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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.

Te Hono o Te Kahurangi

He whiringa mātāpono ki tā te ao Māori titiro e whakapūmau ana i te MMEQA. Ko Te Hono o te Kahurangi, arā, ko ngā mātāpono Māori me te ariā wharenui, e matua whakaatu ana me pēhea e whakaū kounga ana ngā hōtaka me ngā kaiwhakarato ki tā ngā tohu mātauranga Māori me ngā hātepe o te Mana Tohu Mātauranga o Aotearoa.

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 Te Amorangi Mātauranga

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

E kīia nei ko te rāngai amorangi mātauranga, ko ngā whare whakangungu tūmataiti, ko te Whare Takiura Pūkenga Hangarau o Aotearoa me ōna turuki, ko ngā whare wānanga me ngā rōpū whakangungu ahumahi whakawhiti.

He whakatakoto i ngā hōtaka huhua te mahi a ngā rōpū amorangi mātauranga me ngā rōpū whakangungu ahumahi whakawhiti. Ko ngā hōtaka whakawhitinga (mai i te kura ki te ao mahi) whakapakari mātauranga rapuara, me te whakangungu, tae noa rā ki ngā hōtaka rangahau kei te taumata paerunga. Kāore hoki he wāhanga pūmau kei ngā hōtaka katoa o ia momo rōpū. Ko tā rātou aronga kē, he whai kaha ki te whakatakoto hōtaka e ai ki te kounga o ngā paerewa, kaua ko te momo paerewa.

Tertiary education organisation Te rōpū amorangi mātauranga

Any of the following:

  • an institution
  • a private training establishment.

Ko ēnei e whai ake ana:

  • he whare takiura
  • he rōpū whakangungu tūmataiti.

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 Kura Amorangi Mātauranga

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.

Ko tētahi momo pēnei i te:

  • whare mātauranga
  • whare whakangungu tūmatawhāiti
  • whare whakangungu kāwanatanga
  • me ētahi atu kura kawe ana i ēnei haepapa.

Top Scholar Awards Tohu Ākonga Tuatahi

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

Top Scholars Awards Ceremony (external link)

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 Scholars Awards Ceremony (external link)

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

Tirohia te whārangi Pōkaitahi Ringarehe i tēnei paetukutuku.

Trade certificates

Training scheme

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

Micro-credential listing, approval and accreditation

Transition arrangements Whakawhitinga

Transition arrangements must be specified whenever the introduction of a new qualification will impact on existing qualifications.

Transition arrangements refer to the short-to-medium-term arrangements that are put in place to ensure that no one is disadvantaged by changes made to qualifications; that pathways from the former qualification(s) to the new one(s) exist for all current candidates; or that candidates are granted sufficient time to complete the qualification(s) they embarked upon.

Kia āta whakahuatia ngā whakaritenga whakawhiti ina pā te whakaurunga o tētahi tohu mātauranga hou ki ngā tohu mātauranga kua takoto kē.

E hāngai ana ngā whakaritenga whakawhiti ki ngā whakaritenga wā poto - wā waenganui ka whakatakotoria kia kore ai ētahi e taumaha i ngā whakarerekētanga ki ngā tohu mātauranga; ka wātea hoki he arawhiti mai i ngā tohu mātauranga tahito ki ngā tohu mātauranga hou mō ngā kaitono o i nāianei; ka whakaaetia rānei he wā tika ki ngā kaitono e oti pai ai ngā tohu mātauranga.