Tangata ako i te kāinga tū ana i runga i te marae, tau ana!

Aim of the programme is to:

• Revitalise and consolidate mātauranga Māori as a robust academic discipline
• Provide an introduction to tauira with a broad knowledge of mātauranga Māori research, supported by practice.
• Deliberately affirm, support, and promote mātauranga Māori within the learning processes of the programme.
• Reflect on the value of engaging with and embedding mātauranga Māori in everyday practices.
• Apply and promote mātauranga Māori as part of the “everyday” in educational and community life, now and in the future.
• Continually be underpinned by mātauranga Māori research.
• Actively be culturally responsive.
• Encourage intergenerational use of mātauranga Māori positively to contribute to the wellbeing of Māori, whānau, hapū, iwi and the community.
• Prepare capable tauira for access to post graduate level education.

Graduates of the degree programme will:

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  Participate in and contribute to the conventions that take place on marae and within hapū, iwi and of other learning and cultural contexts/settings.
• Understand and demonstrate knowledge and skills in kawa Māori, and tikanga Māori and critically evaluate roles and responsibilities within a marae, hapū, iwi and of other learning and cultural contexts/settings.
• Develop and articulate a perspective on the origins of te ao Māori and the inter-connectedness of all things Māori.
• Demonstrate intellectual independence in the application of whakapapa in a range of other learning and cultural contexts/settings.
• Demonstrate a rigorous understanding of social, cultural, spiritual, economic, scientific, and technological factors which have impacted the well-being of Māori.
• Understand and be able to apply the practice of tikanga Māori in familiar and unfamiliar learning and cultural contexts/settings.
• Apply their knowledge of mātauranga Māori in familiar and unfamiliar learning and cultural contexts/settings.
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of mātauranga Māori research methodologies.