Ngati Apopo: Maori Futures

Description

This course explores the local, national and global trends that will materially impact on the future trajectory of Maori self determination and futures making. Students will investigate how Maori navigate such shifts and trends to advance self-determination as change agents. The themes in the course include: - Maori and Indigenous self determination, autonomy and development - Colonialism, coloniality and indigeneity; - Treaty of Waitangi, comparative Indigenous rights and international Indigenous rights; - Maori political representation, participation and outcomes, including the evolving nature of the partnership between the Crown and Maori; - Maori and Indigenous settlements, reconciliation processes and autonomy; - Maori and Indigenous peoples rights and opportunities regarding natural resources; - Maori and Indigenous peoples experiences of equality and equity.