Postgraduate study options 2019

April 26, 2019

Postgraduate Diplomas

Poutāhū are postgraduate diplomas and the first year of a master's qualification:

Poutāhū Reo Māori
Postgraduate Diploma in Te Reo Māori

- One year diploma (NZQA Level 8)
- Residential seminars, self-directed and online learning
- Delivery mode: te reo Māori

He tohu whakatupu i te whakaaro mō te reo Māori o ngā tūpuna.  Ka rangahaua ngā kōrero o neherā kia kitea ai te āhua o te reo i a rātou, ā, i tō rātou nā wā.  Mā ēnei mahi e whakawhānui te kōrerotanga me te tuhinga o te ākonga.

Poutāhū Whakaakoranga
Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Māori Medium)

- One year diploma (NZQA Level 8)
- Residential seminars, self-directed and online learning
- Delivery mode: te reo Māori
- TeachNZ Scholarship approved

A one year programme, the Poutāhū Whakaakoranga focuses on delivery and teaching, advanced iwi and hapū research and te whakatupu i te reo Māori.

Poutāhū Ahunga Tikanga
Postgraduate Diploma in Māori Laws and Philosophy

- One year diploma (NZQA Level 8)
- Residential seminars, self-directed and online learning
- Delivery mode: bilingual (Māori/English)

The Poutāhū Ahunga Tikanga graduate will be able to explain cosmogony as the basis of tikanga prior to contact with Western Influences. The authenticity of certain texts and materials on Māori cosmogony and tikanga will also be considered. Reinterpretations of tikanga that have flowed from interaction between tikanga Māori and Pākehā law are examined and deconstructed and tauira will enquire into the potential for tikanga to underpin contemporary developments and strategies.