NCEA Level 3 Cook Islands Māori case studies
NCEA Level 3 Cook Islands Māori · Put your knowledge to work in context.
NCEA Level 3 Cook Islands Māori is a New Zealand senior secondary subject within the National Certificate of Educational Achievement, the country's main school-leaving qualification framework administered by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA). It suits students in their final years of secondary schooling who already have a solid grounding in Cook Islands Māori and want to extend their reading, writing, speaking and listening into more demanding, authentic and culturally grounded contexts. The NCEA Level 3 Cook Islands Māori case studies are 5 cases and about 3,254 words.
1Choosing a Cook Islands Māori line for a market welcome sign
You are on the student language committee at a secondary school in Avarua, asked to finalise a bilingual welcome sign for the Punanga Nui Market. The sign is 1.2 m by 0.4 m and will be read by local shoppers and cruise-ship visitors.
698 words, about 3 min2Performing a Mangaia dance item at a village anniversary
Your Year 13 Cook Islands Māori class has 18 students and has been invited to perform at the 60th anniversary of a village hall in Arorangi in three weeks. The organisers asked for 'something local'.
645 words, about 3 min3Inferring meaning from pronoun choice and hesitation in a radio interview
You are preparing an internal listening comprehension analysis of a four-minute radio interview recorded on a Cook Islands station. The interviewer asks an elder about a family decision to open their land for a water tank.
634 words, about 3 min4Revising a Language Week speech for a school audience
You are writing a three-minute speech for your school's Cook Islands Māori Language Week assembly. The audience is about 300 students, mostly 13–18, plus 20 teachers and a few elders.
672 words, about 3 min5Rendering Cook Islands chiefly titles in English meeting minutes
You are minute-taking for a village meeting about a new water tank. Present are the Ariki, a Mataiapo, a Komono, two government funding officials, and about 30 residents.
605 words, about 3 min