Aotearoa mounts drives to keep EFTS up
The largest Maori tertiary institution is on a recruitment drive to try to keep its student numbers up.
Te Wananga o Aotearoa chairperson Craig Coxhead says all tertiary institutions are struggling to attract students, so staff and councilors are getting out into the Maori community encouraging people to sign up for Maori language and other foundation courses.
Mr Coxhead says the wananga was ahead of budget this year, with almost 20 thousand students.
But restructuring costs, including the 100 thousand dollars a month it pays for Crown managers from accounting firm Price Waterhouse Coopers, means it will make a loss this year.
The Crown managers were imposed by former Tertiary Education Minister Trevor Mallard because of fears at the wananga's growth, but Mr Coxhead says they won't be there forever.
“Part of what we've been going through is the wananga once again getting its own autonomy and so we’re looking to move the Crown manager and have them exit as soon as we can and we’ve actually been working on an exit plan with the Crown managers. We would be very disappointed if the Crown manager is around with us this time next year,” Mr Coxhead says.
He says the wananga is also rationalising its extensive property portfolio.
OTARA CENTRE TOO HOT FOR WARDENS
Otara Maori wardens have told the Manukau City Council they now fear for their safety in Otara after dark.
Otara Wardens head Mereana Peka told the community safety committee that groups groups of people are gathering around the Otara mall at night drinking, fighting, and, when the urge takes them, using shop doorways and even ATMs to relieve themselves.
Committee chair Dick Quax says it was a shocking report, and the community needs to take action.
“There are more liquor outlets in places like Otara and Manurewa than there are in some of the other areas like Howick and Pakuranga. We should be looking at making sure that there are not that many liquor outlets so people can go from one place to another and drink excessively all night long,” Mr Quax says.
GIVE ‘EM WHAT THEY PAY FOR – HOWIE
Maori entertainer, Sir Howard Morrison say if he has learnt something from his 50 years in show business it's give the people what they pay for.
He says a mistake many entertainers make is changing their style unexpectedly.
Looking back over his career, Sir Howard says he always made it a priority to ensure both his employers and his audience knew what to expect when he went on stage.
“I've been around for a long time. I am unashamedly middle of the road. I entertain three generations in an audience and they know what they’re buying, so you don’t take that for granted,” Sir Howard says.
WANANGA TALKING TO INSTITURE OVER LIBRARY DEAL
Te Wananga o Aotearoa is looking to sell its Glenview library and conference centre complex in Hamilton to the Aotearoa Institute.
The Te Awamutu-based institute set up the wananga, but the relationship has been at times rocky since the wananga became a Crown-run tertiary institution.
Wananga chairperson Craig Coxhead says Glenview is part of a settlement package being negotiated with the institute.
There’s a whole range of things including Aotearoa Institute was prior to Te Wananga o Aotearoa so there’s course issues, intellectual property in terms of courses, a whole range of issues including properties. So we’re looking for a deal witch won’t affect us cashwise and is best for the wananga and also best for Aotearoa Institute,” Mr Coxhead says.
He says the wanganga is ahead of target for the year, with almost 20 thousand full time equivalent students, but it still stands to make a financial loss because of restructuring costs.
HOKIANGA SEEKS TO LURE TOURISTS FROM BAY
Tourists heading for Kerikeri or Paihia this summer may be reminded there's more to Taitokerau than the east coast.
A new Maori run venture has been set up to lure visitors to the western side.
Crossing Hokianga director Shane Lloyd says the tour will start in the Bay of Islands, because that's the tourist accomodation hub of the north, but the action is in historic Hokianga.
Mr Lloyd says as well as visiting one of the most magnificent stands of kauri in the country, they will also be able to go horse riding and surf the sand dunes of Mitimiti, or visit the resting place of Bishop Pompalier, the first Catholic missionary to New Zealand.
“They head over to the Hokianga, do the Footprints Experience in the Waipoua forest, where a cultural and ecological perspective is given to them of Tane, and then at 1 o’clock they get onto a Crossings boat and it takes them up to the heads and then up to the upper parts of the harbour, namely Kohukohu, Horeke, Mangungu, so it's a great experience,” Mr Lloyd says.
He says Hokianga tourism is also due to get a boost mid-year, when a new gallery and cafe complex opens at Opononi.
TE PAPA TAONGA TIKI TOUR TO TOKYO
120 artifacts from the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa will today start the long journey to Tokyo.
The Mauri Ora exhibition will run for 12 weeks from late January at the Tokyo National Museum.
Curator Arapeta Hakiwai of Ngati Kahungunu says Mauri Ora is an exchange for an exhibition of Japanese treasures at Te Papa two years ago.
Mr Hakiwai says the museum has tried to present a cross section of Maori culture.
“The exhibition is made up of those 120 tanoga from carvings to puoro to whaturaranga toki and nga ra kouti matuaranga so there’s a wide diversity and range and at least 20 odd have known tribal provenances and histories,” Mr Hakiwai says.
The Mauri Ora exhibition is expected to rouse keen interest in Japan about Maori culture.
Te Wananga o Aotearoa chairperson Craig Coxhead says all tertiary institutions are struggling to attract students, so staff and councilors are getting out into the Maori community encouraging people to sign up for Maori language and other foundation courses.
Mr Coxhead says the wananga was ahead of budget this year, with almost 20 thousand students.
But restructuring costs, including the 100 thousand dollars a month it pays for Crown managers from accounting firm Price Waterhouse Coopers, means it will make a loss this year.
The Crown managers were imposed by former Tertiary Education Minister Trevor Mallard because of fears at the wananga's growth, but Mr Coxhead says they won't be there forever.
“Part of what we've been going through is the wananga once again getting its own autonomy and so we’re looking to move the Crown manager and have them exit as soon as we can and we’ve actually been working on an exit plan with the Crown managers. We would be very disappointed if the Crown manager is around with us this time next year,” Mr Coxhead says.
He says the wananga is also rationalising its extensive property portfolio.
OTARA CENTRE TOO HOT FOR WARDENS
Otara Maori wardens have told the Manukau City Council they now fear for their safety in Otara after dark.
Otara Wardens head Mereana Peka told the community safety committee that groups groups of people are gathering around the Otara mall at night drinking, fighting, and, when the urge takes them, using shop doorways and even ATMs to relieve themselves.
Committee chair Dick Quax says it was a shocking report, and the community needs to take action.
“There are more liquor outlets in places like Otara and Manurewa than there are in some of the other areas like Howick and Pakuranga. We should be looking at making sure that there are not that many liquor outlets so people can go from one place to another and drink excessively all night long,” Mr Quax says.
GIVE ‘EM WHAT THEY PAY FOR – HOWIE
Maori entertainer, Sir Howard Morrison say if he has learnt something from his 50 years in show business it's give the people what they pay for.
He says a mistake many entertainers make is changing their style unexpectedly.
Looking back over his career, Sir Howard says he always made it a priority to ensure both his employers and his audience knew what to expect when he went on stage.
“I've been around for a long time. I am unashamedly middle of the road. I entertain three generations in an audience and they know what they’re buying, so you don’t take that for granted,” Sir Howard says.
WANANGA TALKING TO INSTITURE OVER LIBRARY DEAL
Te Wananga o Aotearoa is looking to sell its Glenview library and conference centre complex in Hamilton to the Aotearoa Institute.
The Te Awamutu-based institute set up the wananga, but the relationship has been at times rocky since the wananga became a Crown-run tertiary institution.
Wananga chairperson Craig Coxhead says Glenview is part of a settlement package being negotiated with the institute.
There’s a whole range of things including Aotearoa Institute was prior to Te Wananga o Aotearoa so there’s course issues, intellectual property in terms of courses, a whole range of issues including properties. So we’re looking for a deal witch won’t affect us cashwise and is best for the wananga and also best for Aotearoa Institute,” Mr Coxhead says.
He says the wanganga is ahead of target for the year, with almost 20 thousand full time equivalent students, but it still stands to make a financial loss because of restructuring costs.
HOKIANGA SEEKS TO LURE TOURISTS FROM BAY
Tourists heading for Kerikeri or Paihia this summer may be reminded there's more to Taitokerau than the east coast.
A new Maori run venture has been set up to lure visitors to the western side.
Crossing Hokianga director Shane Lloyd says the tour will start in the Bay of Islands, because that's the tourist accomodation hub of the north, but the action is in historic Hokianga.
Mr Lloyd says as well as visiting one of the most magnificent stands of kauri in the country, they will also be able to go horse riding and surf the sand dunes of Mitimiti, or visit the resting place of Bishop Pompalier, the first Catholic missionary to New Zealand.
“They head over to the Hokianga, do the Footprints Experience in the Waipoua forest, where a cultural and ecological perspective is given to them of Tane, and then at 1 o’clock they get onto a Crossings boat and it takes them up to the heads and then up to the upper parts of the harbour, namely Kohukohu, Horeke, Mangungu, so it's a great experience,” Mr Lloyd says.
He says Hokianga tourism is also due to get a boost mid-year, when a new gallery and cafe complex opens at Opononi.
TE PAPA TAONGA TIKI TOUR TO TOKYO
120 artifacts from the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa will today start the long journey to Tokyo.
The Mauri Ora exhibition will run for 12 weeks from late January at the Tokyo National Museum.
Curator Arapeta Hakiwai of Ngati Kahungunu says Mauri Ora is an exchange for an exhibition of Japanese treasures at Te Papa two years ago.
Mr Hakiwai says the museum has tried to present a cross section of Maori culture.
“The exhibition is made up of those 120 tanoga from carvings to puoro to whaturaranga toki and nga ra kouti matuaranga so there’s a wide diversity and range and at least 20 odd have known tribal provenances and histories,” Mr Hakiwai says.
The Mauri Ora exhibition is expected to rouse keen interest in Japan about Maori culture.
posted by Adam | 10:23 pm
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Arohamai e hoa, Arapata hakiwai was not the curator of the exhibtion Senior Curator Huhana Smith led a curatorial team with Matiu Baker and Awhina Tamarapa. Huhana's involvement in the project began in 2001. A further team of concept developers, interpreters, conservators, mountmakers, crate makers and installers make exhibition like this magic and happen..
Arapata was there as support for the kaupapa that was well underway before he became Director Matauranga Mäori. His support is well acknowledged by his team.
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