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Maori Cultural Studies/Tikanga Maori


A programme in Tikanga Maori offers students the opportunity to study Maori cultural studies to a high level of competency.
Tikanga Maori is available as a major for the BA, BMPD and BSocSc. Tikanga Maori may also be taken as a second major or as a supporting subject within other undergraduate degrees, subject to academic approval of the Faculty or School of Studies in which the student is enrolled.
To complete a major in Tikanga Maori, students must gain 120 points above 100 level in Tikanga Maori, including either TIKA263 or TIKA264, and either TIKA363 or TIKA364, and at least 40 further points above 200 level. As well as the 100 level prerequisites specified for papers at 200 level and above, it is recommended that students intending to major in Tikanga Maori include MAOR100 in the first year of their programme of study.
To complete a supporting subject in Tikanga Maori, students must include either TIKA163 or TIKA164, and either TIKA263 or TIKA264.

Note: Students may not include more than two MPDV coded papers in their programme of study. Admission to some 300 level Tikanga Maori papers is at the discretion of the lecturer.


| 100 level | 200 level | 300 level | Prescriptions for the GradCert(Tikanga) and GradDip(Tikanga) | Prescriptions for the PGCert(Tikanga), PGDip(Tikanga), BA(Hons), BSocSc(Hons), MA, MMPD and MSocSc | Prescriptions for the MPhil | Prescriptions for the PhD |

100 level
COMP124  - He Tomokanga ki te Ao Rorohiko
MAOR100 - 13B (TGA), 13B (HAM), 13S (TGA) & 13S (HAM)  - Te Reo Maori me ona Tikanga: The Maori Language and its Customs
MMAC121  - Communication in Aotearoa/New Zealand
MPDV100 - 13A (HAM)  - Introduction to Development Studies
TIKA151 - 13A (HAM)  - Te Raranga Kete: Introduction to Maori Fibre Arts
TIKA157  - Mahi Whakaari: Performing Arts - An Ancient Perspective
TIKA163 - 13A (NET) & 13A (HAM)  - Te Ao Tawhito, Te Ao Hou: Introduction to Traditional and Contemporary Maori Society
TIKA164 - 13A (HAM)  - Mai Tuawhakarere ki te Ao Hurihuri
TTWA150 - 13A (TGA) & 13B (HAM)  - Te Tiriti o Waitangi: An Introduction to the Treaty of Waitangi
TTWA171  - Tributes and Treaties: The Spirit of Maori and Pacific Business

200 level
GEOG219 - 13A (HAM)  - Maori Lands and Communities
HIST227  - Encounters in Aotearoa: Maori and Pakeha
MMAC221 - 13A (HAM)  - From Maori Oral Traditions to Social Networking: Evolution of Maori Media and Communication
MPDV200 - 13B (HAM)  - Indigenous Development in the Pacific Region
MPDV201 - 13A (HAM)  - Issues of Ownership in Maori and Pacific Development
TIKA211 - 13B (HAM)  - He Taonga Tuku Iho: Evolving Maori Art
TIKA241 - 13A (HAM)  - Te Ao Oro: The Maori World of Sound
TIKA251 - 13B (HAM)  - Raranga Whakairo: Design Elements in Maori Fibre Arts
TIKA257 - 13A (HAM)  - Kapa Haka: Noble Dances of the Maori
TIKA260 - 13A (HAM)  - Special Topic: Saving te reo Maori and tikanga Maori for future generations: What the research recommends
TIKA263 - 13B (HAM)  - He Ara Tikanga: Maori Customs and Effects of a Changing World
TIKA264 - 13B (HAM)  - Nga Tikanga Apatahi
TIKA290  - He Rangahau Tikanga: Directed Study
TTWA201 - 13B (TGA) & 13B (HAM)  - Te Hono ki a Papatuanuku: Treaty Issues - Connections and Relationships

300 level
HIST330  - Researching Iwi/Maori History
MPDV300 - 13A (HAM)  - Contemporary Issues in Maori and Pacific Development
MPDV302 - 13B (HAM)  - Sustainable Development in Maori and Pacific Contexts
MPDV390 - 13B (NET) & 13B (HAM)  - Directed Study
TIKA310 - 13A (HAM)  - Nga Pepeha, nga Whakatauki me nga Kupu Whakaari: Proverbial and Prophetic Sayings
TIKA341 - 13B (HAM)  - Nga Taonga Puoro mai i te Ao Tawhito ki te Ao Hou: Ancient and Contemporary Music of the Maori
TIKA351 - 13T (HAM)  - Te Aho Reikura: Creative Practice in Maori Fibre Arts
TIKA357 - 13B (HAM)  - Nga Mahi-a-Rehia: Leisure Pursuits of the Maori
TIKA360  - Special Topic
TIKA363 - 13A (HAM)  - Nga Tohu o te Mana Maori: Markers of Maori Identity
TIKA364 - 13A (HAM)  - Nga Korero-a-Iwi
TIKA390 - 13B (HAM)  - He Rangahau Tikanga: Directed Study
TTWA301 - 13A (HAM)  - Te Tino Rangatiratanga me te Kawanatanga: Reconciliation or Conflict?

Prescriptions for the GradCert(Tikanga) and GradDip(Tikanga)

A Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma are available to graduates who have not included Maori Cultural Studies/Tikanga Maori at an advanced level in their first degree.
For further details, contact the School of Maori and Pacific Development.



Prescriptions for the PGCert(Tikanga), PGDip(Tikanga), BA(Hons), BSocSc(Hons), MA, MMPD and MSocSc

Candidates should have at least a B average over their 300 level Tikanga Maori papers.
To complete a BA(Hons) or BSocSc(Hons) in Tikanga Maori, students must complete 120 points at 500 level, including TIKA591 and at least 30 points from papers listed for Tikanga Maori.
To complete an MA or MSocSc in Tikanga Maori, students must take a 120 point thesis, a 90 point thesis and 30 points from approved 500 level papers, or a 60 point dissertation and 60 points in approved 500 level papers.
To complete an MMPD in Tikanga Maori, students are normally required to take a 60 point dissertation and 60 points from taught 500 level papers, approved by the Department.
Students may not include more than two of DEVS501, DEVS502, DEVS503, DEVS504 or DEVS505 in their programme of study. Students may take other 500 level papers at the discretion of the Chairperson of Department.


DEVS501 - 13B (NET)  - Strategic Planning for Maori and Pacific Development
DEVS502 - 13A (NET)  - Sustainable Resource Issues
DEVS504 - 13A (NET)  - State Policies on Indigenous Development
DEVS505 - 13B (NET)  - Governance and Nation Building
MAOR513 - 13B (HAM)  - Karanga me te Whaikorero
TIKA503 - 13B (HAM)  - Culture, Gender, and Sexuality: Mana Wahine, Mana Tane, Mana Tangata
TIKA504 - 13B (HAM)  - Nga Tikanga o te Marae
TIKA505 - 13S (HAM)  - Tikanga Taumatarau
TIKA509 - 13A (HAM)  - Te Mahi Rangahau: Maori and Pasifika Research Methods and Issues
TIKA520 - 13A (HAM)  - Nga Waiata me nga Haka
TIKA560 - 13S (HAM)  - Special Topic: Indigenous Consciousness, Knowledge, Values and Ethics
TIKA590 - 13C (HAM) & 13D (HAM)  - Directed Study
TIKA591 - 13C (HAM)  - Dissertation
TIKA592 - 13C (HAM)  - Dissertation
TIKA593 - 13C (HAM)  - Tikanga Maori Thesis
TIKA594 - 13C (HAM)  - Tikanga Maori Thesis

Prescriptions for the MPhil

The Master of Philosophy is a one year research-based degree in which students undertake a programme of approved and supervised research that leads to a thesis which critically investigates an approved topic of substance and significance, demonstrates expertise in the methods of research and scholarship, displays intellectual independence and makes a substantial original contribution to the subject area concerned, and is of publishable quality.


TIKA800 - 13C (HAM)  - Tikanga Maori MPhil Thesis

Prescriptions for the PhD

The Doctor of Philosophy is a two year research-based degree in which students undertake a programme of approved and supervised research that leads to a thesis which critically investigates an approved topic of substance and significance, demonstrates expertise in the methods of research and scholarship, displays intellectual independence and makes a substantial original contribution to the subject area concerned, and is of publishable quality.


TIKA900 - 13C (HAM)  - Tikanga Maori PhD Thesis

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