Te Ahikāroa Subject regulations
The Te Ara Hou Te Ahikāroa (TA) - Graduate Diploma in Teaching is available for the Māori immersion secondary sector for students who have completed a bachelors degree and who wish to gain a professional teaching qualification, as well as non graduates with some educational qualifications, work experience or relevant workplace experience.
Recognition of prior learning will be required.
Other qualifications
Prescriptions for:
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TA This is a two year professional qualification delivered in te reo Māori with a focus on tikanga Māori and mātauranga Māori. It comprises papers examining issues related to teaching specialist learning areas of the curriculum, in particular Pūtaiao and Pāngarau, learners and learning, and the professional issues facing teachers in classroom, school and community situations. The programme includes two professional experience placements.
The qualification regulations define the requirements for the Te Ara Hou Te Ahikāroa. To complete the TA, students must complete TOITU400, PUTOI400, PUTOI421, PUTOI422, PUTOI423, PUTOI424, PUTOI425, NGAIO420, and NGAIO421.
The following papers are offered on a two-year rotation:
Rotation A: NGAIO420, PUTOI400, PUTOI423, PUTOI424.
Rotation B: NGAIO421, PUTOI421, PUTOI422, PUTOI425, TOITU400.
Te Ahikāroa papers
| Code and paper title | Points | |
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NGAIO420
Wheako Whakaako Ngaio 1 (Te Ahikāroa)
Ko te whakataukī nei, ‘Mahia te mahi hei painga mō te iwi’ te tūāpapa mō tēnei pepa. Ko te reo Māori te waka hei kawe i te mātauranga Māori me te... |
15 | 27X (Hamilton) |
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PUTOI400
Te Pakirehua me ngā Taunakitanga Whakamōhio
Ko ngā kōrero o te orokohanga o te ao Māori te whakakaupapatanga o tēnei pepa pakirehua. Ka ākina ngā tauira kia tīmata mai i ngā kōrero mō Ranginui... |
15 | 27X (Hamilton) |
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PUTOI423
He Kura te Tangata
Ko te oranga te tino pūmanawa i homai ki a tāua ki te tangata. Ka whakatuwhera i ngā kūaha o te hauora ki te ākonga kia mātau ia ki te oranga katoa o... |
15 | 27X (Hamilton) |
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PUTOI424
Pāngarau
Mai rā anō, ahakoa ko wai te iwi, he mātauranga pāngarau ō rātou e mārama ai rātou ki ngā tini āhuatanga o tō rātou ao. He whakakitenga o ng... |
15 | 27X (Hamilton) |
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NGAIO420 Wheako Whakaako Ngaio 1 (Te Ahikāroa)
Ko te whakataukī nei, ‘Mahia te mahi hei painga mō te iwi’ te tūāpapa mō tēnei pepa. Ko te reo Māori te waka hei kawe i te mātauranga Māori me te...
Points 15Ko ngā kōrero o te orokohanga o te ao Māori te whakakaupapatanga o tēnei pepa pakirehua. Ka ākina ngā tauira kia tīmata mai i ngā kōrero mō Ranginui...
Points 15Ko te oranga te tino pūmanawa i homai ki a tāua ki te tangata. Ka whakatuwhera i ngā kūaha o te hauora ki te ākonga kia mātau ia ki te oranga katoa o...
Points 15Mai rā anō, ahakoa ko wai te iwi, he mātauranga pāngarau ō rātou e mārama ai rātou ki ngā tini āhuatanga o tō rātou ao. He whakakitenga o ng...
Points 15
2027 Subject regulation information current as at 25 Aug 2026 01:00am