University names and places in te reo Māori
A list of Māori names currently used for some of the faculties, schools, central service units, and research centres within the University.
The following list may be helpful when you want to use Māori names for sending emails, memos and/or letters within the University. This list is not exhaustive, so please refer to the Te Whare Wananga—Victoria University of Wellington website for updates or new translations. If your unit does not have a Māori name, you can forward a translation request to the Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Māori.
A
Centre for Academic Development
Te Kōtuinga Mātauranga
Academic Office
Te Waikura
School of Accounting and Commercial Law
Te Kura Kaute, Ture Tauhokohoko
Antarctic Research Centre
Te Puna Pātiotio
Centre for Applied Cross-Cultural Research
Te Pae Rangahau Tauhōkai Ahurea
Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation
Te Wāhanga Waihanga-Hoahoa
School of Architecture
Te Kura Waihanga
School of Arts and Media
Te Kura Kōmanawa
B
Centre for Biodiscovery
Te Pūtahi Hura Koiora
Centre for Biodiversity and Restoration Ecology
Te Tumu Whakaoho Mauri o te Ao Koiora
School of Biological Sciences
Te Kura Mātauranga Koiora
Business and Government
Orauariki
C
Campus Care
Centre for Student Success
Tītoko
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences
Te Wānanga Matū
Committee of Faculty Deans and Service Directors
Te Ama
Communications, Marketing and Digital Engagement
Takitoru
Institute of Criminology
Te Pou Haratūtanga
D
School of Design Innovation
Te Kura Hoahoa
Development Office
Te Kura Tangata
Digital Solutions
Te Tai Matihiko
E
Institute for Early Childhood Studies
Te Pūtahi Mātai Kōhungahunga
School of Economics and Finance
Te Kura Ohaoha, Pūtea
Faculty of Education, Health, and Psychological Sciences
Te Pukenga Wai
School of Education
School of Engineering and Computer Science
Te Kura Mātai Pūkaha, Pūrorohiko
English Language Institute
Te Pūtahi Reo Ingarangi
F
Ferrier Research Institute
Te Kāuru
Finance
Future Students
Te Kahupapa
G
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences
Te Kura Tātai Aro Whenua
Institute of Governance and Policy Studies
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School of Government
Te Kura Kāwanatanga
Faculty of Graduate Research
Te Here Tāura Rangahau
H
Health Services Research Centre
Te Hikuwai Rangahau Hauora
School of Health
Te Puna Hauora
School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations
Te Kura Aro Whakamuri, Rapunga Whakaaro, Matai Tōrangapū me te Ao
The Hub
Te Kauhanganui
Human Resources
Te Pūmanawa Tāngata
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Te Wāhanga Aronui
I
School of Information Management
Te Kura Tiaki, Whakawhiti Kōrero
International Institute of Modern Letters
Te Pūtahi Tuhi Auaha o Te Ao
International Office
Te Kahupapa ki Tai
J
L
Centre for Labour, Employment and Work
Te Puna Mātauranga Mahi
Language Learning Centre
Te Pūtahi Reo
School of Languages and Cultures
Te Kura o ngā Reo me ngā Tikanga-ā-iwi
Faculty of Law
Te Kauhanganui Tātai Ture
School of Law
Te Kura Tātai Ture
Learning Management System
Nuku
Library
Te Pātaka Kōrero
School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
Te Kura Tātari Reo
M
MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
Te Ira Toiora
School of Management
Te Kura Whakahaere
School of Marketing and International Business
Te Kura Hokohoko, Pakihi ki te Ao
School of Mathematics and Statistics
Te Kura Mātai Tatauranga, Pāngarau
Miramar Creative Centre
Te Iho ki Motukairangi
School of Māori Studies
Te Kawa a Māui
N
New Zealand Centre for Public Law
Te Wānanga o Ngā Kaupapa Ture ā Iwi o Aotearoa
New Zealand Electronic Text Collection
Te Pūhikotuhi o Aotearoa
New Zealand India Research Institute
Te Pūtahi Rangahau o Inia ki Aotearoa
New Zealand School of Music
Te Kōkī
P
School of Psychological Sciences
Te Kura Mātai Hinengaro
R
Research Development Office
Te Kōhure
Research Office
Te Tari Rangahau
Robinson Research Institute
Paihau
Roy McKenzie Centre for the Study of Families
Awhi Rito
S
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Te Wāhanga a Manaia
School of Science in Society
Pūtaiao ki te Pāpori
Scholarships and PhD Admissions Office
Te Maka
School of Social and Cultural Studies
Te Kura Mahinga Tangata
Senior Leadership Team
Te Hiwa
Centre for Strategic Studies-New Zealand
Te Pokapū Take Rautaki Aotearoa
Student Academic Services
Tai Ora
Student relationship management system
Kurawai
Student Learning
Te Taiako
Student portal
Pūaha
Sustainability Office
Toitūroa
T
Te Herenga Waka Marae
Te Herenga Waka Marae
Toihuarewa
V
Victoria University Coastal Ecology Lab
Te Toka Tū Moana
W
Wai-te-ata Press
Te Whare Tā o Wai-te-ata
Wellington Uni-Professional
Kāpuhipuhi
Wellington UniVentures
Te Paewai
Centre for Women's Health Research
Te Tātai Hauora o Hine