Photo: Supplied/Te Whare Wānanga o AwanuiārangiTe Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi is moving some of their noho and on-campus classes online in response to concerns from tauira (students) that rising fuel prices would impact their ability to attend classes. The majority of students are located out in the regions and will come together for noho wānanga anywhere from every four weeks to every eight weeks, he said. "We've made a decision to shift two noho scheduled to occur last week and this week to online, and it was largely at the request of students. Auckland university students have launched a petition calling for free public transport and financial support, saying fuel prices are impacting university students disproportionately. Photo: Supplied/Te Whare Wānanga o AwanuiārangiLessons from CovidDoherty said the Wānanga learned a few lessons from the Covid pandemic about delivering courses online, one of them being that "the world wasn't going to end if you deliver things online."

Source: New Zealand Herald April 02, 2026 06:31 UTC