NCEA L1 Toi Puoro case studies
NCEA L1 Toi Puoro · Put your knowledge to work in context.
Toi Puoro is the name NZQA lists among the subjects and learning areas for which it publishes standards, past exam and assessment papers, internal and external exemplars, assessment specifications and other subject-specific resources. It sits in the alphabetical list alongside Toi Ataata, Te Ao Haka, Māori Performing Arts, Music, Ngā Mahi a te Rēhia and Visual Arts, and it is a New Zealand Curriculum / Te Marautanga o Aotearoa subject area rather than a single examination paper. The NCEA L1 Toi Puoro case studies are 5 cases and about 3,408 words.
1The Poi Section That Cannot Be Cut
Te Kāhui o Te Awa is a Year 11 kapa haka roopu of 22 tauira. Their 12-minute set for the regional festival in eight weeks has four items: whakaeke, waiata ā-ringa with poi, haka and whakawātea.
704 words, about 4 min2Sampling a 1974 Pūtātara Recording
Miro, a Year 11 tauira, is composing a three-minute work for the school's Matariki evening and for a Toi Puoro composition assessment. The piece layers a pūtātara, a kōauau carved by their uncle from mānuka grown on the family farm, and a digital track.
670 words, about 3 min3Three Microphones, Two Speakers, One Kaumātua
Kōwhai College is holding a 90-minute concert in a wharenui that seats 100. Fourteen tauira will perform: a whakaeke with 14 voices, three waiata ā-ringa with guitar, a kōauau solo, and a whaikōrero by a kaumātua.
651 words, about 3 min4Te Reo, English, and a Twenty-Minute Check
Four tauira have three weeks to write a 32-bar waiata for an internal. The brief allows only four chords (I, IV, V, vi) and requires the text to be in te reo Māori.
670 words, about 3 min5Five Weeks, One Voice, Two Commitments
Aria has a solo performance assessment in five weeks, requiring two contrasting pieces. She has prepared a mōteatea with a low tessitura (roughly C3–D4) and a waiata ā-ringa that sits high, up to E5, and has been her strongest item.
713 words, about 4 min