(Radio NZ) The Tertiary Education Commission has cut $1.9 million of funding from one of the three wananga due to the institution’s poor performance. Te Wananga O Raukawa’s budget has been reduced because just 43% of undergraduates finish their studies at the Otaki-based institution. Couse completion is about double that at the country’s other two [...]

(RadioNZ) Waikato University’s Te Piringa Faculty of Law launched a new research centre on Tuesday which will tackle a variety of environmental law issues, including Maori and indigenous governance. Professor Barry Barton, who heads the new centre, says staff will also focus on water, energy efficiency, petroleum and minerals, the coastal and marine environment and [...]

Once again Te Pu Wananga o Anamata has provided an opportunity for Maori mental health and alcohol and drug addiction kaimahi, clinicians, and students working with tangata whaiora with coexisting problems in Aotearoa to come together in a collaborative effort to showcase their strengths and challenges. This year’s summit “Challenging the Conventional – Ko te [...]

The first ever gathering of healers worldwide will begin tomorrow in Waiohau, near Whakatane (Bay of Plenty).  The purpose of this gathering is in response to events across the globe that are having a negative impact on Papatuanuku (Earth) and Ranginui (Sky). Key speakers include Dr Rangimarie (Rose) Turuki Pere an internationally renowned healer, Lakota [...]

A new academic partnership between the Waikato-Tainui College for Research and Development and the University of Waikato has won an international award for an innovative MBA programme they launched less than 12-months ago. The Waikato MBA programme at Hopuhopu – offered in collaboration with the Waikato Management School – was named winner of the inaugural [...]