islands 1814-1834 | English | |
| 1998 | Hana O'Regan | Ko Tahu, ko au | English |
| 1997 | Jim Williams | Ko te kohika turuturu: the enduring collection | English |
Master of Indigenous Studies - MIndS
| Year | Name of Student | Title of Research Report | Māori/English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Panapa Ehau | Papakāinga | English |
| Deborah Goomes | Chatham Islands Art History | English | |
| Regina Mendoza | The Banau Rice Terraces: A Window into Ifugao's Indigenous Way of Farming | English | |
| Agustin Panganiban | Sagada Traditional Forestry Resource Management: Implications for Policy Development and Protection of Ancestral Domains/Lands | English | |
| David Roach | Liberal-Egalitarianism, Indigeneity and Health Outcome Equity | English | |
| Damian Skinner | A Whare Whakairo in Hawai'i: Te Aroha o te Iwi Māori | English | |
| 2007 | Vaughn Bidois | English | |
| Marcia Cassidy | Māori Models of Practice: Cultural Tick-box or Clinical Alternative | English | |
| David Dudfield | |||
| 2006 | Sarah Cripps | Don Brash and the Continuation of a Colonial Discourse | English |
| Sarah Naylor | Tā te Pūnaha Mātauranga o Aotearoa he Kaikai Haere i te Oranga Tonutanga o te Reo: The Perpetuation of Māori Language Loss in the New Zealand Education System – A Pākehā Perspective |
English | |
| Tangiwai Rewi | What is the Impact and Implications of Ministry of Education Legislative Changes to Teacher Qualifications on and for Teaching Staff in Kura Kaupapa Māori? | English | |
| 2005 | Charis Brown | Cultural Appropriation: Use of a minority culture within a commercial environment | English |
| Michael Brown | Orientalism and Out Group Pākehā | English | |
| Dean Fraser | Restoring Balance: restorative justice and Māori | English | |
| Olivia Grace | "Mā is white, Whero is red…": The Effectiveness of teaching Māori Studies in Primary Education | English | |
| Rabena Kini | Giving – Should it hurt? A study of the giving of the Samoan people to the Church | English | |
| Kiri Moxon | It's About Advertising: Understanding Māori Focused Self-help Advertisements and the Perpetuation of Stereotypes | English | |
| Darryn Russell | Full and Final Settlement: There is a fishhook in my soup | English | |
| 2004 | Vanessa Oxley | The impact of becoming or wanting to become smokefree for Māori | English |
| Julie Segi | What is Feagaiga? Understanding a Samoan practice with a particular reference to the sister role | English |
Postgraduate Diploma in Arts Subjects (PGDipArts)
| Year | Name of Student | Title of Dissertation | Māori/English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Craig Hall | Nā tāku raurau, nā tāu raurau ka ora ai te iwi: Using the Zone of Proximal Development, Scaffolding, and the Socio-Cultural theory to enhance the teaching of Māori as a second language: A critical analysis of the rākau method of teaching and the bilingual method of teaching | English |
| 2006 | Malia Lameta | English | |
| 2005 | Ngahuia Asher | English | |
| 2001 | Sarah Asher | Ko Taku Whakapapa Tonu Te Here: Application of Traditional Kaitiakitanga in Contemporary Commercial Contexts | English |
| 2000 | Katie Tamanui-Thomas | Māori Women's Welfare League: Mana Wahine Māori | English |
| 1999 | Nathan Matthews | He Haka taki Kōrero: The political potency of haka | English |
| Lachy Paterson | Ngā tangi a te pīpī | Māori | |
| Kate Timms | |||
| 1997 | Robert Taylor | Waiata whakamaumahara ki ngā kaiherehere nō Taranaki i Ōtepoti i tērā rautau kua pahemo | Māori |
| 1996 | Nigel Cairns | ||
| Rawinia Higgins | Te Kura Tūohu: Ētahi Ahuatanga o ngā Hui Tangata Mate. | ||
| Rachael Rakena | |||
| Matiu Ratima | Ngā hanganga mātauranga kaupaua Māori | Māori | |
| 1995 | Hana O'Regan |
Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons))
| Year | Name of Student | Title of Dissertation | Māori/English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Gianna Leoni | Mā te huruhuru te manu ka rere: Māori identity formation in Dunedin High Schools |
English |
| 2008 | Natalie Coates | English | |
| Carel Thompson-Teepa | Tō ‘Tātou’ Reo Rangatira: National Treasure or Taonga Māori: An investigation into the motivations of Pākehā in learning the Māori language | English | |
| Jacinta Paranihi | He Take Hei Pupuri Tonu I Te Whenua: A Perspective on Hapū Formation in Māori Society | English | |
| Courney Sullivan | Mai i Aotearoa - From New Zealand: The effects of living in Australia on Māori identity | English | |
| 2007 | Jaimee Grant | The Polytiks of Māori Conscious Rap | English |
| Rangimarie Mules | Kā uri ā Papatūānuku: An investiagtion of pre-contact resource management in Te Wāi Pounamu | English | |
| Erica Newman | Māori, European and Half-caste Children; The Destitute, the eglected and the Orphaned - An Investigation into the Early New Zealand European Contact Period and the Care of Children 1840-1852 | English | |
| 2006 | Suzanne Boyes | Mai i ngā Ao e Rua – From Two Worlds: An investigation into the attitudes towards half castes in New Zealand | English |
| Wahineata Smith | Māori | ||
| 2005 | Abby Suszko | Māori Perspectives on the Foreshore and Seabed Debate: A Dunedin Case Study | English |
| 2003 | Zoe Linsell | ||
| Rachael Ka'ai-Oldman | English | ||
| Dean Mahuta | Māori | ||
| Matani Schaaf | Polynesian Rugby Players' Perceptions and Experiences of Professional Rugby | English | |
| 2000 | Karyn Paringatai | Hinetu Dell: Te poutokomanawa o Murihiku | English |
| 1999 | Abigail Cawston | Traditional Marine Resource Management: An Holistic Practice | English |
| 1998 | Simon Milton | Ariki Moana: A Perspective on the Development of Iwi as an Institution | English |
| 1997 | Fiona Carter-Giddings (nee Milne) | Te Riri Pākehā: Colonisation and Contestation in the Nineteenth Century Native Land Court | English |
| Danny Tuato'o Ross | William Colenso: Bush Notes, Nascent Indigenisation and Evangelism in Aotea-roa | English | |
| 1996 | Andrew Irwin |
Further Information
The following list of theses, research reports and dissertations done by Te Tumu students is incomplete. If you are able to help provide missing information please contact Karyn Paringatai. Many of the following items have been uploaded on to Te Papa Hou (Te Tumu's digital repository). These items are available free to be downloaded on to your computer. Just click on the title of the thesis/research report/dissertation to be taken directly to their page on Te Papa Hou.
If you are a past student and you would like your dissertation/research report/thesis added to Te Papa Hou please contact Karyn Paringatai.
