Ringa Hora and the established Working Groups have spent 2024 reviewing the New Zealand Certificates and Diplomas in Business. These qualifications were available to provide feedback on until 26 March 2024. The Working Groups will reconvene to review feedback and confirm final draft recommendations. These will then be submitted to NZQA for evaluation and approval.
Details that were available during national consultation can be accessed from the drop-down menu below. These will be updated to show what will be submitted to NZQA and notice will be distributed.
A Working Group was established and reviewed associated qualification(s) and information to inform standards development.
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Two Working Groups was established and reviewed associated qualification(s) and information to inform standards development.
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| Supporting documentation? | Business administration and tech supporting document
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A Working Group was established and reviewed associated qualification(s) and information to inform standards development.
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| Supporting documentation? | HRM supporting document
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A Working Group was established and reviewed associated qualification(s) and information to inform standards development.
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| Supporting documentation | Leadership and Management disciplines were previously combined disciplines. Te Manu Arataki investigated the realm of leadership unpacking knowledge, skills, needs, and contexts for leaders within Aotearoa.
The Business suite Working Group reviewed the higher-level Management-related qualifications and created this supporting document to give clarification on the changes. |
Marketing and Sales is currently a combined discipline within the Diplomas. Marketing experts in the working group have determined Marketing specific requirements.
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Marketing supporting document
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Stakeholders have been gathered to scope out options for needs of Maori Business and Management. The Level 6 stand in the Diploma is the highest vocational level Ringa Hora looks after. The other vocational levels fall within the scope of the Māori Qualifications Services.
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| Extent of change / updates? | Recommend discontinuing due to:
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The Working Groups has been established and reviewed associated qualification(s) and information to inform standards development.
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Project Management supporting document
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Marketing and Sales is currently a combined discipline within the Diplomas. Sales experts in the working group have determined Sales specific requirements.
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Sales supporting document
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A Working Group was established and reviewed the associated qualification(s) and information to inform standards development.
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Small business supporting document
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Consultation process: being regionally responsive
Ringa Hora has partnered and collaborated with different organisations to amplify the voices of regional business owners, professionals, employers, and community voices into the review of the Business qualifications.
See the insights we have gathered to date:
| Wellington | Taranaki | Christchurch | Dunedin | Invercargill |
| Power of 3 – workshop write up | WITT – workshop write up | Ara – workshop write up | *Insights from this session has been merged into the qualification details due to low numbers.
Ringa Hora also engaged 1:1 with local businesses and merged their insights into the qualifications. |
Ringa Hora attended the Southland Business Chambers event to network with local businesses and professionals. Insights gathered has been merged into the qualification details |
| Ringa Hora – Power of 3 (Wellington Business Chambers, Te Awe Maori Business Network, Wellington Pasifika Business Network
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Ringa Hora – WITT (Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki) | Ringa Hora – Ara Institute of Technology | Ringa Hora – Otago Polytechnic | Ringa Hora – SIT (Southern Institute of Technology) |
The Business review will include reviewing current unit standards under the following subfields to develop skill standards and any micro-credentials as needed.
