An investigation into New Zealand’s nineteenth-century colonial conflicts, including their causes and repercussions.
This paper answers the myriad call for a wider understanding of New Zealand’s colonial wars. It investigates how and why the wars came about, the conflicts themselves, and their subsequent impacts on Māori and New Zealand more generally up to the present day. It also looks at how the wars have been represented over time on screen, in writings, and in other art forms.
| Paper title | Ngā Pakanga Nunui: New Zealand Wars |
|---|---|
| Paper code | MAOR327 |
| Subject | Maori Studies |
| EFTS | 0.15 |
| Points | 18 points |
| Teaching period | Semester 1 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees (NZD) | $955.05 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Prerequisite
- 18 200-level points
- Schedule C
- Arts and Music
- Notes
- May not be credited with MAOR310 taken in 2021 or 2022
- Eligibility
At least 18 200-level points.
- Contact
- Teaching staff
Lecturer: Professor Lachy Paterson
- Paper Structure
- Introduction
- Pre-contact warfare / musket wars / missionaries and traders
- 1840s conflicts
- Kīngitanga / First Taranaki War
- Waikato War & 2nd Taranaki War
- On-going Conflicts / Pai Mārire / Tītokowaru / Te Kooti
- Gender & War
- Legislative and Judicial Oppression & Control
- Te Kingitanga, from 1864
- Resistance and Coercive control / Parihaka / Rua Kenana
- Remembering the Wars / Representations
- Legacies into the present
- Teaching Arrangements
The paper has 12 x 2-hour lectures, and 4 x 2 hour seminars.
- Textbooks
Seminar readings are available on eReserve through Blackboard.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Lifelong Learning
- Cultural Understanding
- Critical thinking
- Communication
- Research
- Scholarship View more information about Otago's graduate attributes
- Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete the paper will:
- Demonstrate a knowledge of historical themes and perspectives relating to the causes of the New Zealand Wars, the conflicts themselves, and the consequences for Māori, and New Zealand in general.
- Critically engage with, analyse and discuss literature relating to the New Zealand Wars and assess diverse historical interpretations.
- Undertake research on a topic reflecting on an aspect of the New Zealand Wars and their consequences.
