Interested in a career in the Health Sector?
Start Your Journey in Health and Wellbeing
Whether you're taking your first step toward a career in nursing or advancing your expertise in mental health and addictions, our health programmes are designed to support your goals.
Begin with our foundation course—your pathway into a nursing degree—or deepen your impact with our Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Mental Health and Addictions Counselling.
We also offer postgraduate courses, tailored to meet the needs of professionals across the sector.
Empower your future. Make a difference in your community.
Te Ōhanga Mataora: Bachelor of Health Sciences Māori Nursing
Become a Nurse. Study in our Māori Nursing course. This nursing programme is accredited by the Nursing Council of New Zealand and NZQA.
Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Mental Health and Addiction Counselling
The Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Mental Health and Addiction Counselling (Level 8) is a new and innovative programme designed to support the development of the mental health workforce within whānau, hapū and iwi, and other communities and industries.
Postgraduate Certificate in Mātauranga Māori and Indigenous Studies
Develop skills and knowledge in Māori and Indigenous studies at a postgraduate level with pathways to Masters degrees.
Postgraduate Diploma in Mātauranga Māori and Indigenous Studies
Develop skills and knowledge in Māori and Indigenous studies at a postgraduate level with pathways to Masters degrees.
Master's degrees
The master’s degrees provide a friendly and supportive learning environment for students through the (mostly) noho delivery model. After completing a minimum of four papers either part time or full time, students opt for either a dissertation or thesis.
Professional doctorate degrees
Doctor of Māori Development and Advancement and the Doctor of Indigenous Development and Advancement are designed specifically for students in professional areas. These are degrees that consider the working experiences of its student body and encourages them to consider how their research can contribute to the tribal, community and indigenous organisations within which they are located.
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctoral Degrees are the highest supervised degree offered by Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi. The PhD is awarded for a thesis that demonstrates a candidate’s ability to carry out independent research and analysis at an advanced level of study in a particular discipline and/or field.
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