MAOR130-25S2 (C) Semester Two 2025

Maori Storytelling

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 14 July 2025
End Date: Sunday, 9 November 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 27 July 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 28 September 2025

Description

This course introduces students to a wide range of texts by Maori authors writing in English, and situates these works within a vast and vibrant whakapapa of Maori creative production in Aotearoa and beyond. Key themes within the course include: purakau and their contemporary retellings, representations of nonhuman perspectives, the relationship between writing and other forms of narrative, and Maori futurism.

Restrictions

Equivalent Courses

Timetable 2025

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 11:00 - 12:00 Te Ao Marama 253 Te Awaroa
14 Jul - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 19 Oct
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 09:00 - 10:00 Te Ao Marama 253 Te Awaroa
14 Jul - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 19 Oct
Tutorial A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 10:00 - 11:00 Te Ao Marama 253 Te Awaroa
21 Jul - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 19 Oct

Course Coordinator

For further information see Humanities Head of Department

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Reflection (Literary Whakapapa) 15%
Essay 1 30%
Tutorial Journal 20%
Essay 2 35%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $894.00

International fee $4,100.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Humanities .

All MAOR130 Occurrences

  • MAOR130-25S2 (C) Semester Two 2025
  • MAOR130-25S2 (D) Semester Two 2025 (Distance)