Red X iconGreen tick iconYellow tick icon
Skip to main content Skip to side navigation

Doctor of Philosophy - PhD

Year Name Title Language
2018 John Donald Birnie Exploring learner-centredness for adults learning te reo Māori: easing the path to language acquisition
Erica Newman Colonial Intervention on Guardianship and 'Adoption' Practices in Fiji 1874-1970
Raewyn Tangiwai Rewi Examining Traditional Maaori Knowledge Frameworks and Intergenerational Knowledge Transmission “Titiro, Whakarongo” – he huarahi ako noo ngaa raa o nehe. “Look, Listen” – a way of learning from days past
Paratene Tane Whakapapakāinga: a template for the cross-generational development of marae-communities
2017 Reiko Hayakawa Possibility of Telecommunication Universal Service in the Pacific Islands; Case studies of Vanuatu, PEACESAT and USPNet
Fetaomi Tapu-Qiliho Tuvaluan Diaspora within Oceania: Ethnic Identity and Belongingness in the Margins
2016 Gianna Leoni Mā te taki te kāhui ka tau - Te Waiaro ki te Reo Māori i ngā Hinonga Kāwanatanga Māori
Matani Schaaf Motivation and Burnout in Professional Pasifiki Rugby players English
2015 Erica Anderson Domestic Violence and Society's Response in the Cook Islands: The Psychological Impacts on Victims in “Paradise” English
Marsa Dodson Mixed blessings: Oral histories of the war children born to US Servicemen and Indigenous Cook Islanders
2013 Karyn Paringatai Kua riro ki wīwī, ki wāwā: The causes and effects of Māori migration to Southland English
Delyn Day A Kui mā a Koro mā: he wānanga i te momo iranga i ētahi kōrero Māori o nehe Māori
2012 Vaughn Bidois Destablising the Binary: Reframing Cultural Identity Postcolonial Reflections in Aotearoa New Zealand English
2011 Anne-Marie Jackson Ki Uta Ki Tai: He Taoka Tuku Iho English
Abby Suszko The Foreshore and Seabed Debate: Contrasting Visions of Equality and Rights
Michelle Schaaf Sport, culture, race and gender, with particular reference to Polynesian sportswomen
2010 Paerau Warbrick Māori Land Court 1960-1980: An autoethnographic and social commentary
2007 Nathan Matthews He kura Māori, he kura hahi, he kura katorika, he kura motuhake mo te iwi. Hato Paora College : a model of Māori Catholic education English
2005 Justin Ihirangi Heke Hokowhitu : a sport-based programme to improve academic, career, and drug and alcohol awareness in adolescent Māori
Poia Rewi Te ao o te Whaikorero
2004 Jim Williams `E pakihi hakinga a kai: An examination of pre-contact resource management practice in Southern Te Wai Pounamu English
Rawinia Higgins He tānga ngutu, he Tūhoetanga te mana motuhake o te tā moko wahine: The identity politics of moko kauae English
Lachy Paterson Ngā reo o ngā niupepa : Māori language newspapers 1855-1863 Māori & English
2002 Brendan J. Hokowhitu Te mana Māori : Te tatari i nga korero parau
1985 Michael Reilly John White: An Examination of his use of Maori Oral Tradition and the Role of Authenticity

Master of Arts (MA)

Year Name Title Language
2018 Pia Cristóbal Kahn Sacred Katuiran: Decolonial Sensibility in the Katipunan Papers: An 'indigenist hermeneutic' of nineteenth-century Tagalog revolutionary texts
2017 Tawini White He Waka Huia, He Waka Reo-ā-Iwi : The importance of reo-ā-iwi in identity formation
2015 Te Ao Mārama Tawhara Kia Māori te reo Māori? An investigation of adult learner attitudes towards the impact of English on te reo Māori
Malia Lameta “I am the Apple Of My Brothers Eye”: An investigation into the evolving roles of Samoan women with particular reference to religion and gender relations
Jacob Myhre The attitude of non-Maori second language learners of the Māori language towards Māori language use
Marcelle Wharerau “You Maaris get everything” – Trequity Measures at the University of Otago
2014 Clara Pau SNS (Social Networking Samoans): Exploring the ethnic identities of Samoan Facebook users in New Zealand
2013 Courtney Sullivan Te Okiokinga Mutunga Kore - The Eternal Rest: Investigating Māori Attitudes towards Death English
Tui Nicola Clery The Art of Peace: Performative and Arts Based Peace Practices in Contemporary Fiji
Catriona Elizabeth Timms Indigenous Language Revitalisation in Aotearoa New Zealand and Alba Scotland English
Craig Hall A Comparison of Bilingual-based and Monolingual- based Pedagogy in the Acquisition of Māori as a Second Language He tina ki runga - He tāmore ki raro English
Nicole McCrossin Intention and Implementation: Piecing Together Provisions for Māori in the Resource Management Act 1991 English
Paratene Tane Pārahirahi: A case study of Māori tribal leadership English
Catriona Elizabeth Timms Indigenous Language Revitalisation in Aotearoa New Zealand and Alba Scotland
2012 Erica Newman 'A Right To Be Māori?' Identity formation of Māori Adoptees English
Gianna Leoni He manu hou ahau, he pī ka rere: The transition of Māori language immersion students to the University of Otago English
Craig Hall Implementing the 'Silent Way' method of teaching Te Reo Māori into a University context – Māori language teachers' perspectives English
2010 Suzanne Boyes Te Rapunga mō tētahi Ara Tika: Searching for a 'Right' Direction English
Henare Mita The Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998: The quest for Ngāi Tahu tino rangatiratanga English
Mara Hosoda Hawaiian, Māori and Samoan performing arts as education English
2009 Malia Lameta The changing role of Samoan women in Samoan society English
Moira Fortin The Development of Theatre in Easter Island: Hakararama I Te A'amu O Rapa Nui English
2007 Sophia Beaton A Contemporary Māori Culinary Tradition English
2005 Rachel Ka'ai-Mahuta Tākina ko au, Tākina ko koe! Te āhuatanga o te whakataetae kapa haka Māori
Dean Mahuta Ko taku rau kotahi
2004 Karyn Paringatai Poia mai taku poi: Unearthing the knowledge of the past English
1999 Rawinia Higgins He kupu tuku iho mo tenei reanga : Te ahua o te tuku korero Māori

Masters of Indigenous Studies (MIndS)

Year Name Title Language
2016 Sandra Spence English
2015 Marie Cocker English
Kylee Katipo Whāngai in the Māori Land Court English
Lois Kusilifu English
Michael Tarry Māori and Sovereignty English
Faapōpō Tupolo-Tauauanae The Aoga a le Faifeau [Pastor's School]: its place in the education system in Samoa today English
Taiawhio Waititi Te Kaha 15B English
Bronson Wharehinga English
2014 Ka'o'onokapuaikahikinaheala Jarrett English
Bianca Johanson English
2013 Matiu Payne Superior land inheritance rights by whāngai children English
Anita Purcell English
2012 John Birnie Online interaction in te reo Māori by beginner/intermediate adult language learners using Facebook and Skype English
Bree Davis English
Jacqueline Fa'Amatuainu Climate law in the Pacific: Interpreting the principle of common but differentiated responsibility English
Kym Hill How do mainstream early childhood settings implement a programme reflective of the bicultural aspirations inherent in Te Whāriki and Te Tiriti o Waitangi? English
Samantha Jackson Matauranga Māori and Ngāti Whātua
Ben Manley Imagined Boundaries: The Native Land Court and Maori Identity English
Alexander Stevens Power of my Māori name: Stories of Indigenous Struggles in White New Zealand English
Jenni Tupu English
Michelia Ward English
2011 Erica Anderson English
Aileen Davidson English
Rowan Easton Māori Women and Inequality English
Aroha Gilling Treaty of Waitangi and Social Work English
Eilis Haden English
Suzanne Spencer Ka Wahine and Takata Pora: Murihiku Women and Pakeha Settlers English
Damon Sturmey English
2010 Erina Ata Māori women's experience in middle management positions in government organisations English
Zoe Bristowe English
Mark Brunton Māori Research Consultation: Establishment, Perception and Efficacy at the University of Otago English
Sh'-Acacia-Dawn Cochise How unity can be created through meaningful and mindful interactions of traditional and western educational systems and their constructions of narrative and land: The Human Palimpsest English
Mauteni Esera The Impact of the new Act (Land Titles Registration Act 2008) on customary land ownership in Samoa English
Esmay Eteuati E te sau ma ou fa'aniusila na…You bring with you your New Zealand ways.' Roots migration and its impact on Samoan identity affirmation” English
Deborah Goomes English
Whakarongotai Hokowhitu 'A' - ko te āporo. 'A' is for apple: English Language Acquisition by Graduates of Te Kōhanga Reo English
Talai Mapusua Role of the Faletua in the Samoan church English
Agustin Panganiban Sagada Traditional Forestry Resource Management English
Hamish Rogers English
2009 Filipo Lavea Levi English
Ka Solo English
Hone Te Rire The Dissipation of Indigeneity Through Religion English
Arvin Villalon English
2008 Regina Mendoza The Banaue Rice Terraces: A window into Ifugao's Indigenous Way of Farming English
David Preston Roach Liberal-egalitarianism, Indigeneity, and Health Outcome Equity English
Damian Skinner English
2007 Vaughan Bidois English
Marcia Cassidy English
David Dudfield English
2006 Sarah Cripps 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 (effective 1 January 2006) on and for Teaching Staff in Kura Kaupapa Māori? English
2005 Charis Brown English
Michael Brown English
Dean Fraser English
Olivia Grace English
Rabena Kini English
T. Kirihimete Moxon 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 English

Postgraduate Diploma of Arts (PGDipArts)

Year Name Title Language
2010 Stefan Jordan Newsprint, Te Reo and Hegemony in New Zealand: Responses to the Wai 262 Report for the Waitangi Tribunal English
2005 Ngahuia Asher English
Sarah Asher Ko Taku Whakapapa Tonu Te Here: Application of Traditional Kaitiakitanga in Contemporary Commercial Contexts English
1999 Lachlan Paterson Nga tangi a te pipi : he mea tuku tenei tuhituhinga ki Te Tumu
1997 Robert Taylor Waiata whakamaumahara ki ngā kaiherehere nō Taranaki i Ōtepoti i tērā rautau kua pahemo

Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA Hons)

Year Name Title Language
2016 Kahurangi Salu Tuu Tonu Whakatika Māori
2014 Matt Gillies Whakatau Hinengaro: Rongoā mō te Arero Tauhou Māori
Tyson Tautari Au Au: A 'tail' of the kurī English
Stacey Reynolds Māori and the Criminal Justice System: Towards 2010 English
2012 Julia Coates Kanga Pirau English
2010 Jared Mathieson Overcoming preconceived perceptions about university level education by young urban male Māori English
2009 Gianna Leoni Ko tōku Māoritanga: The Formation of Māori Identity in Dunedin English
2008 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
Courtney Sullivan Mai i Aotearoa - From New Zealand: The effects of living in Australia on Māori identity English
Natalie Coates Kia tū ko taikākā: Let the heartwood of Māori identity stand -An investigation into the appropriateness of the legal definition of 'Māori' for Māori English
2007 Rangimarie Mules Kā uri ā Papatūānuku: An investiagtion of pre-contact resource management in Te Wāi Pounamu English
2006 Erica Newman Maori, European and Half-caste Children; The Destitute, the Neglected and the Orphaned An Investigation into the Early New Zealand European Contact Period and the Care of Children 1840 - 1852 English
2005 Abby Suszko Māori Perspectives on the Foreshore and Seabed Debate: A Dunedin Case Study English


Back to top