UCOL’s Office for Maori and Pasefika Development
‘Kotahi tonu te hiringa I kake ai Tane ki tikitiki o runga, ko te hiringa
I te mahara’
(It was but one power that enabled Tane to ascend up to the heavens to fetch the three baskets of knowledge-the power of the mind.)
Koinei te tohutohu mo tatou o enei ra, ma tenei huarahi pera I a Tane, ka ahei te tangata ki te tutukingia I nga mea katoa e hiahiatia ana e ia
I runga I tera, e nga matawaka, nga reo, nga karangarangamaha puta noa te whenua, tena koutou katoa. Ko te korero whakarapopo nei he korero hei whakamohio atu i a koe I nga ahuatanga o te kura matatini nei, me ki, ko Te Pae Matauranga Ki Te Ao.
Kaupapa/Mission
Our goal is to produce quality Maori and Pasefika graduates who are qualified academically and vocationally, and who have a strong, developing cultural foundation.
UCOL offers both applied academic and vocational programs in four main iwi rohe:
- Manawatu
- Whanganui
- Wairarapa
- Tairawhiti
- One of our key goals, externally is to assist iwi and Maori groups in their education aspirations which is predicated on good relationships. In some cases-such as Whanganui iwi and Rangitane(TMI), that relationship has been formalised. UCOL enjoys good support from iwi groups.
- Another key goal is to improve the successful completion rates of students by offering a more holistic and focused support service as part of Te Rautaki Arotahi, our Focus Student Support Strategy. A key aspect of this strategy is the close collaboration with other student support services across UCOL.
UCOL attracts a large portion of Maori students that study on a wide range of programs from basic computing skills, a diploma or degree in business, becoming a trained nurse, to studies in photography or becoming a carpenter or a chef.
- All three campuses have Kaiawhina support staff and a Pasefika support staff member (PN campus), available to directly assist students with any issues and challenges
(In our responsiveness to the Treaty of Waitangi UCOL has developed a Maori Strategic Framework which sets out our goals for the Maori education. Please see the link to this for more details)
- Facilities: all UCOL campuses have a facility to assist Maori students and assist in promoting kaupapa Maori.
- the Palmerston North campus has a whanau room (Te Hiringa I Te Mahara)
- Whanganui UCOL campus has a whanau room
- Wairarapa UCOL has Whakaoreore marae on campus where both Ngati Kahungunu and Rangitane O Wairarapa as well as UCOL are kaitiaki.
- Common services available on all three main campuses have a more holistic approach to support students are
- ademic support workshops(in association with the Library and Faye Garnham Centre)
- group learning sessions
- cultural workshops
- guest presenters/seminars
- kapa haka/waiata practises
- Te Reo Maori language learning
- Advisory and Support Services
- We are fortunate to have Kaumatua from Rangitane, Whanganui iwi and other iwi, who we regularly consulted for advice and support to progress our work here at UCOL
- Also we have Te Komiti Maori, a forum of Maori staff who advise the Director Maori, and institution generally on matters to do with Maori education and things kaupapa Maori
- Soon we will also have an advisory group established from the local Pasefika community to support our work for Pasefika here at UCOL.
Nga Kaiwhakahaere/People To Contact:
Te Atawhai Mataira
(Ngati Porou/Ngati Kahungunu)
Kaiarahi/Director Maori
UCOL Palmerston North
Michele Coley
(Ngati Kahungunu)
Kaiawhina
UCOL Wairarapa
Audrey Tamanui-Nunn
(Te Aitanga-A-Mahaki/Tuhoe)
Kaiawhina
UCOL Palmerston North
Makerita Auta
(Ngati Hamoa)
Pasefika Liaison-Advisor/Fautua
Inia Ashford
(Te Atihaunui-A-Paparangi)
Kaiawhina
UCOL Whanganui
Kati,
Mena e hiahia ana koe kia timata ai tou hikoi ki runga I ara whai matauranga hei oranga mohou,- naumai, haramai, kuhumai!-ma matou nei koe e tiaki, e akiaki.
Click Here to download the Maori Strategic Framework 2009 PDF