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Title
Describe and compare Mātauranga Māori, other indigenous, and
Western science perspectives of biodiversity
Level
5
Credits
6
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe
biodiversity from a mātauranga Māori, other indigenous, and a
Western science perspective; and compare a mātauranga
Māori perspective on biodiversity with one other indigenous
perspective and a Western science perspective
Classification
Environment Māori > Māori Environmental Management
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
The context of the assessment of this unit standard is limited to the 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.
2
The definitions of Māori words and concepts must be verified by the iwi or hapū in the
area that the assessment takes place.
3
Assessment against this unit standard may include but is not limited to – oral
presentations, visual presentations, written presentations, whakaari, waiata, haka.
4
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the – Resource
Management Act 1991; Local Government Act 2002; Historic Places Act 1993;
Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975; Conservation Act 1987; Fisheries Act 1996; Te Ture
Whenua Maori Act 1993; Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011; and
their amendments.
5
Definitions
Biodiversity – or biological diversity refers to the varieties of all biological life (people,
plants, animals, fungi, and micro organisms), the genes they contain and the
ecosystems on land or in the water where they live. It is the diversity of all life on
earth.
Mātauranga Māori – encompasses a dynamic and evolving range of knowledge
areas, is not limited to Te Ao Tawhito, and includes everything in Te Ao Māori.
Manaakitanga – care and protection of people.
Mana tangata, mana moana, mana whenua – recognised authority, customary
practices and management of the environment, its people and taonga eg. land, sea
and air.
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SSB Code SSB Code 194
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Tino rangatiratanga – absolute ownership, authority and control.
Te orokohanga – creation.
Wairuatanga – spirituality.
Whakapapa – genealogy, connections.
Western science perspectives may include but are not limited to – market philosophy,
Judeo Christianity, scientific reductionism, Newtonian physics scientific method,
Darwinian Theory, environmentalism.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe biodiversity from a mātauranga Māori, other indigenous, and a Western science
perspective.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Biodiversity is described from, a mātauranga Māori perspective in terms of
concepts and values.
Range
1.2
Biodiversity is described from other indigenous perspectives in terms of their
concepts and values.
Range
1.3
concepts and values include – te orokohanga, whakapapa,
wairuatanga, manaakitanga, tino rangatiratanga, mana whenua,
mana moana, mana tangata, mana atua;
evidence of two concepts and values is required.
evidence of two indigenous cultures other than Māori is required;
concepts and values may include but are not limited to –
genealogy, origin, belief systems, authority, indigenous
knowledge;
evidence of two concepts and values is required.
Biodiversity is described from a Western science perspective in terms of the
concepts and values.
Range
concepts and values may include but are not limited to –
genealogy, origin, belief systems, authority, indigenous
knowledge;
evidence of two concepts and values is required.
Outcome 2
Compare a mātauranga Māori perspective on biodiversity with one other indigenous
perspective and a Western science perspective.
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Evidence requirements
2.1
The comparison identifies and describes similarities and differences between a
mātauranga Māori, another indigenous, and a Western science perspective on
biodiversity in terms of values and concepts.
Range
evidence is required for at least two similarities and two differences.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
17 December 2003
31 December 2012
Review
2
27 October 2006
31 December 2012
Rollover and
Revision
3
17 September 2010
31 December 2012
Review
4
17 November 2011
31 December 2016
Review
5
19 November 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 (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
NZQA Māori Qualifications Services
SSB Code SSB Code 194
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016