NCEA Level 3

Assessment Specifications

Kōrero Whakamārama

Marau Te Reo Māori

Taumata 3
Aromatawai Whakamātautau ā-waho
Tau 2007

Ngā Whakamārama ā-Paerewa

Paerewa Paetae AS90781

Aronga Te Reo Māori 3.3
Ingoa Pānui kia whai māramatanga i te reo o te ao
whānui.
Putanga 1 Waetohu 3

Takotoranga
Ka pānuitia tētahi tuhituhinga, ā ka whakautu pātai mō taua tuhituhinga. Ko ngā pātai hei aromatawai
māramatanga ki ngā kōrero Māori pākeke: māramatanga whāiti (arā ko ngā kupu ake, me ngā
mokamoka) māramatanga whānui hoki (arā ko ngā ariā matua, me ngā whakapaetanga). E 10-15
katoa ngā pātai, kei roto i ngā tūmahi e toru, e tika ana hei kohikohi taunakitanga i tēnā, i tēnā o ngā
taumata paetae.

Ko ngā tūmomo pātai:

• whakautu pātai i te reo Māori
• whakautu pātai i te reo Pākehā
• whakapākehā i te rerenga kōrero.

Ka meatia ko tēhea te reo whakautu (reo Māori, reo Ingarihi rānei) e hiahiatia ana mō ia pātai. Me
whāia ēnei tohutohu kei whakararu. He whakamātautau pānui, nā tēnā he poto noa iho, kotahi
rerenga pea, te whakautu me tuhia.

Horopaki
Ko te roa o te tuhituhinga e 750-800 pea ngā kupu. Ka tangohia mai i Te Tautoko i Te Wharekura, i
ēra atu momo rauemi pakeke rānei.

Ko ngā horopaki e whakamahia ana ki roto i te tuhituhinga aromatawai mō te tau 2007:

• Ko ngā mōteatea - ko te waiata aroha me te waiata tangi
• Ko te reo ōkawa arā te karanga, te whaikōrero te whakatauki me ērā atu.
• He kōrero pakiwaitara Māori.
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NCEA Level 3
Assessment Specifications

General Information

Domain Te Reo Māori

Level 3
Mode of Assessment Written examination
For Year 2007

Specific Information for Individual External Achievement Standards

Achievement Standard Number AS90781

Domain.: Te Reo Māori 3.3.
Title Pānui kia whai māramatanga i te reo o te ao
whānui.
Version 1 Number of Credits 3

Format of the assessment

Candidates read a passage in Māori and answer a series of reading comprehension questions. The
questions are designed to examine the candidates comprehension of advance written text in Māori at
both micro( eg. specific words and details) and macro levels (eg. Overall, meaning and inference).
There are a total of 10-15 questions, arranged within two tasks, that collect evidence for each of the
achievement levels. Evidence from higher-level questions can provide replacement evidence for
lower achievement levels.

Question types will include:

• short answer questions in Māori
• short answer questions in English
• translating given phrases or sentences from the passage into English.

Candidates will be instructed as to the language (Māori, English, or a choice) required for the answer
to each question. Candidates must follow these instructions or they will be disadvantaged. As this is a
reading examination, only short answers of up to one sentence are required.

Content/Context details
The reading comprehension passage will be 750-800 words in length. It will be drawn from Te
Tautoko, Wharekura or other advanced sources.
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The topics drawn on in the passage for 2007 may include:

• Moteatea – waiata aroha and waiata tangi
• Formal oratory – karanga, whaikōrero, proverbs
• Stories told in typical Māori styles
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NCEA Level 3
Assessment Specifications

General Information

Domain Te Reo Māori

Level 3
Mode of Assessment Written examination
For Year 2007

Specific Information for Individual External Achievement Standards

Achievement Standard Number AS 90784

Domain: Te Reo Māori 3.6
Title Pānui kia wetewete i te reo o te ao whānui.
Version 1 Number of Credits 3

Format of the assessment

Candidates read either sentences or passages in Māori and answer a series of questions. The
questions are designed to examine the candidate’s ability to analyse and understand grammar. All
grammar structures and vocabulary are drawn from levels 1-3 of the Te Reo Māori i roto i te
Marautanga o Aotearoa, Te Pou Taki Kōrero, Te Tāhūhū o te Mātauranga, 1996.
There are a total of 15-20 questions.

Question types may include

• identifying mistakes in a sentence and rewriting it correctly
• negating sentences
• translating given phrases or sentences into English
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NCEA Level 3
Assessment Specifications

Kōrero Whakamārama

Marau Te Reo Māori

Taumata 3
Aromatawai Whakamātautau ā-waho
Tau 2007

Ngā Whakamārama ā-Paerewa

Paerewa Paetae: AS90784
Aronga: Te Reo Māori 3.6
Ingoa Pānui kia wetewete i te reo o te ao whānui.
Putanga 1 Waetohu 3

Takotoranga
Ka pānuitia ētahi rerenga kōrero, ā, ka whakautu pātai mō aua rerenga kōrero. Ko ngā pātai hei
aromatawai i te reo o ao whānui. E 15-20 katoa ngā pātai.

Ko ngā tūmomo pātai:

• whakatika i ngā hē
• whakakāhore i te rerenga kōrero
• rapu kupu/kupu kīanga e ōrite ana / kōaro ana te tikanga
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NCEA Level 3
Assessment Specifications

Kōrero Whakamārama

Marau Te Reo Māori

Taumata 3
Aromatawai Whakamātautau ā-waho
Tau 2007

Ngā Whakamārama ā-Paerewa

Paerewa Paetae AS90782

Aronga: Te Reo Māori 3.4
Ingoa Whakaoti tuhinga ōkawa i te reo o te ao whānui.
Putanga 1 Waetohu 4

Takotoranga
He tuhinga roa ōkawa

Ka whiriwhiria tētahi kaupapa, ā ka tuhia kia rua ngā tuhinga roa, 250 – 300 kupu pea te roa, mō ngā
kaupapa kua whiriwhiria.

Ka whakahāngaitia ngā tuhinga roa a te ākonga ki ngā Taumata o Te Reo kua whakaritea, e pā ana ki
te Kōeke 3 o ‘Te Reo Māori i roto i Te Marautanga o Aotearoa’, Te Pou Taki Kōrero, Te Tāhūhū o te
Mātauranga, 1996. Tirohia ki raro nei:

NGA TAUMATA O TE REO

Paetae Kaiaka Kairangi
Ka whakatutuki i ngā Ka whakatutuki pai i ngā Ka whakatutuki pai i ngā
whakaritenga o ngā tohutohu. whakaritenga o ngā tohutohu. whakaritenga o ngā tohutohu, e
kitea ai tōna ake āhua.

Ka tika te nuinga o ngā kupu Ka tika ngā kupu me ngā hanga Ka tika, ka whānui ngā kupu me
me ngā hanga korero. korero. ngā hanga korero.

Ka hāngai te nuinga o ngā Ka hāngai ngā kōrero ki te Ka hāngai pū ngā korero ki te

korero ki te kaupapa. kaupapa. kaupapa.

Ka raupapa i ngā whakaaro. Ka whakawhānui atu i ngā Ka whakawhānui, ka

whakaaro i te kaupapa, ka
whakamahi hoki i ngā nuka o te
reo.
whakahōhonu hoki i ngā
whakaaro, ka nanakia te
whakamahi i ngā nuka o te reo
me te whakaraupapa hei
whakaari i te kaupapa.
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Horopaki
Ko ngā kaupapa mō te tau 2007

Ko ngā kaupapa ōkawa:

 Ko te reo ōkawa arā te karanga, te whaikōrero te te whakatauki me ērā atu.
 Ko ngā kōrero o mua nō tō ake rohe/takiwā i mua i te tau 1900
 Mōteatea – waiata aroha me te waiata tangi
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NCEA Level 3
Assessment Specifications

General Information

Domain Te Reo Māori

Level 3
Mode of Assessment Written examination
For Year 2007

Specific Information for Individual External Achievement Standards

Achievement Standard Number AS90782

Domain Te Reo Māori 3.4
Title Whakaoti tuhinga ōkawa i te reo o te ao whānui
Version 1 Number of Credits 4

Format of the assessment

Formal writing is assessed. Candidates will choose a topic and write 200-250 words on the topic
selected.

Candidates’ writing is assessed against the prepared Language Standard Descriptors (Ngā Taumata o
Te Reo) interpreted according to Level 3 of ‘Te Reo Māori i roto i Te Marautanga o Aotearoa’, Te
Pou Taki Kōrero, Te Tāhūhū o te Mātauranga, 1996. See below:
LANGUAGE STANDARD DESCRIPTORS
Achievement Achievement with Merit Achievement with Excellence
Has met the basic requirements Has fully met the requirements Has fully met the requirements
of the instruction. of the instructions. of the instructions with
creativity.

Most vocabulary and language Most vocabulary and language A broad range of vocabulary
structures are generally used structures are used correctly. and language structures are
correctly. used correctly.

Most of the writing is relevant Writing is relevant to the topic. Writing is highly relevant to the
to the topic. topic.

Ideas are logically ordered. Demonstrates breadth of ideas Demonstrates breadth and
and uses advanced language depth of ideas, and uses
features. advanced language features
with flair and originality.
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Content/Context details

Topics examined in 2007:

Formal writing contexts may include:

 Significant historical stories drawn from your region/iwi/hapū pre-1900.
 Stories told in typical Māori styles
 Mōteatea – waiata tangi and waiata aroha