NCEA Level 1 Pūtaiao study guide
NCEA Level 1 Pūtaiao · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
Pūtaiao is the science subject in Te Marautanga o Aotearoa, the Māori-medium curriculum, and this NZQA page is the Māori-language version of the subject resource hub. It serves kaiako teaching the marautanga and ākonga learning within it, gathering internal and external assessment resources, achievement standards, past assessments, exemplars, assessment schedules and reports, digital assessment links, and markers' support material in one place. At Kaupae 1 the page lists two externally assessed Pūtaiao standards: Pūtaiao 92071, with its external assessment on 28 o Oketopa, and Pūtaiao 92072, on 17 o Hepetema. Internal assessment is organised through the Aromātairua Tarāwaho run by the kāhui, with two kāhui windows listed for 2026: 23 o Ākuhata and 28–29 o Noema. Topics on this exam: Pūtaiao 92071 (Kete Manarua / TAPā) and Pūtaiao 92072 (Kete Manarua / TAPā). The NCEA Level 1 Pūtaiao study guide has 2 sections and about 658 words.
01Pūtaiao 92071 - Kete Manarua / TAPā: Relationships between people and the natural world
Pūtaiao 92071 sits in the Kete Manarua / TAPā space, where the exam asks you to explain a relationship between a natural system and human activity, then support it with evidence and place-based knowledge. The marker looks for a causal chain, not a list of environmental words. Treat the natural world as a system: identify the input, store, flow, output and any feedback before you describe an effect. Separate observation from inference.
333 words, about 2 min02Pūtaiao 92072 - Kete Manarua / TAPā: Impact assessment and justified decisions
Pūtaiao 92072 asks you to assess the impact of human activity and justify a response. In the Kete Manarua / TAPā framing, evidence from science and from place-based knowledge must be connected to people, values and decisions. A strong answer evaluates, rather than simply describes. Define a baseline before claiming an impact.
325 words, about 2 min