Toi Paematua

• 10 x noho marae (25 hours per noho)

• 1-day wānanga (10 hours)

• Kura whakaako - compulsory tutorials (4 hours per week)

Dates of your noho delivery schedule will be confirmed by your kaiako.

Learn more about noho learning.

Plan for around 22 hours of study in your own time each week.

Tasks and activities you’ll complete outside of class include: 

• Completing aromatawai  (assessments)

• Required reading 

• Practising your new skills

• Doing research, reflection, or group study 

Keen to know how study fits around work and home? Our Enrolment Support and Study Experience section can help.

You’ll need to have access to a: 

• Computer or laptop 

• Reliable internet connection

If you have chosen to pay your programme fee in full (or through StudyLink): Payment must be made within 30 days of your programme start date.

If you have chosen to pay your programme fee by instalments: Your first payment is due 14 days after your programme start date, with the remaining 7 payments due every 14 days until all 8 instalments have been paid.

Our Tauira Support Advisors can help with:

• Applying for a student loan or allowance

• Applying for Inati Tahua | Tauira Access Fund

• Applying for a scholarship

Please reach out early. Unpaid fees can affect your ability to continue studying or graduate.

Talk to us early if you're having difficulty. If your fees remain unpaid, recovery steps will be taken:

• 15-90 days overdue: Overdue fees notices issued (depending on the payment option selected)

• 91-99 days: Debt collection process begins

• 100+ days: Debt with collection agency

Unpaid fees may be referred to a collection agency and could impact your ability to study or graduate.

You’ll explore the principle of Toi Raupapa, building understanding of kawa, tikanga and studio management in your chosen kaupapa toi. You’ll develop foundational creative processes and align health, safety and studio practices with cultural values. You’ll keep a journal to document ideas, techniques and concepts as they emerge.

You’ll explore your personal identity and whakapapa in relation to your creative practice. You’ll investigate the origins and development of a chosen creative work or artist to understand cultural, historical and stylistic influences. You’ll use creative expression and short reflections to record what you find.

You’ll examine the elements and stages of the creative process and plan a toi project. You’ll identify sources of inspiration—pūrākau, waiata, mana whenua and personal histories—to guide your direction. You’ll produce a supervised project plan that maps a clear process for making your work.

You’ll bring ideas, skills and techniques together to create a finished work. You’ll apply your project plan while demonstrating kawa, tikanga and sound studio practices. You’ll reflect on your process to show how your experiences shape your understanding of mahi toi.