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ABOUT US
TĀ MĀTOU KITENGA
OUR VISION
Ko te manu e kai ana i te miro nōna te ngahere, ko te manu e kai ana i te mātauranga nōna te ao.
The forest belongs to the bird who feasts on the miro berry, the world belongs to the bird who feasts on education.
Nōna Te Ao was inspired by this whakatauaki that talks to the importance of knowledge and how we must venture into the unknown and continuously seek to understand the world if we are to shape it.
Nōna Te Ao works towards enabling our people to become self-determining by opening their eyes to the many pathways and options that are available to them, then working alongside them to open up that pathway, followed by wrap-around support once they are in the pathway.
Their job is to dream and our job is to remove the barriers.
The vision of Nōna Te Ao is to provide all people with equitable educational and employment outcomes to be able to have fulfilling careers at home, and use their innate skills to enhance the prospects for Māori and for their own whānau and communities.
We believe that knowledge is power and our rangatahi deserve to be able to make decisions about their future, however living rurally can limit their options and exposure. The purpose of Nōna Te Ao and our programmes is to expose rural rangatahi Māori to the world and support them to be leaders and realise their potential.
Our driver is to ensure that our people are able to dream without barriers. It is their job to dream and our role is to provide programmes that help them to fulfil these, as well as remove any barriers that might stand in their way.
Ā MĀTOU MAHI
OUR WORK
Ā MĀTOU WHAINGA
OUR GOALS
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To empower future Māori leaders, rangatira mō āpōpō
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To inspire and support rangatahi Māori to pursue fulfilling pathways (tertiary, vocational, employment)
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To raise the socio-economic status of our regions through improve outcomes in employment
OUR TEAM
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