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Unit standard Paerewa

A nationally registered, coherent set of learning outcomes and associated evidence requirements, together with technical and management information that supports delivery and assessment.

All unit standards are registered on the Directory of Assessment Standards assigned a level and a credit value, and may contribute to the award of a qualification.

Koia nei te huinga o ngā hua o te ako kua rēhitatia e pā ana ki ngā paearu mahi, tae atu hoki ki ngā mōhiotanga hangarau, whakahaere hoki e tautoko ana i te tukunga me te aromatawai.

Kua rēhita ngā paerewa katoa i te Taura Here Tohu Mātauranga, ka tohaina he kaupae me ētahi whiwhinga, ā, ka whai wāhi ki tētahi tohu motuhake.

Universities New Zealand Te Pōkai Tara

Universities New Zealand is the statutory body with primary responsibility for quality assurance of the university sector.

Ko te Kōmiti Tumuaki tētahi rōpū ā-ture, ā, kei Te Pōkai Tara te mana whakahaere i ngā take whakaū kounga o te wāhanga whare wānanga.

University Whare Wānanga

University means, subject to subsection (3), a body referred to in section 268 of the Education and Training Act 2020 or a body established as a university under section 268.

Section 268 of the Education and Training Act 2020 (external link) — legislation.govt.nz

Ko tō te Whare Wānanga tikanga, e ai ki te wāhanga iti (3), he rōpū ki tā te wāhanga 268 o te Pire Mātauranga me te Whakangungu 2020, he rōpū rānei ka whakatūria hei whare wānanga e ai ki te wāhanga 268.

(external link)Section 268 of the Education and Training Act 2020 (external link) (external link) — legislation.govt.nz

University entrance Whakauru whare wānanga

The common educational standard established, after consultation with the universities and the New Zealand Vice-Chancellors' Committee, and maintained by NZQA as a minimum prerequisite for entrance to a New Zealand university.

Universities New Zealand (external link) — universitiesnz.ac.nz

Ko te paerewa i whakatūria i muri i te kōrero tahi me ngā whare wānanga me te Komiti Whare Wānanga o ngā Kaiwhakahaere Matua, ā, e puritia ana e te Mana Tohu Mātauranga o Aotearoa hei akoranga tōmua mō te uru atu ki te whare wānanga.

(external link)Universities New Zealand (external link) (external link) — universitiesnz.ac.nz