We recommend you spend around 12 hours a week on the listening activities, exercises and interaction with others in the course. 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. The best thing about this course is that you can learn in your own time, at your own pace by completing weekly kōwae (modules) allowing you to catch up if life takes over or plan ahead and complete a few modules at a time, and with others.

Language development requires practice, so apply the learning as you engage with people, pets, things or even imaginary listeners. It is recommended you spend an additional 8-10 hours practicing outside of the 12 hour engagement with the online material. If practice is woven into your everyday activity it will not be an imposition. 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.

Access to the internet is required because all the content is delivered online. Feeling rusty after a while away from formal learning? Don’t be concerned; the more you put into the course, the more you will get out of it. Tutor support will also be available for the duration of your study.

This qualification is a perfect start for anyone looking to begin full time studies in Te Reo Māori or a perfect introduction to our online learning platform, Mūrau and further studies at Te Wānanga o Raukawa.

Course Fees

Poupou Huia Te Reo is free to 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. Fee for international students approximately $3881.77. 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.