Cultural Perspectives Papers at Tauranga (2023)

The cultural perspectives papers are listed here by Division. However, the appropriate paper or papers will depend on which qualification and subjects you are studying. For course planning information, please see a Student Advisor in your Division of study.

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• 100 Level
• 200 Level
• 300 Level

• 100 Level

  Code	Paper Title	Points	Occurrence / Location
  MAORI101	Introduction to Conversational Māori for Absolute Beginners	15.0	23A (Hamilton) & 23B (Hamilton)
  For absolute beginner students, this introductory paper to conversational Maori pays particular attention to pronunciation, greetings, and forms of language associated with certain cultural functions, such as mihimihi, as well as tasks such as thanking people, farewelling, communicating personal information, and naming everyday obj...
  MAORI103	Introduction to Māori, Pacific and Indigenous Studies	15.0	23B (Hamilton) & 23B (Online)
  This course examines Maori, Pacific and Indigenous peoples' philosophies and relationships with land, language, culture, resources, development and political frameworks within settler-colonial states and Pacific nations and others.
  MAORI111	Te Reo Māori: Introductory 1	15.0	23A (Hamilton), 23X (Hamilton) & 23X (Tauranga)
  An introductory paper for students with little or no knowledge of the Maori language which provides basic everyday language such as: greetings, farewells, focusing on family relationships, numbers, time, shopping, talking about a trip and commands.
  MAORI112	Te Reo Māori: Introductory 2	15.0	23B (Hamilton), 23X (Hamilton) & 23X (Tauranga)
  This paper extends the language and communication skills developed in MAORI111 to include the language of mealtimes, instructions/commands, expression/idioms, describing clothing and parts of the body, and a variety of Marae protocol.
  MAORI150	Te Tiriti o Waitangi: An Introduction to the Treaty of Waitangi	15.0	23A (Hamilton), 23B (Hamilton) & 23X (Hamilton)
  This paper seeks to provide a sound understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. It reviews historical and contemporary interpretations and takes into account the interplay of contextual issues of the time.
  TEACH101	Ko te Reo me ngā Tikanga o ngā kura	15.0	23X (Hamilton), 23X (Online) & 23X (Tauranga)
  This paper introduces students to the skills, attitudes and values required of a teacher in Aotearoa New Zealand. It explores professional and ethical requirements for teachers and commitment to the Treaty of Waitangi.

• 200 Level

  Code	Paper Title	Points	Occurrence / Location
  CSMAX270	Cultural Perspectives for Computing and Mathematical Sciences	15.0	23B (Hamilton) & 23B (Tauranga)
  The paper provides students with an understanding of scientific and culture-specific perspectives on issues in computing and mathematical sciences. Students will learn how these perspectives can be applied in diverse cultural, international, ethical, and professional contexts.
  EDUCA200	Te Hononga Tangata	15.0	23B (Online)
  This paper prepares students to recognise and understand local and global cultural diversity, and to work competently and confidently in culturally appropriate ways with diverse others in educational contexts.
  MAORI202	Ngā Iho Matua: Māori Philosophy	15.0	23A (Hamilton)
  This paper examines the philosophical underpinnings of seminal tikanga Maori concepts, and their influence both historically and in contemporary Maori culture.
  MAORI203	Decolonising Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples	15.0	23A (Online)
  The paper looks at the detrimental effects that research has historically had on Indigenous peoples and the relatively recent creation of research methodologies by Indigenous peoples to counteract Imperial research, and to empower and decolonise.
  MAORI204	Māori and Pacific Health and Wellbeing	15.0	23A (Hamilton) & 23A (Tauranga)
  This paper looks at health and wellbeing from Maori and Pacific perspectives, including models and frameworks in relation to Health, Sport, Human Performance, and Nursing.
  MAORI211	Te Reo Māori: Intermediate 1	15.0	23A (Hamilton), 23X (Hamilton) & 23X (Tauranga)
  This paper builds on the skills acquired in MAORI112, developing a complexity in language skills required in the communication of detailed travel directions, describing internal and external characteristics of a person and describing objects.
  MAORI212	Te Reo Māori: Intermediate 2	15.0	23B (Hamilton), 23X (Hamilton) & 23X (Tauranga)
  This paper builds on the skills acquired in MAORI211, developing further language skills required in Maori for communication about feelings, emotions, and describing the weather.
  MAORI222	He Ao Hurihuri He Ao Tuakiri: Evolving Māori Culture and Identity	15.0	No occurrences
  A critical examination of the diverse realities of being Maori in a changing world, highlighting local and global impacts on Maori culture and identity.
  MAORI250	Māori Politics	15.0	No occurrences
  This paper examines Maori and Indigenous politics in a broad sense, from key ideas such as sovereignty, tino rangatiratanga, and autonomy, through to crucial forms of resistance via various political structures including local, Iwi, national and global Indigenous movements.
  MNMGT202	Intercultural Perspectives on Organisations	15.0	23A (Hamilton), 23B (Hamilton), 23B (Tauranga), 23VA (Internet National Economics University, Vietnam) & 23X (Zhejiang University City College, Hangzhou China)
  This paper provides students with the skills and knowledge to become competent and confident in culturally diverse contexts, locally and globally, and to understand how people behave in culturally diverse organisational contexts. It includes an introduction to matauranga Maori. Learning is cemented through case studies, reflection,...
  TEEDU201	Te Hononga Tangata Cultural Dimensions of Education	15.0	23B (Hamilton), 23B (Tauranga) & 23X (Online)
  This paper prepares students to recognise and understand local and global cultural diversity, and to work competently and confidently in culturally appropriate ways with diverse others in educational contexts.

• 300 Level

  Code	Paper Title	Points	Occurrence / Location
  MAORI302	Mātauranga Māori, Indigenous Knowledges	15.0	23A (Hamilton)
  This paper looks at the influence and forms that Matauranga Maori has had and has taken in various postcolonial formations, including in science and research, education, policy and social reform.
  MAORI303	Critical Indigenous Theory	15.0	23B (Hamilton)
  This paper looks at the key theoretical influences, from Marxism to post-structuralism, upon critical Indigenous studies and the most significant writings by those Indigenous scholars who have chosen to engage with critical theory.
  MAORI311	Te Reo Māori: Advanced 1	15.0	23A (Hamilton), 23X (Hamilton) & 23X (Tauranga)
  I tua atu o MAORI212, arotahi ai tenei akoranga ki te whakahohonu, whakawhanui ake i te reo me nga pukenga o te akonga ki te tuhituhi, ki te whakawhitiwhiti korero, ki te whakaatu me te whakamarama i nga kaupapa rereke o nga horopaki o te ao tawhito, te ao hou hoki. This paper builds on the language acquired in MAORI212 further dev...
  MAORI312	Te Reo Māori: Advanced 2	15.0	23B (Hamilton), 23X (Hamilton) & 23X (Tauranga)
  I tua atu o MAORI311, ko ta tenei pepa he ata kuhu ki roto i etahi rangahau e hangai nei ki te whaikorero me te karanga, waihoki, ka kuhuna nga kano ahuatanga o te reo tonu, ara te kiwaha, te whakatauki me nga tongikura. I ko atu i enei, ka arohaehaetia nga manukura Maori. This paper builds on the language acquired in MAORI311 broa...
  MAORI390	Kaupapa Rangahau	15.0	23X (Hamilton)
  A Directed Study is a taught paper that enables suitably qualified undergraduate students to undertake a piece of extended Indigenous Studies research. Students enrolled in this paper work on a focused piece of research under the guidance of academic staff with relevant expertise.
  SCIEN305	Science and Mātauranga Māori	15.0	23A (Hamilton), 23A (Tauranga), 23C (Hamilton) & 23C (Tauranga)
  This paper will provide science graduates with an understanding of both scientific and Matauranga Maori perspectives on topical issues and the ability to apply these in a Vision Matauranga context.