Associate Professor Poia Rewi
MA (Waikato) RSA/Cambridge CTEFLA, PhD (Otago)
Pūkenga Matua, Senior Lecturer (Appointed 2003)
(Tūhoe, Ngāti Manawa, Te Arawa)
Contact details
Room Richardson South Tower, Rm 3S4
Phone 64 3 479 8955
Fax 64 3 479 8525
Email poia.rewi@otago.ac.nz
Research
Poia's research interests include te reo me ngā tikanga Māori, Māori oratory and Māori history.
Teaching
- MAOR 431 - Te Kohure
- MAOR 208 - Ngā Manu Taki
- MAOR 108 - Waiata: Te Tīmatanga (Guest Lectures)
- MAOR 314 - He Pūkōrero (Guest Lectures)
- INGX 501 - Indigenous Theory and Method (Guest Lectures)
Recent/Current Supervision
Current
- Karyn Paringatai - PhD - The causes and effects of Māori migration to Southland in the 1960s & 1970s
- Delyn Day - PhD - Te Āwhio-Rangi: Te Mata Ngero o Te Reo
- Courtney Sullivan - MA - Tikanga & Tūpāpaku: Māori Concepts of the Body after Death
- Craig Hall - MA - Implementing the ‘Silent Way’ method of teaching Te Reo Māori into a University context – Māori language teachers’ perspectives
- Erica Newman - MA - How Māori who were adopted at birth identify themselves.
Major Research Outputs
Book
Rewi, P. (2010). Whaikorero: The World of Māori Oratory. Auckland University Press.
Edited Book
Hokowhitu, B., Kermoal, N., Andersen, C., Petersen, A., Reilly, A., Altamirano- Jimenez, I. & Rewi, P. (eds.). (2010) Indigenous Identity and Resistance: Researching the Diversity of Knowledge. Dunedin. University of Otago Press.
Book Chapter
Rewi, P. (2010). 'Culture: Compromise or perish'. In B. Hokowhitu, N. Kermoal, C. Andersen, A. Petersen, M. Reilly, I. Altamirano- Jimenez & P. Rewi. (eds.). Indigenous Identity and Resistance: Researching the Diversity of Knowledge. Dunedin. University of Otago Press, pp. 55-73.
Rewi, P. (2006). 'Te Rakiraki Anuanu'. In Walker, P and Raven, H. (ed). Te Tū A Te Toka. Te Whanga-nui-a-Tara: Tōtika Publications, pp. 17-20.
Thompson S, Rewi P.P, & Wrathall D. (2000). 'Māori experience in sport and physical activity: research and initiatives.' In C. Collins and L. Tsrenberth (ed.) Sport in New Zealand Society. Palmerston North: Dunmore Press, pp. 1-384.
Rewi P. P. (1999). 'Ko Tiare te mihini ngongo.' In S. Sakaria (ed.) Ngā Pakiwaitara ma ngā Tamariki 2. Te Whanganui-a-Tara: Huia Publishers, pp. 9-12.
Rewi P P. (1999) 'Me i roa ake aku waewae!' Ngā Pakiwaitara a Huia 3. (Report to Short Story) Te Whanganui-a-Tara: Huia Publishers, pp. 55-60.
Journal Articles
Rewi, P. (2004). 'Ko te waihanga me ngā wehewehenga o te whaikōrero: The Structural System of Whaikōrero and its Components'. Junctures, 2, pp. 16-32.
Rewi P P. (2002) 'Pōwhiri and Death'. He Puna Kōrero - Journal of Maori and Pacific Development.
Rewi P.P. (2000). 'Murau A Te Tini: Mourned by the Multitudes'. He Puna Kōrero - Journal of Maori and Pacific Development, 1(1), pp. 2-3.
Rewi P.P. (2000). 'Pounamu: Greenstone.' He Puna Kōrero - Journal of Maori and Pacific Development, 1(1), pg. 3
Refereed Conference Proceedings
Rewi P.P. (2010). 'Whaikōrero'. Ngā Kete A Rēhua Inaugural Māori Research Symposium Te Waipounamu, pp. 38-46.
Rewi, P. (2006). 'Te Ao O Te Whaikōrero'. In M. Kiley & G. Mullins (eds.) Quality in postgraduate research: Knowledge creation in testing times. Canberra: CEDAM, The Australian National University.
Rewi P.P. (2001) 'Whaikōrero. Bilingualism at the Ends of the Earth'. R. Barnard & R. Harlow (eds.), pp. 103-108.
Educational Resources
Part of a team of editors for Kia Ata Mai Educational Trust involved with the publication of an assessment resource for teachers in Māori Immersion Programmes focussing on Early Literacy. This involves the reconstruction of Dame Marie Clay's programme of assessment in the English language.
Submitted word definitions for a Māori Language Dictionary being produced by Te Taura Whiri I Te Reo Māori.
Performing Arts
Rewi P.P. (2003). Haka: Ngatia te hā. Tūhoe Ki Waikato Biannual Haka Competitions.
Rewi P.P. (2003). Whakaeke: Karo tahi te pō. Tūhoe Ki Waikato, Biannual Haka Competitions.
Rewi, P.P. (2002). Ngā Kete o Te Wānanga (play script). Tōku Māpihi Maurea Kura Kaupapa Māori.
Rewi P.P. (2002). Poi: Tū Whakahīhī. Te Whare Wānanga O Waikato, National Competitions.
Rewi P.P. (2001). Kei ngā Rārangi Kauheke. Hauraki Competitions.
Rewi P.P. (2001). Whakawātea. Te Whare Wānanga O Waikato, Regional Competitions.
Rewi P.P. Haka: Pūrua te moko.Tūhoe Ki Waikato Biannual Haka Competitions (2001)
Rewi P.P. (2001). Whakaeke: Te Matapihi o Tūmanako. Tūhoe Ki Waikato Biannual Haka Competitions.
Rewi P.P.(2000). E Tū Kahikatea. Huiarau School. Bay Of Plenty Competitions.
Rewi P.P. (1999). Tau rua mano. Rakaumangamanga, Hauraki Competitions.
Rewi P.P. (1999). Tōku reo-tōku ha. Tōku Māpihi Maurea Kura Kaupapa Māori, Hauraki Competitions.
Rewi P.P. (1999). Whakamomori. Paeroa College, Hauraki Competitions.
Rewi P.P. (1999). E kō e kui. Tōku Māpihi Maurea Kura Kaupapa Māori. Hauraki Competitions.
Rewi P.P. (1999). Hei aha te hoko! Te Whare Wānanga O Waikato. National Competitions.
Rangikotua M., Ranga D.K., Huata T., & Rewi P.P. (1999). Ka kata te pō. Te Whainga. Aotearoa, Te Mangai Paho, Toi Maori.
