Glossary

Kuputaka

All terms Māori terms only

    Targeted Training and Apprenticeship Fund (TTAF)

    The Targeted Training and Apprenticeship Fund (also known as free trades training) supported learners to undertake vocational education and training without fees from 1 July 2020 until 31 December 2022. 

    Tauira

    Learner/student.

    Te Amorangi Mātauranga Matua

    Tertiary Education Commission

    Te Ao Hurihuri

    The ever-changing contemporary world.  References the need to be able to enjoy tertiary success, good health and a high quality of life.

    Te Ao Māori

    The Māori world (society, culture, language, tikanga) and references being able to participate and contribute to whānau, hapū and iwi.

    Te Kāhui Amokura

    A group established to advance and promote the collective interests of New Zealand's universities to improve outcomes for Māori university students, Māori university staff, and Māori scholarship

    Te kete mātauranga

    A basket of knowledge

    Te Marautanga o Aotearoa

    The curriculum framework applied in Māori medium settings.

    Te Pūkenga

    A unified, sustainable, public network of regionally accessible vocational education.
    Previously known as New Zealand Institute of Skills & Technology (NZIST).

    Te reo Māori

    The Māori language