Graduate Diploma in Arts 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).

GradDipArts - Graduate Diploma in Arts

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.

Complete 120 points comprising:

45 points from Bachelor of Arts major in Māori Studies Stage III Courses, and
At least 15 points from Additional Courses from the Bachelor of Arts major in Māori Studies, and
0 to 60 points from Courses from the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Schedules

Selected courses must include at least 75 points at level 300 or higher.

Bachelor of Arts major in Māori Studies Stage III Courses

Complete exactly 45 points from the following:

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)

Additional Courses from the Bachelor of Arts major in Māori Studies

Complete at least 15 points from the following:

MAOR-BA - Bachelor of Arts major in Māori Studies (120 points)

Courses from the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Schedules

Complete 0 to 60 points from the following:

BA - Bachelor of Arts (360 points)

BA(Hons) - Bachelor of Arts (Honours) (120 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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