Te Tupuranaga 1 is where students will develop confidence to use a range of language learning strategies. In Semester 1 students will learn to:

• talk about daily routines and customs; travelling; shopping; how to offer, decline and accept; responsibilities and behaviours; events and where they take place; how to give and follow directions; and to talk about how people travel.

The course aims to extend students' ability to create their worlds in te reo Māori, while also learning aspects of Māori tikanga and culture, such as pōwhiri; tapu & noa; manaakitanga and marae. Students develop awareness of language revitalisation strategies. Key skill areas are whakarongo (listening); kōrero (speaking), tuhituhi (writing), and pānui (reading).

Te Tupuranaga 2 is a course where students develop confidence to use a range of language learning strategies. In Semester 2 students learn to:

• talk about immediate past activities; to request, offer, accept, and decline, make invitations and suggestions; talk about plans for the immediate future; obligations and responsibilities; how to give and seek permission or agreement; and speak on the quality, quantity and cost of things.

The course aims to extend students' ability to create their worlds in te reo Māori, also learning aspects of Māori tikanga and culture, such as pōwhiri; tapu & noa; manaakitanga and marae. Students develop awareness of language revitalisation strategies. Key skill areas are whakarongo (listening); kōrero (speaking), tuhituhi (writing), and pānui (reading).