Te Pūtahi-a-Toi - School of Māori Studies

He Pukenga Whakaako ki roto i te hōtaka o Te Aho Tātairangi me Te Aho Paerewa, me te tohu pouako ka whakaakohia ki te reo Māori mo ngā pouako Kura Kaupapa Māori - Te Aho Matua o Aotearoa.

I tōna wā kua noho hei kaiwhakaako, kātahi hei tumuaki ki roto i tē Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Rito , ā ki Turoa Kohanga Reo hoki.

Fiona Te Momo focuses on the development of indigenous knowledge and Māori development – social, political and economic development. This includes Māori land, social work practices, whānau development, and a Māori perspective of biotechnology.

Huia Jahnke's research interests include Māori and Indigenous education, Indigenous research methodologies, and the ethics of knowledge production. Her first career, as a primary school teacher in South Auckland, gave her insights into where education wasn’t working for Māori and Pacific children.

Professor Robert Jahnke is an artist, writer and curator working principally as a sculptor, although trained as a designer and animator. His work focuses on the dynamics of intercultural exchange and the politics of identity. Jahnke primarily teaches in the MMVA and PhD (FA) programmes out of Palmerston North.

Rangi Mātāmua is an expert in Māori scientific knowledge, astronomy and navigation. He travels extensively throughout the country giving public lectures about Matariki and Māori astronomy. In 2023 he was named New Zealander of the Year and in 2020, he received the Prime Minister's Science Communications Prize and has been a leading proponent of making Matariki a public holiday.