Overview

Develop your Māori language skills in conversational reo at an intermediate level as well as your knowledge of tikanga Māori in traditional and modern contexts. Te Ara Reo Māori is designed for adult learners and uses a unique learning style called ‘ako whakatere’ (accelerated learning).Classes and tutorials are friendly, interactive and fun.

Entry details

To be enrolled in this programme, you’ll need to:

• be at least 16 years old
• have successfully completed the Certificate in Te Ara Reo Māori
(Level 2), or
• undertaken a pre-entry assessment to demonstrate equivalent Level 2 competency.

What you’ll study

In this programme, you’ll learn about:

• advanced sentence structures used in a variety of contexts
• reremahi (active sentences)
• whakakāhoretanga (negatives)
• rerehangu (passive sentences and instructions)
• he aha ki tua (future events)
• kupu takitahi (prefixes)
• ‘A’ and ‘O’ categories
• itemising, comparing and degrees of quality.

How you’ll study

This programme involves a mixture of study activities, including face-to-face, group work, tutorials, self-directed and/or directed study.

You’ll need to:

• attend four, one-day wānanga
• attend one noho marae
• attend tutorials
• complete a set amount of study in your own time.