Year 9 - 11 Te Reo Māori
Year 9 - 11 Te Reo Māori
Compulsory semester course
E ngā mana, e ngā reo, nau mai ki runga i tēnei huarahi e ako ana i tō tātou reo rangatira. Welcome and congratulations on beginning this journey of learning our noble language.
A knowledge of te reo Māori and tikanga Māori gives students the ability to participate fully in the Māori world. This is becoming even more necessary as New Zealand embraces its bicultural origins.
In this course there will be a vast range of activities with a wide range of learning experiences. Learning a language can be a hard task, and so a large emphasis will be placed on active engagement through fun activities that also promote whakawhanaungatanga and manaakitanga. Mana whenua, Te Āti Awa have been generous enough to share some of their mātauranga which features in the course. Alongside this, our goals for our students include:
To have an understanding of pūrākau and other aspects of te ao Māori
To deliver te reo māori with accuracy, fluency and cultural integrity
Recommended Prior Learning: Open Entry.
Contact Teacher: Whaea Katie Thompson
Possible next steps: Year 10 Te Reo Māori
Find more details in our Course outline 2025
Compulsory full year course
E ngā mana, e ngā reo, nau mai ki runga i tēnei huarahi e ako ana i tō tātou reo rangatira. Welcome and congratulations on beginning this journey of learning our noble language.
A knowledge of te reo Māori and tikanga Māori gives students the ability to participate fully in the Māori world. This is becoming even more necessary as New Zealand embraces its bicultural origins.
In this course there will be a vast range of activities with a wide range of learning experiences. Learning a language can be a hard task, and so a large emphasis will be placed on active engagement through fun activities that also promote whakawhanaungatanga and manaakitanga. Our main goal for our ākonga in this course is to develop confidence in conversational te reo Māori.
Recommended Prior Learning: Year 9 Te Reo Māori
Contact Teacher: Whaea Katie Thompson
Possible next steps: Year 11 Te Reo Māori
Find more details in our Course outline 2025
Compulsory semester course
The aim of the Year 11 Māori course is to develop lifelong linguistic skills in te reo Māori and tikanga Māori.
As you learn te reo Māori, you also deepen your knowledge and understanding of tikanga Māori and develop your own personal, group, and national identity.
By the end of the year you will have developed some skill in:
communicating information, ideas, and opinions through different text types
expressing and responding to personal ideas and opinions
communicating appropriately in different situations.
The course uses student experiences to develop a sound foundation of communication skills in te reo Māori. You will use te reo Māori to explore a range of familiar situations and work towards the following goals:
To continue developing ability for conversational reo
To introduce language features that help advance learners range
To experience te ao māori on the marae
Recommended Prior Learning: Open Entry.
Contact Teacher: Whaea Katie Thompson
Possible next steps: Year 12/Level 2 Te Reo Māori
Find more details in our Course outline 2025