Mana Ora from the Ground Up Jamie says the Mana Ora business programme embedded in kaupapa Māori and enriched with tikanga and reo content, changed the way he sees design.

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Keeping it simple with rongoā Des has completed the Level 4 Certificate in Rongoā course at the Ngāmotu campus of Te Wānanga o Aotearoa and says they are developing the māra at Whakaahurangi Marae in Stratford and wanted to include rongoā plants among the plantings

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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).

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Teresa’s reo journey – a commitment for life Teresa Kenny had been teaching for more than two decades but was still looking for new ways to get more te reo Māori into her classroom.

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Wāhine finds healing through the art of weaving Before studying raranga at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa (TWoA), Zelda Te Pairi barely left her house and was struggling with low self-esteem.

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Tough background drives desire to help rangatahi Being born and bred in Belfast Crescent in the Gisborne suburb of Kaiti has helped drive Coby Te Pairi’s desire to help at-risk rangatahi (youth).

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Scaffolding company uplifting whānau and iwi A desire to contribute to her iwi has seen a South Auckland scaffolding company grow from nothing to 18 staff in a little over two years.

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Wānanga born and bred Wānanga born and bred, Karyn Matiaha will be graduating next week like many of her whanau members have done before her.

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The essence is right for business to thrive For former tauira Matias (Matu) Cacciavillani and his partner Chelsea Hall, it is their love for good food made from quality produce that is the foundation to their successful catering and food truck business.

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Tamariki the driving force for Hamilton mum to complete degree After four years of study, Tira Hemana has graduated with a Bachelor of Bicultural Social Work, teaching her tamariki (children) that it’s never too late to start your learning journey.

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