Course information
All courses are
FREE. These courses are offered in association with Te Wananga
o Aotearoa one
of New Zealand's largest providers of tertiary
education
nationwide.
If you have any questions about our courses, or would like to be sent detailed course information, click HERE.
Scroll down the page to view details about the Certificate in Small Business Management and Certificate in Social Services.
If you have any questions about our courses, or would like to be sent detailed course information, click HERE.
Scroll down the page to view details about the Certificate in Small Business Management and Certificate in Social Services.
Business Courses
Certificate in Money
Management
Location: Kokiri Training Centre
Fees: No Fees
Overview: The ability to manage money is an essential life skill for all New Zealanders, regardless of your age or current income level. The Certificate in Money Management (CMM) is designed to develop this ability, enabling you to make decisions that will help you reach your financial goals in life.
Certificate in Small Business Management
Location: Kokiri Training Centre
Fees: No Fees
Overview: Do you have a business idea or want to improve your existing business? Then thisNew Zealand
Involves attending one class per week (Thursday at 6pm) and a workshop every three weeks, plus study in your own time for a set number of hours.
Your learning will include:New
Zealand
• Business Law - Legal terms and concepts and preparing a legal plan.
• Marketing - Principles and concepts which can be applied to real-life situations.
• People Management - Employment and staff development as well as operations and personnel requirements.
• Small Business Accounting - Business mathematics and accounting concepts including Cashbooks, GST returns etc.
• The Financial Plan - Taxation, budgeting, sources of finance and financial policies and procedures.
Career Options:
Entry Details:
Duration: 20 weeks
Start: JulyLocation: Kokiri Training Centre
Fees: No Fees
Overview: The ability to manage money is an essential life skill for all New Zealanders, regardless of your age or current income level. The Certificate in Money Management (CMM) is designed to develop this ability, enabling you to make decisions that will help you reach your financial goals in life.
Your learning will include:
• Money and debt management.
• Retirement and asset planning.
• Property investment.
• Equity and other investments.
Entry Details:
To be enrolled in this programme, you must:
• Be at least 16 year old.
• Be a
• Successfully complete our selection process, involving an information seminar and interview.
• Be committed to completing the programme.Certificate in Small Business Management
Duration: 36 weeks
Start: MarchLocation: Kokiri Training Centre
Fees: No Fees
Overview: Do you have a business idea or want to improve your existing business? Then this
Involves attending one class per week (Thursday at 6pm) and a workshop every three weeks, plus study in your own time for a set number of hours.
Your learning will include:
How to complete a comprehensive business plan for your business or business idea focussing on:
• Small Business Management - The business planning process and the• Business Law - Legal terms and concepts and preparing a legal plan.
• Marketing - Principles and concepts which can be applied to real-life situations.
• People Management - Employment and staff development as well as operations and personnel requirements.
• Small Business Accounting - Business mathematics and accounting concepts including Cashbooks, GST returns etc.
• The Financial Plan - Taxation, budgeting, sources of finance and financial policies and procedures.
Career Options:
• Advancement in your current job.
• Self-Employment.Entry Details:
To be enrolled in this programme, you must:
• Be at least 16 years of age.• Be a
• Successfully complete our selection process, involving an information seminar and interview.
• Be committed to completing the programme.
Te Reo Maori Courses
Certificate in Te Ara Reo
Maori (Level 2)
Fees: No Fees
Duration: 36 weeks
Start: March and July
Location: Kokiri Training CentreFees: No Fees
Overview: Take
te reo Mäori beyond “kia ora”! Learn to speak
basic conversational te reo Mäori confidently and gain an understanding
of
Mäori customs and protocols in both traditional and modern contexts.
Te Ara Reo Mäori is designed for adult learners and employs a unique learning style called “Ako Whakatere”. The programme is taught over 36 weeks, including four one-day wänanga noho marae plus tutorials and self-directed learning per week. Classes and tutorials are friendly, interactive and fun.
Te Ara Reo Mäori is designed for adult learners and employs a unique learning style called “Ako Whakatere”. The programme is taught over 36 weeks, including four one-day wänanga noho marae plus tutorials and self-directed learning per week. Classes and tutorials are friendly, interactive and fun.
Your learning will include:
- Basic phrases and apply them to everyday situations:
- Living in Aotearoa
- Mihi (formal and informal greetings)
- Wähi (locality)
- Telling the time
- Travelling around
- Mäori customs and protocols
- Whakapapa (genealogy and cultural identity)
- He tikanga marae (customs and protocols on the marae)
- The background and practice of waiata
- Participation in a noho marae visit.
Further Study:
Upon graduation, you will have the skills to study te reo Mäori at level 3, either within Te Wänanga o Aotearoa or at other institutions.
You could
study the following programme with us:Certificate in
Te Ara Reo Mäori (Level 4)
Career Options:
• Worker within Mäori organisations and communities
• Köhanga Reo assistant
• Translator• Personal assistant
• Administration assistant
• Self-employment
Entry Details:
To be enrolled in this programme you must be at least 16 years of age.
Social Services Courses
Certificate in Social Services
Duration: 50 weeks
Start: July
Location: Kokiri Training Centre
Fees: No Fees
Overview: People matter! If you are about wanting to make a positive difference then this is the program for you! This foundation programme is the place to start your career in social services. It will prepare you for work in a non-clinical support setting. In a wide range of community/iwi development roles. The programme also provides a pathway to professional social work training.
Industry based training for one day or two evenings per week, to suit your work commitments (especially for those already within the social services sector and working for a minimum of 10 (ten) hours per week paid or unpaid).
Your learning will include:
• Increasing your personal awareness
• Developing interpersonal and group skills
• Assessing the needs and concerns of social service users
• Establishing working relationships with social service users
• Exploring the meaning and relevance of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in social service work
• An awareness of power structures in society and their effects
• Applying relevant laws and ethics
• Basic interviewing techniques
• How to keep and access records
• Participation in a noho marae within the social services.
Further study:
• National Diploma in Social Work
• Bachelor of Social Work
• Bachelor of Social Work (Biculturalism in Practice)
Career Options:
Social services support positions
Community Support Worker (entry level only)
Kaitautoko
Kaiawhina
Entry details:
To be enrolled in this programme you must:
• Be at least 16 years of age.
• Potential students must complete our selection process, involving an information seminar, interview and police vetting. Upon completion and pending outcome they will be advised accordingly.
Duration: 50 weeks
Start: July
Location: Kokiri Training Centre
Fees: No Fees
Overview: People matter! If you are about wanting to make a positive difference then this is the program for you! This foundation programme is the place to start your career in social services. It will prepare you for work in a non-clinical support setting. In a wide range of community/iwi development roles. The programme also provides a pathway to professional social work training.
Industry based training for one day or two evenings per week, to suit your work commitments (especially for those already within the social services sector and working for a minimum of 10 (ten) hours per week paid or unpaid).
Your learning will include:
• Increasing your personal awareness
• Developing interpersonal and group skills
• Assessing the needs and concerns of social service users
• Establishing working relationships with social service users
• Exploring the meaning and relevance of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in social service work
• An awareness of power structures in society and their effects
• Applying relevant laws and ethics
• Basic interviewing techniques
• How to keep and access records
• Participation in a noho marae within the social services.
Further study:
• National Diploma in Social Work
• Bachelor of Social Work
• Bachelor of Social Work (Biculturalism in Practice)
Career Options:
Social services support positions
Community Support Worker (entry level only)
Kaitautoko
Kaiawhina
Entry details:
To be enrolled in this programme you must:
• Be at least 16 years of age.
• Potential students must complete our selection process, involving an information seminar, interview and police vetting. Upon completion and pending outcome they will be advised accordingly.
