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
Centre for Accounting, Governance and Taxation Research
Antarctic Research Centre
Te Puna Pātiotio
Centre for Applied Cross-Cultural Research
Te Pae Rangahau Tauhōkai Ahurea
Wellington Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation
Te Wāhanga Waihanga-Hoahoa
Wellington School of Architecture
Te Kura Waihanga
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
C
Campus Care
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences
Te Wānanga Matū
Communications, Marketing and Engagement
Takitoru
Confucius Institute
Institute of Criminology
Te Pou Haratūtanga
D
Deaf Studies Research Unit
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
Earthquake Hazard Centre
School of Economics and Finance
Te Kura Ohaoha, Pūtea
Wellington Faculty of Education
Te Whānau o Akopai
Wellington Faculty of Engineering
Te Wāhanga Ahunui Pūkaha
School of Engineering and Computer Science
Te Kura Mātai Pūkaha, Pūrorohiko
English Language Institute
Te Pūtahi Reo Ingarangi
School of English, Film, Theatre and Media Studies
Te Kura Tānga Kōrero Ingarihi, Kiriata, Whakaari, Pāpāho, Tāhuhu Kōrero Toi
F
Ferrier Research Institute
Te Kāuru
Finance
G
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences
Te Kura Tātai Aro Whenua
Institute of Governance and Policy Studies
School of Government
Te Kura Kāwanatanga
Faculty of Graduate Research
Te Here Tāura Rangahau
H
Health Services Research Centre
Te Hikuwai Rangahau Hauora
Wellington Faculty of Health
Te Wāhanga Tātai Hauora
School of Health
Te Kura Tātai 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
Wellington 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
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
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
Malaghan Institute of Medical Research
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 Education
Te Kura Māori
School of Māori Studies
Te Kawa a Māui
N
New Zealand Association of Comparative Law
Te Roopu Whakaritenga o Ngā Ture
New Zealand Centre for Literary Translation
Te Tumu Whakawhiti Tuhinga o Aotearoa
New Zealand Centre for Public Law
Te Wānanga o Ngā Kaupapa Ture ā Iwi o Aotearoa
New Zealand Centre of International Economic Law
New Zealand Climate Change Research Institute
Te Pūtahi Hurihanga Taiao
New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre
New Zealand Dictionary Centre
New Zealand Electronic Text Collection
Te Pūhikotuhi o Aotearoa
New Zealand India Research Institute
Te Pūtahi Rangahau o Inia ki Aotearoa
New Zealand Institute of International Affairs
New Zealand School of Music
Te Kōkī
School of Nursing, Midwifery, and Health Practice
Te Kura Tapuhi Hauora
P
School of Psychology
Te Kura Mātai Hinengaro
R
Institute for Research and Development in Māori and Pacific Education
He Pārekereke
Research Development Office
Te Kōhure
Research Office
Te Tari Rangahau
Paihau—Robinson Research Institute
Paihau
Roy McKenzie Centre for the Study of Families
Awhi Rito
S
Wellington Faculty of Science
Te Wāhanga Pūtaiao
Centre for Science in Society
Pūtaiao ki te Pāpori
Scholarships and PhD Admissions Office
Te Maka
School of Social and Cultural Studies
Te Kura Mahinga Tangata
Stout Research Centre
Centre for Strategic Studies-New Zealand
Te Pokapū Take Rautaki Aotearoa
Student Academic Services
Tai Ora
Student Futures
Student Learning
Te Taiako
Sustainability Office
Toitūroa
T
Te Herenga Waka Marae
Te Herenga Waka Marae
Toihuarewa
Treaty of Waitangi Research Unit
V
Va'aomanū Pasifika
Victoria Institute for Links with Latin America (VILLA)
Victoria University Coastal Ecology Lab
Te Toka Tū Moana
W
Wai-te-ata Press
Te Whare Tā o Wai-te-ata
Wellington School of Business and Government
Orauariki
Wellington University International
Te Kahupapa
Wellington Uni-Professional
Kāpuhipuhi
Wellington UniVentures
Te Paewai
Centre for Women's Health Research
Te Tātai Hauora o Hine