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Te Hono o Te Kahurangi quality assurance
Tertiary education organisations can choose between two evaluative approaches when they send in an application to NZQA Standard or Te Hono o Te Kahurangi.
If your organisation uses kaupapa Māori and/or teaches mātauranga Māori, Te Hono o Te Kahurangi lets you engage with NZQA using Māori approaches and values.
See below for more details.
Te whare ako
Six dynamic and interconnected kaupapa are at the heart of Te Hono o Te Kahurangi. The kaupapa act as a common point of reference for education organisation and evaluators to guide evaluative conversations and decisions about:
- what quality looks like in the educational context of the organisation
- how the organisation knows they are meeting the needs of ākonga, whānau, hapū, iwi and other accountabilities;
- whether the organisation has sufficient capacity and capability to deliver and sustain educational outcomes;
- how well the organisation reflects upon its delivery to improve its overall educational performance.
Te Hono o te Kahurangi guidelines and quality assurance processes
The Te Hono o Te Kahurangi guidelines were implemented in 2017. They cover the following quality assurance processes:
- Qualification development and listing
- Programme approval and accreditation
- Applications from Legislated Wānanga
- External evaluation and review (also see the Tertiary Evaluation Indicators)
- Assuring national consistency (see the separate guidelines for this process)
- Registration of a private training establishment
- Assessment standards and consent to assess
- Training schemes and micro-credentials
- Approval, accreditation and monitoring of degrees or related qualification
Relevant rules and legislation
The NZQA rules that apply to Te Hono o Te Kahurangi are:
- Directory of Assessment Standards Operational and Listing Rules 2021
- Consent to assess against standards on the Directory of Assessment Standards Rules 2021
- Training Scheme Rules 2021
- Private Training Establishment Registration Rules 2021
- NZQF Programme Approval and Accreditation Rules 2021
- NZQF Qualification Listing and Operational Rules 2021
- Quality Assurance (including External Evaluation and Review (EER)) Rules 2021
We'd love your feedback
The Quality Assurance Māori team wants to know the best way to support and communicate with organisations using Te Hono o Te Kahurangi quality assurance.
Further information
For further information about Te Hono o Te Kahurangi and its processes, email tehono@nzqa.govt.nz.
All emails will be acknowledged within two working days. You will receive a response within ten working days.