TÁ TE POUHERE Ko Ihowa tó tátou whakawhirinakihanga ki te oranga mutunga kore, kia whakapaingia tóna ingoa i ngá wá katoa. Mihia te úpoko ariki, Kíngi Tuheitia; he mana i heke mai i ngá mátá waka. Pótaea, paimárire. E aué ana te ngákau i te aroha ki te iwi ka rúpeke ki te ruruku o te wairua, á, oti atu. Té memeha te rokiroki o te mahara mó aku tau kahurangi – e upa, e upa, okioki atu i ngá ringa o te Atua. Má rátou te akaaka o te rangi, má tátou, má te mataora te akaaka o te whenua. Tihé mauri ora! Tihé Wánanga! E ngä mana, e ngä reo, e te iwi, tënä rä koutou katoa. Tënei a KA MIHARO kua waihape mai, e rere ai i te püau o te kupu o näia ake nei nä. He waka kua roa e pae mai nä i te one roa, engari nö te rangi nei kua rewa anö ia i te tai teka. Arä ana utanga, ko ngä körero a tënä tauira, a tënä kaiako, a tënä pito me ana pitopito. Nei ka whakakau – koia kua tere, koia kua ü. Töia!
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t gives me great pleasure to introduce the re-launch of KA MIHARO, our Te Wänanga o Aotearoa magazine which celebrates and shares the journey and some of the successes of our tauira and staff. It is significant that KA MIHARO, which will be published quarterly, returns to print on the 25th anniversary of Te Wänanga o Aotearoa first opening our doors to provide education and training to the people of Aotearoa. What a 25 years it has been – in that time Te Wänanga o Aotearoa has grown from humble beginnings to be one of the largest providers of tertiary education in the country, providing higher learning to around 40,000 tauira each year.
From our first programmes in whakairo, raranga and te reo Mäori, our portfolio has grown to include social services, environmental studies, computing, teaching, trade training, arts, business and tikanga programmes. In response to an increased need to focus on the education of our youth, we have expanded our educational offerings and are working collaboratively in areas such as forestry training and trade training. We are also working alongside NZ Police to boost recruitment numbers, particularly in the South Auckland region. Today, Te Wänanga o Aotearoa produces the largest number of social service degree graduates in the country. This is just one of a number of successful degree programmes we offer, and we will continue to expand on these in the coming years. The journey of one of our social services tauira is among the many stories shared in this edition. Also included in this edition is the celebration of Te Mata Wänanga, where hundreds of our staff come together annually to compete and participate. It provides an opportunity for our whänau from throughout Aotearoa to acknowledge the hard work and commitment of all our staff in recent years, where we have
focused on refinement and strengthening of our internal systems and management to ensure we are in a sound and resilient position to embrace an exciting future. This year Te Mata Wänanga is hosted at our Porirua campus, so it is timely that KA MIHARO profiles the history of this campus - a theme that will continue in subsequent editions of our magazine. I would like to take this time to thank our many tauira for allowing Te Wänanga o Aotearoa to be a part of your educational journey, and to encourage you all to be the best you can be. Thank you to all our staff and kaumätua for the good mahi you do in supporting your rohe, and our institution’s kaupapa. Te Wänanga o Aotearoa is now a permanent feature on the New Zealand educational landscape, and I look forward to capturing and sharing the value we provide to communities throughout New Zealand in the pages of KA MIHARO – our magazine.
Bentham Ohia Te Pouhere, Te Wänanga o Aotearoa. TÁ TE POUHERE
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