Study contemporary Māori visual arts at an intermediate-level through deeper exploration of the tikanga and practices of artistic expression.
Grow your confidence in Ngā Toi (the arts) through completing practical projects, and strengthen your creative processes through experimentation with different media. This programme is designed to enhance the development of your specialist skills in Toi Ataata – visual arts.
Depending on your study location you might be able to use different mediums such as paint, print, digital, clay, film or other materials.
When you pass this programme, you'll get this qualification:
This qualification is intended for practitioners seeking to broaden operational, technical and theoretical knowledge, consistent with tikanga and reo in Toi Ataata.
Graduates of this qualification will contribute to New Zealand as self-managing practitioners of Ngā Toi within defined contexts able to complete projects, and assist in the management, leadership, and kaitiakitanga of Ngā Toi.
This is a full-time programme that consists of 120 credits delivered over 38 weeks. Some of our locations offer different delivery modes. These will be confirmed by your local campus and might include:
Option 1 Face to face delivery
You'll also need to complete learning activities designed to enhance your learning for approximately:
Option 2 Noho delivery
You'll also need to complete learning activities designed to enhance your learning for approximately:
Some of the learning activities will need to be completed online. You'll need access to an internet-connected device for this programme.
To enrol in this programme, a potential student must:
I want to keep studying
Enrol on our 3-year Māori visual arts degree programme, Maunga Kura Toi - Bachelor of Māori Art (Rauangi).
I want to use my qualification
With skills at this level you can be a practising artist, work in community arts, or take on entry-level roles at art galleries.
Completion of Toi Paematua is a pathway into year 2 of Maunga Kura Toi (Rauangi).
Fees are payable for this programme. We will confirm the 2025 fees on our website in September 2024.
First-time tertiary students studying fee paying programmes may be able to study fee free in their last year. To find out whether you are eligible for fees-free study for our fee paying programmes visit: feesfree.govt.nz.
Toi Awe - Creative Process | 30 Credits
Apply broad knowledge, practical and conceptual skills in the production of creative work.
Toi Iro - Exploration | 30 Credits
Analyse own and others’ artistic evolution and variation, applying insights to creative work.
Toi Raupapa - Organisation | 30 Credits
Assist in the management, creation and completion of a toi project.
Toi Hanga - Creation | 30 Credits
Create and complete creative work in a chosen Kaupapa Toi.