Acting Dean
- Professor Michael P J Reilly
Polynesian historical traditions; Forms and content of oral traditions; Collectors of Polynesian traditions; Leadership; Language of emotions; Cultural landscapes
Chair: Teaching and Learning 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
Coordinator: Pacific Island Studies programme - Dr Gianna Leoni
Te reo Māori; Language planning; Sociolinguistics; Identity - Dr Michael Fusi Ligaliga
Domestic and family violence, indigenous conflict resolution practices in the Pacific, peace and conflict in the Pacific, social issues - Dr Erica Newman
Adoption of children; Whāngai; Cross-cultural adoption; Inter-country adoption; Identity; Kinship; Representation - Dr Karyn Paringatai
Māori performing arts; Māori language acquisition; Socio-cultural effects of urbanisation; Māori identity; Māori pedagogies; Second language acquisition
Coordinator: Master of Indigenous Studies programme (MIndS); Chair: Teaching and Learning Committee
- Professor Lachy Paterson
Māori history (social, cultural, political); Te reo Māori; Niupepa Māori; Race relations; Indigenous textual cultures; Māori print culture
Currently on Research Study Leave - Megan Potiki
Kāi Tahu history and archives; Kāi Tahu mōteatea; Language loss
Coordinator: Māori Studies programme
- Dr Tangiwai Rewi
Māori education; Māori pedagogies; Te reo me ngā tikanga Māori; Intergenerational knowledge transmission
Currently on Research Study Leave - Dr Michelle Schaaf
Cultural studies; Pacific studies; Physical cultural studies; Body studies; Gender studies; Education; Race; Sports studies; Diaspora and identity
Chair: Research Committee - 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
Support staff
- Robyn Russell, Administrator Client Services
- Rhi Cooper, Administrator Client Services
