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Mamari Stephens. Senior Lecturer in Māori Theology and Tikanga
BA(Hons), MA, LLB(Hons) (Victoria University of Wellington)

Email mamari.stephens@otago.ac.nz

Ko Pukenamu te maunga, ko Wainui te awa, Ko Tinana te waka, ko Tumoana te tangata. He uri tēnei nō Te Rarawa; ko Ngāti Moetonga, ko Te Rokekā ngā hapū; ko Wainui te marae. Tēnā tātou.

Māmari is Priest Assistant at St Michael's and All Angels in Kelburn, Wellington. Her primary ministry and theological interests involve Māori Christianity and Christianity among Māori.

Māmari has previously worked in Corrections, Māori broadcasting, and as a Reader at the Faculty of Law, Victoria University of Wellington, where she researched law and language, Māori and the New Zealand legal system, and social security law. Māmari is married and has three children.

Teaching

  • CHTH 235 Special Topic: Tikanga Māori, Spiritual Regulation, and the New Zealand State
  • CHTH 236 Māori Theology and Religion
  • CHTH 335 Special Topic: Tikanga Māori, Spiritual Regulation, and the New Zealand State (Advanced)
  • CHTH 336 Māori Theology and Religion (Advanced)
  • MINS 415 Christian ministry in te ao Māori (the Māori World) (Advanced)
  • PAST 323 Christian ministry in te ao Māori (the Māori World)

Research interests

  • Māori Christianity
  • Christianity among Māori
  • Tikanga Māori

Publications

Stephens, M. (2023). “A useful and self-respecting citizenship”: Māori as citizens in the quest for welfare in the modern Aotearoa New Zealand state. In J. Mann (Ed.), Citizenship in transnational perspective: Australia, Canada, and Aotearoa New Zealand. (2nd ed.) (pp. 203-221). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-34358-2_10 Chapter in Book - Research

Stephens, M. (2022). ““Kei a Koe, Chair!”: The norms of tikanga and the role of hui as a Māori constitutional tradition. Victoria University of Wellington Law Review, 53(3), 463-506. doi: 10.26686/vuwlr.v53i3.8005 Journal - Research Article

Stephens, M. (2021). ‘Rāhui i roto’: Reading the signs on a journey into Māori law. In J. Ruru & L. W. Nikora (Eds.), Ngā Kete Matauranga: Māori scholars at the research interface. (pp. 160-169). Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago University Press. Chapter in Book - Research

Hassall, G., & Stephens, M. (2021). New Zealand society and national institutions. In G. Hassall & G. Karacaoglu (Eds.), Social policy practice and processes in Aotearoa New Zealand. (pp. 64-78). Auckland, New Zealand: Massey University Press. Chapter in Book - Research

Stephens, M. (2020). Social security. In T. Gibbons & M. Duggal (Eds.), New Zealand Tribunals: Law and practice. (pp. 273-298). Wellington, New Zealand: Thomson Reuters New Zealand. Chapter in Book - Research

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