National Certificate in Maori Business and Management

The National Certificate in Maori Business and Management [Ref: 0365] is for those seeking a career in Maori business, or who are working in a Maori business or management environment (paid or voluntary). The qualification recognises skills and knowledge in Maori business concepts and processes. Holders of the qualification will be able to demonstrate understanding of tikanga and kawa in a management or administrative role in a marae or business environment.

The qualification can build on the National Certificate in Employment Skills [Ref: 0231], or the National Certificates in Business Administration and Computing levels 2 and 3 [Ref: 0008 and 0633]. The qualification may provide a pathway to the National Certificate in Business Administration (Level 4) [Ref: 0634], the National Certificate in Reo Maori (Level 4) [Ref: 0426] or the National Diploma in Maori Business and Management (Level 5) with an optional strand in Iwi Management [Ref: 0366].

Te Kōhanga Reo is a Māori development initiative, aimed at maintaining and strengthening Māori language and philosophies within a cultural framework inspired by Māori elders in 1982.

Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust Board was established in 1982 and formalised as a charitable trust in 1983. The Mission of the Trust is the protection of Te reo, tikanga me ngā āhuatanga Māori by targeting the participation of mokopuna and whānau into the Kōhanga Reo movement and its Vision is to totally immerse Kōhanga mokopuna in Te Reo, Tikanga me ngā āhuatanga Māori.

The Trust Board, as the governing body, has therefore had a key role in providing the support needed by Kōhanga Reo. This support has involved specific investment in mokopuna, whānau, and their cultural infrastructure of language, kinship, relationship management, whānau learning, and whānau decision-making.