BA(Hons)(Otago) RSA/Cambridge CELTA MA PhD(Otago), Te Aupikitanga ki te Reo Kairangi, Te Pīnakitanga ki te Reo Kairangi (Te Wānanga o Aotearoa) Ngāti Porou
Currently on research study leave, returning 30 September 2022.
Research
Karyn's research interests are in a number of areas that intersect at various points. These are:
Sociological issues surrounding Māori urbanisation and Māori identity development and maintenance
Māori performing arts, particularly poi, the analysis of haka and waiata compositions and the role kapa haka plays in identity
Grammatical aspects of the Māori language and second language acquisition
Māori language and Māori performing arts teaching methodologies
She is a co-director of an Otago Research Theme, Poutama Ara Rau, alongside Professor Jacinta Ruru (Faculty of Law) and Associate Professor Suzanne Pitama (Christchurch Medical School). The aim of Poutama Ara Rau is to research how Māori knowledge and teaching and learning pedagogies can transform tertiary teaching to enhance student success.
Teaching
Dr Paringatai is on Research and Study Leave until 30 September 2022.
Supervision
Current
Lou Kewene-Doig, PhD, He Kohinga Pao (with Professor Michael Reilly and Emeritus Professor Khyla Russell)
Nikita Hall, MA, Intergenerational Language Transmission
Jenni Tipu, PhD, Being Adopted: The Lifelong search for Self
Yvonne Brower, EdD, Tātaiako (with Professor Lisa Smith and Dr Vivienne Anderson)
Will Flavell, EdD, Motivations for non-Māori students to learn te reo Māori (with Dr Susan Sandretto and Dr Catherine Hartung)
Completed
Roma Simmons-Donaldson, BA(Hons), Walking in two worlds: Te reo Maori in urban New Zealand
Tawini White, MA, He Waka Huia, He Waka Reo-ā-Iwi: The importance of reo-ā-iwi in identity formation (2016)
Tyson Tautari, BA(Hons), Au Au: A 'tail' of the kurī (2014)
Matt Gillies, BA(Hons), Whakatau Hinengaro: Rongoā mō te Arero Tauhou (2014) (Māori)
Gianna Leoni, MA, He manu hou ahau, he pī ka rere: The transition of Māori language immersion students to the University of Otago (2011)
Gianna Leoni, BA(Hons), Ko tōku Māoritanga: The Formation of Māori Identity in Dunedin (2009)
Courtney Sullivan, BA(Hons), Mai i Aotearoa – From New Zealand: The effects of living in Australia on Māori identity (2008)
Distinctions
2014: Prime Minister's Supreme Award for Tertiary Teaching Excellence
2014: National Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award for Sustained Excellence in a Kaupapa Māori Context
2014: Otago University Teaching Excellence Award in a Kaupapa Māori Context
2013: Most Engaging Presentation Award, Spotlight on Teaching and Learning Symposium (Dunedin, New Zealand, 26-27 Aug).
2000: Te Tumu Prize (Outstanding achievement in MAOR 490 – He Raukura)
2000: Tongarerewa Prize (Academic excellence in Māori Studies)
2000: Te Ihorei Prize (Contribution to tikanga Māori)
Publications
Jefferies, R., Wilcox, P., Paringatai, K., Stubbe, M., Grainger, R., Dowell, A., & Filoche, S. K. (2024). 'I think we just do it once and leave it ...': The collection and utility of family health history in general practice in Aotearoa New Zealand: A qualitative study. Journal of Primary Health Care, 16(1), 33-40. doi: 10.1071/HC23055
Journal - Research Article
Paringatai, K. (2023). He ira atua, he ira taiao, he ira tangata [Keynote]. Proceedings of the Genetics Otago (GO) Annual Symposium & Workshops. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/go
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Paringatai, K. (2021, June). Kua ora au i a koe. Verbal presentation at the Second Ira Rangahau Māori Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Filoche, S., Stubbe, M. H., Grainger, R., Robson, B., Paringatai, K., Wilcox, P., Jefferies, R., & Dowell, A. (2021). How is family health history discussed in routine primary healthcare? A qualitative study of archived family doctor consultations. BMJ Open, 11(10), e049058. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049058
Journal - Research Article
Blair, V. R., McLeod, M., Carneiro, F., Coit, D. G., D'Addario, J. L., van Dieren, J. M., … Paringatai, K., Bougen-Zhukov, N., Brew, T., … Godwin, T. D., … Nouri, Y., … Reeve, A. E., & Guilford, P. (2020). Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer: Updated clinical practice guidelines. Lancet Oncology, 21(8), e386-e397. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(20)30219-9
Journal - Research Other
Paringatai, K. (2020). Indigenous pedagogies in practice in universities. In V. Anderson & H. Johnson (Eds.), Migration, education and translation: Cross-disciplinary perspectives on human mobility and cultural encounters in education settings. (pp. 199-212). Abingdon, UK: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429291159
Chapter in Book - Research
Filoche, S., Grainger, R., Stubbe, M., Paringatai, K., Wilcox, P., Jefferies, R., & Dowell, T. (2019). Toward the development of a family health history tool for Aotearoa. Proceedings of the Health Informatics New Zealand (HiNZ) Conference. (pp. 174). Retrieved from https://hinz.org.nz
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Paringatai, K. (2019, January-February). Cancer and its prevention from a whānau perspective. Verbal presentation at the Cancer Care at a Crossroads Conference, Wellington, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Yracheta, J., Kereama-Royal, I., Paringatai, K., Wilcox, P., & Robertson, S. (2018, November). Indigenous health genomics. Panel discussion at the MapNet meeting, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Paringatai, K. (October, 2018) Genetic jeopardy: Whakapapa/family history: Why YOU should care. MindJam. Yonder, Queenstown, New Zealand. [Public Discussion].
Other Research Output
Paringatai, K., Potiki, M., & Hall, C. (2018, October). Kāinga waewae: Know your own backyard. Workshop presentation at the Teaching and Learning Symposium: Rebuilding Your Ship at Sea: Cultivating Identity, Integrity, Community and Collegiality in Times of Change, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Paringatai, K. (2018). He Hūnuku: Māori urban migration. In M. Reilly, S. Duncan, G. Leoni, L. Paterson, L. Carter, M. Rātima & P. Rewi (Eds.), Te Kōparapara: An introduction to the Māori world. (pp. 266-284). Auckland, New Zealand: Auckland University Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Paringatai, K. (2018). Māori and Pākehā encounters of difference: The realization that we're not the same. In Z. L. Rocha & M. Webber (Eds.), Mana Tangatarua: Mixed heritages, ethnic identity and biculturalism in Aotearoa/New Zealand. (pp. 151-168). Abington, UK: Routledge.
Chapter in Book - Research
Paringatai, K. (2017, July). Turn off the lights: An indigenous approach to teaching and learning. Workshop presentation at the World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education (WIPCE), Toronto, Canado.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Paringatai, K., Pitama, S., Ruru, J., & Keegan, T. T. (2017). Rauaroha: he tohu aroha rau i te akoranga. MAI Journal, 6(3), 272-282. doi: 10.20507/MAIJournal.2017.6.3.4
Journal - Research Other
Paringatai, K., Pitama, S., & Ruru, J. (2017). Poutama Ara Rau: He waka eke noa [Plenary panel discussion]. Proceedings of the Talking Teaching Conference. Retrieved from https://akoacademy.ac.nz/programme
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Paringatai, K. (2016). [Review of the book Tauira: Māori methods of learning and teaching]. Journal of the Polynesian Society, 125(4), 451-452. [Book Review].
Journal - Research Other
Ruru, J., Paringatai, K., Pitama, S., & Wyeth, E. (2016). How can Māori knowledge and Māori pedagogies transform tertiary teaching and learning? Proceedings of the International Indigenous Research Conference. (pp. 83). Auckland, New Zealand: Ngä Pae o te Māramatanga. Retrieved from http://www.indigenousresearch2016.ac.nz/
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Paringatai, K. (2015, July). Teaching in the dark. Keynote presentation at the Tuia Te Ako Hui, Lincoln, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Paringatai, K. (2015, October). Teaching in the dark: How does it work? Plenary presentation at the Transitions in TESOL Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Paringatai, K. (2015, May). The value of the dark: The students' perspective. Verbal presentation at the Hui Poutama: Māori Research Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Paringatai, K. (2014). Prime Minister's Supreme Award. Excellence, 9-16.
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Paringatai, K. (2014, February). Teaching in the dark, Māori teaching methodology. Verbal presentation at the Māori and Pasifika Adult and Community Education Professional Development Hui Fono, New Plymouth, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Paringatai, K. (2014). Māori identity development outside of tribal environments. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 26(1), 47-54.
Journal - Research Article
Paringatai, K. (2014, June). Learning in the dark. Verbal presentation at the Adult and Community Education (ACE) Conference: Learning to Learn, Wellington, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Paringatai, K. (2014). A return to the "dark ages". Akoranga, 10, 10-12.
Journal - Research Other
Paringatai, K. (2014, November). E kore a muri e hokia: The route left behind cannot be retraced. Verbal presentation at the Migrant Cross-Cultural Encounters: A Multidisciplinary Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Paringatai, K. (2014, November). Dare to be wise? Dare to be different! Verbal presentation at the New Zealand National Liaison Officers' Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Paringatai, K. (2014, April). Māori experiences of migration to Southland. Department of History and Art History, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].
Other Research Output
Paringatai, K. (2013). Kua riro ki wīwī, ki wāwā: The causes and effects of Māori migration to Southland (PhD). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Awarded Doctoral Degree
Paringatai, K. (2013). “We’re singing in the dark?!?” A pre-European Māori method of teaching in a tertiary institution. In J. McDonald, S.-K. Loke, A. McLean & M. Rajoo (Eds.), Proceedings of the Spotlight on Teaching and Learning Colloquium. (pp. 50). Dunedin, New Zealand: HEDC, University of Otago. [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Paringatai, K. (2012, August). Pepeha: An antiquated notion of Māori identification? Verbal presentation at the University of Otago Māori Postgraduate Research Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Paringatai, K. (2012, June). Ki te ao mārama - To the world of light: An indigenous teaching methodology in a western institution. Verbal presentation at the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA), Uncasville, Connecticut.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Rewi, T., Paringatai, K., & Hokowhitu, W. (2012). Adding 'local' flavour to the Māori language curriculum. He Pukenga Kōrero, 11(1), 21-28.
Journal - Research Article
Paringatai, K. (2011, August). A separated Whānau in genetic jeopardy. Verbal presentation at the Hui Poutama: Māori Research Symposium: Past Present Future: Ka Haere Whakamua, Ka Titiro Whakamuri, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Paringatai, K. (2011). A Whānau in genetic jeopardy. Proceedings of the New Zealand Historical Association Conference: Past Tensions: Reflections on Making History. Retrieved from http://www.waikato.ac.nz/wfass/NZHA2011/
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Rewi, T., & Paringatai, K. (2011). The impact of contextualising learning on student understanding of the Māori language curriculum in
Te Tumu. In K. Shephard, T. Harland & A. Cohen (Eds.), Proceedings of the Spotlight on Teaching and Learning Colloquium. (pp. 27). Dunedin, New Zealand: HEDC, University of Otago. [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Paringatai, K. A. (2009). Poia mai taku poi: A history of poi: A critical review of written literature on the poi in New Zealand and the Pacific. Saarbrücken, Germany: VDM Verlag, 151p.
Authored Book - Research
Ka'ai, T., Higgins, R., & Paringatai, K. (2006). Scoping report: Indigenous Professional Association: Te Kāhui Atawhai o Te Motu. Dunedin, New Zealand: Te Tumu, School of Māori, Pacific & Indigenous Studies, University of Otago. 102p.
Commissioned Report for External Body
Paringatai, K. (2005). Nā wai ngā pihikete i tāhae? [Book and cassette in Te huinga raukura: Atakura (kit)]. Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Education.
Authored Book - Other
Paringatai, K. (2005). Poia atu taku poi: Unearthing the knowledge of the past. Junctures, 4, 23-34.
Journal - Research Article
Paringatai, K. (2005, November). Poia atu/mai (?) taku poi. Verbal presentation at the WIPCE Conference: Indigenous excellence, Hamilton, Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Higgins, R. (Performer), Matthews, N., & Paringatai, K. (2005, February). Nga mahi a Tane-rore me Te Rehia: An introduction to Maori performing arts, Lister Hall, University of Alberta, Canada.
Performance
Paringatai, K., & Payne, R. (2005). Taku papa hūpekepeke. Wellington: Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga / Ministry of Education.
Authored Book - Other
Paringatai, K. A. (2004). Poia mai taku poi: Unearthing the knowledge of the past (MA). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. 239p.
Awarded Masters Degree
Matthews, N. W., & Paringatai, K. (2004). Ngā mahi a Tāne-rore me Te Rēhia: Performing arts. In T. M. Ka'ai, J. C. Moorfield, M. P. J. Reilly & S. Mosley (Eds.), Ki te Whaiao: An introduction to Māori culture and society. (pp. 103-115). Auckland: Pearson Longman.
Chapter in Book - Research
BA(Hons)(Otago) RSA/Cambridge CELTA MA PhD(Otago), Te Aupikitanga ki te Reo Kairangi, Te Pīnakitanga ki te Reo Kairangi (Te Wānanga o Aotearoa)