WHO ARE WE/WHAT DOES NGĀI TAUIRA DO?

Ngāi Tauira – the Māori students’ association, represents the interests of tauira Māori studying  at Victoria University. Ngāi Tauira provides a legitimate voice for tauira Māori whereby they can feel comfortable and culturally safe within a Western academic environment.

Ngāi Tauira provides a number of services to tauira from, advocacy and support, providing scholarships and funding, representation of academic boards and councils, National representation, social networking, and pastoral support.

The aim of Ngāi Tauira is to help nurture, and foster the academic, cultural, political and social potential of tauira in a manner that is consistent with Te Tiriti o Waitangi, its principles and its practices. Ngāi Tauira also supports any initiative that encourages the practice of te reo Māori and tikanga Māori at Victoria University.

The framework with which we operate is captured in our vision of:

Ko wai mātau/He aha ngā Mahi a Ngāi Tauira

Ngāi Tauira – te huinga tauira Māori, e mahi ana i ngā mahi mō ngā tauira Māori e ako ana i te Wānanga o Wikitōria. E hoatu reo tika ana mō ngā tauira Māori e taea ai te whakangahau atu kia whakawhitiwhitihia a rātou tikanga i roto i te taiao akoranga Pākēhā.

Tērā ētahi rautaki a Ngā Tauira kei te whāngai atu ki ngā tauira mai i te tautoko, te manaaki, te hoatu karahipi me te hoatu pūtea, te whakatū tangata ki ngā poari me ngā kaunihera ākonga, ki ngā tari ā-motu, ki ngā herenga hapori me ngā manaakitanga ā-tauira.

Ko te aronga o Ngai Tauira he āwhina, he tiaki i ngā mahi akoranga, mahi tikanga, mahi tōrangapū me nga mahi hāpori kia pā hāngai ki te Tiriti o Waitangi, i ōna kaupapa me ōna whakawai. Kei te manaaki a Ngāi Tauira i ngā mea whakatimata e whakahau ana i ngā whakawai o te reo Māori me ngā tikanga Māori i te Whare Wānanga.

Ko te anga mahi te whakamahia nei e mātau kei te hopu i tō mātau tirohanga whānui:

Manaakitanga

1.

To provide for the welfare of Māori students
Hei hoatu oranga manaaki ki ngā tauira Māori
 

2.

To provide for academic excellence
Hei ārahi i ngā tauira ki ngā taumata whāinga ikeike

Whanaungatanga

3.

To build positive relationships with the greater university community
Hei whakawhanaunga ki ngā kāhui katoa o te whare wānanga
 

4.

To build positive relationship amongst tauira
Hei whakatipu whanaungatanga i waenganui i ngā tauira
 

5.

To build positive external relationships
Hei whakatipu whanaungatanga ki waho o te Whare Wānanga

Kotahitanga

6.

To advocate for the rights and the interests of Māori students
Hei tautoko i ngā tika me ngā hiahia a ngā tauira Māori
 

7.

To facilitate cohesiveness within the Māori community
Hei whakarite, hei whakahaere i te kotahitanga o te hapori Māori
 

8.

To provide a unified student voice
Hei māngai mō ngā tauira Māori

Rangatiratanga

9.

To mobilise relevant political agenda and assert our autonomy
Hei kōkiri i te kaupapa tōrangapu me tō mātau tino rangatiratanga.
 

10.

To represent Treaty interests
Hei kōkiri i ngā take Tiriti
 

11.

To develop leadership
Hei whakawhanake rangatira

Ūkaipōtanga

12.

To provide a sense of place and inspiration within the Maori community
Hei tūrangawaewae, hei hiki, hei whakaawe i te mana o te hapori Māori
 

13.

To provide a sense of place and inspiration within the Western academic environment
Hei tūrangawaewae, hei hiki, hei whakaawe i te mana o te Māori i waenganui i te taiao akomanga o te ao Pākehā.