Year 13 te reo māori

The Year 13 Te Reo Māori course gives you the opportunity to use their te reo Māori skills to explore complex traditional and contemporary Māori issues and to prepare students for NCEA Level 3 and NZ Scholarship.

Students of Māori at this level will be expected to take leadership roles in school-based Māori events as part of “Tū Tamatoa”. You are also encouraged to join the school’s combined kapa haka group with Wellington Girls' College - Te Haeata Awatea.

Students will be given opportunities to attend cultural events and performances such as Rā haka and Ngā Manu Kōrero.

Te Reo Māori is included in learning languages, which is one of the eight learning areas in The New Zealand Curriculum. It emphasises the inseparable links between language, culture, and identity. As you learn te reo Māori, you also deepen their knowledge and understanding of tikanga Māori and develop their own personal, group, and national identities.

The course explores Māori ways of living in both modern and traditional contexts. Students are expected to develop a range of communication strategies to express their thoughts and ideas about complex issues. They can expect to undertake individual research to supplement class-based activities. The use of te reo Māori is encouraged in all lessons.

In Level 3 Te Reo Māori we are working at Level 8 of the New Zealand Curriculum. Your main objective this year is to develop personal independence in the language. You will be working towards “using language variably and effectively to express and justify your own ideas and opinions, and support or challenge those of others.”

By the end of the year you will have developed some skill in:

• communicating information, ideas and opinions through increasingly complex and varied texts

• exploring the views of others, developing and sharing personal perspectives

• engaging in sustained interaction and producing extended text

To gain entry to this course, students must gain at least 14 credits in NCEA Level 2 Te Reo Māori. Other students who are able to demonstrate ability in te reo Māori at Year 13 level can gain entry at the discretion of the HOD – consultation is required.

School Policy for NCEA Assessment

You should be aware of the school procedures for NCEA assessment. They can be found on the school website at this link. There you will find answers to frequently asked questions about how NCEA works as well as guidance about how to apply for extensions, reconsiderations or the process for withdrawing from a standard.