To enrol in this course you will require regular access to the internet and an email address. Course resources are accessed online through our learning platform Mūrau (Moodle). You don’t have to sit at the computer to do this; download and listen to the audio while commuting to work, spend your lunch break doing activities, or when the tamariki have gone to bed. You will learn at your own pace through completing weekly kōwae (modules) allowing you to catch up if life takes over or plan ahead and complete a few modules at a time. Communications for the course occur through email and in online forums.

We recommend you dedicate approximately 12 hours a week to listening activities, exercises and online interaction with others. Encourage your whānau to take the journey with you, which will strengthen your own journey and allow you to practice and use the sentence structures together.

If you have already completed this certificate take a look at our follow up course, Poupou Huia Te Reo 2. This qualification is ideal as an introduction for anyone looking to enrol in full immersion Te Reo Māori qualifications or further studies with Te Wānanga o Raukawa as you will become familiar with our online learning platform, Mūrau.

Course Fees

Poupou Huia Te Reo 1 is free for citizens, permanent residents and domestic students of Aotearoa, New Zealand. This includes New Zealand citizens living outside of Aotearoa, New Zealand.

Fees apply for non-New Zealand citizens. The fee for international students is approximately $2,644.77. Call 0800 WANANGA (0800 926 2642) for more information or email Te Tomonga (Office of Enrolments) tetomonga@twor-otaki.ac.nz.

Student Allowance and Loans

Poupou Huia Te Reo is not approved for student allowance or loans from StudyLink. It cannot be added to other studies to gain a student allowance or student loan from StudyLink.