Kia Tipu, Kia Whai Hua | Level 3
Advanced Reo Māori, Cultural Leadership and Advocacy for Educators
Whakamāhuki | Overview
Grow confident, culturally grounded reo Māori capability—at work, during work hours.
Kia Tipu, Kia Whai Hua is an advanced language and cultural leadership programme for educators ready to influence practice beyond their own classroom. Participants extend fluency and grammatical control, engage critically with tikanga, mātauranga Māori, colonisation and systemic inequity, and design coherent school-wide approaches to reo Māori and culturally sustaining education. The focus is on leadership grounded in action, relationships and accountability.
Designed for
Experienced educators with strong foundational or intermediate reo Māori who are ready to lead curriculum, staff learning and strategic cultural development.
Delivery Mode:
Flexible blended learning: guided modules, critical readings, live w?nanga and applied leadership tasks
Course Dates:
Week commencing Monday 24 August 2026
Course Fee:
$500 per person
Duration:
10 weeks
Hāngaitanga
Why This Course Matters in 2026
Advanced educators are often asked to mentor colleagues, review curriculum, advise leaders and advocate for M?ori learners. Without clear role boundaries and shared responsibility, this can also create cultural loading. Level 3 supports participants to lead with integrity, strengthen systems and advocate effectively while recognising where wh?nau, hap?, iwi and specialist expertise must guide the work.
Kupu Ārahi | Guiding Expression
"Ka whāngaia, ka tipu, ka puāwai"
"That which is nurtured will grow, then blossom"
Advanced educators are often asked to mentor colleagues, review curriculum, advise leaders and advocate for M?ori learners. Without clear role boundaries and shared responsibility, this can also create cultural loading. Level 3 supports participants to lead with integrity, strengthen systems and advocate effectively while recognising where wh?nau, hap?, iwi and specialist expertise must guide the work.
Ngā Hua Nui
What this course covers
Whāinga Paetae | Course Objectives
Across the programme, participants will:
Use advanced vocabulary and complex sentence structures across educational, cultural and professional contexts.
Deliver extended k?rero, formal mihi and whakaw?tea with confidence, accuracy and appropriate intonation.
Use whakatauk?, k?waha and figurative language to communicate vision, support reflection and enrich teaching.
Analyse tikanga M?ori and m?tauranga M?ori as living systems of knowledge, values, governance and relationship.
Engage critically with colonisation, systemic inequity, cultural safety, privilege and educator responsibility.
Apply mana, tapu, rangatiratanga, utu, ea, whanaungatanga and manaakitanga within leadership and decision-making.
Advocate effectively for te reo M?ori and culturally sustaining practice within school systems and planning.
Support colleagues to develop capability without placing further cultural burden on M?ori staff.
Design school-wide language progressions, cross-curricular programmes and resources grounded in local relationships.
Develop a strategic cultural leadership and language-growth plan with clear pathways for ongoing influence.
Putanga Ako | Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, participants should be able to:
Use advanced reo M?ori with greater nuance, accuracy and fluency.
Lead extended k?rero and formal language in educational settings.
Analyse school policy and practice through Te Tiriti and equity lenses.
Advocate for sustainable reo M?ori and culturally sustaining education.
Design school-wide language progression and curriculum strategies.
Support colleagues while maintaining appropriate cultural and professional boundaries.
Produce a strategic cultural leadership capstone for their kura.
He Aha Kei Roto
What Is Included
Live facilitated learning with experienced Poutawa kaiako.
Access to course slides, recordings and structured revision resources.
A practical learner workbook with explanations, examples and reflection activities.
Pronunciation audio, vocabulary support and language-modelling resources where relevant.
Templates, sentence frames and practical tools that can be used immediately.
Short between-session activities designed to move learning into everyday practice.
A supportive learning r?p? where questions, practice and mistakes are welcomed.
A certificate of participation following completion of the programme requirements.
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Te Wā Tuku
Course Dates
Courses commence during the week of Monday 24 August 2026. The indicative final teaching week is the week of 19 October 2026.
Class Option 1:
Tuesday: 3.30pm - 5.00pm
CLass Option 2
Wednesday: 5.30pm - 7.00pm
Participants enrol in one stream. Where space permits, learners may attend the alternative stream when they cannot attend their usual class.