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Title
Explain a Māori environmental management system and application
within Resource Management Act 1991
Level
5
Credits
7
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to explain: a
local Māori environmental resource management system and
how it is achieved; how this system accommodates the
disposal of human waste; and how this system may be
recognised and provided for by local government and the
Resource Management Act 1991.
Classification
Whenua > Te Whakahaere Whenua
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Local iwi or hapū curriculum aims and objectives underpin the national standard
basis of this unit standard.
2
The context of the unit standard is limited to local rohe or takiwā. Where local rohe
are also occupied by a number of other iwi or hapū, the tangata whenua or mana
whenua view will take precedence. Other iwi or hapū views should be encouraged in
order to enrich and enhance understanding of key Māori concepts and practices.
3
The definitions of Māori words and concepts in the local dialect must be verified by
the local iwi and/or hapū.
4
For the assessment of this unit standard, descriptions and explanations can be
presented in a number of ways that may include but are not limited to – oral
presentations, visual presentations, written presentations, whakaari, waiata, haka.
5
Relevant legislation must include but is not limited to: the Resource Management Act
1991 (RMA) and its subsequent amendments.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Explain a local Māori environmental resource management system and how it is achieved.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Explanation includes a description of kaitiakitanga in a local context.
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1.2
Explanation includes a description of mauri in a local context.
1.3
Explanation includes a description of the exercise of kaitiakitanga through the
exercise of tino rangatiratanga in a local context.
1.4
Explanation includes a description of three tikanga associated with the
management of taonga.
Outcome 2
Explain how a local Māori environmental resource management system accommodates
the disposal of human waste.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Explanation includes a description of a customary Māori human waste disposal
system in a local context.
2.2
Explanation includes a description of how a customary Māori human waste
disposal system is consistent with the objectives of kaitiakitanga.
2.3
Explanation includes the reasons for a Māori waste disposal system operation.
Outcome 3
Explain how a local Māori environmental resource management system may be
recognised and provided for by local government within the RMA.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Explanation includes a description of the provisions of the RMA that allow local
government to transfer power to iwi authorities.
3.2
Explanation includes a description of the provisions made in the development of
regional policy statements and plans that provide for Māori.
3.3
Explanation includes a description of the monitoring and enforcement provisions
and how these may provide for Māori perspectives.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
23 November 1999
31 December 2012
Revision
2
14 April 2005
31 December 2012
Review
3
17 December 2010
31 December 2012
Reinstatement
4
19 February 2015
31 December 2016
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0166
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.
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 (CMRs). 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.
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