Māori-focused Course Content in Undergraduate Psychology Programmes in Aotearoa New Zealand

Despite consistent critiques of the psychology discipline for over 40 years there has been insufficient inclusion of Māori worldviews in tertiary learning environments, and we still do not have a comprehensive curriculum that can prepare psychology graduates to work with Māori. Out of 141 courses offered in 2022 that we assessed, only two (1.4%) were specifically Māori-focused. An additional 26 (18.4%) included some degree of Māori-focused content. The number of specifically Māori-focused courses have dropped by half when compared to a similar study conducted in 2003, and remained the same as 2015. Our findings raise critical questions about the existence of genuine institutional and professional commitment to embed Te Tiriti o Waitangi and address Eurocentric curricula in psychology.