Rāpare 25Th O Poutū-Te-Rangi 2021-Hōtaka Thurs 25Th March 2021 Programme 20 He Whakaputanga Akonga I Ngā Taumata O Te Mātauranga 21 Whatu Kura a Stone of Knowledge
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RĀPARE 25TH O POUTŪ-TE-RANGI 2021-HŌTAKA THURS 25TH MARCH 2021 PROGRAMME 20 HE WHAKAPUTANGA AKONGA I NGĀ TAUMATA O TE MĀTAURANGA 21 WHATU KURA A STONE OF KNOWLEDGE In 2011, the use of a ‘graduation stone’ was introduced as a feature of the Graduation Ceremony. The Köhatu comes from Pūtauaki Maunga, the sacred and symbolic Maunga Tipuna of Ngāti Awa whānui. It is unveiled and blessed through appropriate karakia (incantations) at the commencement of the Graduation Ceremony. Every graduating student must touch the stone before meeting the graduating officer of Council. The idea of using a special stone this way comes from the recorded practices of the traditional whare wānanga as described by S Percy Smith in ‘The Lore of the Whare Wānanga’. Students attending the Whare Wānanga sat on stone stools and on completing their courses of instruction, after the seventh session, they were required to swallow a small whitish stone called a whatu kura (a stone of knowledge). Sometimes the stone was of a reddish colour. We are not proposing that graduating students today should swallow the stone of knowledge or it might be called a memory stone. Rather, we have taken the safer pathway of touching the stone of knowledge. 1 CHAIRMAN’S MIHI TO THE GRADUATING CLASSES OF 2019 Tena koutou e nga iwi o te motu, nga hapu, nga whanau, nga waewae tapu kua tau mai nei ki te rohe o Mataatua, ki waenganui i a Ngati Awa me ona maunga, me ona awa. Ara te Moana a Toi e ngunguru mai ra, e mihi nei ki a koutou. Ara hoki a Putauaki e tu mai ra. Ka mihi ki te hunga mate kua whakawhiti ki te ao wairua, ratou katoa tae atu ki a ratou i hinga i te hunga o Whakaari. Kua ngaro ratou, waiho mai he rau mahara. Kaati ki a ratou. Ki a tatou e hui nei I tenei ra nau mai, haere mai. Ki a koutou nga akonga, nga tauira ka whakanuia, ka mihia i tenei ra whakatata mai, tu mai kia kitea koutou e te tini, e te mano. Kua eke koutou ki nga taumata i whaia e koutou i roto i nga kaupapa a te tipuna nei a Awanuiarangi. I tenei ra ka pa o koutou ringaringa ki te whatukura o te matauranga. Ka mohio o koutou whanaunga me te iwi whanui kua whai mana te tohu i moemoea e koutou. Ka whakapumauhia i tenei ra. No reira nui atu nga mihi ki a koutou me o koutou whanau ka haere mai ki te tautoko i a koutou. E kore e mutu nga mihi ki a koutou. Waihoki ka mihi ki nga Kaiako na ratou koutou i poipoi a tae noa mai ki te hui whakanui i a koutou. Kua tae tinana mai ra koutou. Ko Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi tenei e mihi nei ki a koutou huri noa i tenei huihuinga whakanui tauira. Tena koutou, tena tatou.. Distinguished Professor Sir Sidney Mead (Hirini Moko) KNZM, FRSNZ, PhD (Sth. Illinois) Chairman of Council Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi 2 COUNCIL MEMBERS TE MANA WHAKAHAERE - 2019 MEMBERSHIP OF COUNCIL Professor Sir Judge Layne Sir Harawira Dr Joe Mason Sidney Mead Harvey Gardiner (Hons Causa) Ngāti Awa/Chair of Ngāti Awa/Deputy Ngāti Awa Ngāti Awa Council Chair of Council Ms Materoa Dodd Mr Te Kei Merito Mr Aubrey Temara Mr Rauru Kirikiri Ngāti Awa Ngāti Awa (Co-opted) Ministry of Education Mrs Tuihana Pook Mr Charlie Ms Natalie Coates Ms Adrienne von Ministry of Education Tawhiao Ministry of Ministry of Education Tunzelmann Education Council Adviser CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S ADDRESS After the postponement of our 2020 Graduation Ceremony due to the global pandemic, we are grateful that we are finally able to formally acknowledge our 2019 graduates kanohi ki te kanohi, in this special Graduation Ceremony. Together with Ngāti Awa, Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi Council and staff, we officially welcome our 2019 graduates, and their whānau, friends and representatives onto Mataatua, Te Mānuka Tūtahi in Whakatāne. While our graduates will have already received their degrees, diplomas and certificates by post last year, being able to attend a physical Graduation Ceremony is a symbolic and important part of the education journey for them, and for Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi. It formally acknowledges the immense dedication of our tauira over the years as they worked towards acquiring the knowledge, skills and expertise for their chosen career paths. We are proud of our graduates’ individual journeys, and their resilience, particularly in the past year, and it is an honour to recognise their achievements through this special ceremony. Already, we are seeing these graduates apply their knowledge to benefit themselves, their whānau, and their communities. We look forward following their progress in the years to come and seeing the positive impacts they will have on their communities and Aotearoa as a whole. Professor Wiremu Doherty PhD (University of Auckland), BA(Hons), BSocSc, Dip Teach Ngāti Awa, Tūhoe Chief Executive Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi 4 AN ADDRESS FROM TE TAUMATA MATANGA Distinguished Professor, Sir Hirini Moko Mead is a prominent and influential educator, scholar, historian, author, artist, writer and Māori leader. His significant contribution to education, Māori arts, language and culture spans over seven decades. His authored works are cited by scholars worldwide and he is sought as a commentator on Māori and Indigenous matters. In 1968 he earned his PhD from the University of Southern Illinois. His notable academic career includes teaching at various schools across the Bay of Plenty, East Coast, Waikato and Hawke’s Bay regions and in Canada at McMaster University and the University of British Columbia. In 1977 he became the first Professor of Māori at Victoria University of Wellington — developing the first Māori Studies department in New Zealand. Upon retirement he founded Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi. He has achieved many honours including holding positions, such as the inaugural Chair of Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa; Chair of Te Mana Whakahaere o Awanuiārangi from 2003 to August 2020; appointment to the Waitangi Tribunal in 2003; chief negotiator for the Ngāti Awa claims, which were settled in March 2005; made a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his services to Māori and to education in 2007 and in 2009 this was re-designated to a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit; the inaugural Chair of Te Pourewa Arotahi: Post-treaty Settlement Futures in 2010; a member of Te Taumata Matanga in August 2020 and the inaugural Writer in Residence of Awanuiārangi from September 2020. Distinguished Professor, Sir Hirini Moko Mead KNZM, FRSNZ, PhD (Southern Illinois), MA (University of Auckland), BA Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāi Tūhoe, Tūhourangi 5 GRADUATION PROGRAMME THURSDAY 25TH MARCH 2021 | NGĀ WHAKARITENGA 10:30am ASSEMBLE FOR PŌWHIRI Mataatua, Te Mānuka Tūtahi, 105 Muriwai Drive, Whakatāne 11:00am PŌWHIRI 11:30am PARAMANAWA – REFRESHMENTS TAUIRA TO ASSEMBLE AT MATAATUA STREET 12:00pm ORDER OF CEREMONY Assemble into procession order and proceed onto Marae KARAKIA I NGĀ TAUIRA Hīmene – Karakia Hura I Te Mauri Whatu Kura o Awanuiārangi WHAKANOHONOHO WHAKATAKI OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR OF TE WHARE WĀNANGA O AWANUIĀRANGI COUNCIL Judge Layne Harvey PhD (AUT), D.MD (Honoris Causa), MCom Law (AK), LLB. (Waiata Tautoko) REMARKS BY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Professor Wiremu Doherty PhD (University of Auckland), BA (Hons), BSocSc, Dip Tchg (Waiata Tautoko) REMARKS BY TAUMATA MATANGA Distinguished Professor Sir Sidney Mead (Hirini Moko) KNZM, FRSNZ, PhD (Sth. Illinois) (Waiata Tautoko) 6 SPECIAL MEETING OF TE WHARE WĀNANGA O AWANUIĀRANGI COUNCIL CALLED TO ORDER FOR THE PRESENTATION OF DEGREES, CERTIFICATES AND SPECIAL AWARDS TE TUKU I NGĀ TOHU: THE PRESENTATION OF QUALIFICATIONS Judge Layne Harvey PhD (AUT), D.MD (Honoris Causa), MCom Law (AK), LLB. Chair of Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi Council SCHOOL OF IWI DEVELOPMENT WAI ORA (KAUPAE TUATORU) KAI ORANGA (KAUPAE TUATORU) KAI ORANGA (KAUPAE TUAWHĀ) TE POU HONO KI MAHI MARAE TE POU HONO KI MARAE ĀTEA TE POU HONO KI TAIAO TE POU HONO KI WAIRUA SCHOOL OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES TE PŌKAITAHI REO (RUMAKI, REO RUA) (TE KAUPAE 1) TE PŌKAITAHI REO (RUMAKI, REO RUA) (TE KAUPAE 2) TE PŌKAITAHI REO (RUMAKI, REO RUA) (TE KAUPAE 3) TE PŌKAITAHI REO (RUMAKI, REO RUA) (TE KAUPAE 4) TE PŌKAITAHI REO (RUMAKI) (TE KAUPAE 5) TE PŌKAITAHI REO (RUMAKI) (TE KAUPAE 6) NEW ZEALAND CERTIFICATE IN STUDY AND CAREER PREPARATION (LEVEL 4) TE AKA PŪTAIAO (KAUPAE 5) TE TOHU PAETAHI AKO BACHELOR OF EDUCATION (TEACHING) EARLY YEARS TE TOHU PAETAHI AKO BACHELOR OF EDUCATION (TEACHING) PRIMARY TE ŌHANGA MATAORA BACHELOR OF HEALTH SCIENCE MĀORI NURSING TE TOHU TOI TANGATA BACHELOR OF HUMANITIES NGĀ MANA WHAKAIRO A TOI BACHELOR OF MĀORI PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL OF INDIGENOUS GRADUATE STUDIES MASTER OF INDIGENOUS STUDIES MASTER OF MĀORI STUDIES DOCTOR OF INDIGENOUS DEVELOPMENT AND ADVANCEMENT DOCTOR OF MĀORI DEVELOPMENT AND ADVANCEMENT DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY 7 NGĀ TOHU Ā AWANUIĀRANGI Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi Sponsored by: Law Creative Group Contribution to Iwi Development and Urban Hapu Development 2016 Incorporated Advancement Award The Rotary Club of Whakatāne Award Sponsored by: The Rotary Club of Whakatāne for the Most Improved First Year Laine Nathan - Ngāpuhi Student in Te Reo Māori School of Undergraduate Studies Sponsored by: Sea Breeze Top Scholar Award Moana Ellis - Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Te Ati Haunui-a-Pāpārangi School of Indigenous Graduate Studies Sponsored by: OfficeMax Top Masters Scholar Award Kathryn Mary Te Kapuhuia Waaka - Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Ranginui Excellence in Te Reo Māori Award Sponsored by: Air New Zealand Raeleen Te Hauauru Tahi-Rangihau - Ngāi Tūhoe Emeritus Professor Roger Green Sponsored by: