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Assessment support material
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Unit standard documents
To view the unit standard document listed in the assessment support material booklets, please click on the standard link.
Level 1
23005 - Demonstrate knowledge of whakairo (external link)
23006 - Demonstrate knowledge of how a kaiwhakairo shows meaning in their whakairo (external link)
23007 - Demonstrate knowledge of customary whakairo designs and their meaning (external link)
23008 - Describe customary whakairo and their function (external link)
Level 2
23010 - Generate, develop and refine visual ideas in whakairo (external link)
23011 - Demonstrate knowledge of whakairo production (external link)
Level 3
23013 - Create whakairo (external link)
23014 - Develop ideas to create whakairo (external link)
23016 - Explain change in whakairo practises and whakairo production (external link)
Te Whakaruruhau booklet: Whakairo
This booklet is a collection of ideas and philosophies discussed at a Whakairo hui attended by tutors and tohunga of Whakairo held at Otawhao marae in Te Awamutu, May 1999. It has been edited to contain material that whakairo tutors may find useful and has been made available as a resource for tutors.
Whakairo Whakaruruhau Wānanga - Workshop Report 1999 [PDF, 2.3 MB]