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Bicultural confidence & competence

07 June 2024

New Zealand is made up of two distinct cultures. UC aims to prepare you to work in both cultures with confidence and understand how this is relevant to your study and career. Having bicultural confidence and competence develops awareness and the ability to relate to different ideas. Learn more.

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Bicultural Competence Kaupapa

Orientation

A process of self-reflection on the nature of ‘knowledge’ and ‘norms’.


Self

The nature of contemporary Māori organisational structures e.g. rūnanga, hapū, iwi, iwi corporations.


Local, place-based

Traditional and contemporary realities of Māori society e.g. tikanga and kawa, te reo Māori.


National

The Treaty of Waitangi and Aotearoa New Zealand’s bicultural history.


National

The processes of colonisation and globalisation.

National and international

Other indigenous models of development, knowledge and behaviours.


International

Application of bicultural competence and confidence in a chosen discipline and career.


Self, local, national and international

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