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University of WAIKATO. Center for Maori and Pacific Development Research. We are committed to providing our students with world-class, research-driven teaching, in a dynamic learning environment with excellent facilities. The quality of our staff, their teaching and their research are manifest across all disciplines. We have achieved major successes in New Zealand's Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards.

We pride ourselves in delivering educational programmes within a supportive Maori environment. Everyone is treated with respect because we weave our bicultural Whanau (family) philosophy throughout our programmes. We successfully train thousands of tauira (students) throughout the country every year. We are the largest Wananga in New Zealand.

The Maori and Psychology Research Unit (MPRU), designed to provide a catalyst and support network for enhancing research which has at its centre the psychological needs, aspirations, and priorities of Maori people.

Lake Kaituna (also known as Lake B) is one of eight small peat lakes in the Horsham Downs district, north east of Hamilton City. Once part of the now drained Kainui peat bog, the lake is located in an agricultural catchment and is hydrologically linked to the smaller Lake Komakorau (C). Managed by the Department of Conservation as a wildlife management reserve the lake covers an area of 15 hectares and is a maximum of 1.3 metres deep.

Ngaire Rogers formed the Friends of Lake Hakanoa Walkway, with Brian Curle elected as their Chairman. They then focused on creating a track around the entire 3.62Km of the lake. This herculean task was completed in 2000. The walkway has been divided into 13 zones, each with its own separate and different identity.