Ethnicity
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa is the largest provider of tertiary education to
Māori throughout Aotearoa New Zealand. In 2012, 15,436 tauira (48%)
enrolling with us indicated they had Māori ancestry. Added to this, 3,178
(10%) indicated Pasifika ancestry.
In 2010, the Ministry of Education changed the way ethnicity statistics
were reported and statistics produced prior to this date are not compatible
with those produced since. For this reason, we are only able to produce a
three year trend for tauira ethnicity as follows.
Key
European
Asian
Other
Pasifika
Māori
Impairments
As part of our drive to reduce barriers to education, we ensure that
tauira with impairments have the facilities and resources they require to
be successful in their studies. In 2012, 17% of tauira enrolling with us
reported having an impairment.
The following chart shows the five year trend for the proportion of
tauira enrolling with us who reported having an impairment that
required additional support or resources. Information is drawn from
our tauira database.
12%
12%
15%
17%
11%
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2010
2011
2012
50%
10%
33%
14%
10%
51%
11%
32%
14%
10%
48%
10%
41%
15%
4%
Te pŪrongo 2012
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