Poutuarongo Reo Maori

Graduates will be highly proficient in te reo Maori, tikanga and ahuatanga Maori. They will be expert crafters of words and sayings. Their language will be expansive, lofty and of substance. The student will tend the eternal flame of the language and be its advocate, and an example for future generations. They will be well equipped to lead and make significant contributions to a wide range of projects and organisations where te reo and tikanga Maori are a high priority, including marae, runanga, kohanga, kura, wananga, and language revival projects to name but a few. They will be able to give sound advice relating to tikanga Maori and Maori language in a wide range of domains. Graduates will be suitable for key roles in the following sectors: the education sector Maori research and development the public sector the broadcasting sector publishing and Maori resource development the private sector They will also be well positioned to enter the Tahuhu Reo Maori or one of the other tahuhu programmes at Te Wananga o Raukawa or elsewhere. It is expected that on completion of the degree graduates will become sources of strength to their whanau, hapu and other communities. Me ahua kakama tonu te tangata, me tino hiakai ano kit e ako it e reo Maori ka tahi, me u ano tona nga kau ki nga kaupapa Maori ka rua, e uru ai ki tenei tohu, e tutuki a ii a ia ona whakaritenga. E tika ana kia tapae mai nga akonga e mea ana kit e whakauru ki nga akoranga i tetehi kupu tautoko, he mea ata tuhi, ma ii tetehi o o ratou iwi, i o oratou hapu ranei.

Te Wānanga o Raukawa is a tikanga Māori tertiary education provider with its main campus based in Ōtaki, Aotearoa, New Zealand. Hailed at the time as the 'smallest university in the world' Te Wānanga o Raukawa was established by the Raukawa Marae Trustees in 1981 with only two students. 

 A special and unique place of learning, Te Wānanga o Raukawa has become recognised over the last 30 years as an opportunity for all to learn within a tikanga Māori community under the principles of the iwi development strategy, Whakatupuranga Rua Mano: Generation 2000.

Whakatupuranga Rua Mano captured the health and wellbeing aspirations of the ART Confederation of Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Te Ati Awa ki Whakarongotai and Ngāti Raukawa ki te tonga in the lower North Island of Aotearoa. These are the founding iwi of Te Wānanga o Raukawa.