Kaitiakitanga

Graduates of this programme will have the knowledge, practice, skills and attributes to make a positive difference as kaitiaki/supervisors by effectively working alongside whānau, hapū, iwi and communities.

This qualification is for those who want to gain a postgraduate diploma in professional supervision that has a unique point of difference in that it uses mātauranga Māori approaches as the core of its supervision curriculum in a range of different disciplines.

Take your practice to the next level by developing the bicultural skills needed to supervise, and support your staff and peers.

• Kaitiakitanga and its purpose and obligations within practice contexts and industry
• the practice of Kaitiakitanga / professional supervision informed by Māori and non-Māori worldviews
• the contextualisation of Kaitiakitanga within the practice of professional bicultural supervision to a practice context
• developing your own model of Kaitiakitanga practice and integrating this into your professional context
• addressing the need for confident, competent, conscious practitioners in a range of different disciplines.

• develop your own Kaitiakitanga model of professional supervision and integrate this into your professional practice
• apply Māori and non-Māori bodies of knowledge in your professional practice
• further your understanding of bicultural supervision within your community.

You'll be ready to enrol on our master's programme - He Waka Hiringa - Master of Applied Indigenous Knowledge Level 9.

Your practice of Kaitiakitanga can be applied across multiple disciplines such as social work, health, nursing, midwifery, counselling, education, community and iwi/hapū who are interested in undertaking a bicultural postgraduate diploma of supervision that is embedded in a Te Ao Māori worldview.

This is a full-time programme that consists of 120 credits. Throughout the programme you will be required to attend:

• 1 x wānanga whaiti (3 hrs)
• 7 x noho marae (18 hrs)
• 1 x one day wānanga (8 hrs)
• 1 x National conference (attendance compulsory)

It is important to note that additional learning (approximately 20 hours per week) will also need to be completed outside of class time.

Workload: For each credit, allow about 10 hours of study. This may be higher at certain times throughout the programme.

• attend an interview
• hold a relevant undergraduate degree and two years' relevant professional practice, or
• provide evidence of your professional practice (at least five years including your current position) and provide:
  • two references from appropriate people within your professional practice, and/or
  • two kaitiaki (trustee) letters of support from hapū, iwi, or community groups.