What are the Key Competencies?

Key competencies are an important idea for families and whānau to know about because you can do lots of things to help your children use and develop them. Key competencies are not just for school but for life. Children use key competencies in many different situations at home, at sport or cultural occasions and at school, and eventually in work situations. Your child is using key competencies when they plan a meal, take part in a powhiri at your marae, co-operate with others in a sports team or master the rules of an online game. Equally, key competencies come into all aspects of learning at school and are woven through every subject.

The aim of the key competencies, in combination, is to give young people the skills to learn anywhere, anytime and to keep on doing that even when there is no-one to prompt them.
(https://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/Key-competencies/Capable-kids-Working-with-the-key-competencies )