Associate Professor Karyn Paringatai, Our people, Te Tumu

Karyn Paringatai image BA(Hons)(Otago) RSA/Cambridge CELTA MA PhD(Otago), Te Aupikitanga ki te Reo Kairangi, Te Pīnakitanga ki te Reo Kairangi (Te Wānanga o Aotearoa)
Ngāti Porou

Contact

Office 3S6 Richardson Building, South Tower
Tel +64 3 479 8122
Email karyn.paringatai@otago.ac.nz

Currently on research study leave, returning 30 September 2022.

Research

My research interests are in a number of areas that intersect at various points. These include: sociological issues surrounding Māori urbanisation and Māori identity development and maintenance; Māori performing arts, particularly poi and the analysis of haka and waiata compositions; grammatical aspects of the Māori language and second language acquisition; Māori language and Māori performing arts teaching methodologies. My current research is in the area of whakapapa and genetic research.

Teaching

MAOR 108 Waiata: Te Tīmatanga
MAOR 211 Te Pihinga 1
MAOR 212 Te Pihinga 2
INDS 302 Whakapapa and Marae
MAOR 208 (convenor) Ngā Manu Taki
MAOR 308 (convenor) Ngā Hākinakina a Te Māori

Supervision

Current

Komene Kururangi, PhD (Te Tumu), Haka: He Ara Whakapikiora (with Dr Wahineata Smith (Māori)
Frederic Dichtel (PhD, English & Linguistics) ‘He aha ai?’—‘Nā te mea!’ Ka taea e te mātai wetereo whakatairite me te mātai whakapapa reo te whakamārama ngā whakatakotoranga e kotiti ana i ngā ture wetereo? (with Dr Simon Overall and Dr Wahineata Smith) (Māori)
Gemella Harton-Reynolds (BSc Hons, Biochemistry), The management of breast cancer risk in HDGC whānui o Ngāi Tahu (with Professor Parry Guilford) (English)
Rushi Vyas (PhD, English), (with Professor Jacob Edmond and Dr Lynley Edmeades) (English)
Te Mihinga Komene (PhD, Te Tumu), Ka ora rānei te reo Māori i ngā hapori tuihono? (with Dr Wahineata Smith and Dr Katharina Ruckstuhl) (Māori)
Ella Cameron Smith (PhD, Te Tumu), Ngāti Koroki-Kahukura Food Identity (with Dr Jess Pasisi) (English)
Sarah Waterman (EdD, College of Education) Tūhura History (with Associate Professor Susan Sandretto) (English)
Brad Devery (PhD, Microbiology & Immunology) Investigating the role of myeloid cells in colorectal cancer, using mātauranga Māori (with Professor Ros Kemp and Dr Kirsten Hartstonge)
Komene Cassidy (MIndS) He Waka Kotuia (Māori)
Manu-aroha Walker (MIndS) Examples of Tokenism in Indigenous Policy (English)
Syleena Douglas (PhD, Management) Me pēhea te hanga whare hou? How shall we build this new dwelling? (with Associate Professor Diane Ruwhiu) (English)
Jordon Lima (PhD, Biomedical Sciences) Māu Tēnā Kīwai o te Kete, Māku Tēnei: Equitable Application of ctDNA to the New Zealand Māori Population (with Professor Parry Guilford) (English)
Kahurangi Tipene (PhD, Te Tumu) Aianei, ake nei, ae. (with Professor Parry Guilford and Dr Wahineata Smith) (Māori)
Paia Taani (PhD, Te Tumu) I ahatia tōku reo? (with Professor Tangwai Rewi (University of Waikato) (English)
Sofia Peters (PhD, Te Tumu) He oranga māmā, he oranga whānau – Māori experiences of whānautanga in Dunedin Hospital (with Dr Erica Newman) (English)
Tonga Karena (PhD, Peace & Conflict Studies) Te Kura Huna o Rongo (with Professor Richard Jackson) (Māori)
Roma Simmons-Gush (PhD, Te Tumu) Te Kura i Huna: Reestablishing Intergenerational Language Transmission (with Professor Michael Reilly) (English)
Jenni Tupu (PhD, Te Tumu) Being Adopted: The lifelong search for Self (with Professor Michael Reilly) (English)

Completed

Te Hira Paenga (PhD, Theology) Ngā Ihoatua o Te Ao Kapahaka (with Professor Murray Rae and Dr Wayne Te Kaawa) (Māori) (currently under examination)
Rikki Gooch (DMA, Music) Rangatuone: An Indigenous Embodiment of Conduction (with Associate Professor Jennifer Cattermole and Professor Peter Adams) (English) (currently under examination)
Maioha Watson (BA Hons, Te Tumu) Tōku Ao Haka: Ngā Matatini o te Āpōpō (Māori)
Manutangirua Papuni-Iles (MIndS, Te Tumu) He kōrero Hītori/Whakapapa o te rohe whānui o Waiapu me Hikurangi Enterprises Ltd (with Professor Merata Kawharu) (Māori)
Louise Kewene-Doig (PhD, Te Tumu) He Kohinga Kōrero: A selected group of Māori musicians and performers’ experiences of the 1960s through the Māori Showband movement (with Professpr Michael Reilly) (English)
Hiko Sam-Turner (PGDip, Te Tumu) Waikato: He Wai Oranga (Māori)
Will Flavell (EdD, College of Education) He waka reo Māori, he waka eke noa: The motivations, attitudes, and learning experiences of non-Māori secondary school students learning te reo Māori (with Dr Susan Sandretto) (English)
Roma Simmons-Donaldson, BA(Hons), Walking in two worlds: Te reo Maori in urban New Zealand (English)
Kahurangi Salu, BA(Hons) Tuu Tonu Whakatika (2016) (Māori)
Tawini White, MA, He Waka Huia, He Waka Reo-ā-Iwi: The importance of reo-ā-iwi in identity formation (2016)
Tyson Tautari, BA(Hons), Au Au: A 'tail' of the kurī (2014)
Matt Gillies, BA(Hons), Whakatau Hinengaro: Rongoā mō te Arero Tauhou (2014) (Māori)
Gianna Leoni, MA, He manu hou ahau, he pī ka rere: The transition of Māori language immersion students to the University of Otago (2011)
Gianna Leoni, BA(Hons), Ko tōku Māoritanga: The Formation of Māori Identity in Dunedin (2009)
Courtney Sullivan, BA(Hons), Mai i Aotearoa – From New Zealand: The effects of living in Australia on Māori identity (2008)

Distinctions

2023Te Puiaki Pūtaiao Matua a te Pirimia Science Prize (Prime Minister’s Science Prize), Aotearoa New Zealand (alongside Professor Parry Guilford, Mrs Maybelle McLeod, Mrs Pauline Harawira, Mrs Eryn Gardiner and Dr Jeremy Rossaak)
2014:Prime Minister's Supreme Award for Tertiary Teaching Excellence
2014:National Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award for Sustained Excellence in a Kaupapa Māori Context
2014:Otago University Teaching Excellence Award in a Kaupapa Māori Context
2013:Most Engaging Presentation Award, Spotlight on Teaching and Learning Symposium (Dunedin, New Zealand, 26-27 Aug).
2000: Te Tumu Prize (Outstanding achievement in MAOR 490 – He Raukura)
2000: Tongarerewa Prize (Academic excellence in Māori Studies)
2000: Te Ihorei Prize (Contribution to tikanga Māori)

Publications

Taani, P., & Paringatai, K. (2025). Kua tau tōku mauri: The balance between Māori language teacher culture identity and wellbeing. In A. Feryok (Ed.), Language teacher identity and wellbeing. (pp. 11-27). Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters. doi: 10.21832/9781800417038-005 Chapter in Book - Research

Jefferies, R., Wilcox, P., Paringatai, K., Stubbe, M., Grainger, R., Dowell, A., & Filoche, S. K. (2024). 'I think we just do it once and leave it ...': The collection and utility of family health history in general practice in Aotearoa New Zealand: A qualitative study. Journal of Primary Health Care, 16(1), 33-40. doi: 10.1071/HC23055 Journal - Research Article

Paringatai, K. (2023). He ira atua, he ira taiao, he ira tangata [Keynote]. Proceedings of the Genetics Otago (GO) Annual Symposium & Workshops. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/go Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Paringatai, K. (2021, June). Kua ora au i a koe. Verbal presentation at the Second Ira Rangahau Māori Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Filoche, S., Stubbe, M. H., Grainger, R., Robson, B., Paringatai, K., Wilcox, P., Jefferies, R., & Dowell, A. (2021). How is family health history discussed in routine primary healthcare? A qualitative study of archived family doctor consultations. BMJ Open, 11(10), e049058. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049058 Journal - Research Article

2025

Chapter in Book - Research

2024

Journal - Research Article

2023

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Paringatai, K. (2023). He ira atua, he ira taiao, he ira tangata [Keynote]. Proceedings of the Genetics Otago (GO) Annual Symposium & Workshops. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/go

2021

Journal - Research Article

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Paringatai, K. (2021, June). Kua ora au i a koe. Verbal presentation at the Second Ira Rangahau Māori Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2020

Chapter in Book - Research

Paringatai, K. (2020). Indigenous pedagogies in practice in universities. In V. Anderson & H. Johnson (Eds.), Migration, education and translation: Cross-disciplinary perspectives on human mobility and cultural encounters in education settings. (pp. 199-212). Abingdon, UK: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429291159

Journal - Research Other

Blair, V. R., McLeod, M., Carneiro, F., Coit, D. G., D'Addario, J. L., van Dieren, J. M., … Paringatai, K., Bougen-Zhukov, N., Brew, T., … Godwin, T. D., … Nouri, Y., … Reeve, A. E., & Guilford, P. (2020). Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer: Updated clinical practice guidelines. Lancet Oncology, 21(8), e386-e397. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(20)30219-9

2019

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Filoche, S., Grainger, R., Stubbe, M., Paringatai, K., Wilcox, P., Jefferies, R., & Dowell, T. (2019). Toward the development of a family health history tool for Aotearoa. Proceedings of the Health Informatics New Zealand (HiNZ) Conference. (pp. 174). Retrieved from https://hinz.org.nz

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Paringatai, K. (2019, January-February). Cancer and its prevention from a whānau perspective. Verbal presentation at the Cancer Care at a Crossroads Conference, Wellington, New Zealand.

2018

Chapter in Book - Research

Paringatai, K. (2018). He Hūnuku: Māori urban migration. In M. Reilly, S. Duncan, G. Leoni, L. Paterson, L. Carter, M. Rātima & P. Rewi (Eds.), Te Kōparapara: An introduction to the Māori world. (pp. 266-284). Auckland, New Zealand: Auckland University Press.

Paringatai, K. (2018). Māori and Pākehā encounters of difference: The realization that we're not the same. In Z. L. Rocha & M. Webber (Eds.), Mana Tangatarua: Mixed heritages, ethnic identity and biculturalism in Aotearoa/New Zealand. (pp. 151-168). Abington, UK: Routledge.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Yracheta, J., Kereama-Royal, I., Paringatai, K., Wilcox, P., & Robertson, S. (2018, November). Indigenous health genomics. Panel discussion at the MapNet meeting, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Paringatai, K., Potiki, M., & Hall, C. (2018, October). Kāinga waewae: Know your own backyard. Workshop presentation at the Teaching and Learning Symposium: Rebuilding Your Ship at Sea: Cultivating Identity, Integrity, Community and Collegiality in Times of Change, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Other Research Output

Paringatai, K. (2018, October) Genetic jeopardy: Whakapapa/family history: Why YOU should care. MindJam. Yonder, Queenstown, New Zealand. [Public Discussion].

2017

Journal - Research Other

Paringatai, K., Pitama, S., Ruru, J., & Keegan, T. T. (2017). Rauaroha: he tohu aroha rau i te akoranga. MAI Journal, 6(3), 272-282. doi: 10.20507/MAIJournal.2017.6.3.4

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Paringatai, K., Pitama, S., & Ruru, J. (2017). Poutama Ara Rau: He waka eke noa [Plenary panel discussion]. Proceedings of the Talking Teaching Conference. Retrieved from https://akoacademy.ac.nz/programme

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Paringatai, K. (2017, July). Turn off the lights: An indigenous approach to teaching and learning. Workshop presentation at the World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education (WIPCE), Toronto, Canado.

2016

Journal - Research Other

Paringatai, K. (2016). [Review of the book Tauira: Māori methods of learning and teaching]. Journal of the Polynesian Society, 125(4), 451-452. [Book Review].

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Ruru, J., Paringatai, K., Pitama, S., & Wyeth, E. (2016). How can Māori knowledge and Māori pedagogies transform tertiary teaching and learning? Proceedings of the International Indigenous Research Conference. (pp. 83). Auckland, New Zealand: Ngä Pae o te Māramatanga. Retrieved from http://www.indigenousresearch2016.ac.nz/

2015

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Paringatai, K. (2015, July). Teaching in the dark. Keynote presentation at the Tuia Te Ako Hui, Lincoln, New Zealand.

Paringatai, K. (2015, October). Teaching in the dark: How does it work? Plenary presentation at the Transitions in TESOL Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Paringatai, K. (2015, May). The value of the dark: The students' perspective. Verbal presentation at the Hui Poutama: Māori Research Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2014

Journal - Research Article

Paringatai, K. (2014). Māori identity development outside of tribal environments. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 26(1), 47-54.

Journal - Research Other

Paringatai, K. (2014). A return to the "dark ages". Akoranga, 10, 10-12.

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Paringatai, K. (2014). Prime Minister's Supreme Award. Excellence, 9-16.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Paringatai, K. (2014, February). Teaching in the dark, Māori teaching methodology. Verbal presentation at the Māori and Pasifika Adult and Community Education Professional Development Hui Fono, New Plymouth, New Zealand.

Paringatai, K. (2014, June). Learning in the dark. Verbal presentation at the Adult and Community Education (ACE) Conference: Learning to Learn, Wellington, New Zealand.

Paringatai, K. (2014, November). E kore a muri e hokia: The route left behind cannot be retraced. Verbal presentation at the Migrant Cross-Cultural Encounters: A Multidisciplinary Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Paringatai, K. (2014, November). Dare to be wise? Dare to be different! Verbal presentation at the New Zealand National Liaison Officers' Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Other Research Output

Paringatai, K. (2014, April). Māori experiences of migration to Southland. Department of History and Art History, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].

2013

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Paringatai, K. (2013). “We’re singing in the dark?!?” A pre-European Māori method of teaching in a tertiary institution. In J. McDonald, S.-K. Loke, A. McLean & M. Rajoo (Eds.), Proceedings of the Spotlight on Teaching and Learning Colloquium. (pp. 50). Dunedin, New Zealand: HEDC, University of Otago. [Abstract]

Awarded Doctoral Degree

Paringatai, K. (2013). Kua riro ki wīwī, ki wāwā: The causes and effects of Māori migration to Southland (PhD). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2012

Journal - Research Article

Rewi, T., Paringatai, K., & Hokowhitu, W. (2012). Adding 'local' flavour to the Māori language curriculum. He Pukenga Kōrero, 11(1), 21-28.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Paringatai, K. (2012, August). Pepeha: An antiquated notion of Māori identification? Verbal presentation at the University of Otago Māori Postgraduate Research Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Paringatai, K. (2012, June). Ki te ao mārama - To the world of light: An indigenous teaching methodology in a western institution. Verbal presentation at the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA), Uncasville, Connecticut.

2011

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Paringatai, K. (2011). A Whānau in genetic jeopardy. Proceedings of the New Zealand Historical Association Conference: Past Tensions: Reflections on Making History. Retrieved from http://www.waikato.ac.nz/wfass/NZHA2011/

Rewi, T., & Paringatai, K. (2011). The impact of contextualising learning on student understanding of the Māori language curriculum in Te Tumu. In K. Shephard, T. Harland & A. Cohen (Eds.), Proceedings of the Spotlight on Teaching and Learning Colloquium. (pp. 27). Dunedin, New Zealand: HEDC, University of Otago. [Abstract]

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Paringatai, K. (2011, August). A separated Whānau in genetic jeopardy. Verbal presentation at the Hui Poutama: Māori Research Symposium: Past Present Future: Ka Haere Whakamua, Ka Titiro Whakamuri, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2009

Authored Book - Research

Paringatai, K. A. (2009). Poia mai taku poi: A history of poi: A critical review of written literature on the poi in New Zealand and the Pacific. Saarbrücken, Germany: VDM Verlag, 151p.

2006

Commissioned Report for External Body

Ka'ai, T., Higgins, R., & Paringatai, K. (2006). Scoping report: Indigenous Professional Association: Te Kāhui Atawhai o Te Motu. Dunedin, New Zealand: Te Tumu, School of Māori, Pacific & Indigenous Studies, University of Otago. 102p.

2005

Authored Book - Other

Paringatai, K. (2005). Nā wai ngā pihikete i tāhae? [Book and cassette in Te huinga raukura: Atakura (kit)]. Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Education.

Paringatai, K., & Payne, R. (2005). Taku papa hūpekepeke. Wellington: Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga / Ministry of Education.

Journal - Research Article

Paringatai, K. (2005). Poia atu taku poi: Unearthing the knowledge of the past. Junctures, 4, 23-34.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Paringatai, K. (2005, November). Poia atu/mai (?) taku poi. Verbal presentation at the WIPCE Conference: Indigenous excellence, Hamilton, Aotearoa/New Zealand.

Performance

Higgins, R. (Performer), Matthews, N., & Paringatai, K. (2005, February). Nga mahi a Tane-rore me Te Rehia: An introduction to Maori performing arts, Lister Hall, University of Alberta, Canada.

2004

Chapter in Book - Research

Matthews, N. W., & Paringatai, K. (2004). Ngā mahi a Tāne-rore me Te Rēhia: Performing arts. In T. M. Ka'ai, J. C. Moorfield, M. P. J. Reilly & S. Mosley (Eds.), Ki te Whaiao: An introduction to Māori culture and society. (pp. 103-115). Auckland: Pearson Longman.

Awarded Masters Degree

Paringatai, K. A. (2004). Poia mai taku poi: Unearthing the knowledge of the past (MA). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. 239p.