Rongo wetere biography
Rongo wetere biography
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Rongo Wetere
Rongo Herehere WetereONZM of Ngāti Maniapoto descent,[1] founder of the Te Wananga o Aotearoa (TWoA) tertiary institution in New Zealand and an Officer of the Order of New Zealand of Merit.[2] He was previously chair of the Māori Employment and Training Commission.[3] He was the chief executive of the Te Wananga o Aotearoa tertiary institution but resigned from his post in 2005 following government pressure.
A subsequent report by the Office of the Auditor-General found that the finances of the TWoA were in order despite the university being Indigenous.[4][5]
In 1994, Dr. Wetere had successfully gained government approval for the establishment of New Zealand’s first Maori University known as Te Wananga o Aotearoa (translation: University of New Zealand) and became its founding President/CEO.
Within 10 years Te Wananga o Aotearoa (TWOA) grew to be the largest tertiary provider in New Zealand with annual enrolments r