Level 3
Advanced Beginner
Enhance the language of Champions
This part-time programme will give you insights into becoming an advocate, role model and champion of te reo Māori. Enhancing te reo Māori adds great value to revitalising the language and to the lives of others. You will learn more about te ao Māori, tikanga Māori and how you can incorporate this taonga into your work or learning environment.
Who is the programme for?
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Teachers from early learning services through to secondary school
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Kaiako, from Kōhanga Reo through to wharekura
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Non-teaching and support staff in kura, schools, wharekura, early learning services and Kōhanga Reo.
If you are interested in expanding your vocabulary, engaging in more conversational te reo Māori, improve your understanding of grammer and contribute to the normalisation of the Māori language in your learning environment, this is the Māori language programme for you. Learn from Pūkenga (tutors) who are experts at providing a nurturing and safe language learning environment.
Focus Areas
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Local Dialect – Whakahua:
Whakahua is to build and enhance the ability to pronounce correctly. -
Use – Whakamahi:
Whakamahi is to develop and boost the confidence to use the language in simple and effective ways. -
Grammar – Whakarārangi:
Whakarārangi is to build and develop the competence to structure simple and complicated sentences correctly. -
Revitalisation – Whakarautaki:
Whakarautaki is to create awareness and equip participants with the best knowledge to further contribute to te reo Māori prosperity. -
Curriculum – Whakarauemi:
Whakarauemi is to provide and co-create resources to normalise the use of te reo Māori in the learning setting.
To read more about the learning outcomes or success indicators for this programme follow the link: >
Completing this course will help you:
gain the ability to pronounce words according to the local dialect.
to use te reo Māori in useful and appropriate ways.
to structure simple and complicated sentences correctly.
to further contribute to te reo Māori prosperity.
to provide and co-create resources to normalise the use of te reo Māori in the learning setting.
Fees:
Fee free and includes an allowance for attending full day activities.

LEVEL 3
Programme Schedule
Start Date
There are two intakes left for 2022:
TERM 2
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Week starting 2 May
TERM 3
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Week starting 25 July
How you'll study
FACE-TO-FACE: 1 weekly evening class
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TERM 2: Tuesdays, 6pm – 9pm
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TERM 3: Wednesdays, 6pm – 9pm
ONLINE:
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1 hours of online learning per week
ACTIVITY BOOK
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1 hour per week
WĀNANGA* (See dates below)
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1 one day wānanga (online zoom)
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5 day wānanga (Huinga Reo)
Duration
12 weeks of learning
7 weeks of post-programme support (Consolidation Programme) *See dates below.
Locations
MANAWATŪ REGION:
Palmerston North & Levin
WELLINGTON REGION:
Wellington, Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt, Porirua & Paraparaumu
*Consolidation Programme Dates
TERM 2 COHORT – Week starting:
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Mon 8 Aug – Fri 23 Sept
TERM 3 COHORT – Week starting:
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Mon 31 Oct – Fri 16 Dec
*Wānanga Dates
TERM 2:
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1 day wānanga: Sun 12 June ONLINE ZOOM
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5 day wānanga: Mon 11 July - Fri 15 July (school holidays)
TERM 3:
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1 day wānanga: Sun 4 Sept ONLINE ZOOM
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5 day wānanga: Mon 10 Oct - Fri 14 Oct (school holidays)