Degrees that celebrate culture
Explore programmes designed to help you grow, succeed, and make a positive impact.
Every tauira has a different goal. Some want to build a career. Others want to strengthen their connection to te ao Māori, develop specialist skills or create positive change in their communities.
Our degree programmes combine academic learning with mātauranga Māori, practical experience and strong relationships. You'll learn alongside experienced kaiako in a supportive environment where your success matters – whatever “success” looks like for you.
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Advanced programmes (6)
Levels 7-9
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He Korowai Ākonga
Bachelor of Education (Primary Teaching)
Become a qualified teacher in primary, middle or intermediate schools with real classroom practice and culturally grounded approaches.
- Level 7
- Classroom
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Maunga Kura Toi | Rauangi
Bachelor of Māori Art | Visual Arts
Grow as a practising artist through deeper study of Māori visual arts, tikanga, and contemporary techniques.
- Level 7
- Noho
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Ngā Poutoko Whakarara Oranga
Bachelor of Bicultural Social Work
Grounded in Te Tiriti, this four-year degree integrates study and supervised practice for real-world readiness in a social work career.
- Level 7
- Noho
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Kaitiakitanga
Postgraduate Diploma in Bicultural Professional Supervision
Advance your professional supervision practice using mātauranga Māori approaches to support and supervise staff and peers.
- Level 8
- Noho
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He Waka Hiringa
Master of Applied Indigenous Knowledge
Broaden 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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Te Tohu Paerua o Te Reo Kairangi
Master of Māori Language Excellence
E rua tau te roa o te tohu paerua nei, ā, 10 ngā wānanga i te tau ka whakaakona e Tā Tīmoti Kāretu rātou ko Pānia Papa, ko Leon Blake.
- Level 9
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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.
Two generations, one reo Māori journey
When Melody Francis (Ngāti Kahungunu) saw the positive impact that studying te reo Māori had on her mum, she decided to jump on the waka and begin the journey alongside her.
