He tautoko ako mō te ako paerua, ako kairangi - Postgraduate and doctoral study support

Te Rau Tauawhi is our Māori Student Centre for pastoral support and guidance for Māori postgraduate students. It is one of many initiatives that support postgraduate and doctoral success, including:

• Te Rau Angitu – a programme from Honours through to full Research Masters
• Te Rau Puawai – Māori mental health from undergraduate to postgraduate.

Te Rau Tauawhi was founded on tikanga Māori principles of whānau, manaakitanga, whanaungatanga and mātauranga. We offer a wide range of ako (learning) services to help you get the most out of your university experience, including postgraduate workshops on writing literature reviews and research proposals.

PhD and professional doctorate support

In addition to Te Rau Tauawhi, Māori doctoral students can access dedicated support options including:

• Te Au Rangahau – Māori business postgraduate research
• Te Wheke a Toi – PhD level support
• Te Kupenga o MAI – national Māori and Indigenous Postgraduate Scholars Network.

Ka tukuna e Te Rau Puawai mā te tautoko hoki o Health Workforce New Zealand he karahipi hei tautoko i ngā tauira e whai ana i ngā tohu e hāngai ana ki te hauora hinengaro Māori.

Te Rau Puawai, in partnership with Te Whatu Ora (Health New Zealand), provides bursaries and learning support to Massey students working towards a qualification in the field of Māori mental health. This can be at any level – undergraduate, postgraduate, or doctoral.

We expect that Te Rau Puawai students will contribute towards improving Māori mental health by gaining employment in a relevant field after graduation. To help you get there, we offer an administrator and director, Pou ā Rongo (mentors) who all provide advice and general learning support.

Find out more about Te Rau Puawai

Supporting Māori and Indigenous Doctoral Success

Located under the umbrella of Te Mata o te Tau, the Academy for Māori Research and Scholarship, Te Wheke a Toi provides a whānau-centred environment where Māori and Indigenous doctoral students from across colleges and disciplines can connect, collaborate and thrive.

Te Wheke a Toi strengthens the capacity and capability of our doctoral researchers through academic mentorship, peer support and opportunities for scholarly development.

By supporting doctoral success, the Centre contributes to growing our Māori and Indigenous scholars whose research advances the wellbeing, development and futures of their whānau and communities.

Te Wheke a Toi is located in the Old Registry Building, room 1.06, on the Manawatū campus. It provides:

• opportunities for Māori students to come together to write, kōrero, and whanaungatanga through writing wānanga, held at least 3 times per year.
• a platform for Māori doctoral students to present and share their research
• personalised one one-on-one academic and learning support and manaakitanga from the Senior Research Officer Dr Monica Koia
• working collaboratively with the Graduate Research School, the Library, Centre for Learner Success and Colleges.

We welcome feedback on what information would be useful to you. For more information or to provide feedback please contact Dr Monica Koia.

Ina hiahia koe ki tētahi kaiarataki hei āwhina i a koe mō tō tohu paerua, tohu kairangi, he mātanga ā mātou nei Kaitautoko Māori me ā mātou Kaiarataki Tohu Kairangi.

You may need to find a supervisor for your doctoral or master's thesis. Our PhD supervisors are experts in their fields.

Search for a doctoral supervisor

Talk to us about postgraduate study

Contact Professor Farah Palmer if you are interested in studying a masters degree at Massey University, or Dr Monica Koia if you are looking for help or information about a PhD or other doctorate, Te Wheke a Toi and MAI ki Manawatū.