2000
Whirikoka campus opens in Gisborne.
Papaiōea campus opens in Palmerston North.
Rāhui Pōkeka campus opens in Huntly.
Mahi Ora enrols its first tauira.
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa forms partnerships with private training establishments (wānanga-ā-rohe) throughout the country to make programmes available to tauira in
remote areas and, simultaneously, create employmentfor tutors.
2001
Apakura campus (in Te Awamutu) hosts the Government at the signing of the capital funding settlement.
MO1 limited becomes fully owned subsidiary of Te Wānanga o Aotearoa (Novemeber 2001)
2003
Whirikoka campus opens in Childers Road, Gisborne.
Early learning centres open at Apakura (Te Awamutu) and Raroera (Hamilton)
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa establishes a relationship with Southern Institute of Technology.
2004
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa becomes the largest tertiary education institution in Aotearoa New Zealand, with nearly 38,000 Māori enrolments and 25,000 non-Māori enrolments.
Manukau campus moves to Canning Crescent in Māngere.
The Crown appoints a Crown observer and a team of Crown managers to oversee the operations of Te Wānanga o Aotearoa.
The first intake of Te Panekiretanga o Te Reo Māori.
2005
Aotearoa Institute lodges Waitangi Tribunal claim Wai 1298 on behalf of Te Wānanga o Aotearoa concerning a dispute over what the organisation can teach and to whom.
Kaumātua Tui Adams and Marie Panapa formalise Ngā Uara (our values) as Te Aroha, Whakapono, Ngā Ture and Kotahitanga.
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa hosts the World Indigenous People’s Conference on Education (WIPCE) celebrating the theme of Te Toi Roa (or indigenous excellence).
Papaiōea rohe hosts our inaugural organisational kapa haka competition – Te Mata Wānanga.
Dr Rongo Wetere retires from his position as Te Tumuaki o Te Wānanga o Aotearoa.
WAI718 protest demonstration in Wellington.
Raroera campus opens in Te Rapa, Hamilton.
Manukau campus opens in Māngere, Auckland.
