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. You need to be committed to (on average):

• 13.4 hours of directed learning each week
• 20 hours of self-directed learning each week.

That'll be made up of:

• noho marae
• wānanga whāiti (compulsory tutorials)
• online learning
• extra study and activities that you decide will help your learning. (These may differ from class-to-class.)

• 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.