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  1. Raranga level 5 Toi Paematua graduate Toni-Lee Wharewera (Ngāti Awa, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāti Rangitihi)

    Mahi toi exhibitions 2024

    This October and November, our toi tauira from around the motu are showcasing their mahi toi. These free exhibitions held on our campuses or in the community highlight what tauira have been working on in their programme to whānau, friends, and the public.

  2. Jonique Oli - Waiapu Road founder wins Māori Businesswomen’s Employment & Growth award

    Waiapu Road founder wins Māori Businesswomen’s Employment & Growth award

    While Tāwhirimātea was making his presence known in the streets of Te Whanganui-a-Tara on Friday, 25 October, inside Tākina Convention Centre only humility, aroha, and pride were felt. MC’d by the effervescent Stacey Morrison, the Māori Businesswomen’s Awards were hosted by Māori Women’s Development Inc (MWDI) to honour women forging a way through the realm of business.

  3. Te Roopu Moana

    Embracing tikanga gives understanding and meaning

    Despite growing up around tangihanga and with a background in funeral directing and embalming, Te Roopu Moana never fully understood the reasoning behind certain Māori practices until she enrolled in a tikanga programme at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa in Tauranga.

  4. Husband and wife duo, Drs. Tim and Joni Angeli-Gordon

    Husband and wife team secure major grant for ground-breaking research project

    Husband and wife duo, Drs. Tim and Joni Angeli-Gordon are excited to take their research project to the next level after being awarded a significant grant from the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC).

  5. Princess Hirovanna

    An unexpected journey from volunteer to full-time teacher

    The journey into primary teaching began unexpectedly for Princess Hirovanna while she was assisting at Māngere Bridge School as a volunteer.

  6. Jude Thompson - reo tauira

    Over 3 hours of travel to study reo Māori proves worthwhile for Northland tauira

    To get to her reo Māori class, Jude Thompson travels an hour and a half by car and ferry each way, but she’s adamant that it’s all worth it.

  7. Northland kaiako, Wiremu Jerry

    Online study proves beneficial for both teachers and students

    Traditionally, teaching and learning a language is done in person. But with evolving technology, it is becoming more common to learn a language, like te reo Māori, online.

  8. Emma Ralston-Wyllie

    Former tauira now teaching with heart

    Since 2021, Emma Ralston-Wyllie has been a kaiako of first He Pī Ka Pao and then He Pī Ka Rere at the Waitākere campus of Te Wānanga o Aotearoa.

  9. Te Wānanga o Aotearoa tauira, Annetia Tautuku

    Festival affirms why tauira champions te reo Māori for her whānau

    In early August, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa tauira, Annetia Tautuku was privileged to travel with an ope from New Plymouth to attend Toitū te Reo in Heretaunga (Hastings).

  10. English kaiako Cathy Purdie

    English teacher's search for cultural identity sparks love for te reo Māori

    English kaiako Cathy Purdie began her reo Māori journey in 1997, intending to uncover more about her cultural identity.

  11. Two former toi tauira, Ana Hislop and Emily Clemett,

    Celebrating heritage: Former toi tauira art debut in Ōtepoti

    Former toi tauira, Ana Hislop and Emily Clemett, celebrated their first public gallery exhibition in Ōtepoti, launching their art careers in the south where their tīpuna are from.

  12. Sue Tipene (Ngai Tahu, Ngai Tūahuriri) and tauira at graduations

    From a hobby, to a passion, to a career

    Sue Tipene (Ngai Tahu, Ngai Tūahuriri) has had a few career changes, but a passion for education has been at the core of each and every one.

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