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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 › Kawerau local lives out childhood dream of learning to weave

As a young girl, Barbara Wheto always had a fascination with harakeke and the art of weaving. But growing up in an era where being Māori and Māori culture were scorned upon, she was never encouraged to explore the art form.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Keeping clean and kicking off a business through wānanga programme

Kristin Adams turned her recovery journey into a business success through Te Wānanga o Aotearoa’s Smart Steps to Business programme. Discover how education, support, and determination helped her launch Pinky and Co and rebuild her life with purpose.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Keil Caskey – former tauira, now kaiako

Keil Caskey’s journey from tauira to kaiako at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa shows the transformative power of toi Māori education. Discover how his passion for taonga pūoro and commitment to whānau and whakapapa inspired him to teach and give back to his community.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Kia Ora Kamapōtia

Wānanga graduate Hoani Kaiwhata has been on one amazing adventure after another and is now in Cambodia "living the dream".

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Kia tika te reo – Doing it Right and Continuously Improving

Nikau was in his final year of a Bachelors of Health Sciences majoring in Māori public health when his flatmate introduced him to Te Wānanga o Aotearoa in the bustling student town. He managed to fit the evening classes and noho weekends around his University schedule and says the mahi was all worthwhile.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award honour roll

At Te Wānanga o Aotearoa we’re lucky to have a talented bunch of kaimahi who dedicate themselves to their mahi, each and every day.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Krystal’s caring shines through

Rotorua’s Krystal Roberts has been having a very busy but successful 2020. In the third and final year of her He Korowai Ākonga (Bachelor of Education – Primary Teaching) degree at the Waiwhero campus of Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, she’s also taken part in the Miss Rotorua contest where she was second runner-up in the Mana Wahine section.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Language lessons from Japan

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Largest Māori Contemporary Art Collection In Southern Hemisphere

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Leading by example and learning te reo Māori

Liisa Wharepapa’s (Te Whānau ā Apanui) journey with te reo Māori wasn’t something that happened overnight, it was a goal waiting to be pursued until the moment she felt ready to take that step.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Leading the charge for change

Janifa Bhamji is a woman on a mission. She’s in her fourth year of study towards the Bachelor of Bicultural Social Work at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa in Māngere and can’t wait to put what she has learned into action.