Current postgraduate students
Postgraduate Diploma in Arts
Hiko Sam-Turner
[Under examination] Supervisor: Dr Tangiwai Rewi
Taamirangi Sam-Turner
Supervisor: TBC
Master of Indigenous Studies
Thomas Aerepo-Morgan
Me pēhea e tau ai te noho a ngā tauira kōrero Māori ki Te Whare Wānanga o Ōtākou.
Supervisor: Professor Poia Rewi
Email thomaspahiaerepomorgan@gmail.com
Nicola Andrews
My research focuses on the ways in which Indigenous academic librarians within mainstream institutions are required to immerse themselves in colonized ways of knowing and spaces which may reinforce historical and intergenerational trauma; while also being accountable to their familial communities and the needs of Indigenous students and library patrons.
Supervisor: Dr Erica Newman
Email nandrews@uw.edu
Jade Higgan McCaughan
Examining Te Hapuku: The changing leadership in Aotearoa during the nineteenth century as a response to increased European influence.
Supervisor: Dr Michael Reilly
Email jadehiggan@gmail.com
Fara Iati
Why are Pacific Islanders in New Zealand in poverty? Identifying the causes of poverty among Samoans in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Supervisor: Dr Telesia Kalavite
Email iatfa692@student.otago.ac.nz
Sharon Moreham
Identity and Belonging in a Contested Space: A Case Study of Kāi Tahu Cross-Cultural Adoption.
Supervisor: Erica Newman
Email sharon.moreham@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Ravana Saifoloi
Pillars of Success: An Analysis of Pacific Students' Success within Tertiary Education in Canberra, Australia. Pasifika student perspectives on challenging social stereotypes, taking ownership of their academic experiences, and advising on best support practices.
[Under examination] Supervisor: Dr. Michelle Schaaf
Email ravana.saifoloi@icloud.com
Vincent van Uitregt
A colonist research agenda: understanding whether turning the microscope can help us to move beyond Indigenous resistance.
Supervisor: Dr Lyn Carter
Email vincent.vanuitregt@gmail.com
Kelly Ann Butler
Supervisor: TBC
Nadine Connock
Supervisor: TBC
Sheridan Duncan
Supervisor: Dr Gianna Leoni
Darren Evans
Supervisor: TBC
Liam Gillan-Taylor
Supervisor: Dr Paerau Warbrick
Dale Harding
Supervisor: Megan Potiki and Professor Poia Rewi
Samuel Hughes
Supervisor: TBC
Eden Iati
Supervisor: Dr Telesia Kalavite
Nina Kirifi-Alai
Supervisor: Dr Telesia Kalavite
Pauline Luyten
Supervisor: TBC
Brenda Marriner
Supervisor: Dr Tangiwai Rewi
Laura-Lee Perawiti
[Under examination] Supervisor: Dr Tangiwai Rewi
Nick Perham
Supervisor: Professor Lachy Paterson and Dr Michael Ligaliga
Pania Tahau-Hodges
Supervisor: Dr Gianna Leoni
Eirenei Tauai
Supervisor: Dr Michelle Schaaf
Lisa Te Heuheu
Supervisor: Professor Merata Kaharu
Janine Tipene-Perene
Supervisor: TBC
Levi Titi
Supervisor: TBC
Renee Tuifagalele
Supervisors: Professor Michael Reilly and Dr Erica Newman
Manu-Aroha Walker
Supervisor: TBC
Karin Williams
Supervisor: Dr Michael Ligaliga
Master of Arts
Tania Bell
Ngā korero a ngā taonga ō Ngāti Tūwharetoa. ' When taonga speak'. The consequence of colonisation and missionisation on traditional Tūwharetoa society and the acquisition of taonga for museum collections.
Supervisor: Professor Michael Reilly
Email manuhiri124@hotmail.com
Belinda Tuari
Te kawakawa Tāraitanga: An exploration of whānau resilience in the sustainability and transfer of the kawakawa plants rongoā Māori knowledge.
Supervisor: Professor Poia Rewi
Email belinda.tuari@gmail.com
Kuao Wawatai
[Under examination] Supervisor: Professor Poia Rewi
PhD
Rua McCallum
“Tātai Arorangi: Traversing Beyond the Boundaries of Mātauranga Māori in Southern Iwi Creation Narratives”. How is it possible for ancient civilisations such as Māori, the indigenous people of New Zealand who originated from Polynesia, to know and understand cosmogenesis; something that is only now becoming recognised in scientific milieus? By interpreting the coded metaphors in traditional tātai whakapapa (genealogies), I seek to clarify how Māori ancestors possessed knowledge of the origins of the universe.
Supervisors: Professor Michael Reilly and Dr Karyn Paringatai
Email rua.moeraki@xtra.co.nz
Louise Kewene Doig
Louise (Waikato Tainui, Ngaati Hikairo) is enrolled in a PhD with Nominated Creative Component Doctoral Degree programme. The creative component is entitled, Tutuku: (The passing Down of Knowledge) and involves the creation of a digital archive. The thesis, entitled He Kohinga Pao, explores the knowledge and experiences of a selection of Māori Showband musicians of the 1960s.
Supervisors: Dr Karyn Paringatai and Professor Michael Reilly
Email louise.kewene-doig@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Toan Thanh Nguyen
Research title: Barriers to climate change adaptation: The case of local communities and institutions in the north central coastal region of Vietnam.
Supervisor: Dr Lyn Carter
Email toan.nguyenthanh111@gmail.com or ngton775@student.otago.ac.nz
Roma Simmons-Donaldson
Supervisors: Dr Karyn Paringatai and Professor Poia Rewi
Shona Kapea-Maslin
Supervisors: Professor Michael Reilly and Dr Michelle Schaaf
Megan Potiki
Supervisors: Professor Lachy Paterson and Dr Paerau Warbrick
Jenni Tupu
Supervisors: Dr Karyn Paringatai, Professor Michael Reilly and Dr Lyn Carter
Recently completed postgraduate students
PhD
Raphael Richter-Gravier
Ngā aitanga kapakapa a Tāne. A comparative approach to birds in mythology, ornithomancy, and bird symbolism in Māori and other Polynesian cultures.
Supervisors: Professor Michael Reilly, Dr Michelle Schaaf (Te Tumu) and Professor Bruno Saura (University of French Polynesia)
Email raphael.richter-gravier@paradise.net.nz
Kelli Te Maiharoa
Why passive resistance was used by Tūpuna as a means to lay claim and maintain ahi kā to the whenua and does it currently hold validity and relevance for whānau today?
Supervisors: Professor Lachy Paterson (Te Tumu) and Dr Heather Devere (Peace & Conflict).
Email kelli.temaiharoa@otago.ac.nz
Matiu Payne
Nā te koti tatari: The inconsistent treatment of tikanga taurima (whāngai) in Ngāti Mutunga (1820-2019)
Supervisors: Professor Lachy Paterson and Dr Paerau Warbrick
Email matiupayne@gmail.com
Byron Rangiwai
Supervisors: Professor Michael Reilly (Te Tumu) and Professor Murray Rae (Theology)
Master of Indigenous Studies
Victoria Campbell
Supervisor: Dr Tangiwai Rewi
Sera Perham
Supervisor: Professor Michael Reilly
Paia Taani
Supervisor: Dr Tangiwai Rewi
Porourangi Templeton
Supervisor: Dr Lyn Carter
Jaime-Lee Tutbury
Supervisor: Dr Tangiwai Rewi
Ella Walsh
Supervisor: Dr Erica Newman
Ben Whatarau
Supervisor: Dr Tangiwai Rewi