Ko te hunga hiahia whai i te tohu me matatau rawa ki ngā reo e rua o Aotearoa. He hōhonu, he whānui te puna kupu, te mita ā-iwi, te reo ōkawa mai, ōpaki mai. He mārama anō ki te wetewete, ki te tātari i ngā tikanga o te reo Ingarihi, o te reo Māori ahakoa te horopaki, me pēhea hoki e whakawhiti mai i tētahi reo ki tētahi. Me mārama te tangata ki ngā tikanga tuhituhi o te reo Māori, o te reo Ingarihi hoki, ā, ko te painga atu mehemea he mōhio koe ki ngā mātāpono a te kaiwhakamāori. Mehemea kāore koe i te mōhio ki ēnei āhuatanga kaua e āwangawanga ka tirohia katoatia ēnei āhuatanga i ngā hui whakangungu tae atu ki ētahi atu āhuatanga pēnā i te rangahau (kupu, kōrero, ingoa), te hanga rārangi kupu, te mōhio ki ngā momo hangarau rorohiko, momo hangarau kaiwhakamāori hoki.   

I runga i te mea he nui, he whānui anō ngā momo whakamāoritanga ka hiahiatia he āwhina nui anō te matatau, te waia, te taunga ki ētahi atu ao, oti rā, ki te/ngā reo o aua ao, arā ētahi, ko te reo o te hangarau, o te kāwanatanga, o te ao tākuta, o te ture, o te mahi whakatairanga, o te mātauranga, o te ao Māori anō hoki, arā atu, arā atu.  Ko te mahi a te kaiwhakamāori he whakawhiti i ngā kōrero mai i tētahi reo ki tētahi, kia tino Māori ai, kia tino Ingarihi ai rānei te kōrero.  Mō te taha ki te reo Māori me mōhio ki ngā āhuatanga reo Māori pērā i te whakamahinga o te tāruarua, te kīwaha, te kīrehu, te whakataukī, te whakatauākī, arā atu, arā atu, he pēnā anō mō ngā āhuatanga o te reo Ingarihi. Mō te wāhi ki te oranga o te reo Māori ka wānangahia hoki ngā tikanga whakarauora reo, me ngā āhuatanga whakatairanga i te reo. Katoa ēnei āhuatanga he mea tautoko i te oranga o tō tātou reo rangatira, kāmehameha, hei whakatinana hoki i te kōrero “Ko te reo kia tika, ko te reo kia rere, ko te reo kia Māori”

The applicants will be assessed on the following criteria:

Te reo Māori kia tika

• Accuracy
• Terminology
• Subject knowledge
• Principles of translation
• Code of conduct

Te reo kia rere

• Style
• Functional
• Having and using the correct words, phrases etc. in a certain context
• Knowledge of idiom, allusion
• Other language features

Te reo kia Māori

• Comprehension (te reo Māori and English)
• Transference (from one language to another is native-like)
• Knowledge of idiom, allusion and other language features for the translation to be native-like in its rendering
• Principles of revitalisation
• Knowledge of Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori orthography (conventions)