Cultural, social and economic
prosperity are enhanced
Our programmes, our environments and the work of our kaimahi
reinforce and strengthen our culture, establish social equality
and support health, wealth and prosperity (or oranga) for all. We
provide effective, relevant, culturally-embedded education that
offers skills and knowledge to meet the rightful expectations of
our tauira for a reasonable quality of life and the chance to realise
their dreams. We work towards these ends because we believe in a
fairer and more equitable society in which all New Zealanders have
access to opportunities that meet their needs, all New Zealanders
are supported to succeed, and all New Zealanders are cared for in a
way that reflects membership of a civilised society.
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Alignment with Te Rautakinga
The Oranga outcome aligns with five of our 2030
strategic attributes:
• Māori wellbeing has improved significantly as a
result of our programmes, with Māori employment
rates, income levels, and health and lifestyle
measures greater than the national average
• Te Wānanga o Aotearoa has contributed to
the critical thinking, learning agility, spiritual
intelligence, emotional intelligence and analytical
skills of tauira
• Achievement rates amongst our tauira surpass
all other tertiary institutions and our graduates
are respected and sought after in the community,
public and private business sectors
• Te Wānanga o Aotearoa creates and uses
innovative educational models to support cradle-
to-cradle education
• Māori seek out freely accessible Māori
programmes alongside other peoples of Aotearoa
New Zealand who value living in a Māori,
culturally-aware, respectful and sharing nation.
Initiatives and projects
Our commitment to whānau transformation through
education drives us to create innovative initiatives
designed to raise the cultural, social and economic
prosperity of our people. Although all activities within
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa target these objectives, we
continue to introduce new initiatives to augment our
current practices. In 2012, a few of these projects
included:
• developing the Ako Wānanga framework to
embed Ngā Uara and Te Kaupapa in teaching,
learning, tauira support and service level practices
throughout our organisation
• introducing new programmes designed to attract
and engage priority learners and pathway them to
meaningful qualifications and employment
• introducing new enrolment strategies to
attract and engage priority learners and
ensure appropriate fit between each tauira and
his/her programme
• ongoing monitoring of enrolment patterns
to ensure EFTS consumption aligns with
negotiated Investment Plan targets, particularly
for priority learners.
Outcome
Annual report 2012
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