Tāhuhu Mātauranga Māori

This qualification is intended for fluent and highly proficient speakers and writers of te reo Māori who are active contributors to the reclaimation, preservation and revitalisation of mātauranga Māori as an authentic, relevant and resilient knowledge system. It has the potential to inform the foundation for whānau, hapū and iwi development and prosperity.

The Tāhuhu Mātauranga Māori provides whānau, hapū, iwi and other organisations with exponents of mātauranga Māori who are able to provide specialist knowledge to advise and lead decision making in a variety of iwi and hapū, educational, and other social contexts.

Graduates will be able to represent whānau, hapū, iwi and other organisations with authority at local and national level. They will be advanced researchers, critical and strategic thinkers, and transformational leaders who are able to draw on hapū and iwi knowledge to lead the development of whānau, hapū, iwi and other programmes.

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.