Updated 17 February 2025
Update on Te Manu Arataki.
We are pleased to announce that the qualifications have been submitted to NZQA for evaluation.
Timeline of review and consultation:
- From November 2023 to January 2025, Ringa Hora engaged widely with industry, Māori organisations, and education providers to form working groups who informed the review and development of new qualifications and recommend changes.
- Between 1st October 2024 and 8 November 2024, Ringa Hora Services Workforce Development invited feedback on the proposed changes to the suite of leadership qualifications.
- Over the holiday period of December to January, the amended drafts were available on the Ringa Hora website to collect in any further feedback. Further feedback was incorporated into the qualifications before submission to NZQA.
- Stakeholder attestation forms were collected as part of supporting evidence.
It will take 20 working days for the application to be picked up and assigned to an evaluator at NZQA and another 20 working days for the evaluation to be returned for more information.
Please find summary of qualifications below.
The main changes proposed as a result of the review are:
Level 3
Reviewed qualification: New Zealand Certificate in Business (Introduction to Team Leadership) (Level 3) [Ref: 2453]
New qualification: New Zealand Certificate in Leadership (Level 3)
- The strategic purpose statement has been changed to better reflect aspiring or new leaders, and transferability of leadership skills and knowledge.
- The qualification has a broader focus beyond team leadership to be able to identify own values and develop leadership skills to contribute to objectives, organisations, teams, project, and communities.
- Graduate Profile Outcomes have been changed to better reflect the strategic purpose of the qualification.
- 6 Graduate Profile Outcomes have been reduced to 5.
- The education pathway has been expanded beyond business qualifications to better reflect the entry and exit points, and that leadership is required and relevant to all sectors.
- Conditions for Programme have been added to give guidance to education providers.
- The number and degree of changes requires a title and a new qualification to replace the New Zealand Certificate in Business (Introduction to Team Leadership) (Level 3). The title of the new qualification will be New Zealand Certificate in Leadership (Level 3).
Level 4
Reviewed qualification: New Zealand Certificate in Business (First Line Management) (Level 4) [Ref: 2456].
New Qualification: New Zealand Certificate in Leadership (Level 4)
- The New Zealand Certificate in Leadership (Level 4) has broadened out to incorporate management practices which is covered in the graduate profile outcomes.
- 7 Graduate Profile Outcomes have been reduced to 6.
- Some of the Graduate Profile Outcomes have increased in credit values.
- The education pathway has been expanded beyond business qualifications to better reflect the entry and exit points, and that leadership is required and relevant to all sectors.
- Conditions for Programme have been added to give guidance to education providers.
- The degree of changes requires a new title and a new qualification ID to replace the New Zealand Certificate in Business (First Line Management) (Level 4). The title of the new qualification will be New Zealand Certificate in Leadership (Level 4).
The proposal to develop the new NZ Certificate in Leadership (Level 4) was made by Te Manu Arataki Leadership Project Working Group following consultation about the New Zealand Certificate in Business (First-Line Management) (Level 4). We also consulted with employers, industry members, Training Providers, and the Management Working Group (part of the ongoing review of the Business suite of qualifications).
This new proposal retains existing first-line management skills and presents opportunities to expand leadership skills and real-life leadership experiences, in various leadership environments, and becomes more accessible and responsive in building leaders of Aotearoa.
Achieving this decision reflects Ringa Hora’s commitment to a robust and inclusive approach. All the input given during the process was very much appreciated and taken into account when making this decision.
Level 5
- It was decided by the working group to separate the strands of leadership and management.
- Leadership has enough to cover in the diploma to be able to stand on its own and the Graduate Profile Outcomes have been written to reflect operational leadership competencies.
- Conditions for Programme have been added to give guidance to education providers.
- It is in line with the generic leadership suite of credentials.
Update: Feedback of the changes to Level 5 has informed that we need to look at the implications made to management if it is split. We will be submitting the Level 5 Diploma once the entire Diploma with the other strands have been reviewed.
Level 6
Brand New Qualification: New Zealand Diploma in Strategic Leadership (Level 6)
- This will be a new qualification on the NZQCF.
- The leadership strand in the New Zealand Diploma in Business (Level 6) will be removed and there will be a brand-new diploma at Level 6 titled the New Zealand Diploma in Advanced Leadership (Level 6) which focuses on strategic leadership.
- New Graduate Profile Outcomes were developed to align to the strategic purpose of this qualification.
- Feedback from national consultation suggests to change the title from Advanced Leadership to Strategic Leadership to meet the Strategic Purpose Statement and avoid any misinterpretation of what “advanced” may mean.
We are continuing to work on the skill standards linked to the qualifications.
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Ringa Hora Services Workforce Development Council, Qualifications Systems Products Team
For more information on what informed the process, please find links to the environmental scan and the summary of engagement findings.
