Te Arotakenga o Ngā Tohu Mātauranga mō Te Reo Māori
Te Rōpū Tātaki
Notes from the hui
Te Taunga Wakarererangi o Te Whanganui-ā-Tara
Rāhina, te 2 o Mahuru 2013
Te hunga
i tae ki te
hui:
Ngā tono
aroha:
Te Reo Māori Review Lead: Wiremu Doherty (Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiarangi).
Te Rōpū Tātaki: Hana O’Regan, Evelyn Tobin, Leon Blake, Rawinia Higgins.
NZQA: Josie Pulman, Jody Allen, Keri-Anne Stephens (Māori Qualifications Services)
Māori Studies and Customs Review Lead: Merepaea Manakau (TWoA)
Karakia
Leon
Tīmatanga kōrero
Acknowledgement of the staff from NZQA for organizing quickly the Governance
Group (GG) meeting today – Evelyn
Noted that we had not received word as to whether Merepaea Manakau would be
joining the meeting but discussed the importance to have a working relationship with
the Māori Studies and Customs Review team particularly to ensure consistency across
the qualification offerings
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GG Terms of Reference
Evelyn expressed concern that the Terms of References (ToR) appeared to be a cut
and paste job and that they were generic in design.
Hana agreed to make amendments to the ToR electronically and discussions centred
on this. See amended version attached. Included in the ToR is the membership of the
GG. It was agreed that Wiremu would be the Chair of the GG. We are still waiting on
confirmation as to the availability of Ruakere Hond and Che Wilson, therefore for the
purposes of these notes they have not been included/assigned tasks for that reason.
NZQA staff need to confirm follow up as to whether they are able to be part of this.
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Working Group Terms of Reference
The Working Group needs to develop their own ToR in conjunction with those of the
Governance Group ToR.
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Amendments to the ‘He Mahere Arotake’ document
This document was discussed with amendments to be made to this, particularly the
foreword section that needs to reflect the status of te reo Māori in Aotearoa/New
Zealand but also some direction towards regeneration of the language as well as the
edited purpose of the GG ToR.
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Membership of the Working Party
Similarly with the Māori Studies and Customs review team the GG accepts that
identification of the working party be informed by the stakeholder hui. However, the
GG did feel that representation on this group should include the following:
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ITP
Industry
Non-NZQA providers/delivers (e.g. universities)
Wānanga
Secondary Schools
Te Ataarangi
Iwi
Potential candidates were identified by the GG who could be approached noting that
some of these people will be able to cover off one or more of the aforementioned
groups. They are:
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Materoa Haenga
Uenuku Fairhall
Kingi Kiriona
Eruera Tarena
Watson Ohia
Shantel Ngāpō
Ipukarea, AUT
It is hoped that there will be a spread of representation from North and South as well.
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Stakeholder groups
The GG listed stakeholder groups that NZQA should approach as part of the
consultation hui. These groups include:
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Kaupapa Māori PTEs
Universities (PVC Māori offices and Māori Studies)
Iwi organisations/partnership groups
Te Taura Whiri, including their list of qualified Interpreters and Translators
Te Māngai Pāho
Teachers’ Council – Tony Trinnick
Whakaruruhau (Fields Māori)
Ministry of Education – Haromi Williams
Māori Television
Te Whakaruruhau o ngā Reo Irirangi
Te Kōhanga Reo
Te Rūnanga o Ngā Kura Kaupapa
Ngā Kura ā-Iwi o Aotearoa
Stakeholder hui:
As it was difficult to organize times that suited the GG to attend all 4 nominated
Stakeholder hui dates, it was decided that the group be split in to two and that hui could
be held on the same date, but at two different locations. They are as follows:
Hui 1: 30th September 2013
Christchurch – Hana, Leon and Rawinia
Auckland – Wiremu, Evelyn, Pania
Hui 2: 18 October 2013
Rotorua – Wiremu, Evelyn, Pania
Wellington – Hana, Leon and Rawinia
Please note at this stage these are the dates where members of the GG were available to
participate. Confirmation of venues and locations still need to be sorted.
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Key Dates:
In light of the lack of availability of GG members in September some key dates were
identified that needed to be considered for actions relating to the successful completion
of the review. They are as follows:
11 September 2013
NZQA will send out clean amended documents to GG. Wiremu to complete his sections
of He Mahere Arotake. See amendments of ToR from Hana.
18 September 2013
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Needs analysis (prepared by Dr Wayne Ngata) needs to be sent to GG
ii.
A Matrix of all qualifications with some analysis needs to be completed by
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NZQA and sent to the GG. Analysis should include:
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Programme breakdowns
Mātauranga Māori content
% of te reo Māori content
This will give a week for GG to prepare Stakeholder hui material. Structure will be
prepared by Wiremu, Evelyn and Pania. Content will be prepared by Hana, Leon and
Rawinia.
25 September 2013
GG will have approved presentation to stakeholders via teleconference. This is to be
organized by Wiremu.
30th September 2013
Roadshow – Otautahi & Auckland
18 October 2013
Roadshow – Rotorua & Wellington
21 October 2013
GG will confirm the membership of the Working Party and support their initiating hui to
confirm their ToR, set their work timeframe and any other related matters.
Hui ended at 1.30pm with Karakia – Leon.
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