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Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Tauira lead different lives but share a passion for te reo Māori

Pare Edmonds and Jonathon Glanville may come from differing backgrounds and lead distinct personal lives, but one thing they do have in common is their love for te reo Māori and their dedication to master the language.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Embracing tikanga gives understanding and meaning

Despite growing up around tangihanga and with a background in funeral directing and embalming, Te Roopu Moana never fully understood the reasoning behind certain Māori practices until she enrolled in a tikanga programme at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa in Tauranga.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Building a beauty brand through education and drive

At just 21, Maata Morrell-Dzilic is building a thriving beauty brand with the support of business education from Te Wānanga o Aotearoa. Discover how her passion, determination, and study in small business and project management are fuelling her entrepreneurial success.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › English teacher's search for cultural identity sparks love for te reo Māori

English kaiako Cathy Purdie began her reo Māori journey in 1997, intending to uncover more about her cultural identity.

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

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Business student proves it’s never too late to study

At 62-years-old, Terry Glenister decided it wasn’t too late to expand on his business knowledge and resources. So, in 2020 he enrolled to study business at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Scholarship recipients give it back

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Graduates behind the wire using literacy and numeracy to further education

Six men received their Intensive Literacy and Numeracy programme certificates at Hawkes Bay Regional Prison in front of Corrections and TWoA staff.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Husband and wife team secure major grant for ground-breaking research project

Husband and wife duo, Drs. Tim and Joni Angeli-Gordon are excited to take their research project to the next level after being awarded a significant grant from the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC).

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Wendy-Lee pursues her passion

Wendy-Lee McKee-Warner’s love for art started at high school, where she spent all her time hanging out in the art room. She has put that passion to good use, and is now completing her final year of the Maunga Kura Toi Māori and Indigenous Art degree programme in Hastings.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › Taringa heads to te Tai Tokerau

Taringa, the award-winning podcast which covers all aspects of te ao Māori – in both English and te reo Māori – will be recorded and streamed live from the Kaitaia campus of Te Wānanga o Aotearoa on November 10.

Home › Hononga › Pitopito kōrero o te wā › An unexpected journey from volunteer to full-time teacher

The journey into primary teaching began unexpectedly for Princess Hirovanna while she was assisting at Māngere Bridge School as a volunteer.