100-level

HLTH102
Health Promotion
Description
This course will provide an understanding of the broad range of ways in which the health of populations or societies can be promoted. Through personal reflection and synthesis of course material, students will deepen their understanding of key health concepts. Students will learn to design health promotion approaches that aligns with epidemiological and life-course evidence.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2026
Semester Two 2026 (Distance)
Points
15 points
HLTH106
Te Wero - Maori Health Issues and Opportunities
Description
This course introduces students to a selection of historical and contemporary Maori health content within a Treaty of Waitangi framework, to support robust analyses of Maori population health issues. Exploring what Maori health was and is, students will be challenged to consider the promise of Maori health and its significance for current and future Aotearoa New Zealand.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2026
Special non-calendar-based Two 2026 (UC Online)
Points
15 points
PACS111
Pacific Peoples and Societies
Description
This course provides a rich foundation of the history, diversity, and contemporary issues of the Pacific, including diasporic Pacific communities. Students will learn about Pacific Indigenous worldviews, cultures, knowledges, identities and experiences. Students will also explore the structures of Pacific societies and how these are evolving with changes in the modern world. Pacific agency, the transnationalism of Pacific identity and contemporary issues of climate change, sustainability and innovation are themes that run through the course as are the concepts of inclusion, diversity, empowerment, and positive transformation.
Occurrences
Semester One 2026
Semester One 2026 (Distance)
Points
15 points
MAOR165
Tuakiri : Culture and Identity
Description
What does it mean to live in Aotearoa/New Zealand in the 21st century? This course examines identity as a lived experience for Maori and non-Maori and how it shapes our thinking at individual, organisation and systemic levels in this country. The course also focusses on contemporary issues arising from identity tensions, enabling students to apply insights to effect positive social change in order to work effectively in a bicultural manner.
Occurrences
Semester One 2026
Semester One 2026 (Distance)
Semester Two 2026
Semester Two 2026 (Distance)
Points
15 points

200-level

HLTH203
Epidemiology
Description
This course introduces students to the measurement of health and disease in populations. Students will learn about defining and measuring health and disease. The course will cover quantitative methods to assess health and disease, including introductory epidemiology and biostatistics.
Occurrences
Semester One 2026
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
Any 60 points at 100 level from any subject.
Restrictions
HLTH110
PACS211
The Transnational Pacific
Description
This course explores the contemporary Pacific with a special focus on the dynamic and complex interplay of its cultures, identities, and economies. Students will use the lens of transnationalism, to examine the historical and contemporary movement of people, ideas, and resources across the Pacific Ocean, and reflect on how these flows have shaped societies locally, regionally, and globally. Students will engage with themes such as power relations, decolonisation, migration, diaspora, gender, art, sport, cultural hybridity, security, racism, the impacts of climate change, the digital Pacific, and future thinking. Through interdisciplinary readings, case studies, and critical discussions, this course offers a comprehensive understanding of the Pacific peoples’ resilience and innovation in the face of global challenges. Embedded in the course are the perspectives of several community, national, and regional leaders whose expertise will be sought to speak on the course themes.
Occurrences
Semester One 2026
Semester One 2026 (Distance)
Special non-calendar-based Four 2026 (UC Online)
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
Any 45 points at 100-level
MAOR212
Maori and Indigenous Development
Description
This course will examine Maori and Indigenous development. Students will explore both historical and contemporary developments and the factors which have affected Maori and Indigenous engagement with globalisation. For example the course will look at areas such as economic development, education and health, amongst others.
Occurrences
Semester One 2026
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
Any 15 points at 100 level from HIST, MAOR, SOWK, or TREO, or any 60 points at 100 level from the Schedule V of the BA.
Restrictions
HIST262, HIST379

300-level

SPRT322
Physical Activity and Wellbeing
Description
This course explores the relationships between physical activity and well-being. Particular emphasis is placed on understanding the role of physical activity in contributing to well-being across a range of levels of analysis (e.g., individual, social, economic, environmental), across a range of populations (e.g., Maori, Pasifika, youth, older persons) and across a range of settings (e.g., school, workplace, residential).
Occurrences
Semester Two 2026
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
SPRT107 or SPRT209 or SPCO107 or SPCO209

Not Offered Courses in 2026

100-level

HLTH106
Te Wero - Maori Health Issues and Opportunities
Description
This course introduces students to a selection of historical and contemporary Maori health content within a Treaty of Waitangi framework, to support robust analyses of Maori population health issues. Exploring what Maori health was and is, students will be challenged to consider the promise of Maori health and its significance for current and future Aotearoa New Zealand.
Occurrences
HLTH106-26S2 (D)
Semester Two 2026 (Distance) - Not offered
For further information see HLTH106 course details
Points
15 points

300-level

HLTH306
Te Kete Hauora - Maori Health Knowledge and Understandings/Internship
Description
This course examines the Maori health knowledge/action interface at a number of levels: 1) knowledge of intervention effectiveness through evaluation/monitoring of Maori health outcomes; 2) tools and methods used by services, policy-makers and researchers to collect and analyse Maori health data; and 3) knowledge, beliefs and experiences as they inform the health behaviour of Maori consumers. Addressing questions of 'how do we know what works for Maori health?' and 'what is Maori (health) knowledge?' will connect interventions/approaches to Treaty of Waitangi obligations, and Maori philosophy to health decision-making and investment.
Occurrences
Not offered 2026
For further information see HLTH306 course details
Points
30 points