Toi Rauwhārangi, College of Creative Arts is committed to the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We’re a place where Māori language and culture can flourish.

Pōwhiri Framework 

The Design programme is structured around the themes of a pōwhiri (Māori welcome). This is designed to foster collaboration across subjects, and be supported on your journey through four years of study.

Watch the Introduction to the Pōwhiri Framework here. 

Ngā Aho Māori Designers Network 

Ngā Aho is a network of Māori and Indigenous design professionals who come together to support each other to better service the design aspirations of our Māori and indigenous communities. Māori and indigenous design professionals are now represented in the fields of architecture, commercial design, engineering, landscape architecture, business, planning, project and resource management, and design-thinking / co-design.

Visit the Ngā Aho Network here for more information. 

Te Aranga Design Principles 

The Te Aranga Māori Design Principles  are a set of outcome-based principles founded on intrinsic Māori cultural values and designed to provide practical guidance for enhancing outcomes for the design environment. The principles have arisen from a widely held desire to enhance Mana Whenua  presence, visibility and participation in the design of the physical realm. 

View the principles and the details of their conception here. 

Te Wānanga – a new Tāmaki Makaurau public space at the meeting point of Te Waitematā and the City Centre developed in consideration of Te Aranga. 

Visualising Māori Land 

This website is intended to help Māori land owners and managers find out more about the physical characteristics, constraints and potential of their whenua Māori.

View  Whenua Māori here.