NCEA Level 3 Te Reo Māori study guide
NCEA Level 3 Te Reo Māori · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
NCEA Level 3 Te Reo Māori is the third-year tier of the New Zealand national secondary qualification in te reo Māori, listed by NZQA under its Level 3 standards page. It is designed for senior secondary learners who already have a working command of the language and are moving toward fluency, and it sits alongside Level 1 and Level 2 as a staged pathway, with New Zealand Scholarship available beyond Level 3. The NCEA Level 3 Te Reo Māori study guide has 4 sections and about 1,619 words.
01Whakarongo - Listening in NCEA Level 3 Te Reo Māori
Whakarongo at Level 3 asks you to make sense of extended spoken te reo Māori - interviews, whaikōrero, pūrākau, news items, waiata - and to show that understanding in te reo Māori. You are assessed on main ideas and supporting detail, implied meaning and attitude, purpose and audience, and language features and their effect.
422 words, about 2 min02Kōrero - Speaking in NCEA Level 3 Te Reo Māori
Kōrero at Level 3 covers both prepared and interactive speaking: mihi and whaikōrero, presentations, interviews and conversation. You are marked on fluency, pronunciation, range and accuracy of grammar, vocabulary, structure, and how well your reo matches the audience and occasion.
402 words, about 2 min03Pānui - Reading in NCEA Level 3 Te Reo Māori
Pānui at Level 3 uses extended written texts - pūrākau, whakataukī, waiata, letters, reports, blog posts - and asks you to explain ideas, purpose, audience, tone and language features, responding in te reo Māori with evidence from the text. Skim before translating.
382 words, about 2 min04Tuhituhi - Writing in NCEA Level 3 Te Reo Māori
Tuhituhi at Level 3 asks for extended texts - pūrākau, reports, persuasive pieces, formal and informal letters, creative writing - in te reo Māori. Marks come from content and structure, grammatical accuracy and range, vocabulary, spelling and macrons, punctuation, and cohesion.
413 words, about 2 min