What thresholds of theology would we cross if we engage the aches and despairs wisdoms and hopes in and of Aotearoa New Zealand and the neighboring sea of islands What thresholds need to be jarred or moved threshold as opening probed and raised threshold as limit This book engages these questions in two parts ampldquoreLocating Theological Studiesamprdquo contains essays that interrogate the purposes of theological studies locally and globally identify gaps due to the Western heritage and blind spots of ampldquotraditional theologyamprdquo and provide examples of how those gaps may be bridged when local concerns are engaged ampldquoNativizing Theological Studiesamprdquo contains essays that present and engage the heritage and wisdom of tangata whenua indigenous native people of Aotearoa and Pasifika. These essays reaffirm the ampldquonativeamprdquo rhetoric with pride. This collection of essays affirms that theological studies have a future and that there is a role for theologians in and from Aotearoa New Zealand and Pasifika to play in navigating into that future.