Marlborough Boys’ College

NCEA L1 Te Ao Haka

Course Description

Teacher in Charge: Whaea D. Day.

Recommended Prior Learning

Being keen to learn the arts of kapa haka, be a member of the school Kapa Haka.

Kia ora

At Level 6 of the curriculum, ākonga in Te Ao Haka discover, identify, access, and explore foundational knowledge and ideas in and about Te Ao Haka. Te Ao Haka helps you develop a range of skills and dispositions that enable you to become a life-long learner and equips you for future success. It is a chance to learn and explore more about haka, mōteatea and waiata ā-ringa. Ākonga who take this course are keen members of the school Kapa Haka. There are two performance standard in this course which ākonga complete when they are ready. The course is likely to be multi-level with NCEA 2 & 3 ākonga.

Through practising the arts of Te Ao Haka you become a proud, confident, disciplined, resilient, accountable, hardworking, committed, and humble leader who is able to work collaboratively. The skills of manaaki, tiaki, aroha, whakapono, aumangea, tiaki wā, and tōngakingaki will provide lifelong learning for you. Ākonga who engage with Te Ao Haka recognise that pride in their culture also comes with a responsibility to create a positive space for others to continue expressing themselves in developing their craft.

Course Overview

Term 1
Te Ao Haka Big Ideas
Māori narratives
Te Ao Haka - Key Features - Unique Māori artform
Iwi differences and connection to Te Taiao Māori
Learning by Observation

Term 2
Developing performance skills
Conveying meaning through performance
Te Ao Haka disciplines
Te Ao Haka categories

Term 3
Exploring Te Ao Haka categories within a discipline
Connecting meaning and expression in performances
Understanding and portraying different categories via performance
Connecting Elements and Key Features in performances

Term 4
Exploring elements through observation

Learning Areas:

Year 11 (NCEA Level 1), Te Ao Māori

Detailed Course Outline

Assessment Information

Ākonga at Level 1 engage with the foundations of Te Ao Haka, learn about the key performance skills, narratives, and styles of Te Ao Haka, and their development.

1.1 Demonstrate understanding of key features of Te Ao Haka
This standard begins to explore the contexts of Te Ao Haka. It also assesses Ākonga' understanding of Te Ao Haka as uniquely and recognisably Māori. This standard also encourages Ākonga to engage with the idea of Te Ao Haka having local dialects.

1.2 Perform an item from a Te Ao Haka discipline
For this standard, Ākonga will need to demonstrate their learning about the key skills of performance. The performance of a chosen discipline helps to assess Ākonga' engagement with the foundations and origins of Te Ao Haka.

1.3 Demonstrate understanding of categories within a Te Ao Haka discipline
Ākonga will demonstrate knowledge of tikanga through this standard, and that Te Ao Haka categories require correct expression, built upon culture and identity. They will also show that Te Ao Haka is a vehicle for understanding Māori culture and practices.

1.4 Demonstrate understanding of elements within a Te Ao Haka performance
This standard assesses the Big Idea 'He taonga tuku iho' and the narratives of Te Ao Haka used in a performance. Ākonga will demonstrate their understanding of different Te Ao Haka elements and how these relate to te ao Māori. They will also explore the tikanga and reo features of Te Ao Haka.

Ākonga will be working towards the following 20 credits at Level 1 Te Ao Haka. All standards at Level 1 are Achievement Standards and have been written with Achievement, Merit and Excellence criteria. The introduction of graded criteria allows for course endorsement and contributes towards qualification endorsement. Ākonga may also complete Māori Performance Arts unit standards.