Te Mana Ākonga - Ko wai mātou?
Te Mana Ākonga is focused on improving experiences for tauira Māori in tertiary education, building collaborative networks between our universities and institutions,
and advocating on behalf of Māori students at a local and national level.
Te Mana Ākonga currently comprises of 8 Māori tertiary student associations from Eight universities . Te Mana Ākonga is governed by Te Tari Whakahaere.
Te Mana o Te Ākonga nā Te Wehi o Mahuru Wright.
Ko tā tēnei waiata, he mihi, he whakakōrero hoki i te whakapapa o te ara whai mātauranga, heke iho i a Tāne te wānanaga, ki a Tā Apirana Ngata mā, tae noa mai ki a tātou.
Arā anō ngā kōrero mō te kakenga a Tāne ki Tikitiki o Rangi e riro ai ngā kete o te wānanga, me tana āki i ngā whiu me ngā paetara kaikiri a te tangata, he mea ako kē tēnei i ngā iho pūmanawa o to tātou ao Māori, i puta tonu i nga Whare Wānanga puta noa i ngā tau mohoa noa nei.
Ko te Mana Ākonga t`enei e kōrero nei me ōna tātai whakapapa i heke i a Tā Apirana Ngata mā, i a te Huinga Rangatahi, i a Ngā Tamatoa mā, i a Te Rōpū Reo Māori mā anō hoki. Ka mutu, kua ranagtira katoa te ākonga Māori o ēnei rā i a rātou mahi. Kua whai arero Māori, kua whai Marae ki ōna anō Whare Waānanga, kua whai tauira anō hoki ki tēnei mea te mana Māori motuhake.
Kei pōhēhē tātou me pakeke rawa te tangata , e taea ai e ia tētahi āhuatanga, tētahi kauapapa rānei te whakatinana engari ko tā tēnei waiata, he whakaoho mai anō i te whakapono, kia whitawhita, me he ahi kaikaupapa. i konei whakanuia ai a ngāi iho pūmanawa ki te kupu, ki te ingoa tonu hei whakaawe, hei whakamaumahara hoki i a tātou ki te mana nui o te ākonga, me te whai wāhitanaga ōna ki te haumanutanga o te ao Māori.
" Nō reira e ngā rahi, kia hāpai ake ngā mahi kua whakatauirahia mai e ngā iho pūmanawa. Tomo mai ki taku whare mana, o ākonga mate"
Hei waka kawe tonu i a tātou ki pae nuui, ki pae roroa, ki pae tawhiti
Te Tari Whakahaere
The National Executive of Te Mana Ākonga is elected by all Roopu during Te Huinga Tauira (Annual General Meeting)
Pou Tumuaki
Te Tuhi Whakaura o te Rangi Wallace-Ihakara
Ko ōku Pakiaka ka tau ki roto ia ngāti Kuri, Ki te Hāpua rātou ko Te Tairāwhiti ki Tokomaru ki whāngarā, oti atu ki Te Arawa whānui, mai I Maketū ki Tongiriro!
Pou Tumuaki
Distance Takamori
He uri au no Nga Rauru Kītahi, Ngai Tahu, Ngāruahine Te Ātiawa me Ngāti Hāmoa
Director
Pikiteora Matahaere
He uri whakaheke nō ngā iwi maha ō Taranaki.
Director
Kimberley Peacock
Ko Ngāti Maniapoto Me Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga, Ngāti Kahungunu me Rangitane oku Iwi
Ngā Rōpū
Te Mana Ākonga is currently made up of eight roopū, from Universities and Polytechnics nation wide, Representing 30,000+ tauira Māori
Auckland University
Auckland University of Technology
University of Waikato
Massey University
Victoria University of Wellington
University of Canterbury
University of Otago
Lincoln University
Contact us
All media inquiries please contact our Tumuaki at tumuaki@temanaakonga.com
All other enquiries please send an email to our Kaihāpai or leave your message here.
