History - Hītori

Te Roopū Māori emerged from the need to provide a social network of support for Māori students at Otago University and as a vehicle to advance tino rangatiratanga within the context of tertiary education.

Over the past three or four decades Te Roopū Māori grew from a kapa haka group in the 1960’s into an incorporated society in the mid-1990’s with three basic aims: recruitment, retention and results for Māori students.

Essentially it means the advancement of Māori through the halls of academia in every area of science, health, commerce, technology and social science.

Heoi anō, he mihi tēnei ki a rātou ma, ngā tipua kua pahure ake, rātou i whakarauika ra i runga anō i ngā momo kaupapa e pa ana ki tēnei roopū o te whare wānanga o Otago.