The Ako Aotearoa Manako Programme was an internationally recognised language, literacy, numeracy (LLN) and cultural capability programme for educators who work with adult learners.

Ako Aotearoa was committed to building educator capability to support Māori learner success.
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Ako Aotearoa was committed to building educator capability to support Pacific learner success.

From 2007-2025 Ako Aotearoa managed the prestigious annual Aotearoa Tertiary Educator Awards.

A whole-organisation, reflective practice approach to capability building.

Organisation-wide professional learning supporting organisations to be dyslexia-friendly.

Ako Aotearoa delivered high-quality, relevant, evidence-based professional learning and development (PLD) to improve professional practice for tertiary educators.

This page holds the funding programmes used by Ako Aotearoa from 2007 – 2025, including the Ako Aotearoa Research and Innovation Agenda (AARIA) programme established in 2022.

Ako Aotearoa was previously Qualification Developer for NZQA's Teacher Education suite. From 1 Jan 2026 the qualifications developer for these will be the Education, Health and Community Industry Skills Board.