He wānanga o roto i te Ttikanga ā-iwi, e aro ana ki ngā whaitua rerekē o te ao, te hono o te tangata me te āhua o tana noho, tana taunekeneke ki aua wāhi rā, me ngā panonitanga o ēnei āhuatanga i te takanga o te wā.
A branch of knowledge within the social sciences which focuses on place, people's connection to and how they live and interact with those places, and the changes in these things over time.
mata - surface, face
whenua - land, ground
E wātea ana te ākonga ki te whai i te matawhenua hei kaupapa ako māna i te tau 11 o te kura i Aotearoa.
Ko te pānui me te whakamahi mahere whenua tētahi wāhanga ako o roto i te matawhenua.
Ko te taiao māori me te taiao hanga ētahi aronga e rua i te matawhenua.