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WIPCE AOTEAROA: Call for Abstracts
The World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference (WIPCE 2025) is coming to Aotearoa. WIPCE 2025 is being hosted by Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau (AUT) from 16-20 November 2025. The conference features national and international keynote speakers, academic and community presentations, networking sessions, symposiums, panel discussions, seminars, workshops, cultural excursions, and more. The theme of the WIPCE 2025 academic programme is based on the fundamental principle of Indigenous control of Indigenous education. Call for abstracts close on 30 April, 2025.
Coming to tāmaki makaurau November 2025
Celebrating indigenous excellence
Aotearoa extends a warm welcome to our global Indigenous whānau to the World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference on Education (WIPCE) 2025, in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland from 16-20 November. A pōwhiri (traditional welcome) by mana whenua (local tribe) of central Auckland, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei will welcome our manuhiri (visitors) to start the conference which features national and international keynote speakers, academic and community presentations, networking sessions, symposiums, panel discussions, seminars, workshops, cultural excursions, a village marketplace, parade of nations and concludes with a closing ceremony and finale concert.
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“Tēnā koutou katoa. Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau (AUT) welcomes our global community to Tāmaki Makaurau and our university for the World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference on Education in 2025. AUT has a deep, enduring and committed relationship with Māori and is committed to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. It is with privilege that we host and welcome WIPCE back to Aotearoa New Zealand for the first time in 20 years with the opportunity to celebrate and foster cross-cultural exchange, rejuvenate traditions, and ignite innovative Indigenous approaches to education. As it is said in Samoa, ‘le malu le vai i lou finagalo’—may your mind be like cool water. We look forward to welcoming you all in 2025. Nau mai haere mai.”
Toeolesulusulu Professor Damon Salesa, AUT Vice-Chancellor