• fee free
• study over 9 months
• home based - learn at your own pace
• part time - learn at your own pace
Papa Whairawa is a fee free, nine month, home based, kaitiaki supported financial literacy programme. It has been designed to give you the knowledge and skills to help make smart decisions about your money.
With Papa Whairawa, you learn at your place and at your own pace as the programme is designed to fit around your lifestyle. Over the nine months 3 kete (kits) full of exciting resources such as CD's, DVD's and journals are sent to your home. You will also have ongoing support from your very own kaitiaki (support person) who will help and motivate you in your learning.
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Papa Whairawa is an NZQA approved programme. On completion of the programme you will receive a Papa Whairawa - Financial Literacy Certificate (Level 1). More importantly you will be able to take control of your money by improving your financial smarts and learning how to make your money work for you and your whānau. |

