Te Reo Māori Beginners (Level 2)

• Wed 20 Oct
  8 classes, Wednesdays 12:30 - 2:30 PM St Chads Community Centre, Meadowbank
  

  Face to face course delivery. Please read the course requirements below the course date.

  • TEC-subsidised course fee for NZ citizen and residents (80% attendance required) $60.00 incl. GST
  • $155.00 incl. GST
  Session information

  Sessions

  Session 1

  Wed 20 Oct 12:30 - Wed 20 Oct 14:30

  St Chads Community Centre, Meadowbank

  Session 2

  Wed 27 Oct 12:30 - Wed 27 Oct 14:30

  St Chads Community Centre, Meadowbank

  Session 3

  Wed 03 Nov 12:30 - Wed 03 Nov 14:30

  St Chads Community Centre, Meadowbank

  Session 4

  Wed 10 Nov 12:30 - Wed 10 Nov 14:30

  St Chads Community Centre, Meadowbank

  Session 5

  Wed 17 Nov 12:30 - Wed 17 Nov 14:30

  St Chads Community Centre, Meadowbank

  Session 6

  Wed 24 Nov 12:30 - Wed 24 Nov 14:30

  St Chads Community Centre, Meadowbank

  Session 7

  Wed 01 Dec 12:30 - Wed 01 Dec 14:30

  St Chads Community Centre, Meadowbank

  Session 8

  Wed 08 Dec 12:30 - Wed 08 Dec 14:30

  St Chads Community Centre, Meadowbank
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Description

Term 3 Level 2 options:

• Monday 7 - 9pm FULL
• Tuesday 7 - 9pm FULL
• Wednesday 12:30 - 2:30pm at St Chads FULL
• Wednesdays 5 - 7pm FULL
• Wednesdays 7 - 9pm
• Thursdays 7 - 9pm via ZOOM FULL

For those who have completed Te Reo Māori Introduction (Level 1) with Selwyn Community Education with strong attendance.  If you are not confident progressing, you may wish to repeat Te Reo Introduction. If you have not attended a beginners course at Selwyn Community Education, please contact the office so we can assess the best course for you to attend.

Eligibility and commitment

The course fee subsidy is available to NZ citizen and permanent resident adults, and young people aged 16+ who are not currently enrolled in a NZ secondary school. We need to collect extra information such as age, ethnicity, educational achievement and gender for statistical purposes. You must also provide evidence of NZ citizenship or residency if requested. A condition of accepting this subsidised course fee is attending at least 80% of classes.

Learning outline for Te Reo Māori Beginners (Level 2)

By the end of the course, you’ll be able to:

• Discuss our responsibilities as a bi-cultural nation under ‘Te Tiriti o Waitangi’
• Identify underlying Māori values in the tiriti such as: whanaungatanga, pepehā and tikanga
• Discuss the significance of whakapapa as a fundamental Māori world view and confidently describe your family and relationships through this lens
• Form simple sentences to describe parts of your face and body
• Discuss protocol on the marae
• Recognise the importance and use of karakia and be able to recite one correctly
• Recognise the cultural values inherent within different whakataukī (proverbs) and kīwaha (idioms) and be able to correctly recite one of each 

What to bring to class: pen and exercise book, Māori dictionary.

Our Te Reo pathway

1. Te Reo Māori Introduction (Level 1)  - for total or relative beginners
2. Te Reo Māori Beginners (Level 2) - for those who have successfully completed our introductory course
3. Te Reo Continuation (Level 3)  - for those who have successfully completed our first two courses

Prerequisites

To enrol in this course, you will have successfully completed (with strong attendance) Te Reo Māori Introduction (Level 1) at Selwyn Community Education.  If you have not attended a first level Te Reo course at Selwyn Community Education, or your attendance was patchy, please contact the office and will arrange an enrolment interview with our tutor to ascertain the best course for you to join.

People who attended this course also attended...

Te Reo Introduction (Level 1)

Testimonials

October 2020: "Anahera is an amazing, and inspirational lady , and I have really enjoyed her classes, not only learning Te Reo , but Anahera has given me a much deep understanding, beyond the words of the language." Emma