Te Reo Mataora | Level 2
Extending Reo Māori, Cultural Confidence and Workplace Application
Whakamāhuki | Overview
Grow confident, culturally grounded reo Māori capability—at work, during work hours.
Te Reo Mataora Level 2 extends foundational knowledge into more confident, connected and independent language use. Learners refine pronunciation, use longer sentence structures, strengthen mihi and pepeha, open and close hui, discuss time and wellbeing through maramataka, and communicate more naturally through kīwaha and connecting language. Tikanga and mātauranga Māori remain central, ensuring increased fluency is accompanied by cultural understanding and appropriate application.
Designed for
Learners who have completed Te Reo Mataora Level 1 or have equivalent foundational reo Māori knowledge.
Course Dates:
Week commencing Monday 24 August 2026
Delivery Mode:
Live online: one 90-minute class each week, plus structured independent practice
Course Fee:
$500 per person
Duration:
10 weeks
Hāngaitanga
Why This Course Matters in 2026
Organisations need people who can move beyond recognition of isolated kupu and begin using te reo M?ori consistently in real professional relationships. Level 2 supports learners to communicate with greater clarity, participate in cultural processes, contribute to workplace normalisation and model continued learning within their teams.
Kupu Ārahi | Guiding Expression
"Ka whāngaia, ka tipu, ka puāwai"
"That which is nurtured will grow, then blossom"
Organisations need people who can move beyond recognition of isolated kupu and begin using te reo M?ori consistently in real professional relationships. Level 2 supports learners to communicate with greater clarity, participate in cultural processes, contribute to workplace normalisation and model continued learning within their teams.
Ngā Hua Nui
What this course covers
Whāinga Paetae | Course Objectives
Across the programme, participants will:
Refine pronunciation, rhythm, intonation and delivery across familiar and unfamiliar language.
Use a wider range of active, descriptive, locative, possessive and instructional sentence patterns with greater independence.
Extend mihi and pepeha to communicate identity, role, relationships and acknowledgements with greater depth.
Open and close hui using appropriate reo M?ori, karakia and tikanga-aligned structures.
Communicate about dates, time, scheduling, workplace activity and professional processes in te reo M?ori.
Use k?waha, k?hono and natural expressions to improve fluency, tone and authenticity.
Deepen understanding of maramataka, M?ori values, tikanga and their relevance to culturally safe health practice.
Support or lead selected elements of whakatau and other cultural processes with appropriate preparation and awareness.
Apply te reo M?ori more consistently in meetings, emails, team interactions and engagement with wh?nau and stakeholders.
Develop sustainable strategies for continuing language growth and supporting wider organisational normalisation.
Putanga Ako | Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, participants should be able to:
Communicate using longer and more varied sentence structures.
Open and close hui and deliver an extended mihi with confidence.
Use active, descriptive, locative and instructional language in workplace contexts.
Discuss dates, times, planning and aspects of maramataka in te reo M?ori.
Use k?waha and connecting language to increase naturalness and flow.
Support tikanga-based processes with stronger role clarity and confidence.
Apply language more independently across meetings, written communication and relational engagement.
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 26 October 2026.
Indicative public class streams:
Tuesday: 3.30pm�5.00pm
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.
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.