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Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Raranga weaves culture and people together

Yumi’s muka kākahu beautifully blends Māori and Japanese culture through raranga. Discover her inspiring journey with Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, from Kāwai Raupapa to Maunga Kura Toi, and how weaving has connected her to people, tikanga, and identity.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Recognition for Rangahau at Royal Society Te Apārangi Awards

Te Wānanga o Aotearoa researchers Dr Maree Sheehan and Dr Tim Angeli-Gordon receive prestigious awards at the Royal Society Te Apārangi and Health Research Council of New Zealand. Their innovative work in audio portraiture and gastrointestinal disease research highlights the impact of Indigenous-led Rangahau at Te Manawahoukura. Learn more about their contributions to Aotearoa New Zealand.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Reconnecting roots: Mereana's journey of learning and growth

When Mereana Gell returned to Aotearoa after many years overseas, she felt out of touch with te ao Māori.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Reconnecting to home through te reo Māori

Learning te reo Māori has been a way for husband and wife, Alistair and Shari Kydd to reconnect with Aotearoa. After spending a big chunk of their lives living across the ditch, the couple returned home in 2020 and began studing with Te Wānanga o Aotearoa that following year.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › 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.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Representing tāne in the weaving classroom

Weku Kereopa may have been the only tāne (male) in his raranga (weaving) class but that didn’t deter him from completing the Diploma in Māori and Indigenous Art.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Research leads to push for recognition

A Te Wānanga o Aotearoa masters tauira is on a mission to see Pasifika Coastwatchers formally recognised for their efforts during WWII. William Cuthers – who has Pacific and Māori heritage – is the grandson and namesake of an original Native Wireless Operator from the Cook Islands.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Returning home and reclaiming te reo Māori

After many years away building his professional career, Logan Bertram (Whakatōhea), returned home to Ōpōtiki with a clear goal of reconnecting with his whakapapa and creating a better future for his young whānau.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Rodney Whanga, Te Matatini Scholarship award winner

Mahia te mahi hei oranga whakatipu, hei oranga tuku iho mō te iwi, ahakoa ngā piere nuku o te wā. Ko Rodney Whanga o Tainui waka, nō ngā iwi o Ngāti Maniapoto me Waikato te whakatinanatanga o te kōrero nei.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Rotorua crew manager empowering women in forestry

Truedy Taia is all about empowering women to achieve in a male-dominated industry. Truedy leads the first all-women crew for Rotorua-based forestry organisation, Mahi Rākau after being invited to start one a few years ago.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Royal approval for writing

An academic article written by a Te Wānanga o Aotearoa tauira has been given the seal of approval from the highest level.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Royal Society Fellowship for Kairangahau Matua

Dr Tara McAllister of Te Wānanga o Aotearoa has been awarded the prestigious Mana Tūāpapa Future Leader Fellowship from Royal Society Te Apārangi. Discover how her research will transform Indigenous science, strengthen mātauranga Māori, and advance equity in Aotearoa’s research sector.