Te Reo ki Tua | Level 3
Strengthening Sentence Construction, Values and Iwi Context
Whakamāhuki | Overview
Grow confident, culturally grounded reo Māori capability—at work, during work hours.
Te Reo ki Tua Level 3 strengthens grammatical control and the ability to communicate connected ideas in workplace and environmental contexts. Learners extend action sentences, negatives, locatives, possessives, modifiers and actor-emphatic structures while applying language to meetings, project updates, iwi narratives and environmental kaupapa. Cultural learning deepens through differing iwi perspectives, kawa and tikanga across the rohe.
Designed for
Intermediate learners who can already use common sentence patterns, mihi and pepeha and are ready for greater accuracy and range.
Course Dates:
Week commencing Monday 24 August 2026
Delivery Mode:
Live online: one 90-minute class each week
Course Fee:
$500 per person
Duration:
10 weeks
Hāngaitanga
Why This Course Matters in 2026
At this stage learners need more than vocabulary growth. They need stronger structures, clearer role awareness and the ability to understand how language and tikanga vary across contexts. Level 3 helps staff contribute more confidently while maintaining humility about local authority and distinct iwi perspectives.
Kupu Ārahi | Guiding Expression
"Ka whāngaia, ka tipu, ka puāwai"
"That which is nurtured will grow, then blossom"
At this stage learners need more than vocabulary growth. They need stronger structures, clearer role awareness and the ability to understand how language and tikanga vary across contexts. Level 3 helps staff contribute more confidently while maintaining humility about local authority and distinct iwi perspectives.
Ngā Hua Nui
What this course covers
Whāinga Paetae | Course Objectives
Across the programme, participants will:
Strengthen pronunciation, intonation and oral delivery in karakia, mihi and extended workplace k?rero.
Use singular and plural pronouns and possessive structures, including t?ku, ?ku and related forms, with greater accuracy.
Construct extended active sentences and apply a broader range of tense markers, modifiers and connecting words.
Form and use negative sentences confidently across familiar workplace and community contexts.
Construct locative sentences and use kupu w?hi to describe environmental places, movement and relationships.
Apply actor-emphatic sentence structures to clarify responsibility, contribution and action.
Differentiate between mihi, mihi whakatau and whaik?rero and understand the appropriate context for each.
Apply manaakitanga, whanaungatanga, kaitiakitanga and mana within cross-team, community and external engagement.
Explore and begin retelling selected iwi narratives from across the Bay of Plenty with care and appropriate attribution.
Use iwi perspectives and k?rero tuku iho to deepen understanding of environmental management and culturally grounded decision-making.
Putanga Ako | Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, participants should be able to:
Use a wider range of sentence structures with greater accuracy.
Connect ideas using k?hono, modifiers and extended phrases.
Use negative, locative, possessive and actor-emphatic structures.
Deliver a kaupapa-specific mihi with improved intonation.
Summarise or retell selected iwi and environmental narratives.
Recognise that kawa and tikanga differ and prepare appropriately for engagement.
Apply manaakitanga, whanaungatanga, kaitiakitanga and mana within workplace scenarios.
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.