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Timetables, orientation and course groups

Select from the list below to find key dates, timetable, orientation and course group information specific to your programme for 2024

Find your course group and course codes to add to myUC, for your pathway of study.

Course group information

Find your Orientation, OSI and programme start dates for 2023

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Ako: Bachelor of Teaching and Learning
  • Primary 
  • Early Childhood
  • Mātauranga Māori
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Graduate and Postgraduate Programmes - Primary and Secondary Education
  • Graduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning 
  • Master of Teaching and Learning
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Graduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning (Early Childhood)
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Bachelor of Teaching and Learning - Early Childhood and Primary
  • OSI and Campus and course information for students in year 2 or 3 

MIhi Whakatau and Noho Marae Information

We welcome our new students to their studies and our community of learning with a Mihi whakatau. The Mihi whakatau is a traditional Māori welcome ceremony.

The purpose of the Mihi whakatau is to remove the tapu of the Manuhiri (visitors) to make them one with the Tangata Whenua (Home people). It is a gradual process of the Manuhiri and the Tangata Whenua coming together.

Please arrive at the appointed time for the Mihi whakatau, so that the process can be explained and there will be time to practice the waiata (song) that the Manuhiri will sing to support their speaker.

This is a formal process, so please ensure that all electronic equipment (cellphone/ipod etc) is turned off during the entire Mihi whakatau.

Recommended attire:

  • Women: a modest skirt for the Mihi whakatau, or tidy semi-formal attire (no shorts, short skirts, revealing tops etc)
  • Men: long pants, neat dress.

Students will participate in a noho marae and will stay overnight at one of the local marae. Students will participate in a Mihi whakatau and will develop their understanding of marae kawa (protocols) and tikanga Māori (values). They will make links to their future classroom practice, the curriculum and Tātaiako – Cultural Competencies for Teachers of Māori Learners.