Other supervision possibilities
We offer PhD supervision opportunities across multiple disciplines. Take a look at our strengths and interests in Māori, Pacific and Indigenous scholarship.
Archaeology
Dr Ethan Cochrane
Lapita archaeological sites
Professor Judith Littleton
Taphonomy, human remains and forensics in Australia and New Zealand
Dr Rebecca Phillips
New Zealand archaeology, Māori artefact production and use, taphonomy
Professor Peter Sheppard
Melanesian archaeology
Colonialism and colonisation
Dr Ethan Cochrane
Human colonisation in Southeast Asia and the Pacific
Associate Professor Damon Salesa
Colonialism, empire, government and race
Cultural heritage
Dr Mark Busse
Cultural heritage and appropriation, politics of museums and museum collecting
Development
Associate Professor Yvonne Underhill-Sem
Pacific development
History
Dr Aroha Harris
Post-war Māori history and culture, race relations, Treaty of Waitangi, oral histories
Dr Tiopira McDowell
Māori history
Associate Professor Damon Salesa
Pacific history
Language and linguistics
Dr Jen Martin
Language revitalisation and acquisition
Professor Margaret Mutu
Māori and Polynesian linguistics, translation studies, Māori oral traditions
Dr Arapera Ngaha
Revitalisation of te reo Māori, language and identity
Dr Melenaite Taumoefolau
Pacific linguistics, langage teaching and learning, dictionary-making, Pacific vernacular literature
Law and custom
Dr Tamasailau Margarita Suaalii-Sauni
Indigenous jurisprudence and criminology in the Pacific
Literature
Associate Professor Selina Tusitala Marsh
Māori and Pacific culture in literature, comparative literature, global Indigenous literature
Music
Dr Kirsten Zemke
Pacific church singing, pop music in subcultural communities
Politics and policy
Dr Tiopira McDowell
Māori political engagement and activism, Treaty of Waitangi, Māori fresh water rights
Professor Margaret Mutu
Māori resource management, conservation, development, Tikanga Māori
Dr Arapera Ngaha
Ethics and Indigenous community engagement
Distinguished Professor Dame Anne Salmond
Indigenous people and environmental issues