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Education
Reclaim your place in the classroom as a learner, a teacher, and a leader.
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Start a career in teaching
Start where you are and make an impact in education. Choose a pathway to strengthen your study and employment skills, lead adult workshops, or become a primary school teacher.
Move towards your learning goals with kaiako support and real-world practice.
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Programmes available
Ngā kaupapa takawaenga
Intermediate programmes (2)
Levels 4-6
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Certificate in Study and Employment Skills
Prepare for success
Open for applicationsDevelop the study and employment skills that will help you succeed in school and in your career.
- Level 4
- Classroom
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He Puāwai
Certificate in Adult and Tertiary Teaching
Open for applicationsGet the skills to help adult learners in your community to develop their confidence and capabilities.
- Level 5
- Noho
Ngā kaupapa matatau
Advanced programmes (2)
Levels 7-9
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He Korowai Ākonga
Bachelor of Education (Primary Teaching)
Open for applicationsBecome a qualified teacher in primary, middle or intermediate schools with real classroom practice and culturally grounded approaches.
- Level 7
- Classroom
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He Waka Hiringa
Master of Applied Indigenous Knowledge
Open for applicationsBroaden your worldview, explore Indigenous knowledge from humanistic, ancestral or sacred perspectives and make a difference to your community.
- Level 9
- Noho
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Upcoming events
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Latest news
Vote at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa in the 2026 General Election
Selected Te Wānanga o Aotearoa campuses will be open as voting places during the 2026 General Election, making it easier for tauira, kaimahi, whānau and our wider communities to have their say.
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa launches new reo Māori programmes to help te reo thrive for generations to come
For over four decades, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa has created pathways for generations of tauira to learn, speak, teach and live te reo Māori. That legacy has supported the return of te reo Māori to everyday life, from whānau learning their first kupu, to tauira carrying reo onto marae, and into workplaces, classrooms and homes.
Turning a passion for rongoā into community healing
Rongoā Māori has always been part of Patricia Tangira-Falwasser's life, but it was her studies at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa that deepened her knowledge and inspired her to start a business that now serves her wider community.
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa kaimahi claims gold at Waka Ama World Championship
Ken Henry (Te Whakatōhea, Waikato-Tainui) is a Tauira Support Advisor at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa Whakatāne campus who took home gold at the Waka Ama World Championships in Singapore in August.
A passion for taonga Māori takes Chanel to Oxford
What started as a desire to strengthen her reo Māori has taken Chanel Coromandel (Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Apakura, Ngāti Whanaunga) on an unexpected path, leading to an opportunity to contribute to the care and preservation of taonga Māori at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, England.
Reconnecting to te ao Māori through raranga
Haylee Roussel (Ngāti Rārua, Rangitāne, Ngāti Maniapoto) was searching for a way to reconnect with te ao Māori when she enrolled in the Certificate in Māori and Indigenous Art, Raranga, at the Waiwhero campus of Te Wānanga o Aotearoa.
A journey shaped by whānau and a love of tamariki
Members of Tayla-Marie Takawe’s (Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Maniapoto) whānau were among the first tauira to graduate from the Bachelor of Education (Primary Teaching) at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa.
Finding a deeper sense of self through te ao Māori
Moving to Aotearoa from rural Australia as a teenager, Lily Warring found herself wanting to learn more about the culture and language of the place she now called home.
Creating the spark for business success
With plenty of experience as an electrician, Josh Verstraten was ready to branch out from employee to business owner, but he knew running a successful business would require a new set of skills.
From financial stress to financial freedom for Auckland whānau
For Augustine Kopa, studying the Certificate in Money Management at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa was about creating a better future for her whānau.
