Jayden’s skates on for new future in forestry Paeroa’s Jayden Konye is getting set for a new career in forestry after assistance from the Youth Services team at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa has helped him overcome a series of life challenges.

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Jordon’s feeling fine with rongoā He’s faced more challenges than most people will ever have to but a belief in rongoā Māori means Jordon Wansbrough is living a productive life and helping others lead better and healthier lives.

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Te Awamutu teen eyes Army after award Sebastian, was voted by his fellow peers, Defence Force and Blue Light staff to win the Peer’s Choice Award.

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Grandmother relearning the language she was once punished for speaking Papamoa local, Maggie Hautonga Currie has spent much of her adult life living in Perth but after 37 years she was missing her home, her people, her culture and her reo.

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Wāhine Toi Māori ki Ōtepoti – Marewa Severne and Heramaahina Eketone Marewa Severne embodies the very essence of what it means to be wāhine Māori. She brings this integrity and strength to her teaching, with a ready smile, positivity, and a willingness to elevate mātauranga Māori in her life and her work.

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Weaving eases wānanga student’s arthritis struggles After pushing past his doubts and giving the raranga programme a good go, Kohatu not only completed the programme but it helped strengthen the mobility and use of his fingers.

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Getting into the forest right choice for rangatahi Rheeco admits he would be up to ‘nothing good’ if he wasn’t where he is now. Currently he’s deep in the Kaingaroa forest, using a chainsaw to cut down trees with a thinning crew.

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Getting fit for the force It’s easy to feel out of breath just watching Clint Parsons put his students through a gruelling series of high intensity training drills. Part of Te Wānanga o Aotearoa’s Police Career Preparation Programme in Gisborne.

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From curtains, clothing and costumes comes creativity Nephi Tupaea won the Supreme Award for costume design at Auckland’s Pasifika Festival in the early 90s and is now back in Heretaunga studying towards a Diploma in Indigenous and Māori Art at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa.

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Talking Trash Green champions are sprouting up in grass root ways at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa as kaimahi start talking trash.

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