Cooking skills trial for rangatahi a big success Give someone a fish, feed them for a day. Give them a fishing rod, feed them for a lifetime. That philosophy has underpinned a trial Creations in the kitchen cooking skills programme for rangatahi offered by the Te Wānanga o Aotearoa youth services team this year.

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Tau Ora adds another award to bulging trophy cabinet Tau Ora, the holistic health and wellbeing programme of Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, has added another award to an already bulging trophy cabinet.

Tau Ora adds another award to bulging trophy cabinet

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Forestry grads and student win Timberlands prizes Two graduates and a current tauira (student) from a new Te Wānanga o Aotearoa Forestry course in Rotorua have won top spots at recent awards from Timberlands Ltd in the Central North Island.

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Former world champ shelves her dreams to help others achieve theirs Former world champion BMX cyclist Lynette Ngaheu once dreamed of racing for New Zealand at the Olympics.

Former world champ shelves her dreams to help others achieve theirs

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Taking a big step up for rangatahi The 32-year-old kaiako (teacher) for Te Wānanga o Aotearoa in the Bay of Plenty town of Kawerau is stepping up to a new role at head office in Te Awamutu where he’ll be getting even more involved in his passion for youth development.

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Aoife Finn’s visit to New Zealand Te Wānanga o Aotearoa (TwoA) is delighted to announce it will sponsor a visit to New Zealand by Irish Māori language PhD student Aoife Finn.

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Visiting scholar sets fine example Visiting Irish PhD scholar Aoife Finn is a great role model for te reo Māori and shows what can be achieved when you try, the head of Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (Māori Language Commission) says.

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Building a future Building was always something Chevron Murray thought would be a good job but it wasn’t until he went online and found a course at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa that he did anything about it.

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Age no barrier to tauira success Douglas Newton is a familiar face on the Māngere campus of Te Wānanga o Aotearoa but the 73-year-old only ended up there because he got kicked out of home.

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Kawerau campus makes positive waves as it turns 10 Making a positive difference for local whānau and supporting the community in a myriad of ways is a big buzz for staff at the Kawerau campus of Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, which is celebrating its 10th anniversay this coming Monday 15 July.

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