Tītahi Ki Tua

Auckland University of Technology

Tumuaki Takirua

Te Amokura Hepi

Te Ahikaa
Te Rangi-Trotman

Tītahi ki Tua

“He Mano tāwhiowhio, He pia nō tītahi" I takea mai te ingoa o Tītahi ki Tua e te iwi o Ngāti Whātua; te mana whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau. He matakite, he tupua, koia rā ko Tītahi te tupuna. E tau ana a Tītahi ki te tekoteko o Te Pūrengi, ki te marae o Ngā Wai o Horotiu, arā ko te marae e tūhono ai i ngā tauira Māori o Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makaurau.

I tōna whakairatanga, ko tā Tītahi ki Tua mahi, he whakamana, he whakakanohi, he kawe i te ingoa o Tītahi, kia pakari i roto i Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makaurau.

Ko te aronga o Tītahi ki Tua i te wātū, he whakapātaritari,ka mutu he whītiki i ngā tauira nō ngā hau e whā o Tāmaki, hei tai tuarā i ngā piere nukutanga o te ao Whare Wānanga. Hei oranga hinengaro, ngākau, wairua.

Ko te whāinga anamata o Tītahi ki Tua, kia pūrangiaho ngā tauira Māori katoa o Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makaurau ki te ahuru mōwai o Tītahi ki Tua, kia tū pakari, tū rangatira, tū Māori noa! Titahi is a tupuna from the mana whenua of Auckland (Ngati Whatua), he was a prophet/visionary and a tupua. He stands tall above Auckland’s CBD as the figure atop Te Pūrengi, at Ngā Wai o Horotiu marae, this marae stands as a beacon to connect AUT's tauira Māori from the four winds of Aotearoa. Tītahi ki Tua promises to uphold this mana by providing a safe, fun, studious and creative space for all tauira Māori at Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makaurau.