Congratulations to our 16 tauira who graduated from Lincoln University on Friday 9th December with either a Level 3 Certificate in Agriculture or a Level 3 Certificate in Dairy. All have jobs to go to – four of them with Ngāi Tahu Farming – wananei!  

Our vision for Whenua Kura is focused on getting our people back on the land, and for our whānau to be economically secure, culturally engaged, socially connected, and environmentally sustainable. Whatungarongaro Te Whenua, toitū te tangata – as man disappears from sight, the land remains. ENROL NOW!!! 2017 Programmes Confirmed We have now confirmed our […]

New apiary course added for 2017 Whenua Kura is buzzing over the announcement of the Certificate of Apiculture (Level 3) on offer in 2017. New Zealand’s primary sector is dependent on healthy pollination of fruit, seed and nut crops for its survival. Beekeeping has an essential role to play in this process and a Certificate […]

E ngā mana, e ngā reo, e ngā hau e whā o te motu, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā rā tātou katoa. Welcome to our first pānui (newsletter). We will be sending these out every couple of months to keep you up-to-date with what’s happening at Whenua Kura. In this pānui we celebrate the launch […]

With Whenua Kura students once again enlisted to gather seed from remnant kānuka stands at Te Whenua Hou, the future regeneration of natural farm habitats has a bright future. According to Ngāi Tahu Farming Project Manager Ben Giesen, the students play an important part in the restoration chain and with 16,000 young kānuka seedlings already […]