Te Aho Paerewa Postgraduate Diploma Teaching and Learning in Maori Medium is a selected entry programme. This means there are a number of extra requirements you must meet.
To enter this programme, you will:
- have been awarded or qualified for a bachelor's degree of at least 360 credits with a minimum of a B grade average across the 200- and 300-level courses, or equivalent
- have demonstrated fluency in te reo Maori at a level where you can sustain learning in a total immersion Maori environment
- have demonstrated competence in literacy and numeracy
- meet the requirements for registration as set down by the Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand, in terms of good character and fitness to be a teacher.
You will be selected into the programme on the basis of a process which includes an assessment by Massey University academic staff. This may also include:
- an interview
- te reo and mathematics tests
- practical exercises.
You will need to provide the following documents:
- a supporting statement
- a police vetting report
- referee reports
- two completed Te Kura Hapai forms from two different Kura Kaupapa Maori - Te Aho Matua.
- a consent to the disclosure of information for a New Zealand Police check - including two pieces of verified identification (one of which must be photographic)
- a copy of a police report from every overseas country you have lived in for more than 12 months in the last 10 years
- a health and disability declaration
- an NZQA International Qualifications Assessment
- contact details of two referees
- verified copies of all academic transcripts for studies taken at all universities other than Massey University.
