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Tā Wira Gardiner Honoured In Chair And Centre Establishment

Friday, 19 November 2021, 1:21 pm | Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi

Te Mana Whakahaere o Awanuiārangi deputy chairperson Rauru Kirikiri and Minister for Children Hon. Kelvin Davis have today announced the Tā Harawira Gardiner Endowed Chair and the Centre for the Child. The announcement was part of an event hosted ... More >>

New Mental Health And Addictions Counselling Course To Develop The Kaupapa Māori Mental Health Workforce

Thursday, 7 October 2021, 11:00 am | Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi

A new postgraduate programme at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi (Awanuiārangi) aims to equip students with the key kaupapa Māori skills required to effectively work within mental health and addictions. Endorsed by the Drug and Alcohol Practitioners’ ... More >>

New Professorial Appointments To Grow Māori Philosophy And Indigenous Research Capabilities

Monday, 4 October 2021, 12:03 pm | Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi

Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi (Awanuiārangi) is thrilled to announce three new inaugural professorial appointments: Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith CNZM has been appointed to the inaugural position of Distinguished Professor - Rangahau and Mātauranga ... More >>

RoboPā initiative recognised as a finalist in CIO Awards

Wednesday, 8 September 2021, 12:30 pm | Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi

Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi (Awanuiārangi) is proud to have been named as a finalist in this year’s CIO Awards for its RoboPā initiative – a programme where more than 700 youth from kaupapa Māori kura can engage in science, technology, ... More >>

Awanuiārangi Celebrates Graduation Of 3600 Students

Wednesday, 24 March 2021, 7:08 am | Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi

Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi will mark the graduation of more than 3600 students this week in a double event that includes students forced to graduate in absentia last year because of Covid-19.a More than 2200 Awanuiārangi graduates missed out ... More >>

100 Robotics Champs Face Off In RoboPā Showdown

Friday, 20 November 2020, 12:37 pm | Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi

Robotics champs from 22 schools will face off next week in the National Robotics Scrimmage 2020, the culmination of a year-long programme engaging more than 700 young Māori in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). It is the fourth national ... More >>

Rongoā Māori scholars to study traditional health in India

Tuesday, 29 October 2019, 8:27 am | Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi

A multi-disciplinary team of senior scholars, practitioners and members of the community will undertake a six-week indigenous health and entrepreneurship scholarship programme in India, supported by the Prime Minister’s Scholarships for Asia. Based in the ... More >>

Community backs live-in total-immersion Reo Māori strategy

Thursday, 5 September 2019, 2:12 pm | Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi

Four Māori language students will be immersed for three months in a groundbreaking full-time live-in programme in the Eastern Bay of Plenty. The initiative includes not only formal teaching and learning, but, significantly, the involvement of the ... More >>

Governor-General focuses on hi-tech learning

Wednesday, 17 July 2019, 8:13 pm | Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi

State-of-the-art technology in Māori education will be showcased when the Governor-General visits tertiary provider Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi in Whakatāne next week. More >>

Awanuiārangi graduates urged to drive change

Monday, 1 April 2019, 7:30 pm | Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi

Celebrate culture, celebrate difference, celebrate diversity, celebrate resilience – and use your education to make change happen. This was the message from speaker after speaker as Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi marked the graduation of more ... More >>

Awanuiārangi celebrates graduation of 3000 students

Tuesday, 26 March 2019, 9:58 am | Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi

A procession of gowned graduands through the streets of Whakatāne and a formal capping ceremony will mark the graduation of more than 3000 students from Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi on Friday (March 29). More >>

Regional growth opportunities under spotlight

Tuesday, 26 February 2019, 9:16 am | Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi

Accelerating regional development and business growth will be the focus of a summit organised by Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi in the Eastern Bay of Plenty. More >>

Wānanga leads second summit on NZ Wars

Thursday, 21 February 2019, 2:49 pm | Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi

Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi will host the second Te Pūtake o te Riri Summit on Monday, March 11, and Tuesday, March 12, at its campus in Whakatāne. The summit is supported through the Te Pūtake o te Riri fund administered by Te Puni Kōkiri. More >>

Five-year reo strategy spotlights community immersion

Thursday, 6 September 2018, 9:55 am | Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi

The launch of a major new te reo Māori strategy next week to strengthen the use of the Māori language in everyday life will set in motion a series of initiatives including a bilingual community focus and a live-in immersion programme. More >>

Schools line up for national robotics challenge

Wednesday, 29 August 2018, 1:51 pm | Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi

A robotics competition for primary schools that began in the Eastern Bay of Plenty has become a national event. More >>

Awanuiārangi Deputy Accepts Global Leadership Challenge

Tuesday, 21 August 2018, 9:13 am | Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi

Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi deputy chief executive Yvonne (Evie) O’Brien has been named the inaugural Programme Director at the Atlantic Institute, Rhodes Trust, based at the University of Oxford in England. More >>

Awanuiārangi leads largest ever study of the Māori language

Tuesday, 3 July 2018, 2:46 pm | Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi

The “largest and most sophisticated study ever” of the Māori language will analyse data extracted from the internationally recognised longitudinal study Growing Up In New Zealand. More >>

It’s About Whakapapa: Moko kauwae is not for Pākehā!

Wednesday, 23 May 2018, 9:31 am | Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi

Recent social media spaces have seen the emergence of a heated yet very articulate and informed discussion as to the right of non-Māori to wear moko kauwae, or traditional Māori women’s skin carving. Although instigated by what some would describe as ... More >>

Statement: Serious Fraud Office charges against ex-employee

Thursday, 10 May 2018, 5:34 pm | Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi

Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi is aware that charges have now been laid by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) against a former employee. These were heard in the Rotorua District Court earlier today. More >>

Awanuiārangi celebrates graduation of nearly 3,000 students

Tuesday, 20 March 2018, 2:51 pm | Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi

Nearly 3,000 Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi graduands will graduate this year and more than 200 will receive their degrees and certificates during a formal capping ceremony in Whakatāne this Friday (23 March). More >>

 

 
 
 
 
 

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