NZQA registered unit standard
16035 version 3
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Title
Analyse an historical event, personality or group from a minority and
a majority perspective
Level
3
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain the
majority perspectives of an historical event, personality or
group; explain the minority perspective of the same historical
event, personality or group; and analyse the societal effects of
differing minority perspectives of the same historical event,
personality or group.
Classification
Tikanga > Tikanga Concepts
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Local iwi or hapū curriculum aims and objectives take precedence with this unit
standard.
2
Resource support includes but is not limited to the following:
Belich, J, The New Zealand Wars: The Victorian Interpretation of Racial Conflict,
(Auckland, NZ: Auckland University Press, 1986).
Binney, J, and Chaplin, G, Ngā Mōrehu: The Life Histories of Eight Māori Women,
(Auckland, Oxford University Press, 1986).
Sissons, J, Te Waimana: The Spring of Mana, (Dunedin, NZ: University of Otago
Press, 1991).
Spoonley, P, and Hirsh, W, (eds), Between the Lines, Racism and the New Zealand
Media, (Auckland, NZ: Heinemann Reid, 1990).
3
Definitions relevant to the use of this unit standard include:
Minority perspective
Historical events, particularly those which involve conflict between two different
groups in society, are seen from different perspectives. Where there are minority
groups in society, their perspective is usually subsumed by the dominant majority
perspective. In New Zealand, Māori have differing views of history from Pākehā.
However, as a result of their being a minority, their view is often not represented in
the media or publications.
NZQA Māori Qualifications Services
SSB Code 194
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
16035 version 3
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Explain the majority perspectives of an historical event, personality or group.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The explanation identifies sources.
Range
evidence of at least two sources required.
1.2
The explanation identifies the perspectives and the reasons for the
perspectives.
1.3
The explanation examines the validity of the perspectives.
Outcome 2
Explain the minority perspective of the same historical event, personality or group.
Evidence requirements
2.1
The explanation identifies the sources.
Range
evidence of at least two sources required.
2.2
The explanation identifies the perspectives and the reasons for the
perspectives.
2.3
The explanation examines the validity of the perspectives.
Outcome 3
Analyse the societal effects of differing minority and majority perspectives of the same
historical event, personality or group.
Evidence requirements
3.1
The analysis compares the ways in which the event was reported, or recorded.
3.2
The analysis discusses the impact of the different ways in which the event was
reported, or recorded.
3.3
The analysis compares and contrasts the reasons for the minority and majority
perspectives at the time the event occurred.
3.4
The analysis details the long-term implications of perspectives of the historical
event on majority and minority groups.
NZQA Māori Qualifications Services
SSB Code 194
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
Planned review date
16035 version 3
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31 December 2016
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
29 June 1999
31 December 2015
Review
2
19 December 2003
31 December 2015
Rollover and
Revision
3
12 December 2013
N/A
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NZQA Māori Qualifications Services
SSB Code 194
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016