A Welcome From Maori Student Associations

Ngt Rangahautira

The aspiration of Ngā Rangahautira follows the kōrero of rangatira Te Kooti Arikirangi: "only the law can be pitted against the law." Our rōpū supports Māori students studying a law degree. We use our hands to master the tools of the Pākehā for the needs of Māori. In 2019, te pou tokomawana o Ngā Rangahautira, Moana Jackson, shared his insight into the beginning of our Māori Law Society. To honour him, we share his exact words below:

"I guess there have always been meetings of tauira at the Law School, and certainly when I was there (a long time ago) we would often get together to talk study and law things. For most of my time at Vic, there were only about four Māori students but I remember at one stage we did rather grandly call ourselves the Aotearoa Māori Law Students' Association.As the numbers later increased, the hui of Māori law students became a little more organised and "formal", especially in the early 1980s. No doubt that is why Justice Joe [Williams] referred to 1982 as the starting point."

In 1988, Moana Jackson sought assistance from Hōhua Tutengaehe, a rangatira fromMatakana, who came up with the name Ngā Rangahautira. It captures the idea of the search for knowledge bringing people together. Moana will be greatly missed by past and present tauira. He is an integral and important figure within our university community, law school, and Ngā Rangahautira rōpū.

For more information and to get involved in our events, follow our socials:

@nga_rangahautira on instagram.

Ngā Taura Umanga

We are Ngā Taura Umanga⁠—the Māori Commerce Association. The association was first founded at Victoria University in 2006. It has been relatively quiet since the start of Covid-19, but we are looking to bring some energy back into this area of the uni. 

We are a rōpū who support tauira Māori throughout their studies in Commerce by providing holistic and academic-specific support. Our main goal is to help tauira Māori succeed in their time at uni, as well as creating further opportunities for the future. The executive aims to foster relationships with and for tauira through social and academic events. If you are a current Commerce student and aren’t already a member, flick us an email at ngatauraumanga@gmail.com and follow our socials to keep up to date!

Ngā mihi!