Research:

A study on the language of the Maoriori, using Grey's N.Z. Maori Manuscript material.

A study on the story of Ngaati Whaatua, using Maori manuscripts.

M.A. thesis on Tapu(1979), based on an analysis of material from GNZMMSS 28 and 31.

PhD thesis on Maori ritual chants (1986), based on an analysis of material from the Maori Manuscript Collections of Grey, White, Shortland and Taylor.

Continued research on the Maori Manuscript Collections of Grey, White, Shortland and Taylor.

Relevant Publications:

1978: "Towards a Maori Theology". Religious Studies in the Pacific. Auckland, New Zealand Colloquium 1978.

1980: "Tapu in the 1840s - A Maori View", Under the Southern Cross, Ocean Monograph No.4, (Hinchcliff & Simms, ed.), Outrigger Publishers, Hamilton N.Z..

1982: "Tapu". Journal of the Polynesian Society, Vol.91, No.1, pp.29-51.

1982: "The Churches' Contribution to Race Relations in New Zealand", Religion in New Zealand's Future, pp.63-67, (Sharpe, ed.), Dunmore Press, Palmerston North. N.Z.

1984: "The Maori Contribution", Toward an Authentic New Zealand Theology, pp.3-9, (Ker & Sharpe, ed.), Auckland University Chaplaincy Publishing Trust.

1994: Tapu, Te Mana o Nga Atua, 'The Mana of the Spiritual Powers'. Te Runanga o Te Hahi Katorika ki Aotearoa, Auckland, N.Z.

1994: "A Maori Theological Response to Violence". Colloquium the Ausralian and New Zealand Theological Review, No. 2, Brisbane, Australia.