Graduate Diploma in Māori Language and Pedagogies: Aumiri Pounamu
- Degree Structure - Duration
- 4 years part-time
120
Overview
Graduate Diploma in Māori Language and Pedagogies: Aumiri Pounamu
Introduction
The Graduate Diploma in Māori and Language Pedagogies: Aumiri Pounamu (GradDipMLP) provides provisionally certified and practising kaiako teachers with the confidence to be educators of te ao Māori.
Our programme will help guide you to embed Māori knowledge and culture into your teaching at early, primary, and secondary schools. This includes te reo, tikanga Māori traditional culture, Aotearoa New Zealand history, and mātauranga Māori worldviews, such as sustainability and our role as kaitiaki protectors of the land.
This is an ideal programme for you to help support Aotearoa New Zealand's commitment to teaching our tamariki the values, culture, and history of our nation.
Graduate Diploma in Māori Language and Pedagogies: Aumiri Pounamu
Entry requirements
The GradDipMLP is open to those who are provisionally certified as teachers, those that hold a subject to confirmation practising certificate, and full practising teachers.
You will need to have completed an Aotearoa New Zealand teacher education degree (or other qualifications of an equivalent standard) to enrol in this programme.
For the full entry requirements, see the Regulations for the Graduate Diploma in Māori Language and Pedagogies: Aumiri Pounamu or use the admission requirements checker.
How to apply
You can apply online at myUC.
There will also be a hui with the Programme Coordinator as part of your application to assess your current level of te reo competency and ascertain the support you will need during study.
For information on the enrolment process, please see Te Kura Whakangungu Kaiako Aumiri Pounamu | School of Teacher Education website.
Graduate Diploma in Māori Language and Pedagogies: Aumiri Pounamu
Further study
This Diploma is particularly suited as preparation for the Master of Hōaka Pounamu | Māori Bilingual and Immersion Teaching and Learning.
UC offers a number of postgraduate degrees for practising teachers to research and critique contemporary education practices, theories, and policies.
- Postgraduate Certificate in Arts in Education
- Postgraduate Certificate in Education
- Postgraduate Diploma in Arts in Education
- Postgraduate Diploma in Education
- Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning
- Master of Arts in Education
- Master of Arts (Thesis) in Education
- Master of Education
- Master of Education (Thesis)
- Master of Teaching and Learning
- Doctor of Education
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Education
You may also consider further developing your te reo competency or Māori knowledge:
- Postgraduate Certificate in Arts in Te Reo Māori or Māori and Indigenous Studies
- Postgraduate Certificate in Māori and Indigenous Leadership
- Postgraduate Certificate in Te Reo Māori
- Postgraduate Diploma in Arts in Te Reo Māori or Māori and Indigenous Studies
- Postgraduate Diploma in Te Reo Māori
- Master of Arts in Te Reo Māori or Māori and Indigenous Studies
- Master of Arts (Thesis) in Te Reo Māori or Māori and Indigenous Studies
- Master of Māori and Indigenous Leadership
- Master of Te Reo Māori
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Te Reo Maori or Māori and Indigenous Studies
Graduate Diploma in Māori Language and Pedagogies: Aumiri Pounamu
Career opportunities
The Diploma will improve your teaching capabilities by strengthening your worldviews, language ability, and cultural awareness. You will be able to bring this sense of kotahitanga unity to your teaching style and create a whānau community atmosphere within your classroom.
Our government has announced initiatives to teach Aotearoa New Zealand history in schools by 2022, and to integrate te reo Māori studies by 2025. Graduates of this Certificate will be well prepared to meet this need, and will find themselves highly employable as a result.
An ability to teach both to and of indigenous cultures will also prepare you for careers internationally in countries looking to further embrace their own cultural histories.
Useful information:
- Read what other UC postgraduate students have gone on to achieve in their studies and careers in our student stories.
- Te Rōpū Rapuara | UC Careers can help you to achieve the career you want, connect with employers, or find a job.
- For research into career destinations by qualification, visit Te Pōkai Tara | Universities New Zealand website.
- Find out more about what can you do with a degree from UC.
- Come along to an upcoming information event for prospective postgraduate students.
2024 tuition fees estimate (per 120 points):
- Domestic — $6,748
- International — $31,600
2023 tuition fees estimate (per 120 points):
- Domestic — $6,564
- International — $30,000
SSL estimate (per 120 points):
- 2024 — $1,100.40
- 2023 — $992.40
Planning my study
Graduate Diploma in Māori Language and Pedagogies: Aumiri Pounamu
How do I plan my diploma?
The GradDipMLP requires 120 points of compulsory courses, which can be completed within 4 years of part-time study, starting in January. These courses are delivered in collaboration with Mātauraka Mahaanui.
There are flexible options to suit working kaiako teachers, including noho marae experiences, day wānanga, and night classes.
Students who are unable to complete all of the requirements on the Diploma can apply to the Dean of Education and Health Sciences to transfer their completed courses to the Graduate Certificate in Māori and Language Pedagogies: Aumiri Pounamu.
See more information about our Aumiri Pounamu programmes.
For full requirements, see the Regulations for the Graduate Diploma in Māori Language and Pedagogies: Aumiri Pounamu.
Compulsory courses
- EDMI311 Whakapiki te Reo
- EDMI312 Mātauraka Māori
- EDMI313 Te Marau ā-iwi
- EDMI315 Kaupapa Māori Pedagogies
- EDMI316 Whakapiki i te Reo 2
- EDMI317 Rangahau Māori
- EDMI324 Te Reo o te Whenua Tahi
- EDMI325 Te Reo o te Whenua Rua
