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2012 “Cybrospace Summer” Wānanga

Te Rōpū Āwhina hosted the fun, exciting and challenging 2012 “Cybrospace Summer” Wānanga from 17th to 20th January.
Nearly 40 (year 12 & 13) rangatahi from Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Porou and from Āwhina local community clusters participated in laboratory
and outdoor field-based activities in Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Technology, Engineering, Architecture and Design and experienced
student life at Weir House where they were based.

What a summer to remember!

Click here for more photos from the wānanga.

Āwhina December Graduation 2011

Click here for more images for December 2011 graduatation.

Congratulations to Sione who graduated with a PhD in Mathematics on Tuesday 12 December 2011!

Āwhina Alumni Careers Evening 2011

The 2011 Āwhina Alumni hosted Careers’ Evening held on 6 October was a huge success.  Sixty three presenters (including Āwhina Alumni) from
33 different organisations ranging from public to private sector, small to large companies covering the STEAD disciplines attended. 

Click here for event details and images.

Āwhina 12th Birthday, Thursday 21 July 2011

(click on Āwhina Birthdays for more about what happened at the celebration)

'Rangatahi in Cybrospace' Day, Friday 8 July 2011

In July 2011, Te Puni Kōkiri sponsored an all day Te Rōpū Āwhina hands-on ‘Cybrospace’ event at Victoria University of Wellington. Ngā mihi nui
to Ngāti Kahungunu who showed their support for this event by paying the transport costs for 290 rangatahi & whānau from their rohe to attend,
and accompanying them on the day. Brilliant!

Approximately 750 rangatahi (years 7-13) and whānau from 32 North Island secondary and intermediate schools attended the event. Participants had
the opportunity to do a range of exciting and challenging activities in Architecture, Biological Sciences, Marine Sciences, Mathematics, Statistics,
Chemistry,Computer Science, Design, Earth Sciences, Engineering, Physics and Psychology at the Kelburn and Te Aro campuses and the Victoria
University Coastal Ecology Lab (VUCEL) in Island Bay. Plenty of fun and learning!

If you missed out, see you in 2012.

Click here to see some of the things that happened on the day!

'Iwi & Māori Asset-Holders in STEAD' Day, Thursday 9 June 2011

The focus of this event was to expose participants to, and engage them, the breadth and depth of the Science, Technology, Engineering,
Architecture and Design (STEAD) disciplines.

Participants saw the STEAD facilities at Kelburn campus (Science and Engineering), Te Aro campus (Architecture & Design) and the Victoria
University Coastal Ecology Lab at Island Bay (Marine Biology & Ecology) and met researchers doing ground breaking work in these areas.
Many of these researchers are Āwhina mentors and their work is relevant to iwi, hapu and whānau.

Āwhina mentors with essential Āwhina outreach resources for ‘Turning up the Success Gene’

Our new ‘Step into STEAD’ DVD debunks the myths and legends that the STEAD disciplines (Science, Mathematics, Statistics,
Technology, Engineering, Architecture and Design) are not for Māori and Pacific and other low socio-economic groups. This DVD
and the two Cybrospace booklets send a clear “If we can do it, so can you!” message aimed at increasing the uptake and
success of these groups in STEAD.

Resources are free and available from teropuawhina@gmail.com

Hot off the press!

Āwhina's first peer reviewed, international journal publication. Essential reading for all Āwhina whānau members
and others interested in increasing participation and success in tertiary science (plus architecture, design, and
engineering) for Māori, Pacific, and other under-represented minority groups.  Get your copy from:
http://www.springerlink.com/content/6644g08k8h657932/ NOW or contact teropuawhina@gmail.com.

“Cybrospace: Journeys to Success” and "Cybrospace: Journeys to Success Reloaded"

– Top of the Āwhina Mentors' reading list

Two booklets aimed at increasing rangatahi Māori and Pacific interest, uptake and success in science and maths.
Each contains inspirational profiles of Māori and Pacific students’ successes in science, technology, engineering,
mathematics, architecture and design degrees at Victoria University of Wellington, and study skills that work for
them.

Booklets are free. Contact: teropuawhina@gmail.com

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Āwhina waiata

Listen to the latest (rangatahi) version of our waiata. dont be shy....Sing along
Click to download (MP3 format - 2.5Mb)

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