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Te Hono o Te Kahurangi Te Hono o Te Kahurangi

A quality assurance approach that uses kaupapa Māori and recognises mātauranga Māori. Education providers can request this approach if their organisation or training incorporates Te Ao Māori.

He ara whakaū kounga ka mau te kaupapa Māori, ka whakaae hoki i te mātauranga Māori. Ka āhei ngā whareako te tono mō tēnei ara, ki te komokomo i Te Ao Māori ki tō rātou whakahaere, ki ā rātou whakangungutanga.

TEC

Tertiary Education Commission.

Tertiary Education Commission (external link) — tec.govt.nz

Te Amorangi Mātauranga Matua.

Tertiary Education Commission (external link) — tec.govt.nz

Tertiary education Mātauranga paetoru, mātauranga matua

Tertiary education is any certified education after secondary school. It includes vocational training, workplace learning, industry certifications, graduate and post-graduate study, and research.

About tertiary education in New Zealand

Ko te mātauranga paetoru/matua, he mātauranga i whakamanahia puta ana te ihu i te kura tuarua. Kei roto hoki ko ngā akoranga ringarehe, akoranga wāhi mahi, ngā tohu ahumahi, me ngā akoranga tohu paetahi, tohu tāura, me te rangahau anō hoki.

Ko ngā whakahaere whakangungu tūmataiti, ko ngā whare takiura Te Pūkenga, ko ngā wānanga, ngā whare wānanga, ngā whakangungu wāhi mahi anō hoki mā ngā Ohu Mahi.

Ka hihiratia aua whakahaere ka kawe i te mātauranga paetoru, e kitea ai te kounga o tā rātou whakangungutanga, te hāngai me te whaipainga hoki mō ngā tauira me ngā kiripānga, ā, ka ū hoki ki ngā ture hāngai.

Tertiary education organisation Whakahaere paetoru

Any of the following:

  • an institution
  • a private training establishment.

Education and Training Act 2020 (external link)

Search for education providers (external link)

E ai ki te Ture Mātauranga me te Whakangungu, ko te whakahaere paetoru:

  • he whareako
  • he whareako/whakahaere whakangungu tūmataiti

Ture Mātauranga me te Whakangungu 2020 (external link)

Rapua mō ngā whareako (external link)

Tertiary education organisation (TEO) categories Te Rōpū Uniana mō ngā Ākonga nō Aotearoa

Quality assurance categories for tertiary education organisations (other than universities) linked to external evaluation and review results. There are four categories.

Provider categories after external evaluation and review

Ka honoa ngā wāhanga whakaū kounga mō ngā rōpū amorangi mātauranga (atu i ngā whare wānanga) ki ngā huanga aromātai ā-waho me te arotake.  Ko ngā wāhanga e whai ake nei:

  • Te Wāhanga 1:  Ko ngā rōpū amorangi mātauranga e whiwhi ana i ngā whakawā āheia whakahirahira e rua mō te aromātai ā-waho me te arotake, e whiwhi ana rānei i te whakawā āheia whakahirahira mō te whakamahinga mātauranga me te whakawā āheia mō te āhei ki te aromatawai whaiaro.
  • Te Wāhanga 2:  Ko ngā rōpū amorangi mātauranga e whiwhi ana i ngā whakawā āheia e rua, e whiwhi ana rānei i ngā whakawā āheia whakahirahira e rua mō te aromatawai whaiaro me te whakawā āheia mō te whakamahinga mātauranga.
  • Te Wāhanga 3:  Ko ngā rōpū amorangi mātauranga e whiwhi ana i te whakawā kāore anō kia āheia i te itinga iho.
  • Te Wāhanga 4:  Ko ngā rōpū amorangi mātauranga e whiwhi ana i te whakawā kāore i te āheia.

Tertiary education provider Whareako paetoru

Any of the following:

  • an institution
  • a registered private training establishment (PTE)
  • a government training establishment (GTE)
  • other body that provides, or proposes to provide, tertiary education.

Education and Training Act 2020 (external link)

Search for education providers (external link)

E ai ki te Ture Mātauranga me te Whakangungu, ko te whareako paetoru:

  • he whareako
  • he whareako/whakahaere whakangungu tūmataiti
  • he whakahaere whakangungu kāwanatanga
  • he rōpū anō ka whakarato, mō te whakarato rānei, i te mātauranga paetoru

Ture Mātauranga me te Whakangungu 2020 (external link)

Rapua mō ngā whareako (external link)

Top Scholar Awards Tohu Ākonga Tuatahi

The Top Scholars Awards recognise the highest achieving New Zealand Scholarship Students.

Top Scholar Awards ceremony

Ko ngā Tohu Ākonga Tuatahi ngā tohu hou mō te kairangi mō ngā ākonga kura tuarua. Ka whakakapi ēnei tohu i ngā tohu Ākonga Tuatahi i te Tahua Tāpiri.

Top Scholar Awards ceremony

Trade Certificate Pōkaitahi Ringarehe

Trade and advanced trade certificate qualifications were replaced by National Certificates and Diplomas, which were replaced by New Zealand Certificates and Diplomas.

NZQA can provide certified statements about these older qualifications.

Trade certificates

I mua rā, nā NZQA i whakahaere he nui ngā tohu pōkaitahi ringarehe, pōkaitahi ringarehe pū. Kua huke haere i ēnei e kuhu mai ai e ngā tohu Pōkaitahi, Pōkairua ā motu, kātahi ka whakakapia mai ki ngā Tohu Pōkaitahi me ngā Tohu Pōkairua o Aotearoa.

E āhei ana e NZQA te whakarato i ngā tauākī whakamana mō aua tohu tawhito.

Trade certificates

Training scheme Kaupapa whakangungu

Training schemes were stand-alone awards with defined learning outcomes. They were replaced by micro-credentials in 2023.

Micro-credential listing, approval and accreditation

He whakawhiwhinga motuhake ngā kaupapa whakangungu me āna putanga ako tauwhāiti. I whakakapia rātou ki ngā pūkenga whāiti.

Transition arrangements Whakawhitinga

If a new qualification affects an  existing qualification, there need to be transition arrangements.

Transition arrangments need to make sure that no learners are disadvantaged by the qualification changing, and that current learners have a clear pathway and enough time to complete. 

Mehemea ka whakaaweawe tētahi tohu hou i tētahi atu, me whai whakaritenga whakawhitinga.

Ko tā te whakaritenga whakawhitinga, he tiro atu mena kāore he ākonga i tōhoretia i te panonitanga o te tohu, ā, ka mahea te ara whakamua mō te ākonga, ka rawaka te wā kia whakaoti mahi.