Kaupapa Māori Psychology Subject regulations

Kaupapa Māori Psychology provides students with a firm grounding in Kaupapa Māori and Indigenous Psychologies, where Māori worldviews are considered alongside psychological theories, methods and models in real world contexts where Māori livelihoods are impacted. Students will have the opportunity to develop specialised knowledge relating to national, regional and international indigenous psychology issues in the contemporary world and of the complex and inter-related nature of those issues as they pertain to Māori, culture and land, to the Treaty itself, and to indigenous peoples.

Kaupapa Māori Psychology is available as a first major for the Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Health (BHealth), Bachelor of Science (BSc) and the Bachelor of Social Sciences (BSocSc). Kaupapa Māori Psychology may also be included as a second major or minor in other undergraduate degrees, subject to the approval of the Division in which the student is enrolled.

To complete Kaupapa Māori Psychology as a single major for the BA, BHealth, BSc and BSocSc, students must gain 135 points in papers listed for Kaupapa Māori Psychology, including PSYCH123, at least 15 points at 100 level, PSYCH202, PSYCH223, at least 15 points at 200 level, PSYCH302, PSYCH303, PSYCH323, and at least a further 15 points at 300 level.

To complete Kaupapa Māori Psychology as part of a double major for the BA, BHealth, BSc, BSocSc or other undergraduate degree, students must gain 120 points in papers listed for Kaupapa Māori Psychology, including PSYCH123, PSYCH202, PSYCH223, PSYCH302, PSYCH303 and PSYCH323 plus at least a further 30 points at 200 level or above.

To complete a minor in Kaupapa Māori Psychology, students must complete 60 points from the papers listed for the Kaupapa Māori Psychology major, including at least 15 points at 200 level and at least 15 points at 300 level.

Note:

Kaupapa Māori Psychology will be introduced as a first major for the BA, BHealth, BSc and BSocSc; and as a second major for other undergraduate degrees in 2026. The earliest date this major can be completed will be 2028 when all compulsory papers have been offered.

The Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma in Kaupapa Māori Psychology will be offered initially in 2028.

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Prescriptions for:

Kaupapa Māori Psychology papers

100 Level 200 Level 300 Level

Code and paper title	Points
HELTH120 Navigating Hauora in Aotearoa This paper explores Hauora in Aotearoa from Māori and Pacific perspectives. Students will develop an understanding of the significance, relevance...	15	26A (Hamilton) & 26A (Tauranga)
MAOED100 Huarahi Matauranga Māori: Historical and Contemporary Approaches to Māori Education This paper examines historical and contemporary approaches in Māori education provision in Aotearoa New Zealand. It explores policies, practices and...	15	26A (Hamilton) & 26A (Online) & 26A (Tauranga)
MAORI102 He Hīnātore ki te Ao Māori: Introducing the Māori World An introduction to the Māori world view, social organisation, cultural concepts, including Māori astronomy, and their relevance in a contemporary...	15	26A (Hamilton) & 26B (Hamilton) & 26G (Online)
MAORI111 Te Reo Māori: Introductory 1 An introductory paper for students with little or no knowledge of the Māori language which provides basic everyday language such as: greetings...	15	26A (Hamilton)
MAORI112 Te Reo Māori: Introductory 2 This paper extends the language and communication skills developed in MĀORI111 to include the language of mealtimes, instructions/commands...	15	26B (Hamilton)
MAORI150 Te Tiriti o Waitangi: An Introduction to the Treaty of Waitangi This paper seeks to provide a sound understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. It reviews historical and contemporary interpretations and takes into...	15	26A (Hamilton) & 26A (Tauranga) & 26B (Hamilton)
PACIS100 Introduction to Pacific Histories, Languages and Cultures This paper introduces students to foundational elements of Pacific Studies, including various histories, languages and cultures and their importance...	15	26A (Hamilton)
PSYCH101 Social Psychology, Health and Well-being This paper will introduce major issues in psychology particularly as they relate to health, wellbeing, mental illness, forensic psychology, lifespan...	15	26B (Hamilton) & 26B (Tauranga)
PSYCH123 Te Tūāpapa: Introduction to Kaupapa Māori Psychology This paper provides foundational knowledge of Kaupapa Māori Psychology as a Human and Behavioural science. Students will be introduced to some of the...	15	26A (Hamilton) & 26A (Tauranga)
SCIEN100 Science and Mātauranga Māori This paper will provide science students with a foundational understanding of both scientific and Mātauranga Māori perspectives on topical issues and...	15	26A (Hamilton) & 26A (Tauranga)

Code and paper title	Points
GEOGY219 Māori Lands and Communities This paper introduces students to Māori geographical perspectives and examines key events that shape Māori communities and their relationships to...	15	26B (Hamilton)
HELTH220 Facilitating Hauora in Aotearoa and the Pacific This paper explores conceptual and applied understandings of Māori and Pacific health and wellbeing, with a focus on dual impacts of colonisation and...	15	26B (Hamilton) & 26B (Tauranga)
HISTY200 Pacific History This course introduces students to the history of the Pacific from first settlement through to World War II, focusing on how indigenous peoples and...	15	26B (Hamilton)
MAORI200 Mana Wahine This paper examines foundational aspects of mana wahine scholarship, the impact of colonisation on Māori and Indigenous women, and the resistant...	15	26B (Hamilton)
MAORI203 Decolonising Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples The paper looks at the detrimental effects that research has historically had on Indigenous peoples and the relatively recent creation of research...	15	26A (Hamilton)
MAORI204 Māori and Pacific Health and Wellbeing This paper looks at health and wellbeing from Māori and Pacific perspectives, including models and frameworks in relation to Health, Sport, Human...	15	26A (Hamilton) & 26A (Tauranga)
MAORI211 Te Reo Māori: Intermediate 1 This paper builds on the skills acquired in MĀORI112, developing a complexity in language skills required in the communication of detailed travel...	15	26A (Hamilton)
MAORI212 Te Reo Māori: Intermediate 2 This paper builds on the skills acquired in MĀORI211, developing further language skills required in Māori for communication about feelings...	15	26B (Hamilton)
PACIS200 Pacific Migration, Diaspora and Identity This paper looks at the various socio-historic influences on migration in the Pacific and the relationship between Indigenous cultures of origin and...	15	26B (Hamilton)
PSYCH202 Mauri Ora: Social Psychology of Human Flourishing The paper will examine important conceptual frameworks and theory within social psychology and the social sciences generally. Māori perspectives and...	15	26A (Hamilton) & 26A (Tauranga)

Code and paper title	Points
HISTY302 Blood, Land, DNA: Contemporary Indigenous Histories and Archives This paper explores critical questions about power, sovereignty, and belonging in contemporary Indigenous history, focusing on Aotearoa, the Pacific...	15	26B (Hamilton)
HTHPR301 Critical Perspectives of Health In this paper students will critically engage with a range of contemporary health issues, policies and health promotion practices using a case study...	15	26B (Hamilton) & 26B (Online)
HTHPR320 Indigenising Hauora in Aotearoa and the Pacific This paper draws on Pacific and Māori approaches for addressing inequities in health through indigenisation.	15	26A (Hamilton) & 26A (Tauranga)
MAORI303 Critical Indigenous Theory This paper looks at the key theoretical influences, from Marxism to post-structuralism, upon critical Indigenous studies and the most significant...	15	26B (Hamilton)
PSYCH302 Community, Culture and Diversity The focus of this paper is the study of social justice, intersectionality, transformative interventions, and social change strategies that are...	15	26B (Hamilton) & 26B (Tauranga)
PSYCH303 Indigenous Psychology Students develop a critical analysis of the positions of contemporary Indigenous peoples through discussion and examination of the Western world and...	15	26B (Hamilton) & 26B (Tauranga)
PSYCH307 Psychological Research Methods The paper covers research theory and methods, making students critical consumers of psychological research. It expands on concepts taught in PSYCH211...	15	26B (Hamilton) & 26B (Tauranga)
SOCPY301 Health, Wellbeing and Policy This paper provides a critical introduction to key issues in the formation of health policy at both a national and international level.	15	26A (Online)

2026 Catalogue of Papers information current as of 25 Oct 2025 01:00am

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