Te Wananga o Aotearoa - Māngere
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa | Bridging & Tertiary Courses NZ | TWoA - Twoa.ac.nz
Welcome to Te Wānanga o Aotearoa. Study Te Reo Māori & a range of practical skills-based bridging & tertiary courses - on campus, online & home-based study.
About Te Wananga o Aotearoa
For David Jones, Rongoā - the study of traditional Māori medicine, is about giving people the knowledge and tools to take power over their health and wellbeing.
As a kaiako (teacher) at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, David hopes to inspire his students to become proactive when it comes to their health and the health of their whānau, hapū and iwi.
“For me, learning rongoā and sharing rongoā is about tino rangatiratanga. We can use Pākehā medicine and our own too. Whether one is better than the other is not important but the fact we have a choice is,” says David.
David has been teaching rongoā at the Wānanga’s (TWoA) Tokoroa campus for three years and during that time has seen a number of his tauira (students) thrive and become leaders in the rongoā space.
“I love seeing tauira use rongoā for their whānau, hapū and their iwi. Using it at home or even starting their own practice, their own clinics and running their own courses, workshops and wānanga.”
David found his passion for rongoā whilst working as a librarian at TWoA’s Raroera campus in Hamilton.
As part of his post graduate studies in library services, David came across the traditional Māori medicine practice and then took on the teaching and guidance from a number of tohunga (experts) in rongoā.
“The reasons why I started to do rongoā myself was to help raise the status of rongoā Māori and to show everybody that it is a valid and bona fide medical option.”
David believes that the practice of rongoā isn’t just about physical health and wellbeing but is also a way for both Māori and those learning about te ao Māori to connect with the culture on a deeper level.
“You’re not only learning about rongoā but you’re developing a concrete connection to our culture and our past.”
Find out more information about our rongoā Māori and hauora programmes.
Contact Te Wananga o Aotearoa
| Address : | Te Wananga o Aotearoa 15 Canning Crescent, Māngere, Auckland 2022, New Zealand |
| Phone : | 📞 +8 |
| Postal code : | 2022 |
| Website : | http://www.twoa.ac.nz/ |
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Linda Blackmore on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I absolutely love this place. My learning journey began here with one special kaiako who taught me a lot about me and a lot about ako/aro/te ao Maori.
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Alex Tjahjana on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A great new comer with friendly staff, tutor, and lecturer. Provide home-based, as well as off and on campus education; all with great quality, and delivered with high dedication by the kaitiaki. The pōwhiri is also a great way to welcome the new students into the campus.
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asenati fetalaiga on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I love this place, because I have got my knowledge at this place. This means, I enrolled to Te Wananga o Aotearoa for Social Services course without knowledge, but at the moment, is unbelievable.. I have learned a lots in my life.. I feel confident all the time.. I know I am struggling due to my assignment, but my struggling is giving me an understanding and knowledge of the process of who I am today.. This awesome.. Plus, all the Tauira are helping each other which is a safe space and whakawhanaungatanga...
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Amanda French on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Fantastic place to study, great tutors and classmates, highly recommend.
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Lunako 1111 on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Great looking facility on the inside, nice works of art around the place. The security guards are polite and patient. There's heaps of litter everywhere in the vacinity which is really sad, so please remember to put your rubbish in the bin!!
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Quentin Mehana on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Some Saturdays they have big feeds for free!! Hahaha
Last week it was Asian rice, noodles, chow-mein and beef, with apple sponge cake and custard for afters. The gym is massive too!!
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Trish Raea on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Beautiful place to learn in a safe whanau environment. They offer some free courses so if you can, take one of them. If you can't get in to do day class do one from home, simple! You really don't know what they have until you go in and find out or check out their website. Highly recommend it *****
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Linda on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Modern, friendly, great courses and good library. Has student car park and a gym for students (only certain days and times). Cafeteria not really student prices but microwave can be used. Some courses are more self directed, although hard copy and soft copy materials provided. Great resources.
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