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New Zealand Certificate in Performing Arts (Level 3)

Course details

New Zealand Certificate in Performing Arts (Level 3)
NZQF Level 3

About the course

Begin your journey in Māori and Pacific cultural performance. Learn beginner skills in individual and ensemble performance. Become immersed in cultural frameworks that inform and inspire creative flair.

What you will learn

Taught over 17-weeks, students will choose a strand of performance to specialise in where they will learn tailored skills. Courses for this programme include the following:

  • Introduction to Māori and Pasifika Performing Arts
  • Māori and Pasifika Performing Arts
  • Māori and Pasifika Technique Studies
  • Ensemble Workshop
  • Ensemble Performance

More detail about this qualification

Career outcomes

This qualification may lead to employment of self-employment as a novice performer in the performing arts industry such as a musician or dance performer.

Graduates will be able to use the skills learned from this programme and apply them in cultural performance-based contexts within their community.

Graduates can also pathway on to the New Zealand Diploma in Performing Arts – Māori and Pacific Dance, where they will further hone their skills in their chosen specialty.

Entry requirements

Dance: Evidence of physical capability to complete the programme based on audition

International: IELTS 5.5 (no band lower than 5.0), or equivalent.

Auditions

Auditions are on-site (Porirua campus) and will be arranged by and Enrolment Advisor who will schedule a date and time. Auditions will run from February to June 2023, between 11am and 2:00pm. Video auditions are also accepted.

Related study options

  • New Zealand Certificate in Music Level 4
  • New Zealand Certificate in DJ and Electronic Music Level 4 
  • New Zealand Diploma in Performing Arts – Māori and Pacific Dance

Offering institute

This qualification is offered by Whitireia.

On 1 September 2022, the operations of Whitireia transferred to the Whitireia and WelTec business division of Te Pūkenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology (Te Pūkenga). As part of this, all existing Whitireia programmes transferred to Te Pūkenga.

About the provider

Whitireia and WelTec have a history of over 100 years of vocational education delivery. We are proud stewards of our whakapapa, owning our collective histories and aspirations for the future through acknowledging people, place, culture, and values. 

Whitireia and WelTec is known for our high student success rates and culturally diverse ākonga. Every year we train over 8,000 ākonga who study at one of our campuses across Porirua and Petone. Our highly skilled staff will be with you every step of your journey, providing the best possible learning environment. We enable learners from every stage of life – school leavers, university graduates, those preparing to reenter the workforce and those wanting to retrain or upskill. Our learning environments are open and ready to welcome you all. 

More and more New Zealanders are choosing a local study pathway through dedicated vocational education providers to gain the qualifications they need to get ahead and into their dream job.  We offer a range of programmes of study at certificates, diplomas, degrees, and postgraduate qualifications. Our programmes have been developed in conjunction with industry to offer excellent vocational qualifications that are future-focused and provide ākonga with practical skills to pursue their career goals. 

We are known for our Ahureitanga (distinctiveness), and we have special relationships with Iwi mana whenua as our campuses are in their rohe: Te Āti Awa and Ngāti Toa Rangatira. Together, we are more than the sum of our parts.

Mā tātou, mō tātou ko WelTec ki Te Āti Awa, ko Whitireia ki Ngāti Toa Rangatira. E haere kōtui nei me kura-takahi-puni tātou. Together, we will lead and illuminate our communities through vocational education.

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