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We are inviting students to take part in an online survey to assist us with planning as part of our COVID-19 response in order to get a better understanding of our student's capability for distance learning.

Update on COVID-19: Awanuiārangi suspends all teaching (including online) until Thursday 23 April, all campuses to remain closed until then

The health and safety of our tauira and kaimahi at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi is our highest priority. To this end, we are taking all precautions necessary to prevent COVID-19 in our community.

The health and safety of our tauira and kaimahi at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi is our highest priority. To this end, we are taking all precautions necessary to prevent COVID-19 in our community.

The health and safety of our tauira and kaimahi at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi is our highest priority. To this end, we are taking all precautions necessary to prevent COVID-19 in our community.

Faren Taylor was 26 and a newly single mum when she made her first foray into the world of sustainable food production. She enrolled three years ago in a Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi programme called Kai Oranga, which teaches an indigenous system of growing and producing food.

Kai te tangi nei te ngākau ki ngā whānau kua pākia nei i te parekura inanahi nei. Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi is deeply saddened by the tragic events at Whakaari (White Island) on Monday 9 December. We offer our sympathies and prayers to the whānau impacted by this tragedy. We also acknowledge the devastating impact for Ngāti Awa, as kaitiaki (steward) of Whakaari.

A collaboration between Te Parairoa A Tumatauenga Company Limited and Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiārangi will explore the health and well-being perspectives of Māori War Veterans.

Funded through a Health Research Council grant, the investigation aims to better understand the wide range of health concerns experienced by Māori Veterans across various theatres of war and the strategies used by them to maintain their well-being during times of conflict, and when returning home.

The ten tertiary teachers finding success in New Zealand’s Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards for 2019 have been announced including Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi Academic, Associate Professor Mera Penehira, of the School of Indigenous Graduate Studies.

The finalists will celebrate at parliament on the 30th of October, with guests from across the tertiary sector, at a ceremony hosted by Hon Chris Hipkins, Minister of Education.Kaupapa Māori category awards have been awarded to two outstanding teachers this year; Dr Ngarino Ellis from The University of Auckland, who is the only Māori art historian teaching in a New Zealand university, and Associate Professor Mera Penehira, a Kaupapa Māori teacher from Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi.

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 foothills of the Western Ghats in Tamil Nadu, Southern India, the inaugural scholarship programme will focus on Ayurveda, a traditional Indian system of science, health and medicine. It aims to advance scholarship and research in Māori and indigenous health, wellbeing and knowledge, and give rise to insights that will support the resurgence of Rongoā Māori in New Zealand.The Rongoā Māori and Ayurveda scholarship programme is a collaboration between Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi, the Giles Brooker Academy, the Arya Vaidya Pharmacy Training Academy, and the Prime Minister’s Scholarships for Asia programme.