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Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Raranga programme helps funeral director to connect with traditional cultural practices

Descended from a long line of undertakers, it’s no surprise that it was tangi that brought Delano Murray (Ngāti Kurī) to Heretaunga, where he’s a funeral director for Simplicity Funerals and studying Toi Paematua Level 5 in raranga with Te Wānanga o Aotearoa.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Sharing smarts, inspiration and dignity

Ngarangi Toko has been no stranger to struggle street in the past but the challenges she’s faced help inspire her today to support others.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Turning challenges into change

Discover how Ian Rauwhero (Tainui, Waiohua, Ngāti Pikiao) transformed personal challenges into community impact through study at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa. From family court struggles to social services success, Ian’s inspiring journey highlights the power of education, whānau support, and cultural connection.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Uncovering an appreciation for te ao Māori through art

Studying toi (art) at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa has opened up a whole new world and understanding of te ao Māori for Talia Grocott.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Wānanga scholarship supports tauira in completing Master of Architecture thesis

The 2023 Dr. Buck Nin Memorial Scholarship recipient for Māori contemporary art was 23-year-old Antonia van Sitter, who put the funds towards completing her Master of Architecture thesis.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Who the cap fit

Adrienne Spratt may have just made a whole lot more work for herself. The Papaioea kaiako surprised her Maunga Kura Toi – Raranga tauira at their recent graduation by capping them with hand woven trenchers, rather than the traditional academic cap.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Embracing te reo Māori in small town Waikato

Learning te reo Māori isn’t exclusive, it’s open to everyone and that’s made clear at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa’s Apakura campus in Te Awamutu.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Good tikanga takes time

Hemi completed the Level 3 Te Whāinga o te Ao Tikanga programme at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa in Whangārei and says like previous tikanga studies he’s undertaken, it will probably take a while to comprehend everything he learned.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Learning reo Māori alongside tamariki

Tā moko artist and mum of two, Mikayla (Meke) Nikora was brought up speaking reo Māori but slowly lost the language after leaving kura kaupapa Māori and moving to Pākehā schooling.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Māori and Mandarin at Te Matatini

A Te Wānanga o Aotearoa librarian is taking Te Matatini Ki Te Ao (Te Matatini to the world) quite literally, and translating the final day of the kapa haka champs into Mandarin – the language spoken by about 1.2 billion people

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Making up for lost time