Diploma in Rongoā

• 1 x 3-hour kura whakaako – compulsory class each week

Your structured class and group times include: 

• Face-to-face with your kaiako or other presenters 

• online sessions 

• Practice, revision, and assessment activities 

• 8 x noho marae (23 hours per noho)

• 4 x 1-day wānanga (9 hours per wānanga)

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

Learn more about noho learning. 

Plan for around 25 hours of study in your own time each week.

Example tasks and activities include: 

• Working through programme resources (such as workbooks, audio, video, or online activities)

• Completing aromatawai (assessments) and 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. 

Activities in iAkoranga  (our digital platform)

iAkoranga is our online learning space where you’ll access resources, activities and support throughout your programme.

You’ll need to have access to a: 

• Computer or laptop 

• Reliable internet connection

You’ll advance mana reo by exploring te reo and tikanga within rongoā practices. You’ll strengthen connections with whānau, hapū and tūrangawaewae, and research āhuatanga Māori, tapu and noa in rongoā contexts. You’ll critique and apply karakia and takutaku to tikanga-ā-iwi practice, and design your own where appropriate, while investigating pūrākau, mōteatea and oriori to apply tūpuna wisdom to rongoā.

You’ll critically analyse rongoā models to identify principles of best practice that reflect oranga. You’ll study the attributes of tohunga, tohuna and Māori healers and apply these insights in practical contexts. You’ll also analyse a medical condition and assess how rongoā plans could be applied and when they are suitable.

You’ll apply tikanga-ā-iwi to rongoā in environmental settings, working with te maramataka, mauri and tikanga to understand how whenua and wellbeing connect. You’ll integrate theoretical and practical knowledge of these settings and show how mauri informs rongoā. You’ll also analyse hauora services and evaluate your own rongoā models against kaitiakitanga and practice frameworks.

You’ll apply rangahau to tikanga and rongoā within the wider context of mana ao tūroa. You’ll investigate what’s required to establish a rongoā practice, including legislation, health and safety, business and accountability. You’ll research Te Whakaputanga, Te Tiriti o Waitangi and WAI262 and evaluate their implications for rongoā, then research, select, prepare and apply specific rongoā within a chosen kaupapa to demonstrate practical and contextual expertise.