Environmental Sciences

Te Taiao

Environmental Sciences - Te Taiao

Be part of the climate change solution

Te taiao, our natural environment, needs positive action to maintain and protect our climate and natural resources. If you’re interested in environmental issues and sustainability, we offer a range of programmes that respond to the climate challenges that the world is facing. Through these programmes, our tauira are helping to shape the next generation of kaitiaki and preserve our environment for future generations.

Why study with us?

You’ll learn about the close connection between sustainability principles and matauranga Māori. We’ll help you apply a tikanga lens to solving some of the biggest environmental issues faced by hapu, iwi and indigenous communities around the world. You’ll combine scientific knowledge with mātauranga Māori and mātauranga taiao, providing a holistic understanding of environmental systems, the impacts on our communities, and how to find solutions.

Our programmes will help you find rewarding work in the public or private sector that allows you to:

Manage land, marine and freshwater resources
Help marae, hapū and iwi manage their future
Provide consultancy advice
Write and deliver policy
Become an environmental analyst, technician or researcher

Bachelor of Environmental Studies

Te Aho Pūtaiao is about looking after our environment, illustrating mātauranga Māori and western knowledge have important roles within the environment field and can be complimentary to each other.

Te Aka Pūtaiao (Kaupae 5)

This is a Level 5 Certificate in Scientific Mātauranga Māori Environmental Studies

Kai Oranga (Kaupae Tuawhā)

This level 4 programme focuses on food sustainability, and management, as well as empowering Māori to exercise control over all facets of the food that they grow, eat and manage.

Kai Oranga (Kaupae Tuatoru)

Grow your knowledge of traditional Māori kai practices with Kai Oranga (Kaupae Tuatoru), a level 3 qualification focused on kaupapa Māori approaches to sustainable food systems.

Wai Ora (Kaupae 4)

Advance your knowledge and skills to protect and conserve coastal and freshwater bodies with a mātauranga Māori perspective. Be an ‘eco champion’ and kaitiaki.

Wai Ora (Kaupae 3)

Learn the foundations of water resource management and conservation with the Wai Ora (Kaupae 3) programme. This level 3 certificate will teach you how to protect and manage waterways using both modern science and mātauranga Māori.

Te Pou Hono ki Taiao

The is a 40 credit programme that provides tauira with a broad range of skills and knowledge to develop, support and fully participate in te taiao initiatives within marae communities (or equivalent).

Postgraduate Certificate in Mātauranga Māori and Indigenous Studies

Develop skills and knowledge in Māori and Indigenous studies at a postgraduate level with pathways to Masters degrees.

Postgraduate Diploma in Mātauranga Māori and Indigenous Studies

Develop skills and knowledge in Māori and Indigenous studies at a postgraduate level with pathways to Masters degrees.

Master of Indigenous Studies

The Master of Indigenous Studies at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi is a transformative postgraduate qualification that empowers students to engage deeply with Indigenous worldviews

Doctor of Indigenous Development and Advancement IDA

The Doctor of Indigenous Development and Advancement (IDA) at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi is a doctoral qualification designed for those with professional experience who are committed to advancing indigenous aspirations through research.

Doctor of Philosophy

Doctoral Degrees are the highest supervised degree offered by Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi. The PhD is awarded for a thesis that demonstrates a candidate’s ability to carry out independent research and analysis at an advanced level of study in a particular discipline and/or field.

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