New Zealand Certificate in Ngā Toi (Level 4)
Visual Arts
A course by
SIT
A certificate-level qualification designed for learners seeking to further develop their skills and knowledge in Ngā Toi (Māori and Indigenous Art), with streams including Whakairo, Ngā mahi a te Whare Pora, and Toi Ataata.
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Core skills this course teaches
Apply creative processes and techniques
Select and apply creative processes, methods and techniques to create solutions for familiar problems in their area of specialty.
Evaluate and reflect on practice
Compare the artistic processes of others and explore artistic evolution and variation to inform and evolve one’s own practice in an area of specialty.
About This Course
The New Zealand Certificate in Ngā Toi (Level 4) (Kawai Raupapa: Certificate in Māori and Indigenous Art) provides a pathway for those interested in furthering their practice in Maori and Indigenous art forms. Students deepen their toi skills and knowledge in areas such as Whakairo (carving), Ngā mahi a te Whare Pora (textile/fibre arts), or Toi Ataata (visual arts). The programme equips graduates to work in or contribute to the toi sector, supporting whānau, hapu, iwi, and hapori, and to manage, create and present creative art projects under broad guidance.
Course Content
- Toi Awe – Creative Process: Apply solutions to creative processes to produce kaupapa toi creative work.
- Toi Iro – Exploration: Compare the work of others to identify artistic variation and evolution.
- Toi Raupapa – Organisation: Manage project briefs to produce creative work in a chosen kaupapa toi.
- Toi Hanga – Creation: Create and complete creative work in a chosen kaupapa toi specialty.
- Participation in noho (weekend classes) and wananga (one-day intensive learning sessions).
Build towards these roles
Contributor to toi (art) projects in the sectorSupporting whānau, hapū, iwi, and community art initiativesEntry-level positions in Māori and Indigenous art organisations
Build skills in these industries
Arts and MediaMāori Creative IndustriesCommunity Arts
