Kia rangatira te tū a Te Wānanga o Raukawa

hei whare ako, whakatupu hoki i te mātauranga

The Whakatupu Mātauranga claim (Wai 2698) was lodged with the Waitangi Tribunal in December 2017. The claim focused on the impact of Crown policy and action on the ability of Te Wānanga o Raukawa to contribute fully to the urgent task of reclaiming, nurturing and expanding the mātauranga continuum. In February 2018 it was agreed that we would work with the Crown to negotiate settlement of the claim. A Relationship Protocol was signed in November 2019 and in 2020 additional funding was secured until such time as agreement can be reached on a more equitable funding model.

A major focus of the claim has been the need to reconfigure the Wānanga-Crown relationship to better reflect the balance between tino rangatiratanga and kāwanatanga that was foreshadowed by Te Tiriti o Waitangi. In 2023 a significant milestone was reached in this regard, with the passage of an amendment to the Education and Training Act 2020 that established a Wānanga Sector Framework. Shortly afterwards, Te Whakahau Mātauranga (Te Wānanga o Raukawa)/The Education (Te Wānanga o Raukawa) Order received the Governor-General’s assent. This Order in Council is the first to have been rendered in both te reo Māori and English. It contains the detailed provisions which enabled Te Wānanga o Raukawa to become a non-Crown entity wānanga, primarily accountable to the ART Confederation, on 1 January 2024.



Since that time, the focus has been on ensuring a smooth transition to our new organisational arrangements and determining the impact of our non-Crown entity status on our relationship with a range of Crown agencies. Work also continues on a number of outstanding issues, including quality assurance matters and the need to develop a suitable funding model.