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2151

PACIFIC 200

: Pacific Studies
2021 Semester One (1213)
Builds students' core knowledge of the Pacific, introducing key debates and interdisciplinary methods in Pacific Studies. The course tackles critical concerns in the Pacific Islands' region, including those of its peoples, transnationalism and globalisation, government and economy, health, wellbeing and climate.
Subject: Pacific Studies
Prerequisite: PACIFIC 100 or 45 points in BGlobalSt courses
2152

PACIFIC 200

: Pacific Studies
2020 Semester One (1203)
Builds students' core knowledge of the Pacific, introducing key debates and interdisciplinary methods in Pacific Studies. The course tackles critical concerns in the Pacific Islands' region, including those of its peoples, transnationalism and globalisation, government and economy, health, wellbeing and climate.
Subject: Pacific Studies
Prerequisite: PACIFIC 100 or 45 points in BGlobalSt courses
2153

PACIFIC 205

: Pacific Innovation and Sustainability
2023 Semester Two (1235)
Examines innovation and sustainability of Pacific Peoples in the Pacific and within the Pacific communities of Aotearoa. Explores the adaptability and innovation of Pacific peoples to create sustainable communities that embody both traditional cultural values and identities, and are also focused on future development, opportunity, mobility, and communal success.
Subject: Pacific Studies
Prerequisite: 30 points passed
Restriction: PACIFIC 305
2154

PACIFIC 205

: Pacific Innovation and Sustainability
2021 Semester Two (1215)
Examines innovation and sustainability of Pacific Peoples in the Pacific and within the Pacific communities of Aotearoa. Explores the adaptability and innovation of Pacific peoples to create sustainable communities that embody both traditional cultural values and identities, and are also focused on future development, opportunity, mobility, and communal success.
Subject: Pacific Studies
Prerequisite: 30 points passed
Restriction: PACIFIC 305
2155

PACIFIC 206

: Pacific Youth: Contemporary Realities in the Pacific Region
2024 Semester One (1243)
Addresses critical contemporary issues for youth in the Pacific region with a particular emphasis on Aotearoa. Throughout this course, issues around health and wellbeing, identities (ethnic, spiritual, gender), education, climate change, artistic expressions, resilience, youth engagement and risk taking behaviours will be examined, and the impacts these have upon Pacific young peoples, their families and their communities will be explored.
Subject: Pacific Studies
Prerequisite: 30 points passed
Restriction: PACIFIC 306
2156

PACIFIC 206

: Pacific Youth: Contemporary Realities in the Pacific Region
2022 Semester One (1223)
Addresses critical contemporary issues for youth in the Pacific region with a particular emphasis on Aotearoa. Throughout this course, issues around health and wellbeing, identities (ethnic, spiritual, gender), education, climate change, artistic expressions, resilience, youth engagement and risk taking behaviours will be examined, and the impacts these have upon Pacific young peoples, their families and their communities will be explored.
Subject: Pacific Studies
Prerequisite: 30 points passed
Restriction: PACIFIC 306
2157

PACIFIC 206

: Pacific Youth: Contemporary Realities in the Pacific Region
2020 Semester One (1203)
Addresses critical contemporary issues for youth in the Pacific region with a particular emphasis on Aotearoa. Throughout this course, issues around health and wellbeing, identities (ethnic, spiritual, gender), education, climate change, artistic expressions, resilience, youth engagement and risk taking behaviours will be examined, and the impacts these have upon Pacific young peoples, their families and their communities will be explored.
Subject: Pacific Studies
Prerequisite: 30 points passed
Restriction: PACIFIC 306
2158

PACIFIC 207

: Topics in Pacific Arts
2025 Semester Two (1255)
Surveys traditional Pacific art forms focusing on aesthetics, function and adaptation. Considers their histories, significance and sociocultural functioning within contemporary Pacific diasporas. Art forms covered as part of a changing global Pacific include body adornment, bilum (string bag), tatau (tattoo), tapa (barkcloth) and weaponry. Issues discussed include gender, power, ritual and the impact of new technologies on notions of tradition.  
Subject: Pacific Studies
Prerequisite: 30 points passed
Restriction: PACIFIC 308
2159

PACIFIC 208

: Gender and the Pacific in a Globalising World
2022 Semester Two (1225)
Gender affects the way identity, culture and wellbeing is experienced and navigated in the Pacific. Moreover, these processes are complicated by emerging cosmopolitanisms that impact gendered bodies, cultures, institutions, nations and states. This course examines the intersections of race, sex, biology, ableism, colonialism, nationality, politics and social movements in our constructions/understanding of gender in a Pacific and global context.
Subject: Pacific Studies
Prerequisite: 30 points passed
Restriction: PACIFIC 307
2160

PACIFIC 208

: Special Topic: Gender and the Pacific in a Globalising World
2020 Semester Two (1205)
Gender affects the way identity, culture and wellbeing is experienced and navigated in the Pacific. Moreover, these processes are complicated by emerging cosmopolitanisms that impact gendered bodies, cultures, institutions, nations and states. This course examines the intersections of race, sex, biology, ableism, colonialism, nationality, politics and social movements in our constructions/understanding of gender in a Pacific and global context.
Subject: Pacific Studies
Prerequisite: 30 points passed
Restriction: PACIFIC 307
2161

PACIFIC 209

: Pacific Leadership: Navigators of Change
2020 Semester One (1203)
Pacific leadership has had profound effects on Pacific peoples, playing critical roles in how Pacific societies have responded to the forces of colonisation, Christianity and capitalism. The course will examine Pacific traditional leadership and contemporary leadership in areas such as politics, academia, education, the arts, sports and health, analysing changes and developments.
Subject: Pacific Studies
Prerequisite: 15 points from PACIFIC 100, 105, 110, or 15 points at Stage I in Education, Anthropology, History, or approval of Head of School or nominee
Restriction: PACIFIC 309
2162

PACIFIC 210

: Pacific Embodied Practices 2
2025 Semester Two (1255)
Instruction in the intermediate music and dance forms of specific Pacific nations. Practical focus on acquisition of fundamental music and dance skills, for example songs, commands, gestures, posture, costumes, discussion of styles, instruments, performer categories and the place of the performing arts in the identified Pacific cultures. Two-four music and dance items will normally be taught during the semester.
Subject: Pacific Studies
Prerequisite: PACIFIC 110 or 30 points in Transnational Cultures and Creative Practice
2163

PACIFIC 210

: Pacific Music and Dance 2
2024 Semester Two (1245)
Instruction in the intermediate music and dance forms of specific Pacific nations. Practical focus on acquisition of fundamental music and dance skills, for example songs, commands, gestures, posture, costumes, discussion of styles, instruments, performer categories and the place of the performing arts in the identified Pacific cultures. Two-four music and dance items will normally be taught during the semester.
Subject: Pacific Studies
Prerequisite: PACIFIC 110 or 30 points in Transnational Cultures and Creative Practice
2164

PACIFIC 210

: Pacific Music and Dance 2
2023 Semester Two (1235)
Instruction in the intermediate music and dance forms of specific Pacific nations. Practical focus on acquisition of fundamental music and dance skills, for example songs, commands, gestures, posture, costumes, discussion of styles, instruments, performer categories and the place of the performing arts in the identified Pacific cultures. Two-four music and dance items will normally be taught during the semester.
Subject: Pacific Studies
Prerequisite: PACIFIC 110 or 30 points in Transnational Cultures and Creative Practice
2165

PACIFIC 210

: Pacific Music and Dance 2
2022 Semester Two (1225)
Instruction in the intermediate music and dance forms of specific Pacific nations. Practical focus on acquisition of fundamental music and dance skills, for example songs, commands, gestures, posture, costumes, discussion of styles, instruments, performer categories and the place of the performing arts in the identified Pacific cultures. Two-four music and dance items will normally be taught during the semester.
Subject: Pacific Studies
Prerequisite: PACIFIC 110 or 30 points in Transnational Cultures and Creative Practice
2166

PACIFIC 210

: Pacific Music and Dance 2
2021 Semester Two (1215)
Instruction in the intermediate music and dance forms of specific Pacific nations. Practical focus on acquisition of fundamental music and dance skills, for example songs, commands, gestures, posture, costumes, discussion of styles, instruments, performer categories and the place of the performing arts in the identified Pacific cultures. Two-four music and dance items will normally be taught during the semester.
Subject: Pacific Studies
Prerequisite: PACIFIC 110 or 30 points in Transnational Cultures and Creative Practice
2167

PACIFIC 212

: Pacific Indigenous Literatures and Knowledges
2024 Semester Two (1245)
Studies Pacific genres of oral literature in English translation. Genres include oratory, poetry, tales of creation, folk tales, and proverbs and sayings.
Subject: Pacific Studies
Prerequisite: 30 points passed
Restriction: PACIFIC 312
2168

PACIFIC 212

: Pacific Indigenous Literatures and Knowledges
2022 Semester Two (1225)
Studies Pacific genres of oral literature in English translation. Genres include oratory, poetry, tales of creation, folk tales, and proverbs and sayings.
Subject: Pacific Studies
Prerequisite: 30 points passed
Restriction: PACIFIC 312
2169

PACIFIC 212

: Pacific Indigenous Literatures and Knowledges
2021 Summer School (1210)
Studies Pacific genres of oral literature in English translation. Genres include oratory, poetry, tales of creation, folk tales, and proverbs and sayings.
Subject: Pacific Studies
Prerequisite: 30 points passed
Restriction: PACIFIC 312
2170

PACIFIC 213

: Pacific Wellbeing: Empowering Dimensions
2025 Semester One (1253)
Examines empowering notions of Pacific wellbeing for Pacific individuals, families and communities. Students explore definitions of Pacific wellbeing and the cultural concepts, models, practices and worldviews that have enhanced the overall positive wellbeing experiences of Pacific peoples across the Pacific region.
Subject: Pacific Studies
Prerequisite: 30 points passed
Restriction: PACIFIC 313
2171

PACIFIC 213

: Pacific Wellbeing: Empowering Dimensions
2023 Semester One (1233)
Examines empowering notions of Pacific wellbeing for Pacific individuals, families and communities. Students explore definitions of Pacific wellbeing and the cultural concepts, models, practices and worldviews that have enhanced the overall positive wellbeing experiences of Pacific peoples across the Pacific region.
Subject: Pacific Studies
Prerequisite: 30 points passed
Restriction: PACIFIC 313
2172

PACIFIC 214

: Pacific History: New Zealand in the Pacific from 1900
2025 Semester One (1253)
Explores the historical relationship between New Zealand and the Pacific from 1900 onwards. Traces the central importance of New Zealand in the history of the Pacific from the rise of New Zealand’s colonial empire, through the world wars, and towards the movement for decolonisation. Examines the continually evolving place of New Zealand as a nation in the Pacific Ocean.
Subject: Pacific Studies
Prerequisite: 15 points at Stage I in Pacific Studies or History and 30 points passed
Restriction: PACIFIC 314
2173

PACIFIC 214

: Pacific History: New Zealand in the Pacific from 1900
2023 Semester One (1233)
Explores the historical relationship between New Zealand and the Pacific from 1900 onwards. Traces the central importance of New Zealand in the history of the Pacific from the rise of New Zealand’s colonial empire, through the world wars, and towards the movement for decolonisation. Examines the continually evolving place of New Zealand as a nation in the Pacific Ocean.
Subject: Pacific Studies
Prerequisite: 15 points at Stage I in Pacific Studies or History and 30 points passed
Restriction: PACIFIC 314
2174

PACIFIC 217

: Pacific Language Studies: Issues and Resolutions
2025 Semester Two (1255)
Explores and researches Pacific language issues relating to language and identity, language and cultures and worldviews, language endangerment and language maintenance, Pacific language orthographies, Pacific language translation, and Pacific language teaching and learning.
Subject: Pacific Studies
Prerequisite: 15 points at Stage I in Pacific Studies, and 30 points passed
Restriction: PACIFIC 317
2175

PACIFIC 300

: NZ-Born Pacific Identities
2020 Semester Two (1205)
Explores the complex issues of growing up as NZ-born persons of Pacific descent. Examines how their dual or multiple identities affect and interact with their behaviours, priorities, social relationships and their concept of self. The course will use a cross-cultural perspective, exploring ethnic identities of other minorities. The concept of inter-generational ethnic identity will also be considered.
Subject: Pacific Studies
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Pacific Studies