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An introduction to traditional Maori culture, including: settlement of the Pacific, Polynesian origins; traditional navigation, the renaissance of canoe voyaging; creation traditions, gods of the natural world, mythological origins of life and death, demigods - Maui, Tawhaki and Whaitiri; traditional astronomy and the New Year stars; forest plants as food and traditional medicines; a Maori geography of New Zealand; social organisation; women in Maori society; land; fortifications, the meeting house, spiritual beliefs, customary rituals, warfare, weapons, war canoes and cannibalism; wood, bone and greenstone carving, weaving, tattoo, haka; and selected tribal oral histories.
Rawiri Taonui
Ka'ai, Tania; Ki te whaiao : an introduction to Maori culture and society ; Pearson Longman, 2004.
Walker, Ranginui; Ka whawhai tonu mātou = Struggle without end ; Rev. ed; Penguin, 2004.
A Course Reader will be available from the Central Library.
Domestic fee $590.00
International fee $2,400.00
* 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 Aotahi School of Maori and Indigenous Studies .