Pitopito kōrero o te wā

Wānanga offering new kapa haka and elder care courses

The strong passion for developing kapa haka skills in Tairāwhiti has prompted Te Wānanga o Aotearoa in Gisborne to offer a targetted new course next year.

Sharing smarts, inspiration and dignity

Ngarangi Toko has been no stranger to struggle street in the past but the challenges she’s faced help inspire her today to support others.

New Te Wānanga o Aotearoa site in Ngāmotu (New Plymouth)

New Zealand’s largest provider of te reo Māori education is opening a new campus site in Ngāmotu (New Plymouth), providing newly renovated teaching and learning facilities for tauira (students) and kaimahi (staff).

Mahimaina Mahuru Māori Pā Wars

Te Wānanga o Aotearoa is proud to present a Minecraft minigame from Piki Studios: Mahimaina Pā Wars, a uniquely Māori view of the massively popular video game Minecraft, which has more than 126 million active players worldwide.

Scholarship recipients give it back

Funding to help hard-hit region

Te Wānanga o Aotearoa to establish and run a work-readiness programme for people impacted by COVID-19 along with providing training opportunities for rangatahi not in employment, education or training.

Bicultural social work degree offers chance to make a difference

Time to make Matariki a public holiday

This month we once again greeted Matariki as the star constellation rose above the eastern horizons to herald a new year in te Ao Māori. Matariki is a time for renewal, a time for celebration, a time to plan for the year ahead and a time for reflection.

A star in his own right

Professor Rangi Mataamua, the Tūhoe astronomer who worked with Te Wānanga o Aotearoa to develop the popular Te Iwa o Matariki roadshow exhibition, has been awarded the Prime Minister’s science communications prize from the Royal Society of New Zealand.

Long-term benefits of business study

It’s taken years of hard work and Alex credits his business studies with Te Wānanga o Aotearoa as providing the base from which the company has grown. “I learned everything about business from Te Wānanga o Aotearoa,” he says.

Timely opening for exhibitions

Two exhibitions opening in Te Awamutu celebrate the past and the future of art at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa.

Tikanga gets Auckland Transport moving

Including Māori values in their organisational structure is just one of the ways Auckland Transport is building its knowledge base around te Ao Māori and mātauranga Māori.