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Whakamātauria Tō Reo Māori
Māori Language Proficiency Examination System

Public Sector Māori Language Proficiency Examination (PSM)

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Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (the Māori Language Commission) was established under the Māori Language Act 1987. This Act also affirms the official status of the Māori language.

One of the key roles of Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori is to promote and support the use of Māori language as a living language and ordinary means of communication. Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori recognises that public sector organisations have an important contribution to make toward achieving this goal.

Since the late 1980s the Government Māori Language Allowance Scheme (GMLAS) has provided an incentive for public servants to improve their Māori language proficiency. Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori is responsible for assessing government employees under this scheme.

A new assessment regime has been developed to increase the validity, reliability and appropriateness of the testing system. This page outlines three new developments:

  • the new Māori language proficiency examination system - Whakamātauria Tō Reo Māori
  • the revamped Public Sector Māori Language Proficiency Examination (PSM)
  • a new test - the Level Finder Examination (LFE).
                                                                                                                                                                        

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    Whakamātauria Tō Reo Māori

    Whakamātauria Tō Reo Māori is the new Māori language proficiency examination system developed by Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori in conjunction with local and international specialists in Māori language and language testing. The system comprises a general Māori language knowledge test, a set of sector-related Māori language proficiency tests and a proficiency test framework.

    The framework identifies 5 progressive levels of Māori language proficiency. Each sector-related proficiency test fits within one of these levels.

    The Public Sector Māori Language Proficiency Examination (PSM) is the first sector related test to be developed as part of the new testing system.

    The Level Finder Examination (LFE) is a test of Māori language knowledge and provides candidates with an overall assessment of their general Māori language ability.

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    Benefits of Whakamātauria Tō Reo Māori

    Both organisations and individuals can benefit from the new assessment system. Organisations will have an accurate assessment of their Māori language capability. Individuals are able to measure and monitor their Māori language development. There is no limit to how many times a candidate can sit the tests. Public sector employees who were tested under the GMLAS prior to July 2002 are invited to resit the examinations to update their results.

    Under the Government's Māori Language Strategy, government agencies are required to develop Māori language plans. Agencies will find that the LFE and PSM tests are useful tools in the development and review of those plans. Results and feedback from the examinations can be helpful in designing appropriate professional development plans for employees.

    More information on developing Māori Language Policies can be found here at:
    How to Develop Your Māori Language Policies and Plans.

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    Examinations

    Whakamātauria Tō Reo Māori comprises two stages:

    Stage 1 (approx. 1 hour) Level Finder examination (LFE)
    Stage 2 (approx. 2 hours) A sector specific examination (for example, PSM)

    The LFE consists of vocabulary, grammar, dictation and self-assessment tasks. The LFE will measure whether a candidate's language ability is at a level appropriate to cope well with the PSM examination. Candidates for the PSM who have not been tested previously will be required to sit the LFE as a prerequisite.

    The PSM is designed for Public Sector workers and assesses the four skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking. The main aim of the PSM is to test these skills through a range of everyday public sector tasks.

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    Ka whakahaeretia ngā whakamātautau mō te LFE, te PSM me te TSM ki Kirikiriroa ā te Wenerei, te 30 o Mahuru, ki Te Whanga-nui-a-Tara anō hoki ā te Paraire, te 2 o Whiringa-ā-nuku. Ki te hiahia whai mai koe ki tētahi o ngā whakamātautau nei, whakakīia mai the puka rehita kei roto i te pukapuka ārahi i raro iho nei. Ka kati te wā rehita e rua wiki i mua atu i ngā rā whakamātautau, heoi anō, ki te ara ake he raruraru, whakapā mai ki a Jasmine i Jasmine@Haemata.co.nz , waea mai rānei ki 04 474 2340.

    Kia noho mataara tonu koe, kei tūpono whakarerekētia ngā rā me te wāhi e tū ai ngā whakamātautau.

    Kua tuhia ngā pukapuka ārahi e whai ake nei ki te Adobe Acrobat (.PDF), ka mutu e taea ai te pānui ngā kōnae nei, me mātua uta atu te Adobe Acrobat Reader ki tō rorohiko.

    Me pātuhi i konei ki te tiki atu i te Adobe Acrobat mō te KORE UTU

    Tīkina atu te     PSM Handbook pdf.
    Tīkina atu te     LFE Handbook pdf.
    Tīkina atu te     TSM Handbook pdf.

    Ka taea te TSM te whakahaere ina tonoa e te kura, e te rohe mehemea e whā neke atu te hunga e hiahia ana kia whakamātauria rātou. Whakapā mai ki te Āpiha Whakamātautau (kei raro nei ngā kōrero whakapā) ki te pīrangi koe kia whakahaeretia te TSM.

    Kei konei au i ngā Rāhina/Mane me ngā Rāmere/Paraire, nō reira mehemea he pātai āu, whakapā mai ki a au.
     

    Ngā Whakahaerenga Tūmataiti

    Mehemea tekau ngā tāngata kei roto i tō whakahaere, neke atu rānei, e hiahia ana kia whakamātauria rātou mō te LFE, ā, kāore e iti ake i te toru e hiahia ana ki te noho i te PSM me te kore pai o ngā rā kua whakaritea i runga ake nei, tērā pea me whakaaro koe kia whakahaeretia motuhaketia ēnei whakamātautau mō ōu ake kaimahi anake.   

    He utu tāpiri mehemea ka whakahaerehia tētahi whakamātautau tūmataiti.  I tua atu i ngā utu rēhita a ngā kaiwhakauru, ko te utu mō te whakahaere i ia whakamātautau arā, ko te $250 tāpiri te Tāke Hokohoko mō te kaiwhakamātautau; (kia 1 ki te 25 ngā kaiwhakauru, kotahi noa iho te kaiwhakamātautau, mēnā he nui ake i te 26 ngā kaiwhakauru me nui ake ngā kaiwhakamātautau); ko ngā utu hoki mō ngā mahi haereere a te kaiwhakamātautau; me ngā utu o te wāhi ka whakamahia mō te whakamātautau.

    Ka taea te whakarato ngā whakamātautau ahakoa te wā o te tau, kei a koe te tikanga.  Kia iti ake ai ngā utu, ko tā mātou ki a koe, kia kotahi noa iho te whakahaerenga i te tau mō ngā kaiwhakauru katoa, kia kore koe e mate ki te utu anō mō ia whakamātautau, mō ia whakamātautau. 

    Utu Whakamātautau


    LFE $100.00 (+ Tāke Hokohoko) mō ia kaiwhakauru

    PSM $150.00 (+Tāke Hokohoko) mō ia kaiwhakauru

    TSM $150.00 (+Tāke Hokohoko) mō ia kaiwhakauru 

    Kōrero Ake

     
    E wātea ana ētahi pukapuka āwhina mō ngā kaiwhakauru mō ia whakamātautau ā, ka taea te tango ake mai i tēnei whārangi (titiro ki runga ake nei). 

    Mō te roanga o ngā korero, whakapā atu ki:

    Te Āpiha Whakamātautau

    04 474 2340

    Office@haemata.co.nz

     

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