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    Overview

    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.

    About this paper

    Paper title Ngā Pakanga Nunui: New Zealand Wars
    Subject Maori Studies
    EFTS 0.15
    Points 18 points
    Teaching period Semester 1 (On campus)
    Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) $981.75
    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

    tetumu@otago.ac.nz

    Teaching staff

    To be advised when paper is next offered.

    Paper Structure
    1. Introduction
    2. Pre-contact warfare / musket wars / missionaries and traders
    3. 1840s conflicts
    4. Kīngitanga / First Taranaki War
    5. Waikato War & 2nd Taranaki War
    6. On-going Conflicts / Pai Mārire / Tītokowaru / Te Kooti
    7. Gender & War
    8. Legislative and Judicial Oppression & Control
    9. Te Kingitanga, from 1864
    10. Resistance and Coercive control / Parihaka / Rua Kenana
    11. Remembering the Wars / Representations
    12. 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
    1. Lifelong Learning
    2. Cultural Understanding
    3. Critical thinking
    4. Communication
    5. Research
    6. Scholarship
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    Learning Outcomes

    Students who successfully complete the paper will:

    1. 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.
    2. Critically engage with, analyse and discuss literature relating to the New Zealand Wars and assess diverse historical interpretations.
    3. Undertake research on a topic reflecting on an aspect of the New Zealand Wars and their consequences.

    Timetable

    Semester 1

    Location
    Dunedin
    Teaching method
    This paper is taught On Campus
    Learning management system
    Blackboard

    Lecture

    Stream Days Times Weeks
    Attend
    A1 Thursday 14:00-15:50 9-13, 15-16, 18-22

    Tutorial

    Stream Days Times Weeks
    Attend one stream from
    A1 Monday 13:00-14:50 11, 13, 16, 18
    A2 Monday 15:00-16:50 11, 13, 16, 18
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