Become a guardian for the source of knowledge contained within your whānau, hapū or iwi. Just as our ancestors navigated the seas to discover new lands, you will learn to navigate the sea of information to make new discoveries.

Puna Maumahara refers to ‘repositories of knowledge’, particularly those belonging to iwi, hapū and whānau. In this one year diploma you will be entrenched in mātauranga Māori and learn how to apply these concepts through organising and retrieving information. This includes digital archiving, and preservation techniques for taonga tuku iho (our inherited treasures). 

If you are seeking or currently in a role where you collect, access, store, design, implement, preserve and manage knowledge and systems you will learn a new approach based on tikanga and kaupapa Māori, opening your eyes to knowledge management through a Māori world view.  

This is the first year to the degree programme. If you want to enter a career focused on preserving taonga, whether for your marae, iwi, whānau, Māori organisation, library or museum, this diploma will help you on the path and set you up for further advanced study in the Poutuarongo Puna Maumahara degree.

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