{"id":57,"date":"2014-08-06T16:32:15","date_gmt":"2014-08-06T04:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/tetumuresearch\/?p=57"},"modified":"2014-08-06T16:32:15","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T04:32:15","slug":"inaugural-te-tumu-postgraduate-thesis-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/tetumuresearch\/inaugural-te-tumu-postgraduate-thesis-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Inaugural Te Tumu Postgraduate “Thesis Games”"},"content":{"rendered":"

We all know how\u00a0difficult it can be to talk about our research, particularly when we have to do it succinctly. \u00a0Te Tumu’s postgrad students were put to the test today with our first inaugural “Thesis Games”, with each presenting their research within about three minutes.<\/p>\n

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Click to enlarge. From left, Tangiwai Rewi, Hori Barsdell, Lana Arun, Gianna Leoni, Marcelle Wharerau, Ane Tatu, Tyson Tautari, Suzanne Duncan, Tawini White, John Birnie, Marsa Dodson.<\/p><\/div>\n

The topics were many and varied:\u00a0Tawini White: “He Manawa Hap\u016b” (on hap\u016b identity in Te Rarawa);\u00a0Tyson Tautari: “Dogs Tale” (on the Polynesian dog);\u00a0Ane Tatu: “Are you Dongan or Tongan? An examination of the ways in which New Zealand born and raised Tongans self-define and experience anga fakatonga (the Tongan way of life) and being Tongan”;\u00a0Hori Barsdell: “What is the Significance of P\u0101 Today?”;\u00a0Lana Arun: \u201cArchaeology and Tikanga\u201d (on how M\u0101ori knowledge fits into the archaeoly profession;\u00a0Marcelle Wharerau: \u201cYou Maaris get everything\u201d (on perceptions of M\u0101ori privilege at university);\u00a0Tangiwai Rewi: “Maaku anoo e hanga tooku nei whare\u2026” (on intergenerational knowledge transfer within Waikato);\u00a0John Birnie: \u201cWhat if the mountain won\u2019t come to Mohammed? Learner-centredness for adults learning te reo M\u0101ori\u201d;\u00a0Marsa Dodson: \u201cMixed blessings: Oral Histories of the War Children Born to US Servicemen and Indigenous Cook Islanders”;\u00a0Gianna Leoni: \u201cPower to Policy” (on the use of te reo M\u0101ori within government departments); and\u00a0Suzanne Duncan: \u201cWhere is the whanau?” (on wh\u0101nau involvement within the M\u0101ori economy).<\/p>\n

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Professor Michael Reilly, Dean of Te Tumu, and the PhD winner, Gianna Leoni.<\/p><\/div>\n

There was a great turnout of people, including a number of Te Tumu under-graduates. \u00a0All the speakers were amazing\u00a0and\u00a0engaged the audience. \u00a0Congratulations to the\u00a0winners: Ane Tatu for Honours level, Marcelle Wharerau for Masters Level, and Gianna Leoni for PhD level.<\/p>\n

Such was the success, Te Tumu is sure to hold another such event next year. \u00a0There is even talk of something similar for staff.<\/p>\n

\"judges\"<\/a>

Special thanks to our judges, Shiobharn Smith, M\u0101ori, Pacific & Indigenous Subject Librarian, and Esme Eteuati, Pacific Islands Student Support Officer (Humanities).<\/p><\/div>\n

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