PACS102-25S1 (C) Semester One 2025

Te Ara o Tawhaki: Maori Thought, Beliefs and Practices

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 February 2025
End Date: Sunday, 22 June 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 2 March 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 11 May 2025

Description

This course provides an introduction to Maori knowledges and metaphysics through a study of topics such as voyaging, art and aesthetics, warfare, conflict and peace. We also look at how approaches to Maori knowledges and their impacts are critiqued.

Restrictions

Equivalent Courses

Timetable 2025

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 09:00 - 10:00 A2 Lecture Theatre
17 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 15:00 - 16:00 A2 Lecture Theatre
17 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
Tutorial A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 12:00 - 13:00 Jane Soons 602
24 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
02 Monday 15:00 - 16:00 Jane Soons 602
24 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
03 Tuesday 16:00 - 17:00 Psychology - Sociology 456
24 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
04 Thursday 09:00 - 10:00 Jack Erskine 241
24 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
05 Thursday 12:00 - 13:00 Jack Erskine 315
24 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
06 Friday 09:00 - 10:00 Jack Erskine 315
24 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
07 Friday 11:00 - 12:00 Jack Erskine 239
24 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
08 Wednesday 16:00 - 17:00 Ernest Rutherford 260
24 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun

Course Coordinator

Hamuera Kahi

Lecturers

Madi Williams and Kirsty Dunn

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Online quizzes - Weeks 3, 5, and 9 30% There will be three on-line quizzes posted on LEARN fortnightly relative to the previous weeks lectures and readings. Each quiz will be worth 10% of the total course grade.
Take Home Test 1 20% This test will cover lmaterial from Term 1. The format of the test will include both short and long answers.
Research Exercise 20% The main aim of this task is to find three appropriate resources ont he following Maori concepts: 1. Mana, 2. Tapu, 3. Utu Students must outline and identify the key points of each resource. Further details will be given in week 5.
Take-home Test 2 30% The test will focus on material covered in Term 2. Further details will be given in week 10.

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 Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies .

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