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Reaching out to young 膩konga M膩ori

04 October 2021

Te Whare W膩nanga o Waitaha | the University of mini传媒 is the first university to advertise on M膩ori TV, with an inspirational new ad that will air 33 times this month during a variety of programmes.

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Year 13 student and Head Girl at Cashmere High School Wairaamia Tikao Taratoa-Bannister (K膩i Tahu, Waitaha, Ng膩ti M膩moe, Ng膩i Te Rangi and Ng膩ti Raukawa) narrates the ad, which features a variety of current University of mini传媒 (UC) students reflecting on their challenges and following their passions. The poem (see below) is subtitled in te reo M膩ori to reach out to M膩ori youth and remind them, along with stunning visuals, that tertiary study can help them to achieve a fulfilling future.

The new initiative is part of a number of developments to attract and support 膩konga听M膩ori, such as听Takere, a six-week scholarship and live-in academy programme that is part of听Kia Angitu,听which supports M膩ori, Pacific and under-served student groups.

The ad campaign is underpinned by the university鈥檚 commitment to reducing disparity in participation, success, and retention rates.

UC and mana whenua Ng膩i T奴膩huriri signed a听partnership agreement听in March 2019 to formalise longstanding relationships, and UC recently announced the Office of Treaty Partnership, K膩 Waimaero | the Ng膩i Tahu Centre,听thought to be a first in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Watch the Believe U Can ad, meet our student stars and find out more听here.

Believe U Can

Belief. The emotion that stirs your body into motion.
One small drop contains the power of the oceans.
And, yes, with all this chaos and commotion
You鈥檇 be forgiven for thinking
鈥淲hat鈥檚 my personal motivation?鈥

The new normal鈥檚 so abnormal that now normal鈥檚 an abstraction.
What happened to civilisation? This world is a distraction.
But still belief will never fail to cause a chemical reaction.
Fiing up your synapsis.

With purpose and possibilities to put into practise.
Yeah, those ones.
And, so, you pause.
Breathe.
And say: 鈥淲hat do I want to do for me?
The future me.
The one who needs me to believe
That I can make a difference 鈥 unequivocally. In whichever way I deem.
Even if that's flipping me into WE.
UC, that really is living the dream.
So, yeah, it鈥檚 a pretty simple plan.
Believe U Can.

By Rupert de Paula, Strategy Creative


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