Kanorau Digital to help digitally excluded New Zealanders One in five New Zealanders lacks the skills to safely use the internet for online banking and grocery shopping or don’t know how to download apps on a mobile phone, a report shows.

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Tikanga - A window into te ao Māori Te Whāinga o Te Ao Tikanga offers people a window “to look in to Te Ao Māori” (The Māori World). The 20-week programme is open to anyone wanting the tools to not only better engage with tangata whenua (people of the land) but to understand the makeup of the community they work and live in.

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New forestry course offers excellent job prospects Given the strong demand for workers in the Tairāwhiti forestry sector, a new course from Te Wānanga o Aotearoa offers graduates extremely healthy job prospects, says course kaiako (teacher) Sonny Hitaua.

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Tikanga opens the door to te Ao Māori Stacey teaches Level 3 and Level 4 tikanga Māori programmes at the Ngāmotu campus of Te Wānanga o Aotearoa and has noticed growing interest from non-Māori in learning about tikanga in recent years. It’s a trend she hopes will continue.

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Noho marae goes online for Te Wānanga o Aotearoa students The level four COVID-19 rāhui has meant education providers all over the country have had to pause face-to-face teaching but that didn’t stop Bay of Plenty Te Wānanga o Aotearoa tauira (students) gathering for their usual three day noho recently.

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Thriving in a te ao Māori learning environment Dion Temu is proof positive that studying adult education isn’t just for people working in the education sector.

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Te Ata Hāpara Te Wānanga o Aotearoa (TWoA) has a long history of working with learner groups who are traditionally disadvantaged in tertiary education. We have large numbers of tauira (students) who are: Māori and have low academic achievement history

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Taking the leap to teaching Waimiere Taoho says she’s loving being a kaiako after taking a leap of faith to pursue her dream.

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Industry News: Competenz Transition Plan Part of the Reform of Vocational Education (RoVE) will require the Arranging Training functions of Transition Industry Training Organisations (TITOs) to shift to a provider such as Te Pūkenga, a wānanga or a PTE.

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Understanding the Review of Vocational Education (RoVE) The trends driving the future of work will change the skills needed in all jobs. Emerging trends will see people changing jobs and move careers more frequently and see people working beyond the traditional retirement age.

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