NCEA L3 Pacific Studies

The Pacific Studies Course is a unit standards course designed to suit students interested in Pacific Island culture and society who are on a less academic pathway. The course will allow students to investigate aspects of their own or another Pacific Culture. They will examine change and development in the Pacific as well as Pacific indigenous knowledge including: food preparation; performance; navigation;Tapa; and, weaving.  

Students will be able to look at Pacific society both in its traditions and how it exists in the present. They will be able to present their findings in a variety of different ways including through performance. Pacific Studies Students focus on communication and success in this course can lead to careers that require an understanding of culture and communication.