Dean
Professor Patrick Vakaoti
Academic staff
Craig Hall
Reo rūmaki; Second language acquisition; Silent way of learning
Dr Telesia Kalavite
Pacific Islands Studies; Pacific education; Pacific religion and culture; Indigenous development; Tongan language and translation; Climate change and sustainable development; Social justice
Pacific Island Studies Programme Co-ordinator
Dr Erica Newman
Adoption of children; Whāngai; Cross-cultural adoption; Inter-country adoption; Identity; Kinship; Representation
Associate Professor Karyn Paringatai
Māori performing arts; Māori language acquisition; Socio-cultural effects of urbanisation; Māori identity; Māori pedagogies; Second language acquisition
Māori Studies Programme Co-ordinator
Dr Jess Pasisi
Climate Change; Pacific Health and Wellbeing; the New Zealand Realm
Dr Emma Powell
Pacific Literatures; Genealogies; the New Zealand Realm
Professor Michael P J Reilly
Polynesian historical traditions; Forms and content of oral traditions; Collectors of Polynesian traditions; Leadership; Language of emotions; Cultural landscapes
Postgraduate Committee Chair
Dr Michelle Schaaf
Cultural studies; Pacific studies; Physical cultural studies; Body studies; Gender studies; Education; Race; Sports studies; Diaspora and identity
Associate Dean (Pacific) Humanities
Paia Taani
Te reo Māori and tikanga Māori, particularly within the contexts of whānau and education
Kare Tipa
Dr Paerau Warbrick
Treaty of Waitangi; Waitangi Tribunal; Māori Land Court; Māori land; Law; New Zealand history; Māori history; Māori politics, iwi, hapū and whānau histories; Autobiography and autoethnography
Indigenous Studies (Development) Programme Co-ordinator
Undergraduate Committee Chair
Teaching fellows
Leighton Williams
MAOR 102 – Semester 1 and 2
Affiliated Staff
Emeritus Professor Lachy Paterson
Māori history (social, cultural, political); Te reo Māori; Niupepa Māori; Race relations; Indigenous textual cultures; Māori print culture.
Emeritus Professor Poia Rewi
Support staff
Robyn Russell
Administrator Client ServicesTel +64 3 479 7384
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Scott Bezett
Administrator Client ServicesTel +64 3 479 8674
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