Tukua Kia Rere Te Putanga 3 Poutū-te-rangi 2012
Tēnei au Tēnei au, ko te hōkai nei o taku tapuwae Ko te hōkai nuku ko te hōkai rangi Ko te hōkai a tō tupuna a Tānenuiārangi I pikitia ai ki ngā Rangitūhāhā ki te tihi o manono I rokohina atu ra ko Io Matua Kore anake I riro ai ngā kete o te wānanga Ko te kete Tuāuri Ko te kete Tuātea Ko te kete Aronui Ka tiritiria, ka poupoua ki a Papatuānuku Ka puta te ira tangata ki te wheiao Ki te Ao Mārama! Tēnā tātou i runga i ngā manaakitanga a te Runga Rawa, i runga hoki i ngā tini āhuatanga o te wā. After returning from the Christmas break and the Hui a Kaiako in January and February, it is now back to business as usual in the institution as we seek to make contributions of consequence in people’s lives. This is the purpose of Tāne’s journey and our purpose in Te Wānanga o Aotearoa as we pursue our own goals, confront our own challenges and help others to achieve their dreams. In the same way that Tāne and ngā Kete Wānanga forms the foundation for all Māori knowledge, so too does rangahau form the foundation of everything we do and gives context to why we do these things in the way we do them. This newsletter welcomes you back to rangahau in the institution and in doing so showcases some of the rangahau achievements of last year and looks forward to goals being set for the coming year. Te Kāhui Rangahau looks forward to supporting your rangahau endeavours this year and for years into the future as we all pursue Mauriora and seek to achieve our dreams… Ki te wheiao, Ki te Ao Mārama. Phil Lambert - Kaiarahi Matua Rangahau
Wánanga Intelligentsia Conference December 8 – 9 2011 Mangakátukutuku Site, Hamilton
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa hosted its inaugural Wānanga Intelligentsia Conference at Mangakōtukutuku early December 2011. The Conference featured 72 kaimahi from throughout the organisation, many of whom presented their experiences of post graduate study in spaces dominated by ‘other’ ways of knowing, rules, regulations and ideologies in order to answer the fundamental questions - what knowledge counts, what counts as knowledge, and who says so. Encapsulated within the Conference theme ‘Moving Beyond the Academy’ was the opportunity for more than 300 kaimahi, tauira and external attendees to see, hear, feel and experience firsthand the exciting, engaging and sometimes entertaining journeys that our presenters have encountered through their studies, work and for some - life in general. Added highlights of the Conference included the opening keynote presentation by Dr Ocean Mercier and the announcement of the Tāwhakinui-ā-Hema PhD scholarship recipients commemorating Buck Nin and Huru Mangu; Areta Kahu of Tainui rohe and Hemi Hireme of Waiariki rohe. Congratulations to all of our Conference presenters, our PhD scholarship recipients and to everyone else who contributed to the success of Wānanga Intelligentsia!
March 2012
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