Our University is committed to enhancing the academic success of Māori and Pacific students. In your faculty there will be academic support available to Māori and Pacific undergraduate and postgraduate students.

The Tuākana programme as it is known in the following faculties: (Arts, Science, Business and Economics, Creative Arts and Industries, Engineering). In the Auckland Law School, the programme available for our learners are Māori Academic Programme (MAP) and Pacific Academic Strategies for Success (PASS). For Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, the academic support programme offered is Māori and Pacific Admission Scheme (MAPAS). In the Faculty of Education and Social Work, Pacific Academic Success (PAS) and Te Korowai Atawhai (TKA) are available for our learners. The Centre for Pacific Studies (CPS) also offers their academic support programme for undergraduate students (Vakamoana) and postgraduate students (Vaka).

These spaces offer small-group learning, whakawhanaungatanga, wānanga, fonotaga, face-to-face meetings and workshops. These help connect Māori and Pacific students with senior Māori and Pacific students (tuākana), academic teaching staff, and key people across the University.

There are supported by dedicated staff and meeting spaces with students often developing their own programmes to complement the teaching and learning environment.

Support for Māori and Pacific students:

• Arts 
• Business and Economics 
• Centre for Pacific Studies
• Creative Arts and Industries
• Engineering 
• Education and Social Work
• Māori at Auckland Law School, Pacific at Auckland Law School
  
• Medical and Health Sciences
• Science 
• Students with disabilities
• Te Fale Pouāwhina

• Find out about Tuākana opportunities for postgraduate students
• Māori and Pacific students talk about their Tuākana journeys
• There are support services and communities available for Māori students
• Support for Māori students
• Support for Pacific students
• Scholarships for Māori students
• Scholarships for Pacific students
• Scholarships for students with disabilities

If you have any questions on how to connect with your Tuākana programme, please contact us at tuakanaUoA@auckland.ac.nz