Kaitiakitanga

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

Bicultural professional supervision 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. 

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.

When you pass this programme, you'll get this qualification:

• Postgraduate Diploma in Bicultural Professional Supervision Level 8

• 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

This is a full-time programme that consists of 120 credits delivered over 38 weeks. Throughout the programme you will be required to attend:

• 32 x wānanga whāiti (3 hours per week)
• 7 x noho marae (18 hours)
• 1 x 1-day wānanga (8 hours)
• 1 x national conference (18 hours, attendance is compulsory)

In addition to these you’ll be expected to complete learning activities designed to enhance your learning for approximately:

• 26.5 hours per week

Some of the learning activities will need to be completed online. You'll need to have access to an internet-connected device for this programme.

To enrol in this programme, a potential student must:

• be a New Zealand citizen (or citizen of Australia, Tokelau, Niue, Cook Islands) or permanent resident
• reside in New Zealand
• hold a relevant undergraduate degree and two years' relevant professional practice
• provide supportive references from two appropriate people within the professional practice discipline and/or provide two kaitiaki letters of support from hapū, iwi, or community groups

Candidates who have not gained a relevant undergraduate degree or equivalent qualification may submit evidence of current professional practice and/or kaitiaki practice in a portfolio, as well as:

• participate in a professional conversation to assess their suitability to enter the qualification
• provide evidence of at least five years relevant professional practice

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Apply 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.

The 2022 fee for this postgraduate diploma is: 

$5,971 GST inclusive