Te Hono ki Toi (Poutiriao / Poutiritāeo) | Master of Professional Creative Practice

2024 intake available at Toihoukura in Tairāwhiti only. Register your interest for 2025 offering at IDEAschool in Hawke's Bay by clicking on the Enquire now button.

Study Options

Full-time, Part-time

Length

18-24 months full-time (depending on qualification chosen)

Level

Level 8-9

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Advance your creative career

Te Hono ki Toi (Poutiriao / Poutiritāeo) | Master of Professional Creative Practice offers a unique perspective from both the European and Māori creative culture allowing a wide selection of media to be advanced. The programme enables you to further your creative practice through guided reflection, research and professional practice.

Toihoukura offer Te Hono ki Toi (Poutiriao / Poutiritāeo) with a specific matauranga Māori focus. The programme is delivered online, through compulsory wānanga, and face-to-face.

 

PLEASE NOTE: IDEAschool has no intake on offer for 2024.  Register your interest for the 2025 intake by contacting Irina Konig, Programme Administrator, ikonig@eit.ac.nz

Outline

Delivery of Te Hono ki Toi (Poutiriao / Poutiritāeo) is “blended”, meaning it is a combination of online study, wānanga and research by creative practice.

You will have opportunities to engage with staff and students based at both Toihoukura and IDEAschool in Hawke’s Bay, as well as students who may be practicing throughout Aotearoa and indeed the world..

Te Hono ki Toi (Poutiriao) is a level 9 programme of 180 credits and Te Hono ki Toi (Poutiritāeo) is a level 9 programme with 240 credits. Both offer full-time study for up to two years. The programme consists of four compulsory courses that provide you with the opportunity to create a body of creative work to a standard that develops, extends and refines prior professional practices, processes and knowledge.

This will be done through research and critical evaluation to strengthen your creative practice while contextualizing your practice in relation to relevant communities, contemporary concepts, models theory, technologies and professional practice management techniques.

Please note: It takes 18 months to do Te Hono ki Toi (Poutiriao) 180 credit programme after completing a Bachelor’s degree in a creative practice or 6 months (60 credits) to do this programme after completing an Honours Bachelor’s degree in a creative arts field. It takes 24 months to do Te Hono ki Toi (Poutiritāeo) 240 credit programme after completing a Bachelor’s degree in a creative practice or 12 months (120 credits) to do this programme after completing an Honours Bachelor’s degree in a creative arts field.

Dates

There is one intake per year:

  • February

 

PLEASE NOTE: IDEAschool has no intake on offer for 2024.  Register your interest for the 2025 intake by contacting Irina Konig, Programme Administrator, ikonig@eit.ac.nz

Entry

Domestic entry requirements

International entry requirements

Academic learning services

Academic Learning Services is here to assist you on your journey towards the successful completion of your studies at EIT | Te Pūkenga. Our aim is for you to become confident, competent and independent learners.

We have dedicated advisors who can assist with your learning.

Find out more:

Hawke’s Bay Campus
Tairāwhiti Campus

Scholarships

EIT | Te Pūkenga offers a variety of scholarships across various subjects and programme levels.  Some scholarships are based on your age, some are specific to the subject you want to study.  Not all scholarships are based on your academic ability and anyone wanting to study should investigate what scholarships are available to them.  

You can find a list of EIT | Te Pūkenga scholarships here however there are many more scholarships offered nationally.  Information about these is on an database called “givME”. givME is accessible at EIT | Te Pūkenga or at some public libraries. If you would like to come to EIT | Te Pūkenga to look through the giveME database don’t hesitate to contact scholarships@eit.ac.nz or call in for a chat.