Pacific and Indigenous Studies Subject regulations
Pacific and Indigenous Studies provides students the opportunity to develop a depth of expertise in Pacific and Indigenous Studies, whilst also enabling expansion of that knowledge within a broader context, by allowing the flexibility for students to complete a range of papers from within the Māori and Indigenous Studies, Arts and Social Science fields, as well as electives from other faculties. The major focuses on concepts such as method, culture, critical thought, sustainability and identity and, thus, will be underpinned by integrity, including ethical standards, self-reflection and the will of graduates to apply such knowledge for the wider benefit of pacific communities in Aotearoa/New Zealand, and other pacific nations.
Pacific and Indigenous Studies has been available as a first major for the Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Climate Change (BCC), and the Bachelor of Social Sciences (BSocSc). Pacific and Indigenous Studies may also be included as a second major or minor in other undergraduate degrees, subject to approval of the Division in which the student is enrolled.
To complete Pacific and Indigenous Studies as a single major for the BA, BCC and the BSocSc, students must gain 135 points from papers listed for Pacific and Indigenous Studies, including 105 points above 100 level, and 60 points above 200 level. Students must complete PACIS100; 15 points from ANTHY102 or HISTY117; MAORI203, PACIS200, 15 points from ANTHY202, HISTY200, LINGS203, MAORI204, MAORI261 or PACIS201, and MAORI303, MAORI304, PACIS300 and 15 points from ANTHY300 or ANTHY308.
To complete Pacific and Indigenous Studies as part of a double major for the BA, BCC, BSocSc or other undergraduate degree, students must gain 120 points from papers listed for Pacific and Indigenous Studies, including 90 points above 100 level, and 45 points above 200 level. Students must include PACIS100, MAORI203, PACIS200, MAORI303 and PACIS300.
To complete a minor in Pacific and Indigenous Studies, students must complete 60 points from the papers listed for the Pacific and Indigenous Studies major, including at least 30 points above 100 level. Students must include PACIS100 and PACIS200.
There will be no new enrolments in the Pacific and Indigenous Studies major or second major in 2024 and onwards. Students enrolled in 2023 or previously should consult the Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies for programme advice.
The minor in Pacific and Indigenous Studies will still be available.
Other qualifications
Prescriptions for:
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GradCert(P&ISt) and GradDip(P&ISt) A Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma are available to graduates who have not included Pacific and Indigenous Studies at an advanced level in their first degree.
For further details, contact the Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies.
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PGCert(P&ISt), PGDip(P&ISt), BA(Hons), BSocSc(Hons), MA and MSocSc To complete a PGCert(P&ISt), students must complete 60 points at 500 level consisting of 60 points from papers listed in the subject of Pacific and Indigenous Studies.
To complete a PGDip(P&ISt), students must complete 120 points at 500 level, including PACIS500, and at least a further 60 points from papers listed in the subject of Pacific and Indigenous Studies.
To complete a BA(Hons) or BSocSc(Hons) in Pacific and Indigenous Studies, students must complete 120 points at 500 level, including PACIS500.
To complete an MA or MSocSc in Pacific and Indigenous Studies, students must take either; 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. Students must include PACIS500, unless admitted under section 2(b) of the qualification regulations and completing a 120 point thesis. Students must include MAORI570 unless admitted under section 2(b) of the qualification regulations and completing either a 120 or 90 point thesis.
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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.
Pacific and Indigenous Studies papers
| Code and paper title | Points | |
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ANTHY102
Exploring Cultures: Aotearoa and the Pacific
Social and cultural change in Aotearoa-New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, with special emphasis on national identities, regional relations and... |
15 | 25B (Hamilton) & 25B (Secondary School - Unistart) |
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MAORI103
Introduction to Māori, Pacific and Indigenous Studies
This course examines Māori, Pacific and Indigenous peoples’ philosophies and relationships with land, language, culture, resources, development and... |
15 | 25B (Hamilton) |
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PACIS100
Introduction to Pacific Histories, Languages and Cultures
This paper introduces students to foundational elements of Pacific Studies, including various histories, languages and cultures and their importance... |
15 | 25A (Hamilton) & 25A (Secondary School - Unistart) |
| Code and paper title | Points | |
|---|---|---|
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GEOGY219
Māori Lands and Communities
This paper introduces students to Māori geographical perspectives and examines key events that shape Māori communities and their relationships to... |
15 | 25B (Hamilton) |
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HISTY200
Pacific History
This course introduces students to the history of the Pacific from first settlement through to World War II, focusing on how indigenous peoples and... |
15 | 25A (Hamilton) |
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LINGS203
Language, Society and Culture
In this paper, we explore cultural diversity through language. We develop understandings of the way that language both reflects, and is used to... |
15 | 25A (Hamilton) |
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MAORI203
Decolonising Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples
The paper looks at the detrimental effects that research has historically had on Indigenous peoples and the relatively recent creation of research... |
15 | 25A (Hamilton) |
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MAORI204
Māori and Pacific Health and Wellbeing
This paper looks at health and wellbeing from Māori and Pacific perspectives, including models and frameworks in relation to Health, Sport, Human... |
15 | 25A (Hamilton) & 25A (Tauranga) |
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PACIS200
Pacific Migration, Diaspora and Identity
This paper looks at the various socio-historic influences on migration in the Pacific and the relationship between Indigenous cultures of origin and... |
15 | 25B (Hamilton) |
| Code and paper title | Points | |
|---|---|---|
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ANTHY300
Culture and Power in the Pacific
This paper examines the cultural logics of different systems of political action, leadership and ideology in Pacific Island societies. |
15 | 25B (Hamilton) |
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HISTY302
Blood, Land, DNA: Contemporary Indigenous Histories and Archives
This paper explores critical questions about power, sovereignty, and belonging in contemporary Indigenous history, focusing on Aotearoa, the Pacific... |
15 | 25B (Hamilton) |
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MAORI303
Critical Indigenous Theory
This paper looks at the key theoretical influences, from Marxism to post-structuralism, upon critical Indigenous studies and the most significant... |
15 | 25B (Hamilton) |
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MAORI304
Sustainability in Māori, Pacific and Indigenous Contexts
This paper looks at Indigenous epistemological formations of sustainability as one of the most pressing issues for Indigenous peoples particularly in... |
15 | 25A (Hamilton) |
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MAORI390
Kaupapa Rangahau
A Directed Study is a taught paper that enables suitably qualified undergraduate students to undertake a piece of extended Indigenous Studies... |
15 | 25X (Online) |
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PACIS300
Contemporary Critical Issues in the Pacific
This paper provides an in-depth examination of a number of contemporary critical issues in the Pacific as identified by leading Pacific scholars... |
15 | 25A (Hamilton) |
| Code and paper title | Points | |
|---|---|---|
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MAORI500
Indigenous Creative Practices
This paper explores the wide range and purposes of Indigenous creative practices. While examining the theoretical and philosophical underpinnings of... |
30 | 25G (Hamilton) |
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MAORI501
Summer Research Project
This paper has been developed specifically for students whi will be undertaking a summer research scholarship. |
15 | 25C (Hamilton) |
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MAORI502
Sustainable Resource Issues
This paper examines contemporary issues facing natural resource management among indigenous peoples with a particular focus on the experiences of... |
30 | 25A (Online) |
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MAORI570
Te Mahi Rangahau: Māori, Pacific and Indigenous Research Methods and Issues
This paper introduces students to a range of research issues, helps students identify and apply the most effective methodology, understand, review... |
30 | 25A (Online) |
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MAORI571
Decolonising Theory and Indigenous Studies
A seminar programme on indigenous consciousness, knowledge, values and ethics and their applications to contemporary issues such as research ethics... |
30 | 25B (Online) |
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PACIS500
Critical Pacific Studies
This paper provides an opportunity to critically engage the foundational ideas, texts, theoretical work, methods and perspectives of Pacific studies... |
30 | 25B (Hamilton) |
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PACIS590
Pacific and Indigenous Studies Directed Study
Students have the opportunity to pursue a topic of their own interest under the guidance of academic staff. |
30 | 25X (Hamilton) |
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PACIS594
Pacific and Indigenous Studies Masters Thesis
An externally examined piece of written work that reports on the findings of supervised research. |
120 | 25X (Hamilton) |
| Code and paper title | Points | |
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MAORI800
FMIS MPhil Thesis
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120 | 25X (Hamilton) |
| Code and paper title | Points | |
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MAORI900
FMIS PhD Thesis
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120 | 25I (Hamilton) & 25J (Hamilton) & 25K (Hamilton) & 25X (Hamilton) |
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MAORI901
FMIS Creative Practice Thesis
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120 | 25I (Hamilton) & 25J (Hamilton) & 25K (Hamilton) & 25X (Hamilton) |
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ANTHY102 Exploring Cultures: Aotearoa and the Pacific
Social and cultural change in Aotearoa-New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, with special emphasis on national identities, regional relations and...
Points 15This course examines Māori, Pacific and Indigenous peoples’ philosophies and relationships with land, language, culture, resources, development and...
Points 15This paper introduces students to foundational elements of Pacific Studies, including various histories, languages and cultures and their importance...
Points 15 -
GEOGY219 Māori Lands and Communities
This paper introduces students to Māori geographical perspectives and examines key events that shape Māori communities and their relationships to...
Points 15This course introduces students to the history of the Pacific from first settlement through to World War II, focusing on how indigenous peoples and...
Points 15In this paper, we explore cultural diversity through language. We develop understandings of the way that language both reflects, and is used to...
Points 15The paper looks at the detrimental effects that research has historically had on Indigenous peoples and the relatively recent creation of research...
Points 15This paper looks at health and wellbeing from Māori and Pacific perspectives, including models and frameworks in relation to Health, Sport, Human...
Points 15This paper looks at the various socio-historic influences on migration in the Pacific and the relationship between Indigenous cultures of origin and...
Points 15 -
ANTHY300 Culture and Power in the Pacific
This paper examines the cultural logics of different systems of political action, leadership and ideology in Pacific Island societies.
Points 15This paper explores critical questions about power, sovereignty, and belonging in contemporary Indigenous history, focusing on Aotearoa, the Pacific...
Points 15This paper looks at the key theoretical influences, from Marxism to post-structuralism, upon critical Indigenous studies and the most significant...
Points 15This paper looks at Indigenous epistemological formations of sustainability as one of the most pressing issues for Indigenous peoples particularly in...
Points 15A Directed Study is a taught paper that enables suitably qualified undergraduate students to undertake a piece of extended Indigenous Studies...
Points 15This paper provides an in-depth examination of a number of contemporary critical issues in the Pacific as identified by leading Pacific scholars...
Points 15 -
MAORI500 Indigenous Creative Practices
This paper explores the wide range and purposes of Indigenous creative practices. While examining the theoretical and philosophical underpinnings of...
Points 30This paper has been developed specifically for students whi will be undertaking a summer research scholarship.
Points 15This paper examines contemporary issues facing natural resource management among indigenous peoples with a particular focus on the experiences of...
Points 30This paper introduces students to a range of research issues, helps students identify and apply the most effective methodology, understand, review...
Points 30A seminar programme on indigenous consciousness, knowledge, values and ethics and their applications to contemporary issues such as research ethics...
Points 30This paper provides an opportunity to critically engage the foundational ideas, texts, theoretical work, methods and perspectives of Pacific studies...
Points 30Students have the opportunity to pursue a topic of their own interest under the guidance of academic staff.
Points 30An externally examined piece of written work that reports on the findings of supervised research.
Points 120 -
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MAORI900 FMIS PhD Thesis
Points 120
2025 Catalogue of Papers information current as of 23 Dec 2024 01:00am