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