M TATOU
NAU MAI KI TŌ KĀINGA RUA!
WELCOME TO YOUR SECOND WHĀNAU…
WELCOME TO YOUR SECOND WHĀNAU…
Ko ta maatau hononga ko te Ropu Kaiwhakahaere Matua ko Te Rito e pootihia ana e nga tauira ia tau. I a matou he roopu torangapu e tarai ana matou ki te whakakanohi i nga hiahia a nga akonga Maori i te Whare Waananga. Engari i waho atu o ta matau tauira he ko ta maatau whainga ko te hanga kaainga rua, he kaainga ke mai i te kaainga i te kura. He maha nga kaupapa i whakahaerehia e matou puta noa i te tau, mai i nga hakinakina pāpori, kapa haka, kaupapa aa-hapori, akomanga reo, Marae nga haerenga me nga po ako. Kei te pirangi matou ki te hanga i tetahi taiao e ki ana i te manaakitanga me te whanaungatanga hei tautoko i a koe i roto i o tau i Uni. Nōreira patua te whakamā! Kaua e whakama ki te haere mai ki te tirotiro i a maatau!
OUR WHAKAPAPA
Te Roopū Māori emerged from the need to provide a social network of support for Māori students at Otago University and as a vehicle to advance tino rangatiratanga within the context of tertiary education. Over the past three or four decades Te Roopū Māori grew from a kapa haka group in the 1960’s into an incorporated society in the mid-1990’s with three basic aims: recruitment, retention and results for Māori students. Essentially it means the advancement of Māori through the halls of academia in every area of science, health science, commerce and humanities. Heoi anō, he mihi tēnei ki a rātou ma, ngā tipua kua pahure ake, rātou i whakarauika rā i runga anō i ngā momo kaupapa e pā ana ki tēnei roopū o te whare wānanga o Otago.
TATOU LOGO
Koinei te Manaia e tohu ana i Te Roopū Māori. E whakaatu ana i a Tāne (maui) te Atua o te Tangata i roto i tenei whakaahua. E ai ki nga korero a te Maori na Tāne i eke ki runga rawa o te rangi ki te whakahoki mai i te "kete" o te maatauranga me te maatauranga mai i a Io. Ko te hoahoa hakinakina i runga i te hiku o tenei pikitia te tohu mo te poipoi i nga momo koiora katoa, a, ko te wahi pouri kei roto i te puuroro, ko nga purapura o te koiora (Nga kakano o te ora), te puna e ahu mai ai te matauranga katoa. Ko te tangata tika ko Tāwhirimātea - Te Atua o nga Hau, nana i awhina a Tāne kia tae atu ki a "Matangireia" ki te patai ki a Io nga kete e toru o te matauranga me te mohio. Ko te hiku o Tāwhiri te tohu i te hau i hangaia e ia hei hiki i a Tāne ki te rangi.
