__________ TE TUMU | SCHOOL OF MORI, PACIFIC & INDIGENOUS STUDIES TE KETE ARONUI | DIVISION OF HUMANITIES M te tma / About our team Founded in 1990, Te Tumu has a vision to be a world-leading teaching and research centre of Mori, Pacific and Indigenous knowledge. Since then, it has rapidly gained an international reputation as one of the preferred places in Aotearoa New Zealand to learn about Mori, Pacific and Indigenous cultures and societies. We also teach te reo Mori (Mori language).

Our multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary staff, students, research and teaching is reflected in our name Te Tumu, a pan-Polynesian term which is often used in Mori in the phrase te tumu herenga waka - a post for tying up canoes. We liken ourselves to a foundation, one to which staff, students and guests can anchor themselves to for the duration of their stay at the University of Otago|tkou Whakaihu Waka. The Indigenous Studies programme began as Indigenous Development in 2011 and was then updated to Indigenous Studies in 2023.

This change in name reflects the programmes turn toward Indigenous Studies as an established field and therefore, toward its intellectual legacies. At Te Tumu, Indigenous Studies is uniquely placed alongside Mori and Pacific studies programmes which inform the courses and methodological approaches that Indigenous Studies staff use in their research and pedagogy. Te Tumu also offers a Masters of Indigenous Studies.

This postgraduate programme commenced in 2003 and focuses on issues and research pertaining to Indigenous peoples, particularly the increasing importance of the notion of indigeneity to the contemporary context. It is taught by distance and on campus. There are two pathways\: a course work option including a research report, and a thesis option.

Te mahi/The role Applications are invited for a Lecturer position in Te Tumu, School of Mori, Pacific & Indigenous Studies. The position offers an academic career in a well-established and progressive School with a proud teaching and research record. This is a full time, permanent position.

The successful candidate will be expected to take on a full teaching load that includes courses about key discourses in Indigenous Studies and more focused subjects related to their research expertise. You will be expected to teach and continue to develop papers within the Indigenous Studies program in consultation and with agreement of the Dean of Te Tumu. There will be an expectation that the candidate also develops and maintains a programme of highly quality research and publications.

The successful candidate will also be expected to undertake service roles, including administration, appropriate to the School, the University and wider Indigenous communities. Te Tumu has a strong postgraduate research culture, and you will also be expected to undertake the supervision of student research. K pkeka me k wheako/Your skills and experience The successful candidate will be expected to have: A PhD (or close.