New Zealand Certificate in Te Reo Māori (He Pī Ka Rere) Level 3
Language & Literature
A course by
SIT
Strengthen your understanding and fluency in Te Reo Māori at an intermediate level and deepen your knowledge of Māori culture through this interactive, immersive, and bilingual Level 3 certificate.
In-person study
Face-to-face learning in a physical classroom setting
Available in 3 locations
It will take a total of 18 weeks
This course requires 20 hours per week
Core skills this course teaches
Use Te Reo Māori at an intermediate level
Demonstrate vocabulary and grammatical structures at an advanced - intermediate level.
Apply Te Reo Māori in various contexts
Communicate effectively in Te Reo Māori in formal, informal, social, workplace, and whānau settings.
Understand cultural and environmental connections
Show understanding of links between language, land, environment, people, and stories as expressions of mana whenua.
What You're Signing Up For
This Level 3 programme develops your Te Reo Māori language skills by taking you beyond basic knowledge and into intermediate language structures and cultural understanding. You'll gain increased confidence through bilingual, interactive learning, exploring active and passive sentence structures, vocabulary, tenses, and Māori cultural practices, including waiata and karakia. The course is the first part of a learning pathway progressing to higher-level immersion and the Level 4 certificate.
Course Content
- Active and passive sentence structures
- Tense markers for present, past, and future actions
- Extending Māori vocabulary
- Differentiating Māori and non-Māori sentence structures
- Using te reo Māori in formal and informal situations
- Explaining and practicing tikanga Māori
- Learning and performing waiata and karakia
- Giving instructions and responding using passive commands
- Understanding postposed periphery particles in te reo Māori (pea, tonu anō, kē)
- Constructing negative action sentences
What you need to know first
Minimum age 16 at course start (unless exempted from school by the Ministry of Education or principal)
What sort of industry will this job lead to
Education
Culture
Language
Future employment opportunities might be
Jobs in education
Roles in Māori organisations
Positions in media