Māori | Toi Rauwhārangi College of Creative Arts

He toi whakairo, he mana tangata

Where there is artistic excellence, there is human dignity

To highlight, celebrate, and support our Māori students, we have:

invested in Toi Māori research and creative practice
designed and built a new marae at the heart of our campus
aspired to follow the principles of Tiriti o Waitangi
been given Māori names for our schools
committed to supporting our Māori students through scholarships
established and support the Matairangi Mahi Toi Artist Residency at Government House.

Katherine Winitana at graduation, Bachelor of Commercial Music

He ringa āwhina tauira Māori

Te Rau Tauawhi—the Māori Student Centre—supports Māori students at Massey across the country.

Drop in and see Simon Koperu-Miyamoto and Caleb Matthews, the Wellington-based Māori student coordinators at Nau Mai, our Māori student space. You can find them at Block 9, Level B on the Wellington campus.

Toi Rauwhārangi and Massey University offers scholarships to help Māori students achieve their dreams and study with us.

Scholarships

Matairangi Mahi Toi Artist Residency at Government House

This residency was created by Toi Rauwhārangi in partnership with the office of the Governor General, to support the development of Māori and Pasifika visual arts and creative practices. There are up to three residencies per year.

Artists can live and work in a house in the grounds of Government House.

This residency aims to:

Build and strengthen the relationship between tangata whenua and Toi Rauwhārangi.
Develop strategic plans for creative research excellence and academic leadership for Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Generate cultural pathways for and between Massey University and Toi Rauwhārangi.

The name for the residency was gifted to Toi Rauwhārangi and Government House by Professor Ross Hemera.

Matairangi Mahi Toi