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Poutuarongo Toi Whakarākai (Raranga) Bachelor of Design and Art (Weaving) Three year degree (NZQA Level 7) Residential seminars, self-directed and online learning Ōtaki campus March start date 360 credits Keep the stories of your whānau alive through the creative art of weaving. Toi Whakarākai aims to increase the number of Māori artists who are skilled in traditional weaving techniques and who can significantly contribute towards the wellbeing and development of their whānau, marae, hapū and iwi. Over the course of the three years you will increase your proficiency and mātauranga through the creation of more refined woven art forms. You will undertake in-depth research about your marae and hapū and further extend your Māori language skills. These components are an integral part of this qualification enhancing the conception of various art forms giving meaning and relevance to each individual piece. Poutuarongo Whare Tapere Bachelor of Literary Performing Arts Three year degree (NZQA Level 7) Residential seminars, self-directed and online learning Ōtaki campus March start date 360 credits Whare Tapere studies builds the expression and appreciation of Māori concepts, behaviour and values through Māori performance art forms. For anyone interested in drama, performing arts or tourism this tohu is a must. Graduates of the poutuarongo (degree) programme will be exponents of composition and performance of kaupapa Māori and valued repositories of te reo and mātauranga Māori. Graduates will be able to articulate the knowledge of the whare tapere, and be conversant with the origins of Māori performing arts pertaining to their iwi and other iwi. Graduates will apply analytical observation of tikanga within Māori performing arts, including stage management, choreography and decorative arts within performance. Poutuarongo Ahunga Tikanga Bachelor of Māori Laws and Philosophy Three year degree (NZQA Level 7) Residential seminars, self-directed and online learning Ōtaki campus March start date 360 credits The essence of Māori society, our values and how these were reflected in the intricate web of social hierarchy and kinship groupings governed how Māori behaved and why. Questions about the fundamental nature of how we lived as Māori and how we changed in the advent of colonial settlement and beyond are explored and examined within this tohu. A dynamic and life-changing three-year degree programme which investigates the nature of tikanga, an intricate and vast value-based customary law structure that governed both earthly and celestial interaction. Framed within a whakapapa-based knowledge system, tikanga described not only how Māori behaved but also why they did. 49 Ngā Poutuarongo

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