Haere mai, nau mai, tauti mai
Welcome
Nau mai, haere mai ngā tauira ki tēnei kura. E hari koa ngā ngākau ki te mihi atu ki te tautoko koutou i roto i ā koutou mahi i te kura nei, i te kura whānui me Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha, nō reira kia kaha, kia māia, kia manawanui, tēnā koutou tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou.
Welcome to Aotahi: School of Māori and Indigenous Studies. Our hearts are glad to welcome you and support you in your studies at the school, the College of Arts and the University of Canterbury, be steadfast in your work, welcome, welcome, welcome.
Te Ao Mārama
Aotahi: School of Māori and Indigenous Studies is locataed in a building on Arts Road. Also located in the complex are the Ngai Tahu Research Centre, the Macmillan Brown Library and the Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies.
The School is on two levels with reception and staff offices on the ground floor and teaching rooms, language lab and graduate student rooms on the second level. Access to the second level is via lift in the Macmillan Brown Library which is linked to Te Ao Marama by airbridge.
The building was officially opened and blessed on Saturday 28 February 1998.
Contacts
Aotahi: School of Māori and Indigenous Studies,
Te Whare Wananga o Waitaha,
University of Canterbury,
Private Bag 4800,
Christchurch,
New Zealand.
Telephone: 03-364 2597
Fax: 03-364 2960
Discipline
Māori is an academic discipline that aims to increase your analytic and communication skills and develop your capacity for independent thought. Click here for more information.
History of the School
Te Awaroa
Description of carved room in Māori
Description of carved room in English
Te Mairaki
Information about the room dedicated to Riki Te Mairaki Taiaroa Ellison