Level 3 Pacific Studies

Course Description

This course is intended to encourage and enable students to engage with and affirm traditional cultures and values. Students will investigate and draw conclusions of an aspect of Pacific and indigenous knowledge, society, change and development. Students will also communicate understanding of a variety of Pacific cultures through planned presentations. 

Non-Pacific students are also welcome to take this course. This course will also build on much of the learning from Pasifika Studies Level 1 and 2. 

Students who wish to take any Pasifika Language can also be considered, but the student must show a level of proficiency before they can be considered for these units.

Students  will also learn to participate and contribute  in communities, exploring, make comparisons, express their views and relate to others according to what they learn in this course. This course is aimed at preparing young men for the next stage of life outside of school, by developing leadership skills wrapped in Pasifika values and tradition. 

Areas of investigation:  historical events, myths & legends, global events, climate change, Sports, contemporary dances & music, traditional songs, colonisation, decolonisation, tattooing/tatau, art & design, traditional weaving, traditional values, beliefs, cultivation, matai system, myths & legends, cultivation, fishing, flora, past events, voyaging, migration, performing arts, myths & legends, hospitality.

Assessment:  

• 17164 v6 (6 Credits) Draw a conclusion after investigating a hypothesis on an aspect of Pacific indigenous knowledge with consultation. 

• 91437 v1 (5 Credits) History 3.4  - Analyse different perspectives of a contested event of significance to New Zealanders. 

• 91598 v2 (4 Credits) Social Studies 3.5 - Examine a campaign of social action(s) to influence policy change(s). 

Current Language Units: 

Samoan

• 91564 v1 (5 Credits) Samoan 3.2 Give a clear spoken presentation in Samoan that communicates a critical response to stimulus material. 

• 91565 v1 (6 Credits) Samoan 3.3 Interact clearly using spoken Samoan to explore and justify varied ideas and perspectives. . 

• 91567 v1  (5 Credits) Samoan 3.5 Write a variety of text types in clear Samoan to explore and justify varied ideas and perspectives. 

Tongan

• 91680 v1 (3 Credits)  Lea Faka Tonga 3.2 Give a clear spoken presentation in Lea Faka Tonga that communicates a critical response to stimulus material. 

• 91681 v1 (6 Credits) Lea Faka Tonga 3.3 Interact clearly using spoken Lea Faka Tonga to explore and justify varied ideas and perspectives.  

• 91683 v1 (5 Credits) Lea Faka Tonga 3.5 Write a variety of text types in clear Lea Faka Tonga to explore and justify varied ideas and perspectives.  

Tokelau

• 33344 (6 Credits) v1 Gagana Tokelau Interact using spoken Gagana Tokelau to explore and justify ideas and perspectives in different situations. . 

• 33347 (5 Credits) v1 Gagana Tokelau Demonstrate understanding of a variety of extended spoken texts in Gagana Tokelau related to a community context. 

• 33350 (5 Credits) v1 Gagana Tokelau Demonstrate understanding of a variety of extended written texts in Gagana Tokelau related to community contexts.  

• 33353 (3 Credits) v1 Gagana Tokelau 3.2 Give a clear spoken presentation in Samoan that communicates a critical response to stimulus material. 

• 33356 (5 Credits) v1 Gagana Tokelau 3.5 Write a variety of text types in clear Lea Faka Tonga to explore and justify varied ideas and perspectives.

Recommendation for subject entry 

Fluency in Samoan. L1 & L2 NCEA. 

Next steps: 

This can lead to a Bachelor of  Social Sciences, Police College, Social Work Diploma, Bachelor of Pacific Studies or studying a Pasifika Language at University and/or Diploma in Teaching. It will also prepare a student to have a wide range of social skills and multicultural sensitivities to the world around them.