Learn te reo Māori

Level 4 Te Reo Course – Intermediate

Take the next step in your Māori language journey. Build fluency and cultural depth in a supportive learning environment.

Extend your reo to new heights with a level 4 certificate in te reo Māori at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi.

Te Pōkaitahi Reo (Rumaki, Reo Rua) (Te Kaupae 4) is designed for confident intermediate learners who want to enhance their fluency, deepen their understanding of tikanga, and engage in richer, more complex conversations.

Whether you're supporting your whānau, marae, workplace, or your own cultural journey, this programme empowers you with reo knowledge and confidence to lead. You’ll practise whaikōrero exercises, storytelling, waiata, karakia, and tikanga in a supportive setting.

Challenge yourself and move towards fluency where you can prepare for pathways to more advanced total immersion reo Māori contexts.

Why Study Te Pōkaitahi Reo Level 4

Deepen Reo Māori Skills
Build confidence in formal contexts. Ideal for those who’ve completed Level 3 or speak at an intermediate level.

Kaupapa Māori Learning
Grounded in tikanga and taught by experienced kaiako in a whānau-style setting.

Fees-Free for Eligible Tauira
Focus on your learning without the barrier of tuition fees

Prepare for Total Immersion
Nationally recognised qualification with pathways to Level 5 (advanced) and beyond

• What you’ll learn in Te Pōkaitahi Reo Level 4
• Advanced-intermediate level language command and extended vocabulary
• Introduction to advanced language structures, sentence construction and grammar
• Use reo Māori in formal and informal settings, including storytelling, waiata, karakia and public speaking
• Reo and connections to the land and the environment, prominent places, people, histories and stories
• Colloquial language structures (kīwaha, whakataukī, whakatauāki, kīrehu)
• Reo of the marae including pūrākau and pepeha
• Intermediate use of language in family, work and community situations
• Deeper understanding of Māori customs, protocols, values and traditional knowledge.
• Prepare for pathway to level 5 total immersion

• Who should apply?
• Learners who have completed Level 4
• Intermediate level speakers
• Whānau prioritising te reo Māori in their homes
• Professionals embedding reo into their workplace
• Students preparing for advanced, total immersion learning