Acting Dean
- Professor Lachy Paterson
Māori history (social, cultural, political); Te reo Māori; Niupepa Māori; Race relations; Indigenous textual cultures; Māori print culture.
Chair: Undergraduate Committee
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
Co-ordinator: Pacific Island Studies programme - Dr Michael Fusi Ligaliga
Domestic and family violence, indigenous conflict resolution practices in the Pacific, peace and conflict in the Pacific, social issues
Chair: Research Committee - Dr Erica Newman
Adoption of children; Whāngai; Cross-cultural adoption; Inter-country adoption; Identity; Kinship; Representation
Co-ordinator: Indigenous Development programme - Associate Professor Karyn Paringatai
Māori performing arts; Māori language acquisition; Socio-cultural effects of urbanisation; Māori identity; Māori pedagogies; Second language acquisition
Currently on research study leave, returning 30 September 2022
- Megan Potiki
Based at the Office of Māori Development
Kāi Tahu history and archives; Kāi Tahu mōteatea; Language loss
Co-ordinator: Māori Studies programme - Dr Emma Powell
- Professor Michael P J Reilly
Polynesian historical traditions; Forms and content of oral traditions; Collectors of Polynesian traditions; Leadership; Language of emotions; Cultural landscapes
Currently on research study leave, returning 1 June 2022 - 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
Co-ordinator: Master of Indigenous Studies programme (MIndS) - Paia Taani
Te reo Māori me ōna tikanga, particularly within the contexts of whānau and education - 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
Co-ordinator: Postgraduate Committee
Teaching fellows
- Leighton Williams
MAOR110 – Semester 2 2021 - Kahurangi Salu
MAOR208 – Semester 2 2021 - Valerie Houkamau
MAOR102 – Semester 2 2021 - Dr Julia Wilson
POPH192 – Semester 2 2021
Support staff
- Robyn Russell, Administrator Client Services
- Marie Tutbury, Administrator Client Services
