E ngā kaahu whakaangi e whakapapa mai rā e ngā hau āwhiowhio a Tawhirimātea, nei rā aku mihi matakuikui ki a tātou katoa e hoe ana tēnei waka mātauranga.

Ko Putauaki te maunga
Ko Te Aotahi te tangata
Ko te Takanga i o Apa te wai
Kei te riu o Kawerau ngā hapū
Ko Ngāti Tūwharetoa te iwi
Ko Te Arawa te waka

Kia ora. My name is Hone Te Rire. Currently I am studying towards a Masters of Māori and Management degree at Te Wānanga-o-Raukawa in Ōtaki. I am in my final year and look forward to graduating with a second Masters degree in December 2007. Previously I had graduated with a Masters of Māori Laws and Philosophy at Te Wānanga-o-Raukawa in 2006.
I have been a lecturer at Te Wānanga-o-Raukawa since 2004 and teach the Bachelors of Māori and Administration, Bachelors of Hapū Development, and Bachelors of Māori Laws and Philosophy undergraduate papers. I enjoy these papers immensely.
Thanks to the Tī Maru Māori Trust Scholarship I had received in 2006, I have been able to complete all the management papers I had enrolled in by purchasing books and resources and paying the tuition fees. Without the scholarship, I might have struggled.
Personal achievements have been completing two Masters Degrees within four years, and completing a 65,765-word compendium of Iwi & Hapū, Māori Laws and Management papers as part of my Masters degree. A foundation member of Te Kete Poutama Marae Based Studies Kawerau, an educational initiative that encompasses an NZQA tertiary level marae based programme under the auspices of Te Wānanga-o-Raukawa. I am elated with those achievements. My personal interests are surfcasting, tennis, reading and playing with my children.
If I have a tip for studying that would be to set your goals, remain focussed and above all be disciplined in your approach to studies. Barriers only become visible when you lose sight of the focus. Kia kaha, kia maia, kia manawanui.

Ko Maungataniwha te Maunga
Ko Tokarau te Moana
Ko Mamaru te Waka
Ko Parata te tangata rongonui
Ko Kahutianui te Whaea Tupuna
Ko Ngati Kahu te Iwi
Ko Te Moho te Awa
Ko Parapara te Marae
Ko Te Manawa o Ngati Tara te Whare Tupuna
Ko Takapuna te Urupa
Ko Parapara te Mana Whenua

I would like to thank you for your support, in the form of a Professions scholarship that I received from the Māori Education Trust to complete honours-level study during 2006. The substantial scholarship I received from the Trust enabled me to focus on my study, without the financial concerns and gave me the opportunity to complete several research projects.
Due in large part to your support, I graduated at the end of 2006 with a first class Honours degree in Science at Victoria University of Wellington. I was also able to attend conferences in New Zealand and overseas, to present my work.
The research project and thesis I completed during my honours year, while received a scholarship from the Māori Education Trust has recently been published in an international journal. A second study I completed while being supported by the scholarship has also recently been accepted by another journal.
Thank you once again for your support.

My name is Sarah Beazley. I grew up in a farming community on the outskirts of Kaikohe in Northland. I attended Okaihau College for my secondary schooling and achieved Dux of the school in 2002.
I then moved to Auckland to study biomedical science at the University of Auckland and graduated in 2006. I applied for the Master of Audiology programme in my final year of undergraduate studies and was lucky enough to be accepted into one of only 12 places.
I started audiology in 2006 and am currently completing my final year. Audiology is a very rewarding career choice and currently there is a significant shortage of Māori audiologists in New Zealand. At present, I am working on my thesis which is due for submission at the end of February 2008.
On completion of my Masters degree, I hope to find employment in the Auckland region to gain certification and membership of the New Zealand Audiological Society. My long term career goal is to return to Northland to help revise the inadequate Audiology services in this region. Outside of university, my hobbies include horse riding and I love to go home as often as I can to ride on my parents farm.
This year I was fortunate to be awarded the Māori Education Trust Professions Scholarship which provided significant financial relief and has helped with some of the costs of my research this year. Studying at university is a substantial commitment not just on your own time but financially as well. The availability of scholarship across all levels of study, both undergraduate and postgraduate allows this burden to be removed so we are free to focus our attentions to our studies.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Māori Education Trust for their generosity and dedication to publicising and encouraging

Māori academia.

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