Poutuarongo Kaitiakitanga Putaiao

Graduates of this programme will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the principles of sustainability and be able to apply these within kaupapa M+óori. They will be able to communicate in te reo and have a background of researching their iwi and marae. they will be able to strategise and plan for sustainable hap++ development in very practical terms, thereby introducing opportunities for hap++ and iwi to be more active in the sustainable environmental management in particular the freshwater ecosystems. Outcomes will include formulation, implementation and monitoring of Iwi and Hap++ environmental management planning documents.

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.