NZQA registered unit standard
23009 version 2
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Title
Identify and apply Māori art conventions, design elements and
principles to explore whakairo
Level
2
Credits
5
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to identify and
apply design elements and principles in whakairo sketches,
and identify specific techniques that are applied in whakairo.
Classification
Whakairo > Te Ara Tauira Whakairo
Available grade
Achieved, Merit, and Excellence
Criteria for Merit
Comprehensively identify and apply Māori art conventions,
design elements and principles to explore whakairo.
Criteria for Excellence
Extensively identify and apply Māori art conventions, design
elements and principles to explore whakairo.
Entry information
Recommended skills
and knowledge
It is recommended that people undertaking this standard
consider working towards standards at Level 1 or above from
the subfield Reo Māori.
Explanatory notes
1
Guidelines for Tutors
Conventions – established procedures, in making art works that use particular
techniques or processes to represent, organise or interpret ideas.
Design elements – the basic qualities of two and three-dimensional compositions (eg
line, point, tone, texture, colour, form or mass, shape, space).
Explore – Learning should be systematic and exploratory across a range of whakairo
practices using a range of whakairo media.
Māori art conventions – the established application of design elements and principles
employed by Māori in making art works (eg tone is absent from pre-European Māori
art practice).
Practice – the carving processes.
2
Learning should involve the application of basic operational knowledge using readily
available information to generate expressive responses to experiences.
Learning should be teacher guided.
NZQA Māori Qualifications Services
SSB Code 194
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
23009 version 2
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Comprehensive identification and application of Māori art conventions, design
elements and principles to explore whakairo will be evidenced through:
- explaining and exploring specific hapū/iwi design elements and principles;
4
Extensive identification and application of Māori art conventions, design elements
and principles to explore whakairo will be evidenced through:
- analysing and exploring the whakapapa and kōrero of specific hapū/iwi design
elements and principles;
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify and apply design elements and principles in whakairo sketches.
Range
whakairo may include but are not limited to the following – kōwhaiwhai,
whakairo pattern forms, tukutuku, tekoteko.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Design elements and principles are identified and applied in two dimensional
whakairo sketches.
1.2
Design elements and principles are identified in terms of three dimensional
whakairo sketches.
Outcome 2
Identify specific techniques that are applied in whakairo.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Specific techniques applied in whakairo are identified in terms of tools, materials
and processes.
Range
2.2
3 whakairo tools, 3 materials, 3 processes.
Whakairo design aspects are explored in the extension of skill set.
Range
skill sets include – figurative, non-figurative, humanistic, abstract;
evidence of two of each is required.
Planned review date
NZQA Māori Qualifications Services
SSB Code 194
31 December 2020
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
23009 version 2
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
21 May 2010
31 December 2016
Review
2
21 January 2016
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0082
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
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Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
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CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the NZQA Māori Qualification Services mqs@nzqa.govt.nz if you wish to
suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
NZQA Māori Qualifications Services
SSB Code 194
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016