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Describe the meaning and relevance of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in youth
work
Level
4
Credits
6
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe a personal
journey towards understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi; describe the meaning
of the articles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi; and describe the relevance of Te Tiriti o
Waitangi to youth work.
Subfield
Social Services
Domain
Youth Work
Status
Registered
Status date
26 November 2007
Date version published
26 November 2007
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Community Support Services ITO Limited (Careerforce)
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0222
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
Glossary:
Māori version, in this context, is either the Māori version of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, or an
approved English translation of the Māori version of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Pākehā, in this context, includes any migrant from any country, who has migrated to New
Zealand.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Describe a personal journey towards understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Performance criteria
1.1
Prior knowledge of, and sources of information on, Te Tiriti o Waitangi are
described.
1.2
Past personal responses to Te Tiriti o Waitangi are described in terms of the
influence of past sources of information.
1.3
Present personal response to Te Tiriti o Waitangi is explained in terms of
significant learning events and connections along the journey.
1.4
Present personal response to Te Tiriti o Waitangi is explained in terms of
relevant issues.
Range
relevant issues may include but are not limited to – rationale for
present personal response; changes between past and present
responses; personal and professional consequences of present
response; reactions from and implications for others of present
response.
Element 2
Describe the meaning of the articles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Range
evidence is required in relation to the four articles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Performance criteria
2.1
The description includes an outline of relevant factors leading up to the signing
of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Range
evidence is required of Declaration of Independence 1835 and
four other relevant factors.
Relevant factors may include but are not limited to – social
conditions of Māori in 1840; social conditions of Pākehā in
originating countries leading to migration; social conditions of
Pākehā in Aotearoa in 1840; arrivals and colonisation intentions of
America, Britain, and France; land sales; lawlessness.
2.2
Māori and Crown intentions in signing Te Tiriti o Waitangi are explained
according to Māori and Crown oral and written sources.
2.3
The explanation defines the differences in meaning between the Māori version
and the English version of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
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Element 3
Describe the relevance of Te Tiriti o Waitangi to youth work.
Range
evidence is required in relation to the four articles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Performance criteria
3.1
The relevance of the articles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi to a youth work agency is
explained.
Range
3.2
relevance may include but is not limited to – planning, policy,
service provision, staffing.
Evidence is required of two.
The relevance of the articles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi to an individual youth worker
is explained.
Range
relevance may include but is not limited to – relationships with
tangata whenua, relationships with tauiwi, service delivery.
Evidence is required of two.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP 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 the Community Support Services ITO Limited (Careerforce)
info@careerforce.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit
standard.
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