Mātauranga Māori constitutes concepts and principles that are richly detailed, complex, and fundamental to Māoridom. It is important to remember that the practice of these are wider and more varied than their use within the proposed NCEA Achievement Standards and supporting documentation.

We also recognise that the cultures, languages, and identities of the Pacific Islands are diverse, varied, and unique. Therefore the Pacific concepts, contexts, and principles that have been incorporated within NCEA Achievement Standards may have wide-ranging understandings and applications across and within the diversity of Pacific communities. It is not our intention to define what these concepts mean but rather offer some ways that they could be understood and applied within different subjects that kaiako and students alike can explore.

The intent of the Standard

This Achievement Standard assesses the ability of ākonga to explore the importance of using sustainable practices, for both today’s and future generations, during the development of a design for a person, whānau, or community.

Sustainable practice is an enduring competency which is integral to any design process. It is about applying sustainable practices during the development of the design to make sure sustainability is considered before a physical outcome is developed.

Ākonga must include discussion of kaitiakitanga as they consider and apply these sustainable practices. This will help them to become more responsible designers and understand how their actions can affect the world around them. 

Making reliable judgements

This Standard does not require the design to be developed into a physical outcome.

To attain this Standard, ākonga must include discussion of kaitiakitanga in the context of applying sustainable practices for the environment during the development of the design. Examples of ways ākonga can fulfil their responsibility towards the environment include: 

• the selection of materials
• the economic use of materials
• the appropriate disposal of waste materials.

Examination of the sustainable practices will lead ākonga to apply a critical eye to their design. The aim of this reflection is to get them to make refinements to the sustainable practices applied to their purposeful design.  

Ākonga will appraise their design through the evaluation of decisions made about sustainable practices in the development of the purposeful design for a person, whānau, or community.  

Kaiako will support ākonga to make selections of images from their learning to curate a portfolio that will be submitted to NZQA in Term 4. A design brief can be provided by kaiako and further developed by ākonga, or generated by ākonga. 

Collecting evidence

To document their thinking and ideas, ākonga are encouraged to build digital folders at the start of the year to add to and curate throughout development. Teachers should make sure that ākonga collate evidence to meet the requirements of the standard. Collecting evidence at the time of development will ensure sufficient supporting evidence is available to be assessed and will be a true representation of the practice and process. 

Possible contexts

A Materials and Processing Technology design could be in the context or contexts the ākonga is studying, for example, hard materials, textiles, food technology, and electronics.

Standard Exclusions

This Standard has one or more exclusions, or Standards that assess the same or similar learning. These Standards are excluded against one another to prevent assessing the same learning twice. You can only use credits gained from one of these standards towards your NCEA qualification.

Find out more about the NCEA Level 1 Exclusions List.