NZQA registered unit standard
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Title
Observe Māori cultural values to demonstrate cultural awareness in
whakairo
Level
7
Purpose
Credits
15
This unit standard is for people furthering their knowledge in
whakairo. It supplements the Toi Whakairo and
Whakaraupapa Whakairo unit standards.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: observe
spiritual beliefs, practice personal responsibilities; and observe
and examine carver’s responsibilities.
Classification
Whakairo > Mana Whakairo
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Unit 2561, Explain taha wairua to demonstrate cultural
awareness in whakairo, or demonstrate equivalent knowledge
and skills.
Recommended skills
and knowledge
Recommended complementary unit standard: Unit 2569,
Explain objects as symbols to demonstrate cultural awareness
in whakairo, or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Explanatory notes
1
Glossary
whakaraupapa – Māori carving management;
taha – perspective; way of doing things;
mauri – life force;
noa – free;
tuakana – older brother or sister;
teina – younger brother or sister;
wāhi – place;
tapu – sacred.
2
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes the Resource Management Act
1991.
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Mana Whakairo
Tikanga and kawa that underpin the standards in the domain Mana Whakairo relate
to specific interpretations and understandings of whakapapa, te reo, symbolism,
concepts and representation; and in a whakairo context are quite specific and
therefore distinctive from tikanga and kawa in the broader context of Te Ao Māori
whānui.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Observe spiritual beliefs.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Rites of access associated with Māori art practice are observed by employing
ritual procedure that accords with hapū or iwi spiritual observance.
Range
1.2
procurement, production, installation, exhibition, dedication,
interment.
Sanctions associated with Māori art practice are observed by employing ritual
procedure that accords with hapū or iwi spiritual observance.
Range
access, restriction, protection.
Outcome 2
Practice personal responsibilities.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Personal ethics are practised by assuming personal responsibility for Māori art
practice that accords with hapū or iwi expectations.
Range
2.2
mauri, mana, tapu and noa, tuakana and teina, marae tuturu,
whare hui huinga.
Respect for nature is practised by assuming responsibility for resource
perpetuation that accords with hapū or iwi traditions and the Resource
Management Act 1991 and any subsequent amendments.
Outcome 3
Observe and examine responsibilities of a carver.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Carver's responsibility is examined to determine obligations that accord with
whanaungatanga.
Range
whānau, hapū, iwi.
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Carver's responsibility is examined to determine obligations that ensure tikanga
whakairo.
mauri, mana, tāonga tuku iho.
Range
3.3
Carver's role is observed and examined for behaviour that ensures mana
whakairo.
3.4
Carver's expertise is observed and examined for standards that ensure toi
whakairo.
Range
knowledge, skills, practice.
Planned review date
31 December 2016
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
5 December 1995
N/A
Revision
2
6 April 1998
N/A
Revision
3
19 April 2000
N/A
Revision
4
18 September 2001
N/A
Revision
5
11 March 2004
N/A
Review
6
12 December 2008
N/A
Revision
7
21 May 2010
N/A
Rollover
8
21 February 2013
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0082
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
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
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Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
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 NZQA Māori Qualifications Services mqs@nzqa.govt.nz if you wish to
suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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