Mātauranga Toi Māori – Bachelor of Commercial Music

This course will introduce students to staging and promoting live music events through a series of showcase events.

This course will introduce students to various aspects of the Music Industries from an Aotearoa New Zealand perspective. Students will also gain a basic understanding of entrepreneurial music industry projects.

This course will explore how to create and build a music or artist brand.

This course will explore where revenue is generated and how different businesses are structured across the music industries.

In this course students conceptualise and develop their music major project, which will be completed in semester two.

In this course students work to produce and realise an ambitious major music project by means of self-directed study under professional mentorship appropriate to their music area.

An introduction to taonga as living creative expressions of Māori culture through encounters and engagement with taonga tuku iho across four distinct contexts: the built environment, the body, sound, and ceremony. You will explore the whakapapa of taonga, their associated technologies, stories, tikanga and practices. You will develop your familiarity with taonga, gain a fundamental understanding of mātauranga toi Māori, and communicate critically and creatively.

This introductory course provides students with a foundational understanding of customary practices and values within Te Ao Māori and their relevance in contemporary Māori creative practice. Through a combination of theoretical exploration and practical engagement, students will gain insights into the cultural context shaping Māori creative expression and its significance in fostering personal and communal growth.

A critical exploration of Māori creative contributions to political movements that uphold rangatiratanga and mana motuhake, with reference to He Whakaputanga and Te Tiriti o Waitangi. You will investigate social, historical and political contexts that have informed and motivated Māori creative responses in support of Māori aspirations, activism, resistance and self-determination. The course examines how mātauranga toi Māori is expressed across a range of contexts, including built environments, digital spaces, the body, sound, visual arts, and ceremonial practice. Through critical and creative engagement, you will develop an understanding of the relationships between creative practice and political expression, reflecting on your own position and response as creative practitioners and contributors to collective aspirations for tino rangatiratanga.

Building upon the foundational concepts introduced in Māori Practices as a Māori Creative Practitioner, this course delves deeper into the intricate relationship between Māori creative practices and cultural continuity within Te Ao Māori. Through an advanced exploration of theoretical frameworks, hands-on creative projects, and community engagement, students will further refine their understanding of the nuanced role of Tikanga Māori in shaping contemporary Māori creative practice.

This advanced-level course delves into the intricate relationship between Māori cosmological narratives and their dynamic manifestation within contemporary Māori creative expression. Through an interdisciplinary exploration that encompasses art, design, music, theatre, and dance, students will analyse the evolving role of cosmological narratives, connecting traditional wisdom to modern artistic innovation.

This course propels students into the realm of Māori Arts Innovation and Community Leadership. By synthesizing foundational knowledge with advanced theoretical frameworks, innovative artistic projects, and community leadership principles, students will refine their skills as Māori Arts Practitioners and actively contribute to the evolution of Māori arts practices within a contemporary context.

This course will introduce students to the music industry and environment, with specific emphasis on culture, ethics, learning, and positionality.

In this course students will further orient themselves to the music industry and environment, with specific emphasis on working with and within communities, and practicing within the context of Te Tiriti O Waitangi.

Develop skills and knowledge for a future career in commercial music. Students will be supported in developing professionalism within the context of the music industry.

An introduction to design with a specific emphasis on locality: Pukeahu, ethics, approaches to creative practice-based learning, and positionality. Through this course students will engage with local knowledges to expand the whakapapa of their design positionality on Pukeahu.

This course facilitates students to develop a strong understanding of Te Tiriti O Waitangi and creative practice. Students will engage with indigenous, creative and institutional citational practices to develop a critical toolkit that informs ethical design practices in Aotearoa.

Students consider their role as designers in the community and how they can utilise their skills and knowledge to engage and foster industry and community relationships.

An introduction to developing artistic practice, with specific emphasis on ethics, fine art cultures, learning, and positionality.

A further orientation to developing artistic practice, with specific emphasis on working with and within communities, and practicing within the context of Te Tiriti O Waitangi.

An introduction to professional literacies and industry best practices for building a sustainable and healthy career in the field of Screen Arts. Tauira will also be supported in gaining communication and interpersonal skills and develop their personal growth and engagement in learning.

A further orientation to the screen industry and environment, with specific emphasis on deepening creative practice and practicing within the context of Te Tiriti O Waitangi.

Develop professional skills in preparation for a career in the creative industries. Tauira will be supported in developing professional communication and presentation skills and to continue to strengthen personal growth and engagement in learning at this level.

This course will introduce students to a practical knowledge of sound and apply this to recording studio environments. Applications include analogue and digital signal processing, microphone workings and placement, monitoring, and planning and operating music systems.

Explorations in Visualisation explores how creative practitioners comprehend, generate, and communicate ideas. The course provides students with foundational skills and techniques for representing ideas in traditional and digital media. The course will be valuable for students from any creative area who want to communicate their work and thoughts visually.

Explorations in Materials provides students with practices and skills to explore physical materials, surfaces and structures in their making. Students will gain hands-on creative and technical knowledge and understanding of sustainable ecologies of materials. It will appeal to students across the creative arts who want to create and work with physical materials as part of their creative practice.

Explorations in Generative Media Technologies explores how creative practitioners leverage computational concepts as creative tools. Students will acquire basic knowledge and foundational techniques that can be applied across creative practice contexts.

Gain three-dimensional literacy and confidence as you model, sculpt, 3D sketch and fabricate objects. Throughout the course you will experiment with a variety of iterative practices and processes, including sculpture and modelmaking, prototyping and testing. These approaches are applicable to a range of different creative specialisations. Throughout the course you will gain foundational skills and understanding in: • Articulating creative work and ideas as 3-dimensional objects • A range of analogue and digital 3-dimensional materials and methods. • The processes associated with different forms of 3D making

Learn foundational skills for creating digital 3d assets. In this course, you will be guided through hands-on creative exercises to develop the skills and knowledge required to produce digital assets that can then be inputted into various software for object-building, world-building and character building across a variety of digital platforms. The approaches and outputs in this course will benefit any creative arts students working in digital technologies. The core 3D skills you will gain include: - Understanding the creative process to make 3D assets - UV mapping – initial process of adding texture/colour to 3D work - Creating textures/colour - Digital lighting - Preparing your assets for animation Explorations in Digital Assets can be used to take your creativity to the next level - especially when paired with other Exploration and studio courses.

Explorations in Drawing introduces students to foundational techniques and practices of observational drawing, drawing as thinking, drawing for ideation. The course guides beginners and skilled practitioners alike through a variety of exercises, introducing students to practices from across the creative arts. Skills taught in this course will be useful for students in all areas creative practice.

Explore the concept of Pacific Island diaspora within the context of Aotearoa. You will be introduced to a range of unique perspectives, experiences, and cultural identities that have been embodied, and disseminated through the Pacific arts in Aotearoa. The goal of this course is to develop a deeper understanding of diverse Pacific narratives through creative practice and storytelling.

Explorations in Narrative introduces students to the processes of analysing, interpreting, and creating stories with the intent of realising the material through various creative practices. With the option of producing written or visual narratives, students will gain a foundation in storytelling that can be applicable to diverse creative practices.

Explorations in Image and Meaning explores how creative practitioners capture, construct and manipulate two-dimensional imagery. The course provides students with foundational skills and techniques to construct and analyse two dimensional images.

This course provides students with the foundational knowledge and skills to understand and apply colour in their creative practice. Students will experiment with mixing pigments in analogue and digital environments and consider colour’s cultural, communicative, and evocative potential.

Explore mātauranga Māori, cultural perspectives and indigenous ways of knowing as a foundation for creative expression through paint and multi-media. This course will enable you to develop your own practice in paint and extend this practice to explore multi-media artworks inspired by mātauranga Māori, cultural narratives and indigenous ways of seeing the world.

In this course you will be introduced to taonga pūoro Māori through hands on engagement coupled with an insight to tikanga and mātauranga connected to this practice. This course will encourage creative exploration with taonga pūoro, with potential to add another dimension to your creative practice. Through this mahi toi, you will gain greater connection and understanding of te ao Māori.

This course focuses on a particular aspect or aspects of creative arts. Offerings change from year to year and the course may not be offered in a particular year.

In this course you will be introduced to taonga pūoro Māori through hands on engagement coupled with an insight to tikanga and mātauranga connected to this practice. This course will encourage creative exploration with taonga pūoro, with potential to add another dimension to your creative practice. Through this mahi toi, you will gain greater connection and understanding of te ao Māori.

An introduction to the development of personal forms of expression though an engagement with the values, concepts, traditions, art/design forms and structures of the whare whakairo.

The development of individual work that grows out of the investigation of a select range of Māori concepts, art forms, imagery, values and approaches that reflect a Māori world view.

Developing visual responses to the exploration of issues (social, political, environmental, global) significant to Māori people and their communities.