Impact measures
Impacts resulting from Kaitiakitanga outputs demonstrate our connectedness with the communities within
which we work. They also demonstrate our ongoing provision of accessible, engaging and supportive education
that meets the needs of our tauira. A key measure of our success in these endeavours is the extent to which we
eliminate barriers to entry for at-risk tauira. We define ‘at risk’ as tauira who record one or more of the following
variables: no school qualification, a physical impairment, older than 35 years, and/or Māori or Pasifika.
In 2012, we substantially exceeded our target for attracting, providing access for, and supporting at-risk tauira.
Ninety-two per cent of our tauira were classified as at-risk against a target of 30%. This variance was unexpected,
but clearly shows the success of Te Wānanga o Aotearoa at eliminating barriers to entry, and providing study
options and support for these tauira. We will continue to identify and offer support to these priority learners in
the future.
During 2012, we did not achieve our target for attracting tauira Māori (achieving 48% against a target of 52%).
Enrolment of tauira Māori has been trending upwards over recent years; however, in 2012 we retired a number of
qualifications that had reached the end of their life cycle, stalling this trend. We are currently strengthening our
mātauranga Māori programme pathway, which should increase numbers of tauira Māori being attracted to our
organisation.
Our efforts to protect and nurture our natural environment led us to initiate a project that integrates a number of
existing ad hoc environmental projects under a single umbrella called Rautaki Taiao. Still in the initiation phase,
we will begin implementation of this project in 2013 (see output measure 3.2) and we expect to see energy and
waste reduction targets being met from 2014 onwards.
Iwi and stakeholder satisfaction was not assessed by Te Kāhui Amorangi (our iwi consultation board) during 2012.
Consequently, we are not able to provide a result for this measure. Development of a mechanism to measure this
impact is part of the work programme for Te Kāhui Amorangi in 2013.
As noted in the Mātauranga Māori and Oranga output results, EER results are taken from our most recent review
(conducted in 2010) during which educational performance was not measured. Results for measure 1.5 will be
reported in Te Pūrongo 2013 after the April 2013 EER is completed by NZQA.
# Measure
Achieved
2012
Target
2012
Target
2013
1.4
EER reports ‘confident’ or ‘highly confident’ in capability in
self-assessment
Highly
confident
Confident
Confident
1.5
EER reports ‘confident’ or ‘highly confident’ in
educational performance
Not
assessed
Confident
Confident
3.1 Risk rating under the Financial Monitoring Framework
Low
Low
Low
3.2 The proportion of the Rautaki Taiao plan that is implemented
0
0
25%
3.3
Number of joint ventures with iwi, TEIs, industry
and community
17
17
17
The following table shows measures and results for Kaitiakitanga outputs.
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