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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Learning te reo helps Ellen find her place Ellen Hall started learning te reo Māori to support her family but has found she is now on her own journey of self-discovery. “This is my third year of study. I initially came to support my husband - he’s Māori - but he works shift work so it’s been too hard for him to keep going at this stage,” she says.

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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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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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Austrian migrant hopes to normalise te reo Māori throughout Aotearoa Originally from Austria, 24-year-old Julian Svadlenak has been on a mission to learn te reo Māori for the past 3 years.

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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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Renee steps up to lend a helping hand A passion to help protect tamariki from abuse and to see people change for the better underpins Renee Kingi’s drive to lend a helping hand as a social worker.

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