New Zealand Certificate in Te Reo Māori (He Pī Ka Pao) Level 1

Course details

New Zealand Certificate in Te Reo Māori (He Pī Ka Pao) Level 1
Domestic tuition	$0 per year
NZQF Level	1

About the course

You must complete both Level 1 and Level 2 to receive the NZ Certificate in Te Reo Māori (He Pi Ka Rere) Level 1 and 2 qualification. You will automatically be enrolled into Level 2 once you enrol into this course.

Te Ara Reo Māori (He Pi Ka Pao) is primarily a Māori language programme that provides access to a safe and exciting learning environment underpinned by Māori values and philosophies. This beginner’s level Māori language programme will introduce the learner to basic tikanga Māori and introductory conversational Māori language.

Te Ara Reo Māori is unique in its preferred delivery methodology of Ako Whakatere (accelerated learning) techniques. This programme aims to increase the number of speakers in conversational Te Reo Māori across all generations and cultures. The learner will examine aspects of tikanga Māori through activities specially designed to encourage communication in Māori.

These will include a combination of formal and informal situations such as hui, powhiri and noho marae. Te Wananga o Aotearoa sees the Te Ara Reo Māori programme as an opportunity to develop communities within New Zealand that celebrate and share each other's cultures, languages and experiences.

To provide akonga with the knowledge and skills to converse in Te Reo Māori at a foundational level
To provide akonga with the opportunity to increase their ability to communicate in Te Reo Māori with little or no support in familiar everyday contexts and in Māori environments
To promote and encourage the use of Te Reo Māori as the language of choice
To provide akonga with the skills to participate in and understand Māori protocols and practices
To promote teaching methodologies which facilitate quality learning
To contribute positively to the development of Te Reo Kia Tika, Kia Rere, Kia Māori in personal or professional contexts
To produce akonga that have confidence to use Te Reo Māori where they feel comfortable
To provide a pathway for entry to higher level qualifications either internally with TWoA or externally with other providers
To provide an employment pathway to the diverse spaces within Te Ao Māori
To build a harmonious nation and provide access to Te Reo Māori for all.

Entry requirements

Applicants should be a minimum of 16 years of age (unless an exemption from attending school has been granted) at the commencement of the programme. An exemption from attending school may be granted by a person designated under sections 21 or 26 of the Education Act 1989, by a school principal from a school in which the prospective tauira is registered, or by the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Education.

Open entry, however applicants should have little or no knowledge of Te Reo Māori and must attend an information sharing hui with a kaiako before enrolment.

Language Requirements

Applicants from countries with an annual student visa approval rate below 80 per cent, whose first language is not English, or who come from a country where the language of instruction in schools is not English must provide evidence of:

Have gained NCEA Level 3 and met New Zealand University Entrance requirements, or

Have successfully completed a Bachelors’ Degree, Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, Bachelor Honours degree, Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, Masters’ Degree or Doctoral Degree, the language of instruction of which must be in English and which must be from a tertiary education provider from New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom or the United States, or

Have achieved a Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults, CELTA, or

Have achieved the required score and with all scores achieved in a single test in one of the internationally recognised English Proficiency tests (specified above) within the preceding two years.

About the provider

Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) provides quality tertiary education and training across a wide range of subjects and qualifications. From certificates to postgraduate studies, we offer NZQA programmes for students to learn at a level and pathway that suits them.

We are home to the Zero Fees Scheme and are the only tertiary provider in New Zealand to offer a no tuition cost education to domestic NZ students for every year of study, at all levels.

We offer SIT programmes at campuses in Invercargill, Christchurch, Queenstown, Gore, and online through SIT2LRN Distance Learning.

We also have specialised faculties in music and rural education - MAINZ – Music and Audio Institute of New Zealand (Christchurch) and Telford in Balclutha, South Otago.