Ngā Toi Māori Qualifications Landscape
Māori Performing Arts may include:
Whakairo may include:
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Traditional forms of Māori performance arts
including:
- Waiata-ā-ringa
- Poi
- Haka
- Haka wahine
- Mōteatea
- Whakaraka
Taonga pūoro
Mau Rākau
Drama
Dance
Music
Whakairo (rākau, kohatu, kōiwi)
Tā Moko
Nga Mahi a Te Whare Pora may include:
 Whatu
 Raranga
 Tukutuku
Toi Ataata may include:
 Contemporary use of blended mediums of
Whakairo and Ngā mahi a te Whare Pora
 Uku
 Painting
The Governance Group have placed Māori tikanga and values first as a basis and foundation for the
qualifications below across all levels. These qualifications are inherently guided by tikanga (customs), Te
Reo Māori (Māori language) and āhuatanga Māori within each kaupapa outlined below, and are delivered
and applied within the context and values of the provider.
The core kaupapa remain the same at each level however the depth and degree of knowledge increases
as the learner moves from one level to another.
Te Reo me ngā Tikanga
Whanaungatanga
Kaitiakitanga / Manaakitanga
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 Rangahau/wānanga
 Communication
 Rangahau ā hapū, ā iwi
 Mātauranga Māori Pedagogy
Tūrangawaewae
Rangatiratanga
Pūkengatanga
 Iwi/hapū contexts
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Te reo o ngā toi
Ngā kupu-ā-iwi, ā-hapū rānei
Nga tikanga o ngā momo Toi
Wānanga
Āhuatanga Māori
Arts Administration
Event Management
Strategy planning / visioning
Ngā Toi – National and
International
Technical skills of Toi Māori
Essential skills
Performance
Ngā Toi Practicum/Projects
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NGĀ TOI MĀORI QUALIFICATION LANDSCAPE
Māori
Performing Arts
Level
1 and 2
Ngā Mahi a Te
Whare Pora
Whakairo
Toi Ataata
Toi Te Tuhura
No qualifications, but standards available for use in the Senior Secondary sector.
Pukenga Toi, Toi Studies (Performance), Āhuatanga Māori (te Reo, Tikanga)
Skills and Knowledge
Standards available
for Senior Secondary
School students
Exploring Toi Māori
concepts and ideas;
safety;
Toi Ariki
Level 3
(120
credits)
Pukenga Toi, Toi Studies (Performance), Āhuatanga Māori (te Reo,
Tikanga)
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Pukenga
Performance
Wānanga
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Pukenga
Performance
Wānanga
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Pukenga
Performance
Wānanga
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Pukenga
Performance
Wānanga
Entry level
programme to
develop basic skills
in Ngā Toi Māori
studies.
Toi Urutapu
Practicums/Projects
Level 4
(120
credits)
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Pukenga
Performance
Wānanga
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Pukenga
Performance
Wānanga
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Pukenga
Performance
Wānanga
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Pukenga
Performance
Wānanga
Toi Ururoa
Practicums/Projects, Rangahau, Arts administration, Event
Management, Legal Issues, Wānanga
Level 6
(120
credits)
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Pukenga
Performance
Wānanga
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Pukenga
Performance
Wānanga
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Pukenga
Performance
Wānanga
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Pukenga
Performance
Wānanga
Pathways
Who is the
qualification for?
Those wanting to
develop practical
skills in Ngā Toi
Māori and continue
with further
Tertiary study.
Those wanting to
develop Nga Toi
Māori (in specific
strands) cultural,
technical and
commercial skills
and continue into
Degree level study
or enter into selfemployment /small
business activity
/commercial
environments.
Education
Exploring ideas
through variety of
media and techniques
recognize creative
process; use aspects of
cultural practice;
whakapapa.
Explore ‘hands on’
processes, design
process to develop
ideas, design elements
of colour, line, tone,
texture, shape, plan
and volume, rangahau,
ways to document and
present ideas, and
basic administration/
management skills.
Creative and media
practice; cultural and
contextual practice.;
rangahau; business
administration or small
business management;
project management;
legal/IP; teaching.
Employment
General Toi
Māori
knowledge and
skills
Level 2 Toi
Māori
Certificate
Level 4 Toi
Māori
Certificate
Level 5 Toi
Māori Diploma
Level 7 Degree
and other Post
Graduate
studies.
Hapū/Iwi/
Hāpori
Awareness of
pūkenga and
mātauranga-āhapū, ā-iwi.
General Ngā Toi Assistant
Self employment,
Tourism and teaching
pathways
Cultural tourism
facilitation, service sector
industry, education,
business, local and
central government,
consultancy. Teaching,
arts administration, small
business, contractor, self
-employment, museum
curator
For example:
 Karakia
 Waiata
 Ngā kōrero.
Retention of
pūkenga and
mātauranga-āhapū, ā-iwi.
For example:
 Karakia
 Waiata
 Whakapapa
 Ngā kōrero.
Application of
pūkenga and
mātauranga-āhapū, ā-iwi.
For example:
 Karakia
 Waiata
 Whakapapa
 Ngā korero
tawhito.
Hapū/Iwi
advisors
*All of the Qualifications at Levels 3, 4, and 6 are stranded.
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Hei Whakamārama
The proposed Toi Māori qualifications at Levels 1-3 focus on the foundation skills necessary to
ensure successful study of Toi Māori in a hapu/iwi context and at the Tertiary level.
The specific skills, knowledge, attributes and competencies for each of the strands within the
qualifications will be expressed in more detail in the draft qualifications that will be distributed
during the second consultation phase.
 Toi Te Tuhura
(Level 1 and 2)
Feedback from the initial review analysis offers no convincing evidence of a need for Toi Māori
qualifications at these levels. However, there was support for the development or maintenance of
individual assessment standards that can be utilised within secondary schools in support of the
attainment of NCEA. The analysis took into account the development of achievement standards
for Nga Toi within Te Marautanga o Aotearoa, however, it was identified that the point of
difference of assessment standards is in the preparation of students for further learning pathways
aligned to the Ngā Toi Māori qualifications.
 Toi Ariki (Level 3)
Findings from the review, analysis, and survey identify a need for an introductory level
qualification that provides a foundation for learners who have not engaged in academic study or
who are considering Ngā Toi Māori as a possible career option. At this level learners are able to
assess whether they have the ability to build their skills and knowledge and to progress within the
Ngā Toi Māori sector.
Some survey respondents identified Ngā Toi Māori as a viable option for learning skills and
knowledge of tikanga and āhuatanga Māori, while for some the opportunity to learn the language
and customs of whānau, hapū and iwi and cultural identity coupled with learning a specific
kaupapa Toi were considered as important outcomes that could be attained through this kaupapa.
These outcomes could align with hapū/Iwi development plans.
The qualification will have as its basis basic skills and knowledge in the exploration, creation,
knowledge and appreciation of Ngā Toi Māori. The qualification is made up of the following
kaupapa at a basic to intermediate level:
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understanding of basic tikanga Māori as it applies to Ngā Toi Māori
Kupu, korero, and reo associated with Ngā Toi Māori
knowledge of media and hands-on process
development processes when making or performing the selected mahi Toi
basic research processes
basic safe practice.
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 Toi Urutapu (Level 4)
The proposed qualifications at Levels 4 and 6 are stranded and focus on extending knowledge and
skills in specific areas of Ngā Toi. Qualifications at these levels also include a practical/project
component that will contribute towards 30%, and 50% of the credits for the qualification at levels
4, and 6 respectively.
The review process and analysis supported the maintenance of a qualification at Level 4 which will
pathway from the Level 3 qualification in the development of the learner’s skills and knowledge in
the exploration and presentation of ideas, design processes and the production or performance of
the specific kaupapa Toi. At this stage it is expected that learners have chosen to enter into higher
level study of Ngā Toi Māori - this being the case – the level 4 qualification serves as an entry level
qualification to the Level 6 qualifications. Some learners may opt to seek work on completion of
this qualification. For learners whose primary interest is in Māori Performing Arts (MPA), this will
be a possible exit point given that the MPA strand culminates in the acquisition of skills and
knowledge in performance.
Proposed New Zealand Certificate in Ngā Toi Māori (Level 4)
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Whanaungatanga
Kaitiakitanga / Manaakitanga
Rangatiratanga
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Te Reo me ngā Tikanga
Pukengatanga
Tūrangawaewae
 Toi Ururangi (Level 5)
No evidence from the literature review or needs analysis identified a distinct need for Ngā Toi
Māori qualifications at Level 5.
 Toi Ururoa (Level 6)
The review process identified thirteen Level 6 qualifications currently in scope of this review.
Uptake of these qualifications across three of the four targetted areas of Whakairo, Nga Mahi a Te
Whare Pora and Toi Ataata noted a steady decline in uptake with one area having no qualifications
completions since 2010. In contrast the Maori Performing Arts qualification has recorded steady
uptake and qualifications completions since 2010 and indications from survey participants and the
governance groups are that this trend will continue. The decision to offer a qualification offering a
core group of essential skills and the option to choose a specific strand of the Ngā Toi Māori suite
e.g. Ngā Mahi a Te Whare Pora, Whakairo, Toi Ataata or Māori Performing Arts addresses issues of
low uptake and duplication. The stranded option also means that all four Ngā Toi areas are
maintained and options made available for learners to progress to other strands of the
qualification without the need to complete the core components of the qualification.
Proposed New Zealand Diploma in Ngā Toi Māori (Level 6)
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Whanaungatanga
Kaitiakitanga / Manaakitanga
Rangatiratanga
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Tūrangawaewae
Pukengatanga
Te Reo me ngā Tikanga
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