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Title Harvest routine foods for the whare kai
21235 version 4
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Level
Purpose
2 Credits 2
This unit standard is intended for people who are ringa wera for a whare kai – those who, as and when needed, undertake a range of activities in a whare kai in accordance with the application of tikanga for that marae.
People credited with this unit standard are able to explain local tikanga associated with harvesting routine foods, and harvest routine foods.
Classification Marae Catering > Tikanga in Whare Kai
Available grade Achieved, Merit, and Excellence
Explanatory notes
1 Performance of the elements of this unit standard must conform with the application of tikanga for the marae in which assessment is undertaken.
2 In the context of this unit standard, routine foods include: a b c kaimoana such as pipi, mussel; traditional vegetables such as riwai, kumara; common garden vegetables.
3
For credit, harvesting must cover all of the above groups.
This unit standard is acknowledges the practice of water safety. expiring
Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998
Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999.
4 Food safety practices must be observed in the harvesting and handling of food. The following legislation may have relevance to the performances required by this unit standard: Food Hygiene Regulations 1974; Food Act 1981. Specific applications of relevant legislation and related guidance for marae catering contexts are available in documents such as: i Oranga Kai pamphlet resources developed by and available from the Ministry of
Health; ii Ministry for Primary Industries, Food Safety, practices in preparing and cooking a hāngi
, May 2013 (available on http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz
).
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5 Definition
21235 version 4
Page 2 of 3 customary practice means the accepted norm of behaviour or conditions across or within hapu and iwi – it is the behaviour or conditions that one would generally expect to be encountered.
2.3
2.4
Outcome 1
Explain local tikanga associated with the harvesting of routine foods.
Evidence requirements
1.1 The explanation identifies customary practices for harvesting specific food items and links any local reasons behind these practices or local variations.
1.2 The explanation outlines the respective rights and roles of women and men in harvesting specific food items.
1.3 The explanation describes and accounts for variations in the times and conditions for when harvesting may or may not be carried out.
1.4 The explanation identifies any special events for which particular food items would need to be harvested.
1.5 The explanation identifies any customary rights and limitations that apply to the harvesting of food items.
1.6 The explanation outlines the origin and/or significance of karakia relating to the harvesting of specific food items.
Outcome 2
Harvest routine foods.
This unit standard is
Range expiring
Evidence requirements
2.1 Food items selected and harvested are safe to eat, in good condition, and of appropriate size and quantity for the catering occasion.
2.2 Food is stored until required for further preparation and/or cooking according to local practice.
Health and safety practices for handling food are observed.
Whanaungatanga is practised throughout the harvesting.
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Replacement information
21235 version 4
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This unit standard has been replaced by unit standard
27510.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process Version Date Last Date for Assessment
1 21 March 2005 31 December 2015 Registration
Rollover and
Revision
Review
2
3
16 October 2009
21 July 2011
31 December 2015
31 December 2015
Rollover 4 16 July 2015
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
31 December 2018
0226
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do
.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA, before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
This unit standard is expiring
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.
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