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Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Graduates behind the wire using literacy and numeracy to further education

Six men received their Intensive Literacy and Numeracy programme certificates at Hawkes Bay Regional Prison in front of Corrections and TWoA staff.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Graduation for Marlborough's mayor

Marlborough’s mayor John Leggett has just graduated from Level 2 Te Ara Reo Māori (He Pī Ka Pao). He says his study at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa has given him confidence to kōrero when doing public speaking and made him comfortable with tikanga.

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 › Great-grandfather, student and now award recipient at 82

Not many people would think of taking up tertiary education in their 80’s, but that’s not the case for Rangi Hinga. The much-loved kaumātua is now in his fourth year of study at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Hamilton deputy mayor carrying torch for te reo

The Hamilton deputy mayor says he’s due to start the Papa Reo – NZ Certificate in Te Reo Level 1 home-based learning course at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa next month.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › He aha tēnei mea te Tāne Māori? Tu's Rangahau journey

Tutakangahau (Tu) Williams, recipient of the Dr Morehu McDonald Residency, shares his Rangahau journey exploring Māori masculinity and identity. Learn how his passion for reading, writing, and kaupapa Māori research is shaping his path toward a PhD and future as a kairangahau.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › He Huinga Whatukura - A wellness programme for men

In their quest to prioritise men's mental health and well-being, 2 Te Wānanga o Aotearoa kaimahi have pioneered and introduced a programme known as He Huinga Whatukura.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › He Māmā, He Rangahau, He Moemoeā

Alex Maddox is turning her lived experience as a māmā into a powerful Rangahau kaupapa through He Waka Hiringa at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa. Discover how her vision aims to amplify whānau voices in research and policy for tamariki with vision impairments.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › He Waka Hiringa tauira wins top scholarship

A Te Wānanga o Aotearoa Master of Applied Indigenous Knowledge tauira is the inaugural winner of a Sir Hugh Kawharu Research Grant.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › He whare hou ki Te Wānanga o Aotearoa mō tēnei Kīngi | King of the castle finds new home at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa

The 44-year-old picked up the tools last year to build a house as part of his Te Wānanga o Aotearoa carpentry programme, and has no plans to put them down. 

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Healthy future for Cook Island teacher

Teiā Mataara Potoru, a seasoned Cook Islands educator, finds her path in New Zealand’s first Cook Island bilingual unit after completing the He Korowai Ākonga degree at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa. Her journey celebrates the power of language and cultural connection, inspiring her role at Māngere East Primary School.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › History and tauira journey revealed in Tauranga pou

History and tauira journey revealed in Tauranga pou, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa