Whānau Guide

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Schools’ Liaison Karin Fraser Samantha Feeney Ngāti Porou, Te Rarawa, Ngāti-Hine Te Rarawa, Te Aupōuri AUCKLAND Kaiwhakatau Manuhiri / Receptionist Kaiārahi Māori (Te Ara Hauora) / Māori Grace Latimer Email [email protected] Student Co-ordinator Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu, Tel 03 479 8490 Email [email protected] Tel 03 479 4119 Te Aupōuri Ayla Hawkins Kaitakawaenga Māori / Māori Liaison Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Porou, Ngāpuhi OTAGO BUSINESS SCHOOL Ki kā kārakaraka maha o te motu, tēnā koutou, Officer Kaitohutohu Māori / Māori Counsellor Janine Kapa-Blair Email [email protected] Email [email protected] tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa. Tel 09 373 9731 Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha Tel 03 479 8283 Manutaki Tuarua / Associate Dean Haere tonu kā mihi ki kā whānau, otirā ki a Victoria Gimblett and Vicky Totoro Māori Hayley Nicholson Ngāti Porou Email [email protected] koutou e poipoi ana i ō tamariki, mokopuna kia Liaison Officers Kaitohutohu Māori / Māori Counsellor Tel 03 479 4916 Email [email protected] Email [email protected] takahia te ara whai mātauraka. Ka mutu, ko te ara Tel 09 373 9704 Corey Bragg Tel 03 479 8283 Kāi Tahu, Ngāti Kahungunu, Waitaha, tērā i takahia kētia e ō tātou tīpuna. WELLINGTON Kāti Māmoe Kai te mihi, kai te mihi. Prajesh Chhanabhai and Office of Māori Kaiārahi Māori / Māori Student Support Cheryl Caldwell Officer Liaison Officers Development Email [email protected] Email [email protected] Tel 03 479 5432 To the many people of our land, welcome. Tuari Potiki Tel 04 460 9805 Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha DIVISION OF SCIENCES We extend our greetings to those families and those DUNEDIN Kaiwhakahaere / Director Email [email protected] Email [email protected] Tel 03 479 7534 who encourage our children and grandchildren to Sandra Spence and Greg Heller Tel 03 479 8420 pursue the pathway of knowledge. Liaison Officers Te Tumu School of Māori, Email [email protected] Furthermore, that is the pathway of knowledge Pacific and Indigenous Tel 03 479 8247 Divisional Support Studies already traversed by those gone before us. DIVISION OF HUMANITIES Email [email protected] We greet you all. Te Huka Mātauraka / Anaru Eketone Tel 03 479 8674 Māori Centre Ngāti Maniapoto, Waikato Manupiki Māori / Associate Dean Māori Pearl Matahiki Email [email protected] Ngāti Porou Tel 03 479 5051 Tumuaki / Manager Email [email protected] Ana Rangi Tel 03 479 5762 Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu, Whakatōhea, Ngāti Kuia, Ngāti Koata Frank Edwards Kaiāwhina Māori / Māori Student Ngāti Kahungunu, Tūhoe, Kāi Tahu Support Officer Kaitakawaeka Māori / Māori Email [email protected] Community Liaison Officer Tel 03 479 8681 Email [email protected] Tel 03 479 8505 DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES Associate Professor Joanne Baxter Kelly-Ann Tahitahi Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō Te Aupōuri, Te Rarawa, Waikato-Tainui Manutaki Tuarua Māori / Associate Kā Rikarika-ā-Tāne / Tūraka Hou Dean Māori Mentoring and Orientation Email [email protected] Co-ordinator Tel 03 479 6548 Email [email protected] Tel 03 479 4169 Sarona Fruean Ngāti Porou, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahungunu Arihia Joseph Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Kahungunu Programme Leader – Te Whakapuāwai (HSFY Māori Student Support) Kaituitui Māori / Māori Student Business Manager Academic Co-ordinator Email [email protected] Email [email protected] Tel 03 479 8459 Tel 03 479 5163 Zoë Bristowe Tammi Kara Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Porou Ngāti Koroki, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Kahungunu Kaiwhakahaere Kaupapa / Programme Te Rangi Hiroa College is named in honour of the University’s Manager Kaiwhakahaere / PA / Administrator first Māori graduate. This kete was commissioned by the Email [email protected] Email [email protected] college and woven in memory of Te Rangi Hiroa by his Tel 03 479 4119 descendant Audra Moana Potaka (Ngāti Mutunga). Tel 03 479 8305 Photo: Glenn Jeffrey. 1

Nau mai, haere mai, tauti mai

Kia ora, and a very warm welcome to all Māori students who are thinking about choosing the University of Otago as your study destination. We hope that this booklet will provide some useful information you and your whānau will need to make a very important decision about your future.

Otago is New Zealand’s oldest and finest Otago is a national university and we are university. It is highly committed to research- delighted that Māori students make up a led teaching; our students are taught by experts substantial and growing share of our student who are internationally-recognised in their roll. We are doing everything we can to make field. Otago is also especially renowned for the this University a place where Māori students campus environment and student experience and their whānau feel very much at home. We that it offers. Employers clearly value the hope that your whānau will entrust you to us, rounded education that this university so that you can obtain the education that will provides, and many of our graduates say that help you attain your dreams and achieve your they came to Otago, loved it and made friends goals, as well as those held by your whānau, and whānau connections for life. hapū and iwi. For more than a century, Otago has valued its Ko te pae tawhiti, whāia kia tata; ko te pae tata strong links with Māoridom. Our first Māori whakamaua kia tina. graduate, Te Rangi Hiroa (Sir Peter Buck), Pursue the distant dreams so they become qualified as a doctor in 1904 and we have closer; pursue the close dreams so they can recently named our newest residential college be embraced. after him. Like Te Rangi Hiroa, many of our distinguished Māori graduates in the early years trained as health professionals, but today Professor Harlene Hayne we attract students from throughout Aotearoa TE TUMUAKI (VICE-CHANCELLOR) in all fields – including the humanities and law, sciences, and business. While we have a special Treaty-based partnership with Ngāi Tahu as mana whenua of this takiwā (tribal area), we have also developed strong links with other iwi around the country and there are a number with whom we have a formal relationship. Although our main campus is based in Ōtepoti, nearly half of all Māori students come from the North Island to study at Otago and we are proud to welcome young people from many iwi throughout Aotearoa.

The information provided in this guide is, as far as possible, up to date and accurate at the time of publication. The University reserves the right to add, amend or withdraw courses and facilities, to restrict student numbers and to make any other alterations, as it may deem necessary. Published by Marketing and Communications, University of Otago, September 2016. On the cover: Members of the Humanities Māori Students’ Association (HMSA): Stevie Te Hau-Fergusson, Caitlin Balkin, Sa'hayla Harden, Tawini White, Porourangi Templeton-Reedy, Maiora Puketapu-Dentice, Taylor Terekia, Te Maio Tamati-Stirling. Photographers: Emma Allen, Sharron Bennett, Alan Dove, Angela Haig-McAuliffe, Alex Lovell-Smith. 2

Māori and the University of Otago

As Director of Māori Development at Students’ Association (Te Roopū the University of Otago, I want to thank Māori), Kaiāwhina Māori, placed in you and your whānau for considering each academic division, as well as the Otago as a destination for academic Māori Postgraduate Support Adviser study. The University’s southern roots and the Māori Careers Adviser. In are anchored in a special relationship addition, Te Tumu, the School of with the communities of Otago, Māori, Pacific and Indigenous Studies Southland (College of Education, teaches and researches Māori language Murihiku Campus) and Canterbury and culture and issues relating to (Christchurch School of Medicine), Pacific and indigenous peoples. including a special partnership with What we believe sets Otago apart from Ngāi Tahu, as mana whenua within its other New Zealand universities is our takiwā (tribal area) of Te Wai Pounamu. spread of Māori initiatives, projects, Tēnei te ruru, te koukou mai nei, kīhai māhitihiti, kīhai The primary Treaty relationship for quality programmes and research across mārakaraka. Te upoko nui o te ruru, terekou! He pō, the University of Otago is embodied all four academic divisions: Humanities, he pō, he ao, he ao, ka awatea. in a Memorandum of Understanding Health Sciences, Sciences and the School with Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu. The of Business. Each division has its own Terekou! MOU was originally signed in 2001 unique approach to Māori achievement E kā tai e whā me te puku o te whenua, nau mai, and re-signed in 2013 at a ceremony and has some exciting things underway haere mai ki tō tātou Whare Wānaka o Ōtākou. to mark how far Otago has come over to achieve its own set of goals. Our 2011 the past decade to embed Ngāi Tahu publication, He Kitenga Māori, reflects Haere mai ki te rohe o Ōtākou e karapotia nei e kā goals and aspirations into its research the scope and depth of the University’s mauka whakahī, arā, ko Pakahiwitahi, ko tērā te pāhīhī and teaching activities. commitment to kaupapa Māori research. o Āraiteuru, ko Hikaoraroa nō roto mai o Kāti Mamoe tae atu ki tērā pā whawhai i nohoia mai e Kāi Tahu i Both parties acknowledge, however, The University’s commitment to Māori heke mai ko Pukekura e tū ake rā. Haere mai ki te tai that the University extends beyond the development is articulated in its Māori o Āraiteuru kai te nohoia e kā iwi o te rohe nei. Haere Ngāi Tahu takiwā and therefore has Strategic Framework, which serves as a mai ki te rohe e whaakaia nei e te awa o Ōtākou. memoranda with a number of other blueprint for staff and students alike. iwi and Māori providers, namely: Haere mai ki te kāika o kā iwi o Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe Within the pages of this guide, you Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua, Ngāti me Waitaha hoki. Ki kā hua mokopuna a ō tātou will see a clear demonstration of Toa Rangatira, Ngāti Porou Hauora, tīpuna kai te taetae mai ki tō tātou whare wānaka, our commitment to supporting the Waikato-Tainui, Tipu Ora (Te Arawa), nau mai, haere mai! Whāia te iti kahuraki kia eke atu achievement of Māori developmental Ngāti Hine Health Trust, Te Manu ai ki tērā taumata e hiahiatia nei e koe, e tātou katoa! aspirations. Toroa, Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga. To the many people of our land, welcome to Ka timu te tai, ka pao te tōrea. the University of Otago. Welcome to the area of The University of Otago is committed Ōtākou surrounded by the pivotal mountains from to supporting the achievement of Make the most of your opportunities, Pakahiwitahi, the passenger of the canoe Araiteuru, iwi aspirations, which includes seize the day. Hikaoraroa from within the Kāti Māmoe surrounds the provision of support for Māori We look forward to supporting you and and finally the stronghold that stands there, Pukekura students undertaking University study. your whānau at Otago. that was descended on by Kāi Tahu. Welcome to the Our support services and academic Nō reira, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā coast of Araiteuru inhabited by the people of the disciplines at the University have a koutou katoa. area. Welcome to the area fed by the Ōtākou tide. strong history of helping students to Welcome again to the home of the iwi of Kāi Tahu, succeed during their years at Otago, Kāti Māmoe, and Waitaha. To the descendants of our while also providing space and support Na- Tuari Potiki ancestors who continue to come to the University for personal development. KAIWHAKAHAERE (DIRECTOR, MĀORI DEVELOPMENT) here, welcome! Crucial to Māori student support at Pursue that which you desire, that we desire! Otago are the Māori Centre, the Māori maori.otago.ac.nz 3

What’s so good about going to University? He aha ngā painga o te whare wānanga?

For some students, going to Attending university helps students to grow as That’s why Otago is able to attract first-rate university may be a family people. They find independence and maturity, academics, and why Otago graduates find make lifelong friends, learn about other ways their degrees open doors around the world. tradition. But for many, it is a of life and have fun at the same time. Lots of employers say that they choose new experience, and they are At university, students gain skills that can help Otago graduates because they show real blazing a trail for others to follow. to improve their own lives, the lives of their independence and an ability to hit the ground families and the lives of their future families. running. Although leaving home to study in a far-off city can sound daunting, it needn’t be – because Otago has people to offer a helping hand at every step of the journey from school to success. Gathered from all over New Zealand and around the world, students at Otago become part of a long tradition of innovation and enjoy the benefits of a worldwide reputation Ko te hiranga o ngā for academic excellence. Otago’s position at the forefront of modern scholarship is based akoranga ka rāngona on its long and respected history as well as the latest in groundbreaking research and vibrant whānuitia i te ao. education. Otago has a worldwide reputation for academic excellence. 4 STUDENT PROFILE

Atamira Roa Tainui, Waikato, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Koroki Kahukura, Ngāti Hauā Studying towards a Bachelor of Dental Surgery

Atamira Roa knew from a the dentist was telling me,” Tū Kahika foundation year for Māori dentists are in demand young age she wanted to she says. Health Sciences students and and there are a lot of be a dentist so it was almost After finishing high school found herself catapulted into opportunities for graduates, so inevitable her goal would bring in Ngāruawāhia, she was studying dentistry at Otago. she is considering returning to her to the University of Otago, the North Island and possibly considering doing a foundation She is actively involved in Te which has the only School of working for her iwi. studies year for Māori and Roopū Māori, is treasurer of Dentistry in the country. Pacific Island students in the Ngā Mokai o Ngā Whetu “I’m not sure yet how I can be As a child Atamira recalls Auckland. (Māori Dental Students’ useful,” she says. “I would quite having a lot of dental work By chance she heard that a Association), performs with a like to work with Māori kids done to her teeth, which is one University of Otago health university kapa haka group and because I think I could really of the reasons why she wanted sciences programme manager plays netball in her spare time. help in that area.” to become a dentist. was in town and hastily Now in her fourth year, “I had a pretty bad dental arranged an interview with her Atamira is focused on experience because my first at Auckland Airport. completing her degree before language was Māori and I she decides what to do with it. Events moved quickly when didn’t really understand what she was accepted into Otago’s

Atamira found herself catapulted into studying dentistry at Otago. Support for students Ngā huarahi hei āwhina i te tauira

We understand that leaving the support of whānau, friends and familiar surroundings can be hard, both for students and the ones they leave behind. At Otago, we aim to provide the support and care necessary to ensure students study hard, enjoy life and succeed in ways that will enrich their own lives and the lives of those around them. 6

Te Huka Mātauraka The Māori Centre

Māori Centre staff from left to right: Karin Fraser, Kelly-Ann Tahitahi, Tammi Kara, Vicky Totoro, Arihia Joseph, Frank Edwards, Pearl Matahiki, Ayla Hawkins.

Ka mate kāinga tahi, ka ora kāinga rua. Ko Tūraka Hou / Māori Centre academic te Huka Mātauraka ka noho hei kāinga rua mō ngā tauira Māori katoa ka tau mai ki Te Māori orientation programme Whare Wānanga o Ōtākou. Mai i te purapura As one of the most significant programmes The main purpose of the Māori Centre is to o te hiahia kia haere mai koe, tae noa ki te hui on campus, orientation assists students with support Māori students to succeed in their whakapūmau me ngā mahi ka whai ake, ko Te the transition from their whānau/home studies – and there is no better way to do this Huka Mātauraka tērā ka poipoi, ka ārahi, ka environment to the university lifestyle. It aims than to help them study. āwhina i ngā tauira Māori katoa. to provide a strong foundation for Māori All Māori students are invited to join the All year, every year, Te Huka Mātauraka (the students to settle into their first and second Centre’s academic programme, which gives Māori Centre) offers a home away from home, year of study and to support Māori students them extra tutorials with experts in all subjects from pre-enrolment, Tūraka Hou – Māori entering the University for the first time. from across the University for the duration orientation – through to pre-graduation The programme begins with a pōwhiri, and of their degrees. Students are expected to celebrations, graduation and beyond. ensures students have immediate opportunities take the programme seriously and attend all The Māori Centre is truly the heart of Māori to meet other Māori students – reducing classes. Almost all Māori students take up student life on campus, providing all kinds of anxiety for whānau and students alike. Poua this opportunity and the results have been encouragement and support for students of and toua from local rūnaka and the local truly impressive. In 2015, 372 Māori students Māori descent. The Centre is a hub for Māori community are invited to the campus to meet graduated, including five with PhDs and 87 students to gather, seek support and advice students, offer their support and help students with other postgraduate qualifications. Many and gain access to a rich community of iwi develop relationships with the local Māori of our students aspire to postgraduate study, networks and whakawhanaukataka. communities. professional and leadership roles throughout Most importantly, Māori orientation New Zealand and around the world. We are This welcome is not limited to students. very proud of them all. Whenever whānau are in town, they are always focuses on making sure students know welcome to come by and see us. Parents can about the support and resources that are The Māori Centre also provides programmes call or email us if they have any concerns or available to them. Above all, they meet to help with study skills, exam skills, essay wish to understand more about the University. other Māori students and develop a sense writing and other learning situations that may of whakawhanaukataka – they belong to a be unfamiliar to those coming to university for Pearl Matahiki, the Manager of the Māori community, and they are not alone. the first time. Centre, leads the amazing team at the Centre and oversees all programmes. 7

Kā Rikarika-ā-Tāne / Lots of good kōrero Māori pre-graduation Mentoring The Māori Centre is the place where students celebrations Sometimes the best support you can have is can come for a listening ear and sensible There is nothing like the pride whānau feel from others who have been through similar advice. As well as providing enrolment and when their tamariki make it through their experiences, and survived! That’s why Māori academic guidance, kaimahi will help with years of study and achieve their degrees, and students are also supported through a student health and welfare, and with those we make sure this milestone is celebrated. The mentoring programme, where teina (first- all-important financial discussions, including Māori Centre co-ordinates the Māori pre- year students) can be paired with tuakana grants and scholarships. The Centre is assisted graduation ceremony before the formal events (an experienced student). As well as students by two excellent counsellors, Vicky Totoro and at the Town Hall. All whānau are invited, and contacting each other in their own time, Ayla Hawkins (see page 8), ensuring students there is time for kōrero, waiata, photographs we help keep these mentoring relationships can seek personal advice and guidance for and plenty of laughter (and a few tears!). The alive with social events throughout the year concerns, no matter how large or small. event is a highlight on our calendar, and is – including a quiz night, wharewhare i te reo remembered by many students as one of the Māori, and a wearable arts competition to best days of their lives. Celebrations name a few! It is wonderful to watch teina otago.ac.nz/maoricentre become tuakana themselves later in their At the Māori Centre, we find many studies, providing reciprocity to the Centre and opportunities to celebrate – it’s all part of continuing this cycle of support. helping students feel welcome, encouraged and valued during their studies.

The Vice-Chancellor Harlene Hayne talks to new students at the 2015 Tūraka Hou, Ōtākou Marae. 8

Counsellors Kaitohutohu Māori

Whānau can be reassured that there is plenty of support to help students find their feet at Otago, including two experienced counsellors offering free advice and guidance.

Kaitohutohu Māori Vicky Totoro (Ngāti Porou) Have that conversation so that students Vicky Totoro and Ayla Hawkins (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti know their limits, especially around alcohol, NGĀTI POROU Porou) both hail from the East Coast, grew romantic relationships and sexual orientation, KAITOHUTOHU MĀORI / MĀORI COUNSELLOR up in the South Island, studied at Otago and and so that they know to get help early if they Email [email protected] had impressive careers before returning to the need it.” University to work at the Māori Centre. Ayla Hawkins graduated with a Bachelor of Ayla Hawkins Vicky studied Education, Māori Studies and Social and Community Work from Otago. NGĀTI KAHUNGUNU, NGĀTI POROU, NGĀPUHI Psychology for her Bachelor of Arts. While Since then, she has had roles as a social worker KAITOHUTOHU MĀORI / MĀORI COUNSELLOR doing postgraduate work she set up Māori- in lock-up residential facilities, including Email [email protected] only cultural safety tutorials where students dealing with youth offenders, before becoming could discuss issues from their experiences a programme facilitator for the Department of as Māori without having to explain or justify Corrections, aiming to reduce recidivism. them to others. “After working at Corrections, you realise how The programme was incorporated into the many opportunities students have. I really Māori Centre when it opened, and for a enjoy working with them and looking at goals while Vicky co-ordinated the Centre’s student and coping strategies.” tutorials. After roles at the Ministry of Exam time is one of the busiest. “High Education, she returned to do counselling and achievers often have very high expectations pastoral care. and can be their own worst critics. Vicky advises parents to ready their children “We offer them some perspective on what they for University by developing their confidence have already achieved and encourage them to and capability to live independently, and have faith in themselves. talking honestly about difficult subjects, potential problems and possible solutions. “We can also connect them with a whole range of support to help with all kinds of issues from “Not all young people cope well with change academic to personal. It’s all part of and independence so it is important that the service.” parents prepare them before they get here. 9

Members of Te Roopū Māori kapa haka group performing outside the University of Otago Clocktower during an Anzac Day service.

Te Roopū Māori Māori Students’ Association

Te Roopū Māori represents all Te Roopū aims to: There are several specialist groups for students Māori students in parallel with • support and encourage education for Māori on particular courses: the Otago University Students’ students enrolled at the University of Otago • Te Oranga ki Ōtākou / Māori Medical Association. Te Roopū Māori • encourage tertiary education amongst Māori Students’ Association functions as the Māori students’ students • Te Roopū Whai Pūtake / Māori Law political body on campus, and • liaise with the broader Māori community at Students’ Association advocates for ‘recruitment, local, regional and national levels. • Te Roopū Pūtaiao / Māori Science Students’ Association retention and results’ of all Māori As a political body Te Roopū represents Māori students at the University. student interests through representation on • Te Tai Tuarā / Māori Commerce committees at all levels within the University. Students’ Association Te Roopū also provides for the cultural and • Physical Education Māori Students’ social needs of Māori students on campus, Association by organising social and sporting events • Ngā Raukura o Tāne Whakapiripiri / Māori throughout the year. Physiotherapy Students’ Association • Ngā Mōkai o Ngā Whetū / Māori Dental Students’ Association Te Roopū Māori works • Te Puna Kaitaka / Māori Pharmacy to provide a sense of Students’ Association manaakitanga for Māori • Humanities Māori Students’ Association students at Otago. Tel 03 479 8563 Email [email protected] 10

Student services and facilities

Otago University Students’ Student Health Services Disability Information and Association Student Health is situated on campus and Support The OUSA is run by students for students provides medical, nursing, counselling and Free, confidential advice, support and and is central to the Otago experience. Its psychiatric advice and treatment for all advocacy is available to students who are Deaf services include welfare and advocacy, student students enrolled at the University of Otago. or who have a physical, sensory learning, representation, sport and recreation and, of otago.ac.nz/studenthealth psychological, medical or psychiatric disability. course, social activities which begin with Tel 03 479 8235 Orientation at the start of the first semester otago.ac.nz/disabilities and continue throughout the year. Under the Recreation OUSA umbrella there are more than 100 clubs The Unipol Recreation Centre and OUSA and societies which provide an excellent way Clubs and Societies Centre provide a University Information for new students to make friends. comprehensive programme to ensure students Centre Tel 03 479 5332 maintain a healthy, balanced and fun lifestyle ousa.org.nz while studying at Otago. There are many The UIC is the first point of inquiry about recreational opportunities on and off campus enrolment, course of study (including including courses, trips, group fitness classes, changes), exams, graduation and all other Student Learning Centre social sport, sports clubs and societies – there administrative matters. Tel 0800 80 80 98 (within New Zealand) The Centre’s services include free informal really is something for everyone. Tel 64 3 479 7000 (international) workshops to help students improve their Tel 03 479 5888 ask.otago.ac.nz learning and study skills, individual help unipol.co.nz and practical guidance, a student mentoring scheme and online assistance. Tel 03 479 5786 slc.otago.ac.nz 11

Career Development Centre Campus Watch The Career Development Centre helps students Campus Watch is focused on how the best Māori Library Resources sort out their career goals and build the aspects of Otago student life can be retained and Information Services future that they want: whether it’s checking and enhanced by acting as a link between out papers, considering an international students and residents, and encouraging Te Aka a Tāwhaki / Māori exchange, finding career-related summer jobs, people to look after themselves and each other Resources Collection or looking for graduate opportunities. They responsibly. The University’s Central Library has a organise careers fairs, workshops / seminars / The Campus Watch teams are out and about 24 special study area to house the Māori presentations by employers, confidential career hours a day, 7 days a week offering assistance Resources Collection (Te Aka a Tāwhaki). counselling and online services tailored to and advice around campus and North Dunedin Te Aka a Tāwhaki provides core Māori Otago students. whenever it is required. Team members are resources including books, journals, reports, Tel 03 479 8244 easily recognised by their distinctive blue and maps and atlases, computers with internet otago.ac.nz/careers gold uniforms. access, and a relaxed friendly place to get The University has a Code of Student Conduct, some work done. a set of common-sense rules that prohibit Pacific Islands Centre behaviour that is likely to endanger safety. Uare Taoka o Hākena / Hocken Talofa Lava. The University relies on Campus Watch The Pacific Islands Centre offers a warm to help maintain a safe and healthy campus Collections welcome to all Pacific students, both those and to ensure that the provisions of the Code This specialist collection of Māori, New who are New Zealand born and raised or have are observed. Zealand and Pacific material includes come directly from the Pacific Islands to Otago The Code of Student Conduct is available art works, photographs, music, books, to study. The centre is staffed by a full-time online: journals, maps, newspapers, archives and manager and provides academic and pastoral manuscripts. otago.ac.nz/proctor/codeofconduct support as well as advice and assistance on There is a specialist Māori research and everything from extra tutorials, mentoring and Tel 03 479 5001 consultation service and classes and tours scholarships to finding accommodation, legal Emergency 03 479 5000 available to help you with your research. matters, air fares and places to worship. There Freephone 0800 479 5000 are about 600 Pacific Islands students at Otago. otago.ac.nz/proctor/campuswatch Please contact: Tel 03 479 8278 Jacinta Beckwith otago.ac.nz/pacific KAITIAKI MĀTAURANGA MĀORI MĀTAURANGA MĀORI LIBRARIAN Email [email protected] 12 STUDENT PROFILE

Tim Rogers Ngāi Tahu / Kāi Tahu Studying towards a Bachelor of Commerce (major Accounting, minor Māori Studies)

Third-year Accounting student Once in Dunedin Tim drew on Facebook and a steadily Centre) for both academic and Tim Rogers has an eye for a on savings he earned at high growing demand he recently extra-curricular activities.” good business opportunity school to invest in a rickshaw ordered a second rickshaw, As for his future after his BCom and is not waiting to finish his bicycle, which he uses to with the help of a business is completed, Tim is weighing studies at Otago to put his ferry passengers around the start up grant from Te Runanga up whether to pursue an MBA ideas into practice. University of Otago campus o Ngāi Tahu. at Otago, work a year in real and Dunedin’s central Tim was keen to experience He sees his enterprise as a estate or start up a food truck business district. life outside of Auckland and great way “to learn a few new or something similar. followed in the footsteps of “I’ve always wanted to start my skills for a future in business, With his entrepreneurial spirit his mother, who also studied own company and seeing the make connections and get my and drive, you wouldn’t rule at Otago. success of a similar student name out there.” out any or all of the above. enterprise in Auckland I He visited the campus through “Dunedin is a great place for thought it might go well down the On Campus Experience Māori students to study,” he here,” he says. programme, a fully-funded says. “There are unlimited scholarship for senior high Tim’s pedal-powered resources and support school students of Māori passenger service, known provided by the University and descent considering study as Tim’s Tuk Tuk Taxi, is Te Huka Mātauraka (the Māori at Otago. thriving. With 1,300 followers

“Dunedin is a great place for Māori students to study.” STUDENT PROFILE 13

Taylor Terekia Te Aitanga-a-Mākaki, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Porou, Te Tai Rawhiti Studying towards a Bachelor of Arts (Film and Media Studies, TESOL) and a Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing)

Studying at the University of In her first year she was a Taylor is strongly focused on a “After I graduate I’m planning Otago was a logical choice for resident of Arana College, career in Māori broadcasting or to travel abroad and teach Taylor Terekia. a good place to make new filmmaking, preferably working English for the experience of She was born in Invercargill friends, and this year is behind the camera on films that learning about other cultures and attended high school in enjoying the freedom of flatting revitalise Māori culture through and I’d like to share my own Gisborne so Dunedin’s much- with a group of Māori girls. this powerful medium. culture,” Taylor says. maligned winters held no Taylor is in the second year of As a member of the fears for her. her study towards a double Humanities’ Māori Students With family and friends still degree (a Bachelor of Arts Association (HMSA) executive living in the south and cousins majoring in Film and Media and Te Roopū Māori Students’ studying in Dunedin, the Otago Studies and a Bachelor Association, she is actively campus was a familiar and of Commerce majoring in involved in the planning stages comfortable choice for her Marketing). of a series of short videos for tertiary studies. She enjoys the balance the Māori On Campus web between the creativity of channel to encourage young “I think the environment Māori students to engage with pushes you to adapt really her filmmaking studies and the discipline of her core their culture during their time quickly so it feels like I’ve been at Otago. here for ages,” she says. Commerce papers.

“I think the environment pushes you to adapt really quickly.” 14

Scholarships Ngā karahipi

A number of financial scholarships are available especially for Māori students, both through the University of Otago, and from iwi, government, industry and private organisations. We strongly encourage Māori to explore these opportunities.

University of Otago Māori Tū Kahika Other scholarships and Pacific Peoples’ Tū Kahika is a scholarship that supports young There is an array of scholarships available Entrance Scholarships Māori students interested in a career in health, from a wide range of sources. To find out into and through the University of Otago’s about them, visit givME, the GenNZ website Each year, the University offers many Foundation Year Health Sciences course and that provides information on more than 4,000 scholarships, each worth $10,000, to students beyond. Tū Kahika prepares students for scholarships and awards: of Māori descent looking to begin their first further study in Health Sciences (particularly generosity.org.nz/give-me year of tertiary study. Other University of Health Sciences First Year) by providing Otago undergraduate scholarships are available wrap-around academic, cultural, pastoral and (Access to this resource is free via most public and there are also postgraduate scholarships financial support over the year. libraries and schools.) specifically for Māori students. Tū Kahika is more than a scholarship, it is You can also talk about scholarship a whānau of Māori students and staff that opportunities with careers advisers at your support one another to achieve their goals. Tū school and within your iwi. And, of course, you Kahika is a very successful programme and can contact us for further advice. provides an excellent platform for students to progress into further health sciences study. Email [email protected] otago.ac.nz/scholarships STUDENT PROFILE 15

Awhina Meikle Ngāti Kuri Studying towards a Bachelor of Science (Anatomy)

Dunedin has always been her fees rather than paying with Māori students from Bachelor of Science majoring home for Awhina Meikle so for accommodation and living around the country. in Anatomy and is hoping to enrolling at the University of costs. “We still have a really strong go on to postgraduate study in Otago was a natural choice for She says it is probably connection with our Ngāti Kuri this field at Otago in future. her tertiary studies. harder for students who live iwi,” she said. “I’ve really enjoyed finding a Fresh from Kavanagh College in Dunedin to make new While it is difficult for her subject that interests me,” she in Dunedin, she applied for friends at university than it is family to travel to Northland says. “It has really solidified a University of Otago Māori for those from out of town regularly, she has kept her my interest in functional and and Pacific Island Entrance living together in one of the iwi connections alive through reproductive anatomy.” Scholarship and was delighted university’s residential colleges. meeting Ngāti Kuri students to be awarded one for her first Awhina resolved that by who are also studying at Otago. year studying health sciences. attending tutorials, study After her first year studying Because she was still living at nights, lunches and social health sciences, and the wide home, Awhina says she was functions organised by Te range of options it offered, lucky to be able to put her Huka Mātauraka (the Māori Awhina has settled on a scholarship funds towards Centre) to make new friends

Awhina was delighted to be awarded a scholarship for her first year. 16 STAFF PROFILE

Dr Anne-Marie Jackson Ngāti Whātua, Ngāti Kahu o Whangaroa, Ngāpuhi, Te Roroa, Ngāti Wai Bachelor of Physical Education (Honours), Master of Physical Education, PhD (Māori Studies) Senior Lecturer in Māori Physical Education and Health

For Dr Anne-Marie Jackson, ranging work all over the Hauteruruku ki Puketeraki over groups including her own iwi of hard work and delivering country and believes it is the last nine years. Ngāti Whātua in Northland, Te on promises are important important for researchers to The relationship hinges on Toki Voyaging Trust in Waikato, lessons she learnt from her work hard and deliver on what researchers responding and the Te Taitimu Trust in parents, who both worked in they promise. to community needs to Hawkes Bay. the shearing industry in rural “It’s important to work address health, social and For Dr Jackson, the mark of her Southland. hard and provide what environmental issues that work and that of her colleague Dr Jackson completed her you do as a service,” she affect its people. Dr Hauiti Hakopa is “when our honours, master’s and says. “Relationships form, “Otago is a wonderful place Māori students return to their doctorate degrees in Māori particularly when you are doing to do this mahi as we are a own whānau, that they do so physical education and health things for no other reason than well-connected campus, a with their mana intact. at Otago and is now working to help people.” place where whānau and “Ka tū totika tā mātou akonga i as a lecturer in the School of Anne-Marie has applied this whānaungatanga can flourish,” roto i te ao Māori, i roto i te ao Physical Education, Sport and strong work ethic to build she says. hurihuri hoki,” she says. “Our Exercise Sciences. relationships with a coastal She is also active in several hope is that our students will She is passionate about Otago community through national research projects and stand strongly in both worlds.” the well-being of Māori the East Otago Taiāpure works with Māori community communities in her wide- Management Committee and

“We are a well-connected campus; a place where whānau and whānaungatanga can flourish.” 17

Te Tumu School of Māori, Pacific and Indigenous Studies

Te Tumu is a voice for an The School has a strong focus on teaching Beyond the BA, Te Tumu offers various indigenous understanding of the the Māori language and other topics relating programmes at honours, master’s and PhD to the Māori worldview as part of the BA in levels in Māori Studies, Pacific Islands Studies world and the place of all peoples Māori Studies. The language is taught using and Indigenous Development. A Master of within it. It’s a progressive School monolingual, bilingual and immersion- Indigenous Studies is also offered to distance at the University, offering a teaching methods throughout the entire students. BA degree, and is supported by a mixture Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Māori Staff at Te Tumu come from a variety of of other subjects such as tikanga (culture), Studies, Pacific Islands Studies or academic and cultural backgrounds, and and a selection of topics including history, include members who identify as Māori, Indigenous Development. performing arts, education, politics, Treaty of Pacific and Pākehā. The School aims to put into Te Tumu also offers various Waitangi and Ngāi Tahu studies. practice the language and cultural values that it options after the BA. The BA in Pacific Islands studies is taught across teaches and researches. several departments such as anthropology, Te Tumu has a strong commitment to Pacific archaeology, history, geography and media communities and a unique association with studies. The selection of papers make up a the Ngāi Tahu people of the Otago region; unique programme with a multidisciplinary Ngā Rūnanga o Te Tai o Arai-te-uru. This orientation that examines contemporary issues acknowledges the location of Te Tumu within Te of importance to Pacific peoples, including New Wai Pounamu and the relationship the school Zealanders, within their broad cultural context. has with Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Māmoe and Waitaha A BA in Indigenous Development currently as the tangata whenua (people of this land). focuses on cultures and indigenous otago.ac.nz/tetumu development. Its aim is to provide a critical, cross-disciplinary, Māori/Pacific perspective. 18 GRADUATE PROFILE

Melissa Stojanovich Ngāi Tahu / Kāi Tahu, Rangitāne, Ngāti Rārua, Ngāti Kahungungu ki Wairarapa Bachelor of Arts (History and Music) Master of Teaching and Learning (Primary Education)

It was a formative experience took time off from her studies and culture through kapa haka. primary teaching in Dunedin, in primary school and a few to travel and lived in Japan for Melissa then had to decide combining the full range of her life-changing events that three years, where she taught between a future in historical interests and skills teaching helped shape the career English as a second language. research or teaching, and she history, music, dance, social choice of University of Otago- It was her first time out of chose the latter. studies, Māori culture and trained teacher Melissa New Zealand and a “massive kapa haka. Stojanovich. “A huge part of my focus culture shock,” but also a great during my master’s was to be “I love it. It’s awesome,” “My brother passed away life experience that confirmed the teacher that I had – she says. when I was 19 and I decided her need to complete her I struggled when I was a lot life was short,” she says. “I degree and reconnect with her younger but I had some really needed to get an education so Māori culture. amazing teachers. I enrolled at university pretty She returned to Otago to finish much that year.” “For me school was a safe her BA in History and Music, place and I just wanted to be Initially she wanted to study learnt te reo Māori through the that person for other kids.” music but switched to history University’s School of Māori, because she really enjoyed Pacific and Indigenous Studies Since graduating, Melissa is that subject at school. She and immersed herself in music enjoying her first full year of

“A huge part of my focus during my master’s was to be the teacher that I had.” 19

Ma-ori alumni The names of just a few of Otago’s graduates speak for themselves.

TE RANGI HĪROA (Sir Peter Buck). Photo reproduced with the permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa.

TE RANGI HĪROA (Sir Peter Buck) DR HENRY BENNETT DR FARAH RANGIKOEPA PALMER Ngāti Mutunga Te Arawa (ONZM) MB ChB 1904, MD 1910, HDSc 1937 MB ChB 1944 Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Waiora BPhEd Hons 1995, PhD 2000 Otago’s first recorded Māori graduate trained DR RINA MOORE (nee Ropiha) as a doctor between 1900 and 1904. Te Rangi Rangitāne (Te Matau a Māui/Hawkes Bay/ PROFESSOR JOHN BROUGHTON Hïroa, also known as Sir Peter Buck, went on Wairarapa), Te Whānau-a-Apanui (CNZM) to make significant contributions to his people MB ChB 1947 Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Tahu and his country in public health and Māori PROFESSOR ERU POMARE PhD 2006 history. He was an MP from 1909 to 1914, was Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti awarded a DSO after Gallipoli and went on JAMIE JOSEPH Kahungunu, Rongowhakaata to become an anthropologist of international Ngāti Maniapoto, Rangitane MB ChB 1966 repute, ending his career as director of BPhEd 1993 Hawai’i’s Bishop Museum. SIR PETER TAPSELL JUDGE SARAH REEVES His graduation marked the dawn of a proud Ngāti Whakaue, Te Arawa Te Ātiawa tradition of Māori achievement at Otago. MB ChB 1952, Hon LLD 1997 LLB 1984 Since then, countless Māori graduates of the DR PARATENE NGATA IAN TAYLOR (CNZM) University have used their education to build Ngāti Porou Ngāti Kahungunu successful careers and enrich their communities MB ChB 1970, HonLLD 2004 LLB 1975 through their knowledge and leadership. PROFESSOR SIR MASON DURIE Otago’s newest residential college, Te Rangi MARILYNN WEBB (ONZM) Rangitāne, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Kauwhata Hiroa College, proudly celebrates its association Ngā Puhi MB ChB 1963, Hon LLD 2008 with its namesake and his people. Hon LLD 2010 PROFESSOR PIRI SCIASCIA DR TUTERE WI REPA Previous Burns Fellows: Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Tahu Te Whānau-a-Apanui, Ngāti Porou Hone Tuwhare (1974) BSc 1968, BA 1972 MB ChB 1908 Witi Ihimaera (1975) DR PAMELA BENNETT Keri Hulme (1977) DR EDWARD POHOU ELLISON Rawiri Paratene (1983) Te Arawa Ngāi Tahu, Te Atiawa BSc 1971 MB ChB 1919 BENTHAM OHIA HOANI PARATA Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Pukenga, Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Tahu Te Ati Awa, Ngāti Rārua BCom 1944 BA 1995 20 GRADUATE PROFILE

Ben Carpenter Ngāti Kahungunu ki Tamatea, Ngāi Tahu / Kāi Tahu Bachelor of Arts (Māori Studies) Bachelor of Commerce (Management) Master of Teaching and Learning (Primary Education), with distinction

After completing his double Otago – a programme that community for male offenders, Māori) of our kura. “It has been degree at Otago, Ben allows top graduates from any while still having a social life, a great experience to teach the Carpenter looked set to move discipline to study primary or was the hardest part of his tamariki here. It is challenging into a career in business. secondary teaching for a year master’s year. but very rewarding. and then head off on their new But, despite several job offers, “But if you dedicate time to “I would not be where I am career path. he realised that wasn’t quite things you can get it done, today without the assistance the place he saw himself and The master’s programme and the staff at the College of of Te Huka Mātauraka at instead decided to follow in his included immersion in a local Education are awesome and Otago, especially Arihia Joseph parents’ footsteps and become primary school throughout the understand how tough it is.” and Pearl. a primary school teacher. The year, and was “really hands on.” Ben has now moved back to “E ai ki a Kingi Pōtatau Te change in direction wasn’t “We put into practice things his hometown, Waipukurau in Wherowhero, ‘Ki te kāhore Te completely unexpected – he we learnt pretty much straight the Hawkes Bay, and is working whakakitenga, ka ngaro te iwi’. was already a qualified speech away.” at The Terrace School teaching [King Pōtatau Te Wherowhero and drama teacher – and a class of year 6, 7 and 8 once said. ‘Without vision and education is obviously in Juggling the demands of students. foresight, the Māori people will his blood. studying, school placements and working in a Dunedin “My class are the tuakana of be lost’.]” He completed a Master of residential therapeutic Te Aranga (the bilingual unit Teaching and Learning at

“My class are the tuakana of Te Aranga of our kura.” Otago life Te koiora i Otākou

Your tamariki will not be alone when they come to Otago. There are already more than 1,800 tauira Māori enrolled here, representing almost every iwi, and making their contribution to the safe whānau environment we provide on campus. 22

Who can we talk to? Me whakapā atu ki a wai?

No matter where you are there will always be someone you can talk to about coming to Otago. In fact, you might be surprised at some of the places staff from the University could show up.

Kaitakawaeka Māori and Get a taste of life at Otago Schools’ Liaison Officers Want to experience what university is really Our schools’ liaison officers, based in like? Apply for the On-Campus Experience Auckland, Wellington and Dunedin, visit (OCE) or the REACH Otago Scholarship. These secondary schools throughout the country two programmes give Year 13 Māori students to introduce the University to students. They a chance to travel to Dunedin to sample living assist with course planning and application and learning at the University of Otago. forms. They are also involved in schools’ careers evenings, expos and iwi hui-ā-tau. On-Campus Experience The University has two Kaitakawaeka Māori. Spend three days staying at a residential Grace Latimer works from Auckland and college, meeting current students, attending Frank Edwards works from the Māori Centre lectures, visiting departments, trying out sports on campus in Dunedin. Both Grace and Frank and cultural facilities and exploring Dunedin. attend national and regional hui, iwi forums, Māori students in Year 13 who are considering kapa haka and Ngā Manu Kōrero competitions. going to university are invited to apply for an They are also involved in Māori student OCE scholarship by writing an essay about leadership programmes for secondary school their university, career and life aspirations. Frank Edwards students and can organise Māori-focused tours The OCE is offered in May each year and NGĀTI KAHUNGUNU, TŪHOE, KĀI TAHU on campus. applications are available mid-January. KAITAKAWAEKA MĀORI MĀORI COMMUNITY LIAISON OFFICER Grace and Frank can be contacted by phone oce.otago.ac.nz or email, but don’t forget you can also contact the rest of the liaison whānau in Auckland, REACH Otago (Realising Wellington and Dunedin. Educational Aspirations for For contact details see page 29. Careers in Health) The REACH scholarship provides an Look out for University opportunity for Year 13 Māori students interested in a career in health to spend three of Otago events, all over days experiencing life at Otago and learning Aotearoa about the amazing health sciences degree and study options on offer. REACH students enjoy Year 12 Māori students are encouraged to the hands-on opportunities provided by many take part in Hands-on at Otago, a week-long of Otago’s faculties, schools, and departments summer camp held at Otago in January during – such as Dentistry, Pharmacy, and Human the school holidays. Nutrition. You can also become involved in the Science REACH is delivered by the Māori Health Wānanga – where Otago takes science to the Workforce Development Unit. Applications marae. Or come along to events such as Mana open early May and close June 15 each year. Pounamu, a celebration of the achievements Email [email protected] of Māori at secondary schools across Otago; Grace Latimer Ngā Manu Kōrero, where young Māori impress TE RARAWA, NGĀPUHI, NGĀTI KAHU, TE AUPOURI with their public speaking skills; and other iwi KAITAKAWAENGA MĀORI forums around the country. MĀORI LIAISON OFFICER 23

The university year He tau i te whare wānanga

To help get you into the picture Māori to better prepare them for the academic For those students who have finished their of what’s going on in students’ journey ahead, with information on this available courses, graduation ceremonies take place through the Māori Centre. in May, August and December; each one lives, here’s a general guide is preceded by the Māori pre-graduation to what happens during the There’s a mid-semester break of about a week, usually spanning Easter. Most students stay ceremony, which is a wonderful time to share university year. around Dunedin during the short break, stories about the journey (with much humour although some first-year students like to and hilarity at times!) and truly celebrate the dash back home and catch up with whānau achievements of our shining stars with friends The main teaching year at Otago is divided into and friends. The first semester ends with and whānau alike. two main parts called semesters. examinations in the first half of June. Once Each semester runs for 13 teaching weeks, exams are over, students are free to take a two- How whānau can be with a one-week break in the middle of each week break before the second semester starts involved semester. in early July. Many whānau, especially those in the North For most, the year starts in mid- to late- February There is a Winter Orientation for Māori Island, come to Dunedin at enrolment time with orientation, when students finalise what students hosted by the Māori Centre. Then to see their sons and daughters settled in to they’re going to study, ensure their fees are paid there’s another one-week break at the halfway their new accommodation and their new and get their student ID cards. Māori students point of the second semester (usually late environment. It can be an enjoyable trip, but get the Te Roopū Māori watermark on their ID August). In September, the Māori Centre holds it’s a long way to travel for those from the cards, which entitles them to certain things that scholarships expos for students to find out north; however, if you do, try to attend the go hand in hand with automatic membership what kind of financial help is available for the pōwhiri for first-year students at one of our to the Māori Students’ Association. There’s the following year’s study. local papatipu marae. While it is a process by special Tūraka Hou mentioned on page 6 – Māori Then it’s full on until exams again, in mid- which tauira learn to stand on their own two Students’ Orientation Week – to help newcomers October. Exams finish about mid-November feet, there are plenty of people to help out with find their feet and to tell them where they can and once students walk out of their last exam, teething problems like homesickness in the get support. Orientation week is also packed the summer break begins! Second semester early weeks. Many students actually find that with music gigs, sports days, a market day and exam results come out at the beginning of they gain a better appreciation of home! other activities to help students get to know December each year, and Summer School each other. Soon after orientation there’s a hui The one time that whānau really need to plan starts early in January, generally attended for Māori students to meet support groups on to be here is for the capping ceremonies when by returning students rather than first years. campus, followed by a couple of hui for tuakana/ your whānau member finally graduates; you Māori students requiring assistance with mentors and teina/mentees involved with Kā don’t want to miss out on all the wonderful Summer School papers can contact the Rikarika a Tāne (see page 7). A Māori Academic celebrations! Māori Centre. Orientation Programme is also available to tauira 24

He wāhi haumaru a Ōtepoti. Dunedin is safe, friendly and supportive.

Moving to Dunedin Te hūnuku ki Ōtepoti

Ka nōhia tēnei rohe whakahirahira o Ōtepoti e What’s Dunedin like? What’s the weather like? ngā Papatipu Rūnaka o Ōtākou, o Kāti Huirapa ki Puketeraki, o Moeraki. He pou whenua, he There are plenty of fun things happening in It’s much better than you might expect! We’ve pou kōrero, he pou herenga tangata. Dunedin, which can be a very social student heard all the jokes and moaning about the town. During semesters students make up weather, but it’s not half as bad as people who The greater Dunedin area has been home of, almost a fifth of the population: that’s more don’t live here think. Yes, the winters are cold, and important to, local Māori for centuries. than 22,000 students in one place creating an but it’s a crisp, clear cold, often with beautiful Its rich cultural heritage lives on in the stories, energy and atmosphere that is unique to Otago. blue skies and lots of sunshine. And yes, when landmarks and historical knowledge of the There are also many natural wonders within a the southerly blows, it can be very cold, but it’s three local Papatipu Rūnaka: Ōtākou, Kāti short distance of the centre, such as the wild not damp and humid, so students just need to Huirapa ki Puketeraki and Moeraki. coast and wildlife to be found on the Peninsula, dress warmly and make sure they’ve got a snug, windproof jacket and good footwear. Layering In the late-eighteenth century, explorer Captain where the original Māori settlement of Ōtākou is the key, so you can dress up or down as the James Cook sailed down the coast, and sealers still overlooks the entrance to the harbour. weather changes – which it tends to do quite and whalers followed. English and Scottish often! Summers are a mix of hot sunny days families settled here and by the mid-1860s What are the people like? – check out the great beaches – and not so Dunedin was a busy port town swelling in hot days. And while students from the North population with the economic boom brought In a word – great! The campus is only a short might find it hard to believe, there are hardy on by the Central Otago gold rush. Dunedin walk from the centre of town, and many Southern types who wear shorts and T-shirts quickly became a cultural and educational businesses rely on students for much of the almost all year round. They’re crazy, of course, centre, most notably through the foundation of year. Students are part of the scene, and when but students are allowed to be a bit crazy some- the University of Otago in 1869. they are not there between semesters, most Dunedinites miss them. They add extra spice times. to a city that already has a lot going for it. In short, students are welcome, no matter where they come from – and Otago has students from all over New Zealand, and all over the world. 25

He hoa pūmau ka hua ake. You’ll make friends for life at Otago.

Where do students live? Kei hea ngā whare tauira?

Students are spoiled for choice when it comes That’s more than can be said for some student when coming from a very whānau-based, to accommodation. There are residential flats, although many of these are now high- community-orientated environment. We take colleges, flats and homestays, most of them quality accommodation, some with a touch of our responsibility of manaakitanga seriously. much cheaper than those who live north of the luxury, and not so expensive. But it’s up to the When you entrust us with your precious Waitaki River might be used to. students to fend for themselves and keep on rangatahi, we endeavour to keep an eye on New students are generally encouraged to top of the cleaning and cooking. them, as well as what goes on around campus stay in residential colleges, at least for their Coming south is often a good opportunity for and the surrounding areas. There’s a full- first year away from home. There they’ll find tauira to discover or reconnect with whānau time campus cop, who deals with safety and a ready-made group of friends (who quickly who live in and around Dunedin. It is also a security; a Proctor, who oversees disciplinary become their Dunedin whānau), often in the chance to take part in the range of services and issues when youthful exuberance goes too far; same situation, all starting out and all wanting activities (e.g. the breakfast and soup kitchen and a Campus Watch team of people patrolling to work and play hard. available in the lead up to exams) available the campus and greater surrounds. Together through Te Huka Mātauraka/the Māori Centre, they go a long way to keeping Otago a safe Colleges are run by a Head and a support team, place for tauira. including senior students, and have study and a “home away from home” for many tauira recreational facilities, as well as living rooms, from their first year of study, until the time they computer facilities, music rooms, gyms and graduate. Another good base for tauira Māori libraries. And that makes them good value for is Te Roopū Māori, housed next to Te Huka money. But for whānau left at home, perhaps Mātauraka, where students gather to study, hui the best advantage is that the colleges provide or just connect with each other on a daily basis. security and stability (just like home), three The journey into a tertiary environment is like good meals a day, and all the rooms and an initiation; it comes with a greater degree of community living areas are kept clean and in responsibility and a need to take better care top condition. of oneself, which may be a foreign concept 26

What’s it all going to cost? He aha te utu?

There are three main costs: Studying Travelling study, living and travel. Fees range from around $5,500 to $7,700 a year There are regular flights from Auckland, You need to weigh these against with textbooks and student activities additional Wellington and Christchurch, and good the long-term benefits. to this. Fees may change periodically so call connections all over New Zealand, plus shuttle us free on 0800 80 80 98 or talk to a schools’ buses from the airport to the city. liaison officer to find out the latest costs. Dunedin is only a day’s drive from the furthest StudyLink administers student allowances, ends of the South Island. It may seem far away student loans and also extra help with costs for those in Te Ika-ā-Maui but the cost of while studying. To find out more, Freephone travel is not a major part of a year’s university 0800 88 99 00 or go to studylink.govt.nz education, and is probably not going to differ Remember, there are also many scholarship greatly from other universities when all opportunities (see page 14). For any other things are considered. And there are student queries relating to study costs, call 0800 80 80 discounts and grants to help out. 98 or contact a schools’ liaison officer. Is it all worth it? Living Yes. Statistics tell us graduates generally earn the best salaries. They also find a range of jobs Good news! Your money goes further in available, as a degree is evidence of being hard- Ko Ōtākou ka eke Dunedin. Almost everything you need is working and adaptable. And the university cheaper in Dunedin than in the other main experience helps people grow, influencing kounga, ka eke centres. Residential colleges cost about $360 every aspect of their lives and affecting the way a week for 38 weeks (based on 2016 figures), mātauranga! they bring up and educate their own whānau. but they’re still a bargain for new students, Going to university is not a guaranteed door providing accommodation, three meals a day, You’ll never regret to success – but it’s a path that leads in the right tutorials, cleaning, study facilities, a social life direction, and can become a trail for others and, most of all, peace of mind. choosing the quality to follow. When students do decide to go flatting, rents experience that only are probably around 70 per cent of what you’d Otago can offer. pay elsewhere, averaging about $140 a room per week for a 52-week lease. You also save heaps on getting around, as everything in town and on campus is within easy walking distance. POSTGRADUATE STUDENT PROFILE 27

Jovan Mokaraka-Harris Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Wai Bachelor of Arts (Geography) Postgraduate Diploma in Arts with distinction (Geography) University of Otago Māori Master’s Scholarship Studying towards a Master of Arts (Geography)

Postgraduate research is a Rarawa and Ngāti Wai iwi, hapū works, which steered him historical sites and catchments chance for Otago students and whānau in Northland. towards geography. and overlay an aural record like Jovan Mokaraka-Harris to “When I’m studying I have He says his master’s thesis is of tribal elders explaining the spread their wings and enjoy to keep in mind what is like creating a Māori atlas of history and significance of the freedom to explore issues happening for our Māori how a traditional society used those sites. that brought them to university communities back home,” he to view the landscape. “At the moment we don’t in the first place. says, particularly those living on “I’m looking at traditional Māori have access to that type of Jovan was drawn to Otago the Hokianga Harbour. ways of mapping landscapes, information,” he says. “I would because former pupils of his “I’ve had a lot of guidance how borders were established like to create a resource to old school in Northland and from my grandfather, who has between hapū and iwi and display those borders and two cousins were already mentored me throughout my the reasons why places were old names of our ancestral studying here. He says Dunedin studies. A lot of my ideas have named the way they were.” landscape and the meanings is compact and everything is come from him.” and stories behind those within walking distance. Ultimately, Jovan’s goal is to names.” When Jovan first applied to create a cultural map of the Jovan has a clear study at Otago, he had an Hokianga Harbour using understanding of the interest in environmental modern tools like drones reciprocal relationship he management and how society and GIS systems to explore shares with his Ngāpuhi, Te

“When I’m studying I have to keep in mind what is happening for our Māori communities back home.” 28 STUDENT PROFILE

Ella Walsh Ngāpuhi Studying towards a Bachelor of Arts (Indigenous Development / He Kura Matanui) and Bachelor of Science (Computer Science)

It was a big decision for Ella Ella also enrolled in Māori Ella has already mapped out Mother’, an initiative lead by Walsh to leave her whānau in studies papers to provide her career pathway and plans Ella, who organised student Auckland, but she was keen to a balance with her science to pursue a Postgraduate volunteers to raise funds “change her routine”, so headed degree. Eventually, she Diploma in Public Health; in to assemble 100 wāhine south to study at the University decided to make this into a future she would like to work gift packages. These were of Otago. second degree, a Bachelor of with Māori communities. distributed by Te Whare Arts with a major in Indigenous “It was tough leaving my family She is an active member and Pounamu on Mothers’ Day. Development. but it has been really awesome kaituhi (secretary) of Te Rōpū She would like to grow this down here,” she says. “I love being able to do papers Pūtaiao executive, which initiative to other areas in the South Island, as well as see it Ella is studying for a Bachelor [in Science and Arts] that provides a support network for are completely different. Māori science students become an annual event for of Science majoring in Māori science students Computer Science, a subject Taking the Māori Studies on campus. paper enhanced my study at Otago. that she finds exciting and that This year, Te Rōpū Pūtaiao experience,” she says. will lead to many opportunities established ‘Love Another within technology.

“I love being able to do papers that are completely different.” Contacts

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