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Ako tahi - Study with us

E ū ana mātau ki te poipoi me te whakatairanga i te angitu o te Māori mā te whakarite taiao ako e puāwai ai ngā tauira Māori.

Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University offers 200 courses across 26 mātauranga Māori qualifications. We strive to promote and empower our Māori students in a learning environment built on manaakitanga and rangatiratanga.

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Discover what you can study with Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University – whether you’re joining us as a first-time student, returning to study or changing direction. Massey students can access 170 qualifications and over 2,700 courses, including over 200 Māori knowledge courses and 26 Māori qualifications.

Ngā tohu Māori – Māori qualifications

Kōwhirihia mai he tohu Māori, te ao Māori, te reo Māori, kia whai rānei te mātauranga Māori ki ngā wāhi pakihi, te mahi toi, te mātauranga, te hauora, te tōrangapū me te pūtaiao rānei.

Choose a qualification in Māori studies or te reo Māori, or apply Māori knowledge to areas such as business, creative arts, education, health, politics or science.

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Te mahi, te mataora me te ako – Balance work, life and study

Studying online means you can work towards a university course or qualification in a way that suits you, from anywhere in the world.

Our Māori qualifications and courses are also available by distance study, so you can balance university with whānau, mahi and other commitments.

Ngā karahipi Māori me tohu toa tāura – Māori scholarships and awards

Ngā karahipi me ngā tohu mō ngā tauira Māori.

Massey University offers over 200 scholarships and awards for students at undergraduate, postgraduate or doctoral level, including contributions to your study fees and research costs.

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Te Rau Puawai

Each year the Te Rau Puawai Programme provides bursaries and learning support for students who want to commence or complete a Massey University qualification in Māori mental health.

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Te Rau Angitu

Te Rau Angitu postgraduate awards programme will assist with your study fees and research or course related costs for a master's degree, honours, postgraduate diploma or postgraduate certificate.

Te Wheke-a-Toi

Te Wheke-a-Toi Awards is to contribute to the completion of your doctorate. The awards will assist with your study fees and either your research cost or placement (not fully funded internship).

Ko wai mātou – Who we are

Ko ngā ahorangi Māori me ngā pūkenga mātauranga nei ngā mātanga i roto i ā rātau mahi, mai i ngā mahi toi, ki ngā mahi hauora, aha atu, aha atu.

Our Māori professors and academics are leaders in their fields, from Māori visual arts to public health.

Distinguished Professor Graham Hingangaroa Smith

Professor Graham Hingangaroa Smith has spent his career championing the importance and value of indigenous knowledge.

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Professor Hemi Whaanga

Professor and Te Putahi-a-Toi Head of School, Dr Whaanga is a linguist who has more than 20 years’ experience as a Māori educator focused on linguistics, te reo Māori, mātauranga Māori, Māori astronomy, ICT and ethics.

Ahorangi Huia Tomlins-Jahnke

Professor Tomlins-Jahnke leads the School of Māori and Indigenous Education, and has created Massey's two groundbreaking Māori teacher training programmes.

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Professor Dame Farah Palmer

Pou Akonga (Executive Director) Maori Student Success, Dr Palmer focuses on women in sport, Māori women's leadership experiences, and the incorporation of Māori values and tikanga in organisational contexts.

Dr Monica Koia

Dr Monica Koia's research interests are Māori health, specifically Māori cancer supportive care and Māori student success. She is Pūkenga Matua for Te Mata o Te Tau, the Academy for Māori Research and Scholarship.

Ahorangi Huhana Smith

Head of the Whiti o Rehua School of Art, Professor Smith believes artists have a central role to play in protecting and healing the natural world.

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Ahorangi Helen Moewaka Barnes

As Co-director of the SHORE & Whariki Research Centre, Professor Helen Moewaka Barnes's research in health and wellbeing is focused on Māori aspiration and transformation.

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Ahorangi Robert Jahnke

A leading New Zealand artist, Professor Jahnke created Massey's unique degrees in Māori visual arts.

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Ngā whare rangahau mātauranga Māori – Māori knowledge research centres

Hei tauira paetahi, paerua, kairangi me mahi tahi koe me ā mātou mātanga rangahau me ō mātou whare rangahau. Get involved with our leading Māori research centres as a Postgraduate, Master's or Doctoral student.

Te Mata o Te Tau – The Academy for Māori Research and Scholarship

Te Mata o Te Tau is interdisciplinary and intersectoral. It unites Māori scholars from several disciplines, departments and centres of research. The Academy for Māori Research and Scholarship not only strengthens links with other academic and research bodies at Massey University, but with wider Māori research interests and indigenous communities.

Te Mata o Te Tau

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Te Au Rangahau Māori Business Centre

Te Au Rangahau Māori Business Centre is based within Te Kura Whai Pakihi (the Massey Business School). The name translates to "a pathway to Māori research in business". The centre aims to advance business and leadership knowledge that benefits the Māori economy.

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Te Pūtahi-ā-Toi – School of Māori Knowledge

Te Pūtahi-a-Toi – School of Māori Knowledge provides an academic focus for Māori cultural, educational, social and economic development. They seek to retain and develop New Zealand's heritage and contribute to the advancement of indigenous peoples.

Te Pūtahi-a-Toi

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Te Ropu Whariki – Whariki Research Centre

Te Ropu Whariki – Whariki Research Centre, is a multidisciplinary research group working in a Treaty of Waitangi partnership model to produce excellent research with the aim of improving health and wellbeing in Aotearoa, New Zealand and globally.

Te Ropu Whariki

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Te Rau Puawai – Māori Mental Health Workforce Development

Te Rau Puawai – Māori Mental Health Workforce Development provides one of country's most successful academic support programmes for those seeking a career or to further their qualifications in the area of Māori mental health.

Te Rau Puawai

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Centre for Indigenous Psychologies

The centre provides an inclusive physical and intellectual space where indigenous psychologies are embraced and developed in ways that can benefit all communities.

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