Te Tākupu

08/07/2026

'Tākiri mai te ata' is for:
Whānau seeking understanding.
Adoptees and whāngai looking for language around lived experience.
Researchers and students exploring Māori knowledge, identity and wellbeing.
Practitioners working alongside whānau.
Anyone committed to learning more about whakapapa, tikanga and belonging.
A necessary pukapuka for important conversations.

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This book takes readers on a journey from the whakapapa-centred world of te ao Māori to the imposition of colonisation, and back again. Destroying whānau served the wider colonial goal of taking Māori land and assimilating the people who belonged to it. That destruction included outlawing the tik...

02/07/2026

Some books inform us.
Some books stay with us.

Tākiri mai te ata: Understanding whāngai and adoption is a significant contribution to kōrero about whāngai, Māori adoption, whānau, whakapapa and the journey from disconnection to reconnection.

A great addition to your home, workplace, study or whānau library.
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This book takes readers on a journey from the whakapapa-centred world of te ao Māori to the imposition of colonisation, and back again. Destroying whānau served the wider colonial goal of taking Māori land and assimilating the people who belonged to it. That destruction included outlawing the tik...

30/06/2026

What does it mean to belong?
What happens when whakapapa connections are disrupted?
How do whānau find their way back to each other?

Tākiri mai te ata opens up important kōrero about whāngai, adoption, colonisation, reconnection and identity.

This is a book for anyone who wants to sit with the layered stories of whānau, whakapapa and belonging.

Available now:

This book takes readers on a journey from the whakapapa-centred world of te ao Māori to the imposition of colonisation, and back again. Destroying whānau served the wider colonial goal of taking Māori land and assimilating the people who belonged to it. That destruction included outlawing the tik...

24/06/2026

NEW RELEASE: Tākiri mai te ata: Understanding whāngai and adoption

This powerful pukapuka takes readers through the whakapapa-centred world of te ao Māori, the impacts of colonisation on whānau, and the ongoing journey back toward reconnection, identity and belonging.

A meaningful read for whānau, educators, researchers, practitioners and anyone wanting to better understand whāngai and Māori adoption.

Order here: https://tetakupu.wananga.com/products/takiri-mai-te-ata

04/06/2026

Moe mai rā 😪

He aituā, he aituā!

Kua hinga anō he tōtara haemata o te waonui a Tāne. Ko Ahorangi Whatarangi Winiata tērā kua riro ki tua o te ārai. Haere e te rangatira.

29/05/2026

Korihi te manu
Tākiri mai i te ata
Ka ao, ka ao, ka awatea
Tihei mauri ora!

Nō te ata nei whakarewaina ai te pukapuka ‘Tākiri mai te ata: understanding whāngai and adoption’ ki te marea. He mea tuhi tēnei e Moana Jackson rātou ko Helen Potter, ko Kim McBreen, ko Ani Mikaere, ko Annabel Ahuriri-Driscoll, ko Denise Blake, ko Jenni Hohepa-Tupu, ko Jessica Hutchings, ko Maria Haenga-Collins anō hoki.

The book ‘Tākiri mai te ata: understanding whāngai and adoption’ was launched today at Te Wānanga o Raukawa, and is the second in a series from a project on whāngai and adoption funded by the Royal Society of New Zealand. It was penned by a project team including the late Moana Jackson, Helen Potter, Kim McBreen, Ani Mikaere, Annabel Ahuriri-Driscoll, Denise Blake, Jenni Hohepa-Tupu, Jessica Hutchings, and Maria Haenga-Collins. If you would like to order a copy, go to: Te Tākupu, Te Wānanga o Raukawa

29/05/2026

Nau mai ki te ao mārama, e te taonga.

15/05/2026

FREE EVENT THIS WEEKEND E TE IWI!


With: Margaret Mutu, Carwyn Jones and Jacqueline Paul
"50 years of The Waitangi Tribunal"
Sun, 17 May 2026
1:00pm – 2:00pm
Limelight Room, Aotea

Overview: The book’s co-editor Carwyn Jones (Ngāti Kahungunu, Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki) and contributors Margaret Mutu (Ngāti Kahu, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Whātua) and Jacqueline Paul (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Heretaunga) join Dale Husband (Ngāti Maru) to reflect on the Tribunal’s anniversary, and what its future might hold.
https://www.writersfestival.co.nz/programmes/event/the-waitangi-tribunal-50-years/2225047/

07/05/2026

This journal includes a range of contributions from past and present staff members and from others associated with Te Wānanga o Raukawa. The first section is a selection of material relating to a Waitangi Tribunal claim lodged by Te Wānanga o Raukawa in 2017: Te Wānanga o Raukawa Whakatupu Mātauranga claim (Wai 2698).
The second section contains papers on a range of subject matters with titles such as: Pulse of a Nation: Tino Rangatiratanga, Decolonisation and Te Wānanga o Raukawa Pulse; Tikanga Māori and the Rights and Obligations of Free Speech; Re-storying Ourselves; What are we Learning from Te Kawa o te Ako About Eliminating Violence?; Our Tūpuna Dreamed the Future for All of Us; and Gender, Sexuality and Creation Stories.
The third and final section of the journal contains the reflections of a number of staff on their experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The pieces in this volume illustrate a range of contexts within which we can demonstrate and grow our capacity as mātauranga theorists and practitioners. We hope that readers will be inspired to reflect on their own role as kaitiaki of the mātauranga continuum.

Karawhiua!

22/04/2026

E rere e te mātauranga ki ngā tōpito katoa o te whenua.
Ko te hautaka nei, ko 'Whakatupu Mātauranga 2' kua p**a ki te ao mārama.

For more information about this new journal, follow this link: https://tetakupu.wananga.com/products/whakatupu-matauranga-2