FIELD                 MĀORI

Revision of Reo Māori Media qualification

National Certificate in Reo Māori Media (Introductory Media Skills) (Level 3) [Ref: 1629]

Māori Qualifications Services has revised the qualification listed above.

Date new versions published                                                          January 2017

The last date to meet the requirements of this qualification is 31 December 2019.

Reason for the revision

This qualification has been revised to maintain achievability until the last date. 

Unit standards10198 and 10303 have expired and have been replaced by unit standards 91369 and 27703 respectively.

Main changes resulting from the revision

The exemptions table has been updated to ensure that for the purposes of this qualification, people who have gained credit for the replacement standards are exempt from the requirement to gain credit for the expired standards.

National Certificate in in Reo Māori Media (Introductory Media Skills) (Level 3) [Ref: 1629]

Review category

A

See Key to Qualification Review Categories at the end of report

Changes to structure and content

· The exemptions table has been updated to read as follows:

Credit for	Exempt from
10819	27612
10826	27616
91369	10198
27703	10303

Transition

The last date to meet the requirements of this qualification is 31 December 2019.

Standard Setting Body

Māori Qualification Services (MQS)

PO Box 160

Wellington 61401

Telephone              04 463 3007

                                 0800 697296

Fax                          04 463 3114

Email                       mqs@nzqa.govt.nz

Website                   www.nzqa.govt.nz

Key to Qualification Review Categories

Category A The qualification is published as a new version with the same NQF ID	Changes are made to SSB name, contact details or purpose statement
	No change is made to title, rules or components of the qualification
	No transition arrangements are required
Category B The qualification is published as a new version with the same NQF ID	Changes are made to title, rules or components
	The new version of the qualification recognises a similar skill set to that recognised by the previous version
	The SSB is confident that people awarded the new or previous version are comparable in terms of competence
	Transition arrangements are required if candidates must gain additional/different credits for the new version
Category C A new (replacement) qualification is published with new NQF ID	Significant changes are made to the qualification in terms of components, structure, type or level
	The SSB views people with the replacement qualification as being significantly different in terms of competence from those with the replaced qualification
	Transition arrangements are required
	Transition may be limited to phase-out dates
Category D Qualification will expire. There is no replacement qualification	Qualification is no longer required by industry
	The qualification is designated as expiring and a last date for meeting the qualification requirements is set