About Taihonoa

Ko te kōmitimiti o ngā tai matatū—Where the tides of partnership meet.

Taihonoa is Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s Māori strategic partnership programme. We have relationships with a number of Māori and public sector He Herenga Tangata Taihonoa partners, including iwi, land trusts, consultancy businesses, and government departments.

The Taihonoa programme takes a Māori-partner, relationship-based approach to building mutually beneficial opportunities, including:

  • connecting iwi with their Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington tauira, and vice versa
  • connecting the expertise of our staff with the development of strategic and research priorities of our Taihonoa partners, and vice versa
  • co-funding scholarships and grants
  • co-funding summer research scholarships and internships
  • connecting our Āwhina (Māori student support) team and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) outreach programmes with Taihonoa communities.

Whakapā mai

If you have any Taihonoa inquiries, please contact Taihonoa@vuw.ac.nz.

Thanks to my iwi Ngāti Maniapoto and Te Herenga Waka for the much-needed Waikato/Tainui Taihonoa Scholarship. This will help to support me in so many ways and for that I am truly grateful.

Amanda Hemara

Masters of Information Studies student and Waikato/Tainui Taihonoa recipient 2019