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About the 2026 updates
星空传媒 is introducing updates to the Te Hiranga Te Reo Rangatira digital examination for the 2026 end-of-year examinations.
These updates include the introduction of audio-recording functionality, enabling 膩konga to record their spoken responses directly within the digital assessment platform.
The changes are designed to support a more streamlined assessment process, from 膩konga completing their assessment through to their responses being available for marking.
Information and guidance about the updates, including what they mean for 膩konga, kaiako, Principal's Nominees and Examination Centre Managers, will be provided ahead of the examinations.
Online webinars will also be held on 13 October and 15 October at 3.30 pm to outline the changes and explain what these will mean for the administration and management of the examination.
Supporting resources, guidance and instructions will be available on this page as they are released.
On this page
2026 exam webinars
Principal's Nominees and Examination Centre Managers supporting 膩konga entered digitally in Te Hiranga Te Reo Rangatira are invited to attend an online webinar outlining the changes and what these will mean for the administration of the examination.
Webinars
Webinar 1:
Webinar 2:
No registration is required, please use the Microsoft Teams links above to join.
The webinar will cover:
- the changes to the digital examination
- the new inbuilt audio-recording functionality in the digital assessment platform
- what the changes mean for 膩konga and examination centre staff
- device and microphone requirements
- pre-examination readiness activities
- contingency processes.
There will also be an opportunity to ask questions and clarify what the changes mean for your kura, school or examination centre.
Using the audio-recording tool
An instructional video is available to help 膩konga prepare for the 2026 Te Hiranga Te Reo Rangatira examination and understand what to expect when completing the digital assessment.
The video demonstrates how the new inbuilt audio-recording functionality in Assessment Master works, including how 膩konga will access the recording tool and record their spoken responses during the examination.
膧konga are encouraged to watch the video before the examination so they are familiar with the process and feel prepared to use the audio-recording functionality on the day.
Video transcript
M艒 ng膩 whakam膩tautau whai w膩hanga 膩-waha t膿nei ataata. Ar膩, me rekoata koe i t艒u ake reo i te w膩 o te whakam膩tautau.
Ko te mahi tuatahi me takiuru ki Assessment Master, 膩, m膩 konei t膩tou mahi ai.
I te wh膩rangi tuatahi ka tonoa koe kia whaka奴 kei te whakamahi koe i a Google Chrome hei p奴tirotiro.
Kia oti t膿n膩 te tirotiro, k艒whiria '膩e', ka haere tonu.
Kei te wh膩rangi tuarua ng膩 tohutohu wh膩nui m艒 te whakam膩tautau.
膧ta p膩nuihia 膿nei, k膩tahi ka koke ki te wh膩rangi e whai ake ana.
Ka tonoa koe kia whakaaetia a Assessment Master ki te whakamahi i te hopu oro o t艒 rorohiko.
K艒whiria '膩e', 'whakaae' r膩nei.
K膩tahi ka whakarongo m膩 艒 pokitaringa kia m膩rama ai koe kei te rangona pai te oro.
Me whakam膩tau hoki kei te tika te mahi a t艒 hopuoro.
K艒whiria 'rekoata', k艒rerotia 膿tahi kupu, k膩tahi ka whakamutu i te rekoatatanga me te whakatangi an艒.
膧ta whakarongo kia m膩rama te rangona o t艒 reo, kia pai hoki te kounga o t艒 rekoatatanga.
Ki te raru, mukua, 膩, t艒aitia te hopunga.
Kia tau 艒 whakaaro kei te tika te mahi a 艒 pokitaringa me t艒 hopuoro, ka taea te haere tonu ki te whakam膩tautau.
Watch the instructional video in reo M膩ori (1:48 mins)
This short video in reo M膩ori explains how to use the audio-recording tool in 星空传媒's digital assessment platform
Video transcript
Kia ora, this video is for those whose exam has an oral component where they will need to record themselves during the exam.
First thing is that you need to log into Assessment Master which we will do here.
The first page that you will come across asks to check that you are using chrome as your browser, we are, we鈥檙e moving on.
The second page is general exam instructions, so we will move past that too.
And now we must click yes, allow using the microphone on your computer, so we鈥檙e going to click yes to that. Now once we鈥檝e done that, we can listen to make sure that we can hear what the exam is saying to us via our headphones, but here we鈥檙e really interested in making sure that we can be heard.
So I鈥檓 going to click yes to record and it鈥檚 now going to record my voice. I do that for a few seconds, I can say whatever I like and then once I鈥檝e got a few seconds of me talking, I play it back to myself to check that it鈥檚 coming through nice and clearly.
If it is coming through clearly, I鈥檓 all good, if its not I can bin that and then click record again. Here you should be good to go.
Watch the instructional video in English (1:12 mins)
This short video in English explains how to use the audio-recording tool in 星空传媒's digital assessment platform