Te Hono o te Kahurangi

Quality assurance Māori

Te Hono o te Kahurangi is an evaluative approach that allows providers to engage with NZQA using Māori approaches and values

About Te Hono o Te Kahurangi

Te Hono o Te Kahurangi (THoTK) is a whare ako framework and methodology. We use it to quality assure non-university tertiary education organisations.

Tertiary education organisations can choose between 2 evaluative approaches when they send an application to NZQA:

  • the standard approach, or
  • Te Hono o Te Kahurangi.

If your organisation uses kaupapa Māori and teaches mātauranga Māori, Te Hono o Te Kahurangi allows you engage with NZQA using Māori approaches and values.

The framework also contains practices that will add to learner success by assuring national consistency.

Te Hono o Te Kahurangi guidelines

The guidelines show tertiary education organisations how we quality assure educational outcomes.

They also show how we prioritise Mātauranga Māori and Māori learner success in tertiary education.

Guidelines for evaluative quality assurance

A summary of Te Hono o Te Kahurangi quality assurance processes for tertiary education organisations.

Guidelines for evaluative quality assurance

Guidelines for assuring national consistency

How we assure national consistency of graduate outcomes for qualifications at levels 1 to 6 listed on the New Zealand Qualifications and Credentials Framework.

Guidelines for assuring national consistency

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Ngā kaupapa o Te Hono o Te Kahurangi

Six kaupapa are at the heart of Te Hono o Te Kahurangi. These kaupapa are a common point of reference for providers and evaluators, and help to guide evaluative conversations and decisions.

The kaupapa are: Rangatiratanga, Whanaungatanga, Manaakitanga, Pūkengatanga, Kaitiakitanga, and Te Reo Māori.

Ngā Kaupapa o Te Hono o Te Kahurangi

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