Conjoint: BA/BSc major in Māori Studies

A major is the main subject area that you choose to study in your degree. You will study courses up to Stage III level in this subject.

As well as gaining skills, knowledge and experience in your chosen area, you will learn how to think creatively, solve problems and communicate effectively, all essential skills to help you thrive in any career you choose.

Please see the main programme link below to see further details for the programme.

You can choose from different aspects of Māori Studies to suit your interests and career goals. Study opportunities include Māori language, Māori and the media, material culture, history, development, politics, and Māori performing arts (kapa haka).

BA/BSc - Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Science Conjoint

You can choose from different Māori Studies courses to suit your interests and career goals.
You can study Māori language, Māori and the media, material culture, history, politics and Māori performing arts (kapa haka).

Māori Studies can prepare you for a career in teaching, translation, research, media, iwi development, central and local government. You could work as an iwi adviser or administrator, consultant or policy analyst.

You can take a major in Māori Studies as one of your two BA majors (a double major).
You will need to pass at least 120 points (eight courses) towards each of your majors, including at least 45 points (three courses) at Stage III.

Complete 120 points comprising:

At least 45 points from Group 1 Elective Courses, and
15 to 75 points from Group 2 Elective Courses

Selected courses must include at least 45 points at level 300.

Group 1 Elective Courses

Complete at least 45 points from the following:

MAORI 101 - Introduction to Written Māori (15 points)

MAORI 103 - Introduction to Spoken Māori (15 points)

MAORI 104 - Reo Tuatahi Kōrero 1 (15 points)

MAORI 201 - Whakatakoto Reo Tuarua / Intermediate Written Māori (15 points)

MAORI 203 - Intermediate Spoken Māori (15 points)

MAORI 204 - Reo Tuarua Kōrero II (15 points)

MAORI 301 - Reo Māori Tuhituhi (15 points)

MAORI 302 - Reo Māori Kōrero (15 points)

Group 2 Elective Courses

Complete 15 to 75 points from the following:

COOKIS 101 - Introduction to Cook Islands Māori (15 points)

MAORI 101 - Introduction to Written Māori (15 points)

MAORI 103 - Introduction to Spoken Māori (15 points)

MAORI 104 - Reo Tuatahi Kōrero 1 (15 points)

MAORI 130 - Te Ao Māori: The Māori World (15 points)

MAORI 131 - Te Taumata Ngaio: Te Reo 1 (15 points)

MAORI 190 - Kapa Haka 1 (15 points)

POLITICS 107 - New Zealand Politics (15 points)

ANTHRO 207 - Archaeological History of Aotearoa New Zealand (15 points)

ARTHIST 238 - Māori Art History: Mana Taonga (15 points)

COOKIS 201 - Cook Islands Māori Language 2 (15 points)

COOKIS 204 - Special Topic (15 points)

HISTORY 227 - Waitangi: Treaty to Tribunal (15 points)

MAORI 200 - Māori Health and Wellbeing (15 points)

MAORI 201 - Whakatakoto Reo Tuarua / Intermediate Written Māori (15 points)

MAORI 202 - Decolonising the Screen in Aotearoa (15 points)

MAORI 203 - Intermediate Spoken Māori (15 points)

MAORI 204 - Reo Tuarua Kōrero II (15 points)

MAORI 230 - Te Ao Hurihuri / Te Tiriti o Waitangi (15 points)

MAORI 233 - Tikanga Ancestral Ways (15 points)

MAORI 270 - Kaupapa Hōu: Special Topic (15 points)

MAORI 271 - Māori and the Media / Te Ao Pāho (15 points)

MAORI 292 - Kapa Haka 2 (15 points)

POLITICS 229 - Mana Māori Motuhake / Māori Politics and Public Policy (15 points)

ARTHIST 338 - Māori Art History: Mana Taonga (15 points)

COOKIS 300 - Special Topic (15 points)

COOKIS 301 - Cook Islands Māori Language 3 (15 points)

HUMS 300 - Critiquing the Museum (15 points)

MAORI 301 - Reo Māori Tuhituhi (15 points)

MAORI 302 - Reo Māori Kōrero (15 points)

MAORI 303 - Decolonising the Screen in Aotearoa (15 points)

MAORI 304 - Kaupapa Hōu: Special Topic: Kaupapa Māori Research Methodologies (15 points)

MAORI 320 - Mātauranga: Māori Knowledge (15 points)

MAORI 330 - Te Ao Hōu / Contemporary Māori Issues (15 points)

MAORI 335 - Mana Taketake / Indigenous Sovereignty and Public Policy (15 points)

MAORI 370 - Māori and the Media / Te Ao Pāho (15 points)

MAORI 393 - Kapa Haka 3 (15 points)

MAORI 394 - Kaupapa Hōu: Special Topic: Mana Tinana: Indigenous Body Sovereignty and Coloniality (15 points)

MAORI 396 - Tikanga: Ancestral Ways (15 points)

Please note that while regulations and programme rules for future academic years may be displayed or made available in advance, they remain subject to change. Official, final approved programme regulations for the upcoming academic year will be available when the University Calendar is published in late October of the preceding year. Any information available prior to Calendar publication should be treated as provisional.

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