
Postgraduate theses
Below are kaupapa wai postgraduate theses ranging from honours and postgraduate dissertations through to completed PhDs.
Note: Some theses are not available online so contact us if you want to read the full thesis.
PhD
Hanara, B. (2024) Ruku Kai. Reclaiming Māori health, knowledge and practice through diving.
Mita, N. (2023) Tairāwhiti Waka, Tairāwhiti Tangata: Exploring Tairāwhiti Waka Voyaging Philosophies
http://hdl.handle.net/10523/15555Raureti, T. (2023) Kauora: A Theory and Praxis of Swimming for Māori
http://hdl.handle.net/10523/15179Phillips, C. (2019) A Journey to Belonging: Explorations of Māori Perspectives of Water Safety
http://hdl.handle.net/10523/9131
Masters
Haimona, M. (2023). He orango tō te wai: Māori pedagogies - A Culturally Responsive View of Aquatic Education and Drowning Prevention in Aotearoa.
https://hdl.handle.net/10289/16268Hanara, B. (2020). Tangaroa Wai Noa, Tangaroa Wai Tapu, Tangaroa Wai Roro
http://hdl.handle.net/10523/10188Raureti, T. (2019) Kia mārama ai te ihi, te wehi o Mukukai: The influence of swimming on whānau engagement with water
http://hdl.handle.net/10523/9162Mita, N. (2016) Hauteruruku ki Puketeraki: Connecting to Te Ao Takaroa
http://hdl.handle.net/10523/6863

Summer internships
Below are links to kaupapa wai internships that were undertaken over a 10 week summer period to strengthen understandings of wai from a tauira perspective
Hanara, B., & Jackson, A-M. (2019) Tangaroa Ara Rau: Tangaroa the Atua of Human Movement
https://www.maramatanga.co.nz/project/tangaroa-ara-rau-tangaroa-atua-human-movementRaureti, T., & Jackson, A-M. (2019) Tangaroa ara rau: Whānau connections and water safety
https://www.maramatanga.co.nz/project/tangaroa-ara-rau-wh-nau-connections-water-safety