5 September 2023
By email: K [FYI request #23655 email]
Tēnā koe K
I refer to your request for information dated 1 August 2023 made under the Official Information Act
1982 (
the Act). You have requested information in relation to the Bachelor of Arts (
BA) at the University
of Otago. Specifically, you have requested:
“What has been the number of BA (Māori Studies) graduates every year since 2015?”
In order to protect the privacy of our graduates, we have combined the completion numbers for where
Māori Studies was taken as a major, a minor and an Honours BA degree for the years 2015 – 2023 as
follows:
Programme Name
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Bachelor of Arts Māori Studies
(including where Māori Studies
15
13
14
6
15
19
20
28
10
was taken as a major, minor or
Honours)
Please note that the above data is for students who have completed the programme and were eligible
to graduate. All of the above information is correct as of 4 September 2023.
I trust that this information will be helpful.
Yours sincerely,
Jo Pearson
Official Information Act Administrator
Office of the Registrar