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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Qualifications and unit standards for this subject
Qualifications
- Te Hoata (Kaupae 3) - New Zealand Certificate in Māori Food Production, Harvest and Management - Mahinga Kai (Level 3) [Ref: 2348] (external link)
- Te Mana Kaitiaki o ngā Taonga Tuku Iho (Kaupae 4) - New Zealand Certificate in Wāhi Tapu and Sites of Significance (Level 4) [Ref: 2345] (external link)
- Te Hiringa o te Taiao (Kaupae 4) - New Zealand Certificate in Māori Environment Practices (level 4) [Ref: 2346] (external link)
- Rūmakihia te Taiao (Kaupae 6) - New Zealand Diploma in Māori Environment Management (Level 6) [Ref: 2347] (external link)
Unit standards
Consultation on the Mahinga Kai – Te Hoata qualification review
Open until 12 December 2025
NZQA Māori Qualifications Services (MQS) invites feedback on the review of the Mahinga Kai – Te Hoata qualification.
Proposed changes to the qualifications
Strategic Purpose Statement, Graduate Profile Outcomes (GPOs), Ngā Kaupapa o te Tohu
Minor adjustments to better reflect the intention of the qualification and for clarity and relevance in a Mahinga Kai context.
Education, Employment, Cultural, Community Pathways
Minor amendments to broaden pathways scope.
Qualification Outcomes/Conditions
Amendments to expand programme content options and for clarity and relevance in a Mahinga Kai 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 12 December 2025.
Please send your feedback to MQS@nzqa.govt.nz.
Current qualification and proposed changes
Current qualification - Ref: 2348, Level 3, 120 credits
Mahinga Kai – Te Hoata (Kaupae 3) (external link)
New Zealand Certificate in Māori Food Production, Harvest and Management
Proposed qualification - Ref: 2348, Level 3, 120 credits
Mahinga Kai – Te Hoata (Kaupae 3) [DOCX, 79 KB]
New Zealand Certificate in Māori Food Production, Harvest and Management
We're grateful for your feedback, thank you in advance for your time and input.
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:
Consultation on Environment Māori qualifications review
The consultation on Environment Māori qualifications review is now closed.
The consultation period for feedback on the Environment Māori qualifications has closed.
These qualifications have now been submitted to NZQA Quality Assurance Māori for evaluation through Te Hono o Te Kahurangi (THoTK).
Completed reviews
November 2020 : Review of four qualifications in Whakamahi Whenua (Mahinga Kai - Te Hoata), Wāhi Tapu and Environment Māori
Read details of the review in the report:
Resources
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