Te Hono o Te Kahurangi: Qualification details
Title
Te Tuapapa Hei Whai i te Ao Marama (Kaupae 4)
English interpretation
of title
New Zealand Certificate in the Care and Enabling of Disabled Tangata
Māori (Level 4)
Version
1
Qualification type
Certificate
Level
4
Credits
60
NZSCED
061304 Health > Public Health > Hauora (Māori Health)
Qualification developer
NZQA Māori Qualifications Services
Next review
December 2020
Approval date
January 2016
Strategic purpose statement
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 enabling of disabled tangata Māori 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.
Graduates of this qualification will demonstrate an understanding
and knowledge of the delivery of disability, health, and social
services to disabled tangata Māori and their whānau, based on
Māori models of whānau-centred practice.
Outcome Statement
Graduate profile
Qualification Reference 2880
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
Graduates of this qualification will be able to:
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Apply Māori cultural values to establish and maintain quality
relationships and partnerships between disabled tangata
Māori, their whānau and a range of stakeholders as an
expression of whānaungatanga.
-
Empower disabled tangata Māori and their whānau to access
a range of culturally appropriate and mana enhancing
disability, health, and social services as an expression of
kaitiakitanga.
-
Develop knowledge, technologies, and strategies that
support improved Māori knowledge of, and access to,
disability enabling services for disabled tangata Māori and
their whānau as an expression of pukengatanga.
-
Build knowledge of the importance for disabled tangata Māori
and their whānau, their connection to the land, people, and
to their local/tribal kawa and tikanga in relationship with their
whānau, hapū, iwi and their communities of choice as an
expression of turangawaewae.
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Education pathway
Employment / Cultural /
Community pathway
Analyse and review the delivery of quality and effective Māori
disability enabling services where disabled tangata Māori
and their whānau have greater personal leadership, choice,
and control over disability supports accessed as an
expression of rangatiratanga.
Subject to prerequisites, students may continue their Hauora
study to a Level 5 qualification, including:
-
New Zealand Certificate in Whānau Ora (Level 5)
[Ref: 2879]
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Te Pou Tautoko i te Ora (Kaupae 5) [Ref: 2876]
-
New Zealand Certificate in Kaupapa Māori Public Health
(Level 5) [Ref: 2871]
-
New Zealand Certificate in Public Health and Health
Promotion (Level 5) [Ref: 1865].
Graduates of this certificate will have the transferable skills and
knowledge to potentially secure roles as:
Disability Enabling Worker, Community Worker, Plunket
Kaiāwhina, Hauora Navigator, Whānau Ora practitioner, Social
work assistant, Teacher Aide, Kaumātua enabling worker,
Voluntary enabling worker.
Graduates of this qualification will be equipped to contribute to
the needs and aspirations of disabled tangata Māori and their
whānau by undertaking roles for whanau, hapū, iwi, and relevant
community based organisations that ccontribute to the
development and awareness of Māori disability, health, and
social sector services.
Guiding principles
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 disabled tangata
Māori 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 enablement for
many disabled tangata Māori.
Kaitiakitanga
This kaupapa refers to the skills and knowledge needed to
support the protection, maintenance and strengthening of the
mauri, mana and tapu of disabled tangata Māori and their
whānau, through the delivery of culturally appropriate, safe,
effective, and timely disability, health, and social services.
Kaitiakitanga relating to Māori-focused disability enabling
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 better Māori knowledge of, and access to disability
enabling services to enable a good life for disabled tangata Māori
and their whānau.
Qualification Reference 2880
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
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Turangawaewae
This kaupapa acknowledges the importance for disabled tangata
Māori 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
disabled tangata Māori. Disabled tangata Māori 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 disabled tangata Māori
to lead, plan, and deliver quality and effective Māori disability
enabling 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 disabled tangata Māori and their whānau
have greater personal leadership, choice, and control over
disability supports accessed.
Qualification specifications
Qualification award
This qualification may be awarded by any education organisation
accredited to deliver a programme leading to the qualification.
If the education organisation has been awarded the Mātauranga
Māori Quality Assurance (MMQA) Mark for a programme leading
to this qualification, the certificate will also display the MMQA
Mark.
Evidence requirements for
assuring consistency
Minimum standard of
achievement and standards for
grade endorsements
Qualification Reference 2880
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
Evidence for ensuring consistency of the Te Tuapapa Hei Whai i
te Ao Marama may include some or all of the evidence types
below:
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internal and external moderation reports
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graduate destination data
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programme completion data and course results
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benchmarking across common programmes
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actions taken by the education organisation in response to
feedback from graduates, current students, tutors/assessors
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relevant MMEQA external evaluation and review data where
applicable
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Te Tuapapa Hei Whai i te Ao Marama programme evaluation
reports
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portfolios of learner work
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site visit reports
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other relevant and reliable evidence.
Achieved.
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Other requirements for the
qualification (including regulatory
body or legislative requirements)
None.
General conditions for the programme leading to the qualification
General conditions for
programme
Programme delivery should actively support ways of teaching,
learning, learning support, and pastoral care preferred by Māori.
Programmes should also include mechanisms and protocols to
engage, involve and consult tangata whenua and/or mana
whenua with regard to local tikanga and kawa pertaining to the
outcomes of the qualification.
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
The qualification title Te Tuapapa Hei Whai i te Ao Marama
(Kaupae 4) [Ref 2880] refers to a foundation to provide
enlightened enabling services to persons with disabilities and
their whanau.
This qualification is grounded on the vision from `Whāia Te Ao
Mārama’ for disabled tangata Maori and their whanau to; achieve
a good quality of life and wellbeing; to participate in and
contribute to te Ao Māori; to participate in their communities as
other New Zealanders do and to achieve a good quality of life
through whānau support and high-quality disability support
service. (Whaia Te Ao Marama: The Māori Disability Action Plan
for Disability Support Services 2012 to 2017. Wellington:
Ministry of Health).
Conditions relating to the Graduate profile
Qualification outcomes
1
Apply Māori cultural values to establish and maintain
quality relationships and partnerships between
disabled tangata Māori, their whānau and a range of
stakeholders as an expression of whānaungatanga.
Credits 10
2
Conditions
Please refer to
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/maori/fieldmaori-programme-developmentsupport/ for programme content
guidance.
Empower disabled tangata Māori and their whānau to
access a range of culturally appropriate and mana
enhancing disability, health, and social services as an
expression of kaitiakitanga.
Credits 10
3
Develop knowledge, technologies, and strategies that
support improved Māori knowledge of, and access to,
disability enabling services for disabled tangata Māori
and their whānau as an expression of pukengatanga.
Credits 10
Qualification Reference 2880
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
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4
Build knowledge of the importance for disabled
tangata Māori and their whānau, their connection to
the land, people, and to their local/tribal kawa and
tikanga in relationship with their whānau, hapū, iwi and
their communities of choice as an expression of
turangawaewae.
Credits 15
5
Analyse and review the delivery of quality and
effective Māori disability enabling services where
disabled tangata Māori and their whānau have greater
personal leadership, choice, and control over disability
supports accessed as an expression of
rangatiratanga.
Credits 15
Qualification Reference 2880
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
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