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Our Wānanga

Te Wānanga Takiura is a private Māori tertiary teacher training institution that provides a quality and substantive pathway to total immersion Māori education.

Te ao, te reo, tikanga, kawa, wairua, and mātauranga Māori are the essential learnings that Te Wānanga Takiura embraces to facilitate students in a tertiary education programme that embraces a Māori worldview, values, and aspirations.

Hītori

Nō Tuakana Mate Nepe ngā whakaaro nui, ngā moemoeā me ngā mahi rangatira ki te whakatū, ki te hanga hoki i Te Wānanga Takiura o Ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori o Aotearoa, kia whai mana tonu i te tau 2000.

Tuakana ‘Tuki’ Nepe is of strong and prominent Ngāti Porou heritage and is recognised and acknowledged in the genesis and growth of Kura Kaupapa Māori schools and their philosophical doctrine of Te Aho Matua.

NZQA Report of External Evaluation and Review 2016

“The Wānanga provides a learning environment underpinned by the philosophical base of Te Aho Matua, the guiding principles by which kura kaupapa Māori identify themselves.”

He waka eke noa

At Te Wānanga Takiura, we’re committed to fostering a vibrant and supportive environment where te Reo Māori, Tikanga Māori and Mātauranga Māori thrive. Get to know our rōpū of highly-qualified pouako and kaimahi.

  • KAITIAKI HUHUA

    Whakatōhea, Tūhoe, Ngaitai ki Tōrere, Te Aupouri, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Mahuta

  • POUAKO MATUA

  • POUAKO MATUA – TOHU PAETAHI AKO

    Te Aupouri, Waikato-Maniapoto, Te Whakatohea, Tuhoe, Ngāi Tai ki Torere, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Manawa, Ngāti Haka, Patuheuheu

  • POUAKO MATUA – TOHU PAETAHI AKO

    Te Aupouri, Waikato-Maniapoto, Te Whakatohea, Tuhoe, Ngāi Tai ki Torere, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Manawa, Ngāti Haka, Patuheuheu

  • POUAKO MATUA – TOHU PAETAHI AKO

    Ngāti Porou

  • POUAKO TOI – TOHU PAETAHI AKO

    Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa, Ngā Toa Rangatira, Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Huia, Rangitāne, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Porou, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Rēhia, Hokianga/Muriwhenua

  • POUAKO PŪTAIAO – TOHU PAETAHI AKO

  • POUAKO – RUMAKI REO

    Te Whānau-a-Apanui

  • POUAKO – RUMAKI REO

    Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairarapa

  • POUAKO – RUMAKI REO

    Ngāti Kahungunu ki te Wairoa, Rongomaiwahine

  • POUAKO – RUMAKI REO

    Ngāti Whātua

  • POUAKO – RUMAKI REO

    Te Aupōuri

  • POUAKO – RUMAKI REO

    Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Maru, Ngāpuhi

  • KAIWHAKAHAERE MĀTAURANGA
    KAIWHAKAHAERE TAUIRA

    Te Whānau-a-Apanui

  • KAIĀWHINA WHAIARO MO TE KAITIAKI HUHUA
    KAIWHAKAHAERE PŪTEA MONI

    Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi, Tūwharetoa

  • KAIĀWHINA WHAIARO MO TE KAITIAKI HUHUA (TUARUA)
    KAIWHAKAHAERE PŪTEA MONI (TUARUA)

    Ngāti Hine, Te Rarawa

  • KAIWHAKAHAERE TARI

    Ngāti Whatua, Ngāpuhi

  • KAIĀWHINA RUMAKI REO

    Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Kahungunu ki te Wairoa

  • KAIĀWHINA RUMAKI REO

  • KAIWHAKAHAERE WHARE PUKAPUKA

Job Vacancies

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Job Vacancies

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