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5.04/23/2026

Inspires students to love their studies.

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Craig Hall serves as Kaiwhakaako in Te Tumu School of Māori, Pacific and Indigenous Studies within the Humanities Division at the University of Otago. Affiliated with Ngāti Kahu, he has earned Te Pokaitahi a Te Ataarangi and a Diploma of Teaching from Dunedin College of Education, along with a Bachelor of Education (BEd), Postgraduate Diploma in Arts (PGDipArts), and Master of Arts (MA) from the University of Otago. These qualifications underpin his expertise in Māori language pedagogy and education. Hall's research interests encompass issues surrounding Māori knowledge and the education of Māori students in mainstream schools and kura kaupapa Māori, as well as various aspects of te reo Māori. He contributes to the academic community through teaching key papers in the Māori programme, including MAOR 110: Introduction to Conversational Māori, MAOR 120: Introducing the Māori World, MAOR 211: Te Pihinga 1, and MAOR 212: Te Pihinga 2. These courses develop students' conversational fluency, pronunciation, and understanding of the Māori world.