Te Reo ki Tua | Level 4
Advanced Language, Cultural Integrity and Environmental Leadership
Whakamāhuki | Overview
Grow confident, culturally grounded reo Māori capability—at work, during work hours.
Level 4 develops advanced grammatical accuracy, oral fluency and culturally grounded leadership. Learners use a broader range of verb types, particles, possessive structures and connected language to explain, summarise, retell and respond. They apply reo Māori to environmental leadership, inter-agency work, iwi partnerships, policy communication and tikanga-based engagement while studying the distinct narratives and perspectives of iwi and hapū across the region.
Designed for
Confident intermediate learners who have completed Level 3 or can already sustain structured reo Māori communication.
Course Dates:
Week commencing Monday 24 August 2026
Delivery Mode:
Live online: one 90-minute class each week, with extended speaking and application tasks
Course Fee:
$500 per person
Duration:
10 weeks
Hāngaitanga
Why This Course Matters in 2026
Advanced organisational capability requires people who can communicate more than ceremonial phrases. It requires language users who can explain kaupapa, listen and respond, recognise cultural risk, prepare others and uphold the mana of both the organisation and its iwi partners. Level 4 provides a bridge from intermediate learning into sustained professional use and further advanced study.
Kupu Ārahi | Guiding Expression
"Ka whāngaia, ka tipu, ka puāwai"
"That which is nurtured will grow, then blossom"
Advanced organisational capability requires people who can communicate more than ceremonial phrases. It requires language users who can explain kaupapa, listen and respond, recognise cultural risk, prepare others and uphold the mana of both the organisation and its iwi partners. Level 4 provides a bridge from intermediate learning into sustained professional use and further advanced study.
Ngā Hua Nui
What this course covers
Whāinga Paetae | Course Objectives
Across the programme, participants will:
Use karakia, whakatauk? and whakatau?k? appropriately and confidently within professional and community contexts.
Master the use of the particles i and ki across increasingly complex spoken and written sentences.
Understand and apply transitive, intransitive, experience and stative verb forms.
Use k?hono and other linking structures to create longer, more cohesive and natural k?rero.
Differentiate and accurately apply A and O possession categories in complex possessive expressions.
Consolidate locative and actor-emphatic sentence patterns within storytelling, reporting and explanation.
Deliver mihi with strong pronunciation, appropriate tone, cultural accuracy and grammatical precision.
Summarise, retell and respond to extended k?rero to strengthen oral comprehension and fluency.
Integrate tribal narratives from multiple iwi into professional contexts with respect for distinct tikanga and kawa.
Articulate how Toi Moana mahi aligns with iwi narratives, kaitiakitanga and environmental guardianship.
Putanga Ako | Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, participants should be able to:
Use advanced grammatical structures with increasing accuracy and control.
Sustain longer spoken contributions, summaries and retellings.
Deliver formal mihi that are appropriate to kaupapa and audience.
Explain organisational and environmental kaupapa through culturally grounded language.
Recognise and respond to differing iwi and hap? tikanga and narratives.
Model reo M?ori use and support others without assuming cultural authority.
Identify pathways into further advanced or immersion learning.
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.