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Title
Maintain and support Cook Islands cultural heritage in a Punanga
Reo, through research
Level
5
Credits
5
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify
culturally appropriate traditions and customs to respect and
conform to when carrying out research; research Cook Islands’
cultural heritage using culturally appropriate research methods,
and record findings; and maintain and support cultural identity,
heritage, and values in a Punanga Reo.
Classification
Pacific Islands Early Childhood Education > Cook Islands: Te
Punanga Reo Kuki Airani
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
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Glossary
Kopu Tangata – immediate family.
Iti Tangata – clan, tribe, or family.
Tupuna – grandparents, elderly people.
Akono’anga peu – customs and/or respect for the Cook Islands way of doing things.
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Definitions
A Cook Islands early childhood education service, Punanga Reo, is a culture specific
centre responsible for all aspects of the child’s development based on Christian
values and consideration for others.
Service may include but is not limited to – early childhood centres, home based early
childhood educational programmes.
Research refers to gathering information in a culturally appropriate Cook Island way
and analysing the information.
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Islands in the Cook Islands are – Aitutaki, Atiu, Mangaia, Manihiki, Mauke, Manuae,
Mitiaro, Nassau, Palmerston, Penrhyn, Pukapuka, Rakahanga, Rarotonga,
Suwarrow, Takutea.
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All outcomes and evidence requirements must be in accordance with any policies,
procedures, standards, and requirements of the organisation involved, and with the
following:
Children, Young Persons, and their Families Act 1989;
Education Act 1989;
Human Rights Act 1993;
Privacy Act 1993;
Education (Early Childhood Centres) Regulations 1998;
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Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008;
Education (Home-Based Care) Order 1992.
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References may include but are not limited to:
Ministry of Education, Te Whāriki, He Whāriki Mātauranga mō ngā Mokopuna o
Aotearoa: Early Childhood Curriculum (Wellington: Learning Media, 1996).
Ministry of Education, Quality in action: Te mahi whai hua: Implementing the revised
statement of desirable objectives and practices in New Zealand early childhood
services (Wellington: Learning Media, 1998).
Ministry of Education, The quality journey: He haerenga whai hua. Improving quality
in early childhood services (Wellington: Learning Media, 1999).
Ministry of Education, Kei Tua o te Pae/Assessment for learning: Early Childhood
Exemplars (Wellington: Learning Media, 2007).
Ministry of Education, Developing programmes for teaching Pacific Islands
languages (Wellington: Learning Media, 2000).
Ministry of Education, Pasifika Education Plan 2013-2017 (Wellington: Ministry of
Education, 2012).
Ministry of Education, The New Zealand Curriculum (Wellington: Learning Media,
2007).
Ministry of Education, Guidelines for Cook Islands Maori language programmes:
planning guidelines to accompany Developing programmes for teaching Pacific
Islands languages (Wellington: Learning Media, 2000).
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify culturally appropriate traditions and customs to respect and conform to when
carrying out research.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Culturally appropriate traditions, customs, and akono’anga peu to respect and
conform to when carrying out research, are identified.
Outcome 2
Research Cook Islands’ cultural heritage, using culturally appropriate research methods,
and record findings.
Range
evidence of research must reflect the cultural heritage of three islands in the
Cook Islands, one of which is one’s own island affiliation.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Research of cultural heritage is carried out in the traditional akono’anga peu.
2.2
Research of cultural heritage is carried out in consultation with te Tupuna, Kopu
Tangata, and Iti Tangata.
2.3
Research of cultural heritage identifies ancestry background through recitation.
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Cook Islands cultural heritage in terms of the children’s roots, background, te
Tupuna heritage, migration, and settlement is researched and recorded.
Outcome 3
Maintain and support cultural identity, heritage, and values of children in a Punanga Reo.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Children’s cultural identity, heritage, and values are maintained and supported.
Planned review date
31 December 2017
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
30 April 1998
31 December 2013
Revision
2
16 January 2003
31 December 2013
Revision
3
16 August 2005
31 December 2013
Review
4
21 November 2008
31 December 2015
Rollover and
Revision
5
21 March 2013
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0157
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
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before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
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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 (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.
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