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Title
Explain the impact of colonisation on health and wellbeing for
tangata whenua in Aotearoa New Zealand
Level
4
Purpose
Credits
4
This unit standard is for experienced people working in the
health or wellbeing sector.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain the
effects of colonisation on the health and wellbeing outcomes of
tangata whenua; and describe the current impact of
colonisation on tangata whenua when working in a health or
wellbeing setting.
Classification
Health, Disability, and Aged Support > Health and Disability
Principles in Practice
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
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Legislation and standards relevant to this unit standard include but are not limited to:
Health and Disability Commissioner (Code of Health and Disability Services
Consumers’ Rights) Regulations 1996 (the Code of Rights);
Health and Disability Services (Safety) Act 2001;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Human Rights Act 1993;
Privacy Act 1993;
NZS 8134.0:2008 Health and disability services Standards – Health and disability
services (general) Standard;
NZS 8134.1:2008 Health and disability services Standards – Health and disability
services (core) Standards;
NZS 8134.3:2008 Health and disability services Standards – Health and disability
services (infection prevention and control) Standards;
NZS 8158:2012 Home and community support sector Standard; available at
http://www.standards.co.nz/.
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Definitions
Health and wellbeing outcomes include but are not limited to – physical, mental,
emotional, psychological, environmental.
Health or wellbeing setting includes but is not limited to – the aged care, acute care,
community support, disability, mental health, social services, and youth development
sectors.
Organisational policies and procedures – policies, procedures, and methodologies of
an organisation. They include legislative and regulatory requirements which may
apply across an organisation, a specific site, or a workplace. Requirements are
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documented in the organisation’s health and safety plans, contract work
programmes, quality assurance programmes, policies, and procedural documents
and codes of ethics.
Tangata whenua includes but is not limited to – mana whenua, iwi, hapū, whānau.
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Resources
Adolescent Health Research Group. (2003). New Zealand youth: A profile of their
health and wellbeing. Auckland: University of Auckland. Available online at
http://www.fmhs.auckland.ac.nz/faculty/ahrg/_docs/2001-nz-youth2000monograph.pdf.
Pool, I. Death rates and life expectancy. In Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New
Zealand, pages 4 to 7. Available at http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/death-rates-and-lifeexpectancy/.
Ministerial Advisory Committee on a Māori perspective for the Department of Social
Welfare. (2001 Reprint). Puao-Te-Ata-Tu (day break) – The report of the Ministerial
Advisory Committee on a Māori perspective for the Department of Social Welfare.
Wellington: Department of Social Welfare. Available online from the Ministry of
Social Development http://www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-our-work/publicationsresources/index.html. (Search for Puao-Te-Ata-Tu.)
Ministry of Youth Affairs. (2002). Youth Development Strategy Aotearoa – Action for
child and youth development. Wellington: Ministry of Youth Affairs. Available online
from the Ministry of Youth Development (http://www.myd.govt.nz), along with
supporting documents.
Ministry of Youth Affairs. (2002). Youth development literature review: Building
strength. Wellington: Ministry of Youth Affairs. Available online from the Ministry of
Youth Development (http://www.myd.govt.nz).
United Nations Declaration of the Rights of the Child. Available at
http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/humanrights/resources.asp.
Convention on the Rights of the Child, Available through http://www.unicef.org/crc/.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Explain the effects of colonisation on the health and wellbeing outcomes of tangata
whenua.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The tools of colonisation are described in terms of their effects on tangata
whenua.
Range
tools of colonisation may include but are not limited to – alcohol,
church, economics, education, government, institutionalisation,
legislation, media, military;
effect(s) of colonisation may include but are not limited to impact
on – cultural connectedness, economic security and wealth
creation, education, health and/or mental health, land, selfdetermination, self-management, spirituality, te reo, te tino
rangatiratanga, urbanisation;
evidence is required of two tools and three effects.
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The impact of colonisation on the health and wellbeing of tangata whenua is
explained according to relevant findings.
relevant findings may include but are not limited to – Puao-Te-AtaTu (day break) - The Report of the Ministerial Advisory Committee
on a Māori Perspective for the Department of Social Welfare,
Waitangi Tribunal reports, Ministry of Health reports.
Range
Outcome 2
Describe the current impact of colonisation on tangata whenua when working in a health or
wellbeing setting.
Evidence requirements
2.1
The current impact of colonisation is described in terms of the implications for
tangata whenua in a health or wellbeing setting.
implications for include – organisation or agency’s role, candidate’s
role.
Range
Planned review date
31 December 2019
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
19 March 2015
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0222
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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Comments on this unit standard
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