Mahinga Kai, Wāhi Tapu and Environment Māori Qualifications

About these qualifications

Mahinga Kai, Wāhi Tapu and Environment Māori qualifications are for students who wish to work in areas that involve the application of appropriate tikanga and kawa in kai production, harvesting, and resource management.

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Consultation on Environment Māori qualifications review

Review update

NZQA Māori Qualifications Services (MQS) invites feedback on the review of the suite of Environment Māori qualifications.

Proposed changes to the qualifications

Te Hiringa o te Taiao (Kaupae 4)

Change to NZSCED/Whakaraupapa classification to appropriately align it to Tikanga - Maori Customs and for consistency with Rūmakihia te Taiao (Kaupae 6).

Strategic purpose statements

Minor adjustments to align with relevant graduate level descriptors and better reflect the intention of the qualification.

Graduate profile outcomes (GPOs)

Updates to include the amendments of ngā mātāpono and minor amendments for clarity and relevance.

Ngā Mātāpono

Changes for clarity and relevance in an Environment Māori context.

We welcome your feedback

We invite you to provide feedback on the proposed changes. The consultation period for the proposed qualification is open until 16 November 2025.

We're grateful for your feedback, thank you in advance for your time and input.

Current qualification and proposed changes

Te Hiringa o te Taiao (Kaupae 4)

New Zealand Certificate in Māori Environment Practices (external link) - Ref: 2346, Level 4, 60 credits

Proposed draft

Proposed New Zealand Certificate in Māori Environment Practices [DOCX, 91 KB]

Rūmakihia te Taiao (Kaupae 6)

New Zealand Diploma in Māori Environment Management (external link) - Ref: 2347, Level 6, 120 credits

Proposed draft

Proposed New Zealand Diploma in Māori Environment Management [DOCX, 90 KB]

What’s next?

MQS will review all feedback received as part of the consultation and use it to inform any further amendment to the documents.

The qualifications will then be submitted to Quality Assurance Māori NZQA for evaluation through:

Te Hono o Te Kahurangi (THoTK)