NZQA registered unit standard
20320 version 5
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Title
Explain the impact of biotechnology and related legislation on
mātauranga Māori
Level
6
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to:
explain the impact of biotechnology on mātauranga Māori
and how it relates to the resources and rights of Māori
under the Treaty of Waitangi; and
explain biotechnology legislation in terms of their
provisions that impact and benefit Māori.
Classification
Environment Māori > Māori Environmental Management
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Where the local rohe is occupied by a number of 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
Descriptions and explanations can be presented in a number of ways that may
include oral presentations, visual presentations, written presentations, whakaari,
haka, whaikōrero and waiata.
3
Legislation relevant to this unit standard may include: Hazardous Substances and
New Organisms Act 1996; Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993; Treaty of Waitangi Act
1975; Resource Management Act 1991; and the Biosecurity Act 1993.
4
Definitions
Biotechnology – any process which uses nature to develop products. Biotechnology
includes genetic engineering, transgenics, bioprospecting, and cloning.
Genetic engineering – manipulation of hereditary material, usually accompanied by
selection of a trait or property derived from manipulation through normal cellular
process.
Transgenics – organism with a genome modified by including genes from another
organism. Transgenics does not normally refer to the rearrangement of the genome
of the same organism.
Cloning – amplifying the number of a particular molecule of DNA using normal
cellular processes. Cloning an organism refers to making genetically identical copies
of the hereditary material and all cellular components.
Bioprospecting – the search for commercially valuable genetic features of flora and
fauna.
Mauri – life principles, life force.
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Mātauranga Māori – encompasses a dynamic and evolving range of knowledge
areas, including Te Ao Tawhito and everything in Te Ao Māori.
Kaitiakitanga – refers to Māori environmental management systems evolved to
protect and enhance the mauri of taonga and ensure the sustainable use and
management of natural and physical resources.
Whakapapa – genealogy, connections.
EPA – Environmental Protection Authority (Te Mana Rauhī Taiao).
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Explain the impact of biotechnology on mātauranga Māori and how it relates to the
resources and rights of Māori under the Treaty of Waitangi.
Range
biotechnology may include – genetic engineering, transgenics, cloning, and
bioprospecting.
Evidence of two is required.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Biotechnology is explained in terms of its impact on human health and safety,
the environment, and communities.
Range
1.2
Biotechnology is explained in terms of its impact on mātauranga Māori.
Range
1.3
may include – mauri, whakapapa, kaitiakitanga.
Biotechnology is explained in terms of its potential impact on the resources and
rights of Māori under the Treaty of Waitangi.
Range
1.4
may include – loss of diversity; new viruses; new pests, diseases,
medicines; medical advancements.
Evidence of two is required.
evidence is required for at least three potential impacts;
potential impacts may include negative implications for Māori in
terms of ownership; intellectual property, its use and management,
who, how, and what; responsibility; recognition; patent rights;
exercise of kaitiakitanga and rangatiratanga.
Biotechnology is explained in terms of its potential benefits to Māori and society
as a whole.
Range
evidence is required for at least three potential benefits;
potential benefits may include but are not limited to positive
implications for Māori in terms of ownership, intellectual property,
its use and management, who, how, and what; responsibility;
recognition; patent rights; exercise of kaitiakitanga and
rangatiratanga.
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Outcome 2
Explain biotechnology legislation in terms of the provisions that impact and benefit Māori.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms
Act 1996 is explained in terms of the provisions that impact and benefit Māori.
2.2
The role of EPA is explained in terms of the provisions that impact and benefit
Māori.
Range
may include consultative processes and decision-making
processes.
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
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
N/A
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.
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