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Mum of four now taking on police role
10 February 2022
She has four children aged five to 12. But that hasn’t stopped Hamilton’s Akesa Taufa achieving her goal of becoming a police officer, with support from Te Wānanga o Aotearoa (TWoA) along the way.
Top CrossFit athlete promotes health through education
08 February 2022
Aritaku Robens is one of the countries top CrossFit athletes passing on his skills and knowledge through his role as a kaiako (teacher) at the Wānanga.
Digital slice of ancient art in Ōpōtiki
30 October 2020
In what’s believed to be a world first, the latest digital design techniques are being applied to an ancient Māori art.
Leading the charge for change
30 October 2020
Janifa Bhamji is a woman on a mission. She’s in her fourth year of study towards the Bachelor of Bicultural Social Work at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa in Māngere and can’t wait to put what she has learned into action.
Taringa heads to te Tai Tokerau
30 October 2020
Taringa, the award-winning podcast which covers all aspects of te ao Māori – in both English and te reo Māori – will be recorded and streamed live from the Kaitaia campus of Te Wānanga o Aotearoa on November 10.
Krystal’s caring shines through
27 October 2020
Rotorua’s Krystal Roberts has been having a very busy but successful 2020. In the third and final year of her He Korowai Ākonga (Bachelor of Education – Primary Teaching) degree at the Waiwhero campus of Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, she’s also taken part in the Miss Rotorua contest where she was second runner-up in the Mana Wahine section.
Being that “different” social worker
22 October 2020
Armed with social work skills and practical experience she’s acquired while studying at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, Janine (Ngāti Pākehā) is helping make a difference for under pressure whānau in Rotorua.
Janine Thomas fell in love with community work
22 October 2020
Now, armed with social work skills and practical experience she’s acquired while studying at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, Janine (Ngāti Pākehā) is helping make a difference for under pressure whānau in Rotorua.
Smashing it out on forestry course
22 October 2020
Four current students on a Te Wānanga o Aotearoa forestry course, along with one former student, have been part of a crew that smashed out the rare achievement of planting one million trees this season near Rotorua.
Tracey weaves a new way forward
22 October 2020
Raranga kaiako Tracey Robens, pictured here helping one of her students, says her art provides her with spiritual space.
Kai, kōrero and katakata (laughter)
21 October 2020
It started as a get-together for te reo Māori enthusiasts regularly catching up to share their two favourite things – kai (food) and kōrero (conversation).
Woven works wow Wellington
21 October 2020
The Raukura Weavers Collective features woven artworks at an exhibition at Parliament’s Bowen House in Wellington.