New Zealand Certificate in Te Reo Māori (He Pī Ka Rere) Level 4
Language & Literature
A course by
SIT
Develop your skills and confidence in Te Reo Māori at an intermediate level. This bilingual, partly full-immersion programme deepens your understanding of Māori language and culture, preparing you for full-immersion learning.
In-person study
Face-to-face learning in a physical classroom setting
Available in 3 locations
It will take a total of 17 weeks
This course requires 20 hours per week
Core skills this course teaches
Advanced-intermediate use of Te Reo Māori vocabulary and grammar
Use Te Reo Māori vocabulary and grammatical structures at an advanced-intermediate level in various situations.
Understanding and expressing cultural connections
Demonstrate understanding of connections to land, places, people, histories, and stories using Te Reo Māori as an expression of mana whenua.
Use Te Reo Māori in selected contexts
What You're Signing Up For
The New Zealand Certificate in Te Reo Māori (He Pī Ka Rere) Level 4 programme is the next step for those with basic proficiency in te reo Māori. It furthers both language ability and cultural understanding in a safe, interactive, and supportive environment. The course teaches a variety of sentence structures, expands vocabulary, practices using different tenses, and explores distinguishing between Māori and non-Māori sentence constructs. It also covers tikanga Māori (practices), waiata (songs), and karakia (prayers/rituals), empowering students to use Māori confidently in both formal and informal settings.
Course Content
- Distinguishing and understanding the A and O categories and ownership questions
- Articulating ideas on diverse subjects (names, objects, directions, comparisons, degrees of quality)
- Using stative sentence structures with tense markers (present, past, future), forming coherent sentences and using 'and' forms
- Speaking about future events, warnings, and understanding oral traditions and practices
- Active and passive sentence structures; extending vocabulary
- Using different verb tenses and distinguishing between Māori and non-Māori sentence structures
- Application of tikanga Māori, waiata, and karakia
What you need to know first
Minimum age 16 years (unless school exemption)
What sort of industry will this job lead to
Education
Culture and Heritage
Public Service
Community Development
Future employment opportunities might be
Roles that require conversational proficiency in te reo Māori and understanding of Māori culture
Opportunities in public sector, education, iwi organisations, and roles supporting Māori language revitalisation