is a wÃÂnanga (indigenous tertiary education provider) based in WhakatÃÂne, New Zealand, established in 1991 by NgÃÂti Awa. Today it also has a campus in both TÃÂmaki Makaurau (Auckland) and WhangÃÂrei.
Te Whare WÃÂnanga o AwanuiÃÂrangi was officially opened on 10 February 1992. Formal recognition of the institution under the Education Act 1989 as a WÃÂnanga came in 1997. Professor Sir Hirini Mead (NgÃÂti Awa, NgÃÂti Tà «wharetoa, Tuhourangi) was appointed chairperson of the WÃÂnanga Establishment Committee in 1992, along with Joe Mason (NgÃÂti Awa), then General Manager of the tribal authority Te Rà «nanga o NgÃÂti Awa, and Peter McLay, a retired local principal. Wira Gardiner (NgÃÂti Awa, Te WhÃÂnau àApanui, Te Whakatà Âhea, NgÃÂti Pikiao) and Layne Harvey (NgÃÂti Awa, Rongowhakaata, Te Aitanga a MÃÂhaki, NgÃÂti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa, Te WhÃÂnau a Apanui) were appointed to the Committee in 1994. Since 1997, AwanuiÃÂrangi has been governed by a council. The current members are Justice Layne Harvey (Chairperson), Professor Linda Smith and Rauru Kirikiri, (Joint Deputy Chairpersons), Materoa Dodd, Tania Rangiheuea, Deputy Chief Judge Craig Coxhead, Regan Studer, Tuihana Pook, Charlie Tawhiao, Natalie Coates and Aubrey Tokawhakaea Temara.
The first Chief Executive Officer of AwanuiÃÂrangi was Himiona Nuku. He was followed by Te Ururoa Flavell, Professor Gary Hook, Sir Wira Gardiner and Professor Kuni Jenkins as Acting CEOs and then Professor Graham Smith from 2007 to 2015. After Professor Smith's retirement from the role, Professor Wiremu Doherty was appointed Acting CEO for 12 months and then to the permanent position in 2016. Professor Doherty is the incumbent.
The WhakatÃÂne campus was later redeveloped, and the new campus was officially opened in December 2012 by Tumu Te Heuheu Tà «kino VIII. At the ceremony, a posthumous Honorary Doctorate was awarded to Te Onehou Eliza Phillis, an Honorary doctorate to Sir Harawira Gardiner, and Amohaere Tangità « was awarded a Distinguished Fellowship. Since then, honorary doctorate recipients have included Sir Pou Temara (NgÃÂi Tà «hoe), Te Ariki Mei (NgÃÂti Kahungnu), Mereana Selby (NgÃÂti Raukawa), Layne Harvey, Kihi Ngatai (NgÃÂi Te Rangi), Hauata Palmer (NgÃÂi Te Rangi), Dame Georgina Kingi (NgÃÂti Awa), Sir Joseph Williams (NgÃÂti Pà «kenga, Tapuika), Joseph Mason, Te Kei Merito (NgÃÂti Awa), Teriaki Amoamo (Te Whakatà Âhea), Dame Tariana Turia (NgÃÂti Apa, NgàWairiki, Whanganui, NgÃÂti Tà «wharetoa), and Stanley Pardoe (Rongowhakaata, Te Aitanga a MÃÂhaki, NgÃÂti Kahungunu). Materoa Dodd and former council member Adrienne von Tunzelmann were awarded Distinguished Fellowships.