BTheol (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