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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 28, 2019 3:54:21 GMT 12
PROFESSOR NAMED ROYAL SOCIETY TE APĀRANGI FELLOWThe Dean of the Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies, Professor Brendan Hokowhitu (Ngāti Pūkenga), was one of 18 new Ngā Ahurei a Te Apārangi Fellows and Ngā Ahurei Honore a Te Apārangi Honorary Fellows to have been elected to the Academy of the Royal Society Te Apārangi for their distinction in research recently. “I believe it speaks to the growing importance of Indigenous Studies as an international discipline that is finally gaining recognition, and the Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies at the University of Waikato is in many ways at the heart of this change, being recognised as one of the leading Indigenous Studies units in the world. www.waikato.ac.nz/news-opinion/media/2019/professor-named-royal-society-te-aparangi-fellow
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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 28, 2019 3:56:29 GMT 12
WEST AND EAST COMBINE TO DEVELOP NEW SERVICE PROGRAMME FOR TAMAKI WHANAU Three major organisations are joining forces to help support whānau from Tāmaki in East Auckland move from crisis to flourishing. Tāmaki Regeneration Company (TRC) has chosen West Auckland’s Te Whānau o Waipareira and East Auckland’s Te Hoe oo Taamaki - a collective of Tāmaki based social service providers - Ruapotaka Marae, Glen Innes Family Centre and Tāmaki Community Development Trust, to design and deliver a new service, called Whānau by Whānau. The service will awhi and manaaki whānau facing multiple and complex challenges, such as homelessness, high levels of debt and food insecurity, to move to a space where they are thriving...... www.waateanews.com/waateanews?story_id=MjMyMDg
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