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Te Tuapapa Hei Whai i te Ao Marama
New Zealand Certificate in Whānau Ora (Disabilities)
1 Qualification type Certificate
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Credits 60
Health > Public Health > Hauora ( Māori Health)
Māori > Hauora
NZQA Māori Qualifications Services (MQS)
December 2019
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The purpose of this qualification is to provide whānau, hapū, iwi, hapori and disability, health, and social service providers with people who are able to apply
Māori models of whānau-centred practice in the care and support of tangata Māori with a disability and their whānau. Under broad guidance they will self-manage their learning and performance and assume some responsibility for the performance of others.
This qualification provides a formal learning pathway for people already working with tangata Māori with disabilities and their whānau or people considering employment in this area. It will also introduce people to disability, health, and social service provision based on the principles of Whānau Ora.
Graduates of this qualification will demonstrate an understanding and knowledge of the delivery of disability, health, and social services to tangata Māori with a disability and their whānau, based on Māori models of whānau-centred practice.
Vision for Māori Disabled and Their Whānau
`To achieve a good quality of life and wellbeing.
To participate in and cont ribute to te Ao Māori.
To participate in their communities as other New Zealanders do.
Māori disabled will achieve a good quality of life through whānau support and highquality disability support services’.
(From; Whaia Te Ao Marama: The Māori Disability Action Plan for Disability
Support Services 2012 to 2017. Wellington: Ministry of Health.)
Whānaungatanga
This kaupapa highlights the importance of Māori cultural values, te reo Māori, tikanga and kawa, in establishing and maintaining quality relationships and partnerships between tangata Māori with a disability and their whānau and; hapū, iwi and hapori; disability, health, and social service providers; and other key stakeholders. Whānau are supported as the principal source of support for many
Māori disabled.
Kaitiakitanga
This kaupapa refers to the skills and knowledge needed to support the protection, maintenance and strengthening of the mauri, mana and tapu of tangata Māori with a disability and their whānau, through the delivery of culturally appropriate, safe,
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Graduate profile effective, and timely disability, health, and social services. Kaitiakitanga relating to
Māori-focused disability support services ensures appropriate and equitable resource allocation.
Pukengatanga
This kaupapa highlights the importance of keeping abreast of new knowledge and technologies and placing a high strategic priority on improving Māori disability outcomes.
Pukengatanga highlights a b etter Māori knowledge of, and access to disability support services to enable a good life for tangata Māori with a disability and their whānau.
Turangawaewae
This kaupapa acknowledges the importance for tangata Māori with a disability and their whānau, to their connection to the land, to the people, their local/tribal kawa and tikanga. Māori diversity and disability experience is acknowledged and accepted and whānau, hapū, iwi, and communities support the vision for Māori disabled. Māori disabled engage in roles within their whānau and their communities of choice.
Rangatiratanga
This kaupapa emphasises the importance of practitioners having the knowledge, skills, and experience of Māori disabled to lead, plan, and deliver quality and effective Māori disability support services. Including knowledge of local kawa and tikanga, use of te reo Māori, demonstrating positive behaviours based on kaupapa
Māori principles, and meeting legal and ethical requirements in a professional manner. Rangatiratanga in this context ensures Māori disabled and their whānau have greater personal leadership, choice, and control over disability supports accessed.
Graduates of this qualification will be able to:
Demonstrate whānaungatanga by applying Māori cultural values to establish and maintain quality relationships and partnerships between tangata Māori with a disability and their whānau, and a range of stakeholders.
Demonstrate kaitiakitanga by assisting tangata Māori with a disability and their whānau to access a range of culturally appropriate and enhancing, safe, effective, and timely, disability, health, and social services.
Illustrate pukengatanga by demonstrating the new knowledge, technologies and strategies that highlight a b etter Māori knowledge of, and access to disability support services to enable a good life for tangata Māori with a disability and their whānau.
Demonstrate turangawaewae by highlighting the importance for tangata Māori with a disability and their whānau, to their connection to the land, to the people, their local/tribal kawa and tikanga where Māori disabled engage in roles within their whānau, hapū, and iwi and their communities of choice.
Demonstrate rangatiratanga by reporting on the delivery of quality and effective
Māori disability support services where Māori disabled and their whānau have greater personal leadership, choice, and control over disability supports accessed.
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Education pathway
Subject to prerequisites, students may continue their Hauora study to a Level 5 qualification, including:
New Zealand Diploma in Whānau Ora, Level 5 [Ref TBC].
New Zealand Diploma in Te Pou Tautoko i te Ora, Level 5 [Ref TBC].
New Zealand Diploma in Kaupapa Māori Public Health, Level 5 [Ref TBC].
Employment pathway
Community/cultural pathway
Graduates of this certificate will have the transferable skills and knowledge to potentially secure roles as:
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Disability Support Worker
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Community Worker
 Plunket Kaiāwhina
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Hauora Navigators
 Whānau Ora practitioners
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Social work assistants
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Teacher Aides
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Kaumatua support worker
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Voluntary support workers
Graduates of this qualification will also be able to contribute to the needs and aspirations of tangata Māori with a disability and their whānau by:
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Contributing to the development and awareness of Māori disability, health, and social sector services based on an understanding and knowledge of how best to address identified disability, health, and social needs and aspirations.
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Contributing to marae and other relevant community based organisations.
Qualification award
Arrangements for managing consistency
This qualification will be awarded to people who have met the requirements of the graduate outcomes.
Awarding bodies for this qualification will be any education organisation accredited under section 38 of the Education Amendment Act 2011 to deliver a programme leading to the qualification.
The certificate will display the NZQF logo and the name and logo of the tertiary education organisation (TEO) offering the training leading to the award of the qualification, the full qualification title, NZQA reference number, and the date of award of the qualification.
If the TEO has been awarded the MMEQA Qual Mark for a programme of study leading to this qualification, the certificate will also display the
Mātauranga Māori Quality Assurance Mark .
The process for ensuring consistency of the New Zealand Certificate in
Whānau Ora (Disabilities) graduate profiles will be evidence-based, outcomes-focussed, and grounded in the MM EQA kaupapa Māori principles: Te Reo Māori, Tikanga, Whānaungatanga, Manaakitanga,
Pukengatanga, Kaitiakitanga, Rangatiratanga, Tūrangawaewae.
Evidence for consistency
Each education organisation is responsible for preparing a summary selfassessment report which uses evidence to demonstrate how well its graduates meet the graduate profile outcomes at the appropriate
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Credit transfer and recognition of prior learning arrangements
Minimum standard of achievement and standards for grade endorsements
Entry requirements
(including prerequisites to meet regulatory body or legislative requirements) threshold.
Evidence of the following must be provided for the New Zealand Certificate in Whānau Ora (Disabilities) consistency reviews:
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Effective internal and external moderation processes, including internal moderation results relating to graduate outcomes
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Feedback and actions taken by the education organisation in response to feedback
­ must include feedback from graduates, current students, tutors/assessors, and graduate destinations (such as employers, next programme provider, the community/other stakeholders).
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Samples of assessment materials
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Samples of Learner assessments/work
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Programme completion data and course results.
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Moderation outcomes which may include moderation/benchmarking across common programmes.
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Relevant MM EQA external evaluation and review data where applicable
Evidence of the following may be provided for the consistency reviews, along with any other relevant sources of information:
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The New Zealand Certificate in Whānau Ora (Disabilities) programme evaluation reports
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Portfolios of work
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Benchmarking with other providers
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Site visit reports
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Other relevant and reliable evidence.
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Employer surveys
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Graduate surveys
 Whānau, hapū, iwi, and/or hapori surveys.
To facilitate credit transfer, education organisations must clearly demonstrate the equivalency or comparability between each of the outcomes in the graduate profile, and the assessment components of their programmes.
Education organisations must have policies and procedures in place for managing credit transfer, and assessing recognition of prior learning and recognition of current competency. These policies and procedures, and associated fees must be available to candidates prior to enrolment.
Assessment standards already achieved by the candidate, which are specified in this qualification, may be credited to the qualification.
The minimum standard of achievement required for award of the qualification will be the achievement of all of the outcomes in the graduate profile through successful completion of an NZQA approved programme.
There are no mandatory prerequisites to meet regulatory body, or legislative requirements for this qualification.
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Overarching conditions relating to the qualification
Conditions for programme structure
Conditions for programme context
Other conditions
The context for the delivery of programmes leading to the award of the
New Zealand Certificate in Whānau Ora (Disabilities) qualification actively supports Māori preferred ways of teaching, learning, learning support, and pastoral care.
Optional Assessment Standards which are available to support the development of Programmes, and used to assess against the outcomes of this qualification can be accessed on the following page of the NZQA website: http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/ Māori/field-Māori-programme-developmentsupport/
The programme has in place appropriate mechanisms/protocols, to ensure tangata whenua and/or mana whenua associated with disabled Māori and their whānau are engaged, involved and consulted at all times.
Mechanisms/protocols may include, but are not limited to:
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Memorandum of Partnership
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Relationship strategy and supporting operational policies and requirements in place
 Designated Māori relationship role/position.
 Provisions for Kaumātua or whānau, hapū or iwi knowledge holders acting in an advisory capacity.
All programmes leading to a qualification approved under Te Hono o te
Kahurangi and listed on the NZQF, will be assessed under Mātauranga
Māori Evaluative Quality Assurance (Programmes of Study).
The qualification title ` Te Tuapapa Hei Whai i te Ao Marama’ refers to a foundation to provide enlightened support services to persons with disabilities and their whānau.
This qualification was written in consideration of Whaia Te Ao Marama:
The Māori Disability Action Plan for Disability Support Services 2012 to
2017. Wellington: Ministry of Health. Programmes writers may select this document as a reference resource.
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Qualification outcomes
Demonstrate whānaungatanga by applying Māori cultural values to establish and maintain quality relationships and partnerships between tangata Māori with a disability and their whānau, and a range of stakeholders.
( 10 credits )
Programme Guidance/Conditions
Programmes should include the following key focus areas of each outcome:
Te Reo, tikanga, kawa, whakapapa.
Whānau as the principal source of support for many
Māori disabled.
Whānau assisted to support disabled family members.
Valued partnerships with whānau, hapū, iwi, and
Māori communities.
Demonstrate kaitiakitanga by assisting tangata Māori with a disability and their whānau to access a range of culturally appropriate and enhancing, safe, effective and timely, disability, health, and social services.
( 10 credits )
Culturally safe and trustworthy disability support services.
Equitable resource allocation for Māori-focused disability support services.
Socioeconomic solutions for Māori disabled.
Expression and promotion of advocacy and self advocacy.
Mandatory or Optional
Optional
Optional
Illustrate pukengatanga by demonstrating the new knowledge, technologies and strategies that highlight a b etter Māori knowledge of, and access to disability support services to enable a good life for tangata Māori with a disability and their whānau.
( 10 credits )
A high strategic priority placed on improving Māori disability outcomes.
Better M āori knowledge of and access to disability support services.
Interventions towards developing a good life.
Enabling knowledge and technology.
Demonstrate turangawaewae by highlighting the importance for tangata Māori with a disability and their w hānau, to their connection to the land, to the people, their local/tribal kawa and tikanga where
Māori disabled engage in roles within their whānau, hapū, and iwi and their communities of choice.
( 15 credits )
Demonstrate rangatiratanga by reporting on the delivery of quality and effective Māori disability support services where Māori disabled and their whānau have greater personal leadership, choice, and control over disability supports accessed.
( 15 credits )
Connection to the whenua/moana, hapū, iwi, marae.
Māori disabled have roles within their whānau and in their communities of choice.
Acceptance of Māori diversity and disability experience.
Change the attitudes of whānau, hapū, iwi and communities to support the vision for Māori disabled.
Leadership, choice and control over disability supports accessed.
Full Māori participation in planning and delivering disability support services.
Enabling Māori with disabilities to take more responsibility in their lives to plan, goal set, be selfreliant, and independent.
Optional
Optional
Optional
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Replacement information
This qualification replaced the National Certificate in Hauora ( Māori
Health), (Level 4), (Ref: 0710).
The last date to meet the requirements of the replaced qualification will be 31 December 2016 at which time the qualification will be discontinued. From that date no results can be reported against the qualification.
Learners currently enrolled in programmes working towards the replaced qualification may either complete the requirenments by 31 December 2016 or transfer their results to the replacement New Zealand qualification.
It is the intention of Māori Qualifications Services that no existing Learner will be disadvantaged by these transition arrangements. However, any person who considers they have been disadvantaged may appeal to:
Māori Qualifications Services
PO Box 160
Wellington 6140
Telephone: 04 463 3000
Email: mqs@nzqa.govt.nz
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