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Diploma in Te Hapūtanga O Te Reo (Tē Rōnakitanga Ki Te Reo Kairangi)
Diploma in Te Hapūtanga O Te Reo (Tē Rōnakitanga Ki Te Reo Kairangi)

Diploma in Te Hapūtanga O Te Reo (Tē Rōnakitanga Ki Te Reo Kairangi)

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  • Level:1-Year Diploma
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Admission Requirements

Entry requirements

All applicants must:

  • Be 16 years of age or over and have successfully completed an equivalent Te Reo Māori qualification at Level 4 or,
  • Have successfully completed the pre-entry assessment (PEA)
  • Attend an information sharing hui with the kaiako

English requirements

  • Applicants from countries with an annual student visa approval rate of at least 80 percent, whose first language is not English, or who come from a country where the language of instruction in schools is not English, are required to provide evidence of having passed an NZQA approved English Proficiency Assessment, or one of the following tests of English language competence in accordance with the NZQA rules below:
  • IELTS test - Academic score of 5.5 with no band score lower than 5
  • TOEFL Paper based test (pBT) - Score of 550 (with an essay score of 5 TWE)
  • TOEFL Internet based test (iBT) - Score of 46 (with a writing score of 14)
  • Cambridge English Examination - B2 First or B2 First for schools with a score of 162. No less than 154 in each skill
  • OET - Minimum of Grade C or 200 in all sub-tests
  • NZCEL - a) Expiring Level b) Current: a) Level 4 (General) or (Workplace) b) Level 4 (General) or (Employment)
  • Pearson Test of English (Academic) - PTE (Academic) score of 42 with no band score lower than 36
  • Language Cert - B2 Communicator IESOL (LRWS) with HIGH PASS and no less than Pass in each skill
  • Trinity ISE - ISE II with no less than merit in any band

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Course Information

Do you want to make a meaningful commitment to your Māori language development? Go well past the basics and focus on your grammar and conversational ability.

Start to learn about regional variations of language and how you'll understand different dialects. Continue in our fun and inclusive learning environment and make te reo Māori a language you can confidently function in from day to day.

Arohatia te reo!

You will learn:

  • intermediate level conversational te reo Māori
  • asking and answering questions
  • comparing and contrasting
  • kiwaha and whakatauki
  • passive and stative sentence structures.

You will know how to:

  • use te reo Māori as your language of choice
  • use a wide range of sentence structures
  • hold meaningful conversations
  • use sentence structures which reflect whakaaro Māori

When you pass this programme, you'll get this qualification:

  • Te Haputanga o te Reo (Te Ronakitanga ki te Reo Kairangi) Kaupae 5 - New Zealand Diploma in Te Reo (Rumaki) Level 5

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  • WTMPR 501 Hokinga Mahara
  • WTMPR 502 Nga Ahuatanga o te Reo
  • WTMPR 503 Korero Nehe
  • WTMPR 504 Te Taiao
  • WTMPR 505 Te Hekenga o Nga Waka
  • WTMPR 506 Whakapurongo
  • WTMPR 507 Kupu Whakanikoniko
  • WTMPR 508 Te Marae
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Career Opportunity

Career Opportunity

With skills at this level you could provide cultural advice in your workplace or organisation.

Graudates will be able to:

  • Provide akonga with the knowledge and skills to use te reo Māori vocabulary, grammatical structures and technical skills at an advanced level
  • Provide akonga with the opportunity to undertake an analysis of alternative perspective as an expression of mana tangata
  • Provide akonga with the opportunity to use advanced language and expressions in te reo Māori to show a broad understanding of their connections to the land and the environment, prominent places, people, histories, stories, local proverbs and colloquial sayings as an expression of mana whenua
  • Provide akonga with the opportunity to apply advanced level te reo Māori and technical skills to use te reo creatively with detail in familiar and unfamiliar contexts, as an expression of mana reo
  • Provide akonga with the opportunity to demonstrate observance of tikanga to independently lead tasks and guide people in a range of prescribed, and some unfamiliar contexts, as an expression of mana ao turoa
  • Provide akonga with the opportunity to use broad theoretical and technical knowledge to research a topic of interest relating to te reo, ona tikanga me ona ahuatanga
  • Contribute positively to the development of te reo kia tika, kia rere, kia Māori or have a personal and/or professional interest in te reo Māori 
  • Provide a pathway for entry to higher level qualifications either internally with TWoA or externally with other providers
  • Provide an employment pathway to the diverse spaces within te ao Māori 

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Medical insurance - NZD $600 per year

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