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Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Grandmother relearning the language she was once punished for speaking

Papamoa local, Maggie Hautonga Currie has spent much of her adult life living in Perth but after 37 years she was missing her home, her people, her culture and her reo.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Katie finds her calling

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Wendy-Lee pursues her passion

Wendy-Lee McKee-Warner’s love for art started at high school, where she spent all her time hanging out in the art room. She has put that passion to good use, and is now completing her final year of the Maunga Kura Toi Māori and Indigenous Art degree programme in Hastings.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Anahera-Pono credits TWoA for her transition

She’s a singer in reggae band NRG Rising and a mother, shes also a Level 5 Diploma in Adult Education

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Kawerau local follows her calling to study rongoā

A passion for helping others and the joy that comes from that played a key role in Lyndal Kennedy’s decision to study rongoā at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa (TWoA).

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › One Step Closer to her Dream of Dreams

A path is set for former tauira toi Shayna Kidwell-Teruna who has sights on running her own printing business one day. With completion of the Kāwai Raupapa Certificate in Māori indigenous art, she’s one step closer this year as she returns to study reo before moving on to a business programme to make her dream reality.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Christchurch mum helps bring te reo Māori back to her whānau

Ever since she was a young girl, Alicia Ward had a deep desire to connect with her whakapapa (genealogy) and immerse herself in te ao Māori (the Māori world).

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Embracing te reo Māori the key for Taranaki grandmother to help understand her identity

A lightbulb moment about identifying as a “New Zealander” led to grandmother and radio station manager Anne Dawson enrolling in Te Reo Māori studies at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa in 2021.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › 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).

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Northland rangatahi making strides in her reo Māori journey

By learning te reo Māori, 22-year-old Sophie Doyle hopes to be an example to her whānau and generations to come, embodying the vision of Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, whānau transformation through education.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Mako makes her move

When Mako Jones became a grandmother, she knew it was time to let her own light shine. "My mokopuna deserve to know te reo, no matter how young or old," she says.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Weaving connections for herself and her community

Claire Aldhamland never could have predicted where she has ended up since studying at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa. She’s discovered a passion for raranga and created meaningful connections within her community.