The Māori Centre Te Huka Mātauraka — your "whānau on campus" — provides academic, cultural, and social support throughout the entire University of Otago journey, embracing a kaupapa Māori approach starting from pre-enrolment and continuing until graduation for students of iwi descent.
The Māori Centre offers:
- Whakawhanaukataka, advice, and theraputic counselling
- A hui space (depending on availability)
- Assistance with scholarship and grant applications
- Colleges information and whakawhanaukataka
- Community support and connection for all tauira including for Locals (first-year students living outside residential colleges)
- Events such as pōwhiri for first-year tauira, Turāka Hou/Māori Orientation and Māori pre-graduation ceremonies
- Mentoring programmes based on a tuakana/teina model of delivery
- Tutorials and peer study support
The Māori Centre is here to help Māori students participate and succeed at the University of Otago.
Māori Centre Te Huka Mātauraka
The hui space is used occasionally for tutorials and staff events.