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Wayne Te Kaawa 2020 Image 1xBTheol (Otago), MMin(Otago), PhD(Otago)

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 at the University of Otago in 2020 and was Lecturer in Māori Theology in the Theology Programme at Otago from 2020 to 2024. I continue to be an External Supervisor for the Theology Programme in the area of Māori Theology.

I am a very proud product of the University of Otago having completed my 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.

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., & Ezigbo, V. I. (2025). Contextualized receptions. In T. J. Pawl & M. L. Peterson (Eds.), Cambridge companion to Christology. (pp. 145-161). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781009307987.010 Chapter in Book - Research

Te Kaawa, W. (2024). Whakapapa and genealogy. In J. Crossley & C. Keith (Eds.), The next quest for the historical Jesus. (pp. 653-666). Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. Chapter in Book - Research

Te Kaawa, W. (2024). Decolonizing New Testament studies: A Māori perspective. Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 47(1), 31-48. doi: 10.1177/0142064x241262449 Journal - Research Article

Te Kaawa, W. (2024). Archives: From places of silence and silencing to places of regeneration. In B. F. Kolia & M. Mawson (Eds.), Unsettling theologies: Memory, identity, and place. (pp. 189-212). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-46121-7 Chapter in Book - Research

Te Kaawa, W. (2023, December). He Tīmatanga, a beginning. Verbal presentation at the Aotearoa New Zealand Association for Biblical Studies (ANZABS) Conference, Auckland, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

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