BTheol (Otago), MMin(Otago), PhD(Otago)
Room 4S3, Arts Building
Tel +64 3 471 6458
Email wayne.tekaawa@otago.ac.nz
I am Revd Dr Wayne Te Kaawa, originally from the Eastern Bay of Plenty towns of Kawerau and Whakatane. I whakapapa to Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Awa and Tuhoe. I completed my PhD in Theology this year and have taken on a Lectureship in the Department of Theology in the area of Māori Theology.
I am a very proud product of the University of Otago having completed by undergraduate degree and post-graduate degrees here in Theology. I am also a licensed and ordained minister of the Presbyterian church of Aotearoa New Zealand.
My research areas include Māori and indigenous theology.
Teaching
Current postgraduate students
- Christopher Douglas-Huriwai (PhD) Te Oro Atua: Taonga Puoro and the Indigenisation of the Liturgy
- Michael Tamihere (PhD) Matakite, Tohunga, Ariki / Prophet, Priest, and Paramount Chief: Toward a Māori Ecclesiology
Publications
Te Kaawa, W. (2022). Putting the Christ into Christmas with words and deeds. Otago Daily Times, (16 December). Retrieved from https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/putting-christ-christmas-words-and-deeds
Te Kaawa, W., & Ong, B. (2022). An examination of the word 'Māori" in Te Paipera Tapu, the Māori language Bible. Pacific Journal of Theological Research, [Full Paper]
Clough, M., Te Kaawa, W., & Ong, B. H. (2022). Rahab, Jesus, and genocide in Aotearoa. Anglican Journal of Theology in Aotearoa & Oceania, 1(1), 6-25.
Te Kaawa, W. (2022). Embrace Treaty of Waitangi into life and practice of worship. Otago Daily Times, (18 February). Retrieved from https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/embrace-treaty-waitangi-life-and-practice-worship?fbclid=IwAR0D8q9MTpUsnQfd4gEt1Twj-HUinJ2PphIhR5HwiuCXvPb6_cy5NfIKlSA
Te Kaawa, W. (2021). [Review of the book Reading Ecclesiastes from Asia and Pasifika]. SBL Central, (2021-05-28). Retrieved from https://www.sblcentral.org/home/bookDetails/13882
Te Kaawa, W. (2012). A gifted people: Māori and Pākehā covenants within the Presbyterian church. In H. Morrison, L. Paterson, B. Knowles & M. Rae (Eds.), Mana Māori and Christianity. (pp. 3-22). Wellington, New Zealand: Huia.
Chapter in Book - Research
Clough, M., Te Kaawa, W., & Ong, B. H. (2022). Rahab, Jesus, and genocide in Aotearoa. Anglican Journal of Theology in Aotearoa & Oceania, 1(1), 6-25.
Journal - Research Article
Te Kaawa, W. (2021). [Review of the book Reading Ecclesiastes from Asia and Pasifika]. SBL Central, (2021-05-28). Retrieved from https://www.sblcentral.org/home/bookDetails/13882
Journal - Research Other
Te Kaawa, W. (2021). [Review of the book Te Hāhi Mihinare: The Māori Anglican Church]. New Zealand Journal of History, 55(2), 158-160. [Book Review].
Journal - Research Other
Te Kaawa, W. (2022). Embrace Treaty of Waitangi into life and practice of worship. Otago Daily Times, (18 February). Retrieved from https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/embrace-treaty-waitangi-life-and-practice-worship?fbclid=IwAR0D8q9MTpUsnQfd4gEt1Twj-HUinJ2PphIhR5HwiuCXvPb6_cy5NfIKlSA
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Te Kaawa, W. (2022). Putting the Christ into Christmas with words and deeds. Otago Daily Times, (16 December). Retrieved from https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/putting-christ-christmas-words-and-deeds
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Te Kaawa, W. (2021). Special bond with treaty. Otago Daily Times, (19 February). Retrieved from https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/special-bond-treaty?fbclid=IwAR3e6eo-ISfNFfx7z_tgzEsrwyZX5mzjjE9A_pmlvsRJY_YpxX8GOAe_2gw
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Te Kaawa, W. (2021). Te Hui Aranga: An Easter gathering [Guest editorial]. Otago Daily Times, (3 April). Retrieved from https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/editorial/te-hui-aranga-%E2%80%93-easter-gathering
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Te Kaawa, W., & Ong, B. (2022). An examination of the word 'Māori" in Te Paipera Tapu, the Māori language Bible. Pacific Journal of Theological Research, [Full Paper]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Te Kaawa, W. (2017). Re-visioning christology through a Māori and indigenous lens. In A. Finigan, M. Taumoepeau, R. Richards & M. Schaaf (Eds.), Proceedings of the Pacific Postgraduate Symposium: Pacific Voices XIV. (pp. 33). Dunedin, New Zealand: Pacific Islands Centre, University of Otago. Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/pacific-at-otago/research/index.html
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Te Kaawa, W. M. R. (2020). Re-visioning Christology through a Māori lens (PhD). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/10210
Awarded Doctoral Degree
