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Te Wharekura o Ruatoki is a rural school in the Māori settlement of Ruatoki in the Eastern Bay of Plenty region, New Zealand, serving children in years 1 through 13. It was established as Ruatoki Native School in 1896 [3] [4] [5] after a visit by Richard Seddon and James Carroll. [6] In 1978 it became New Zealand’s first officially bilingual ...
Schools in Rotorua Lakes that are located in the Waikato region are listed here. Schools in the Taupo District that are located in the Bay of Plenty region are listed at list of schools in the Waikato region. In New Zealand schools, students begin formal education in Year 1 at the age of five. [1] Year 13 is the final year of secondary ...
Turuhira is a former principal and deputy principal of Te Wharekura o Ruatoki school. In the mid-1980s she worked with former Ruatoki school principal Tawhirimatea Williams and Māori educator Kaa Williams. They together revitalised the Māori language in the school which later became the first bilingual school in New Zealand.
Local Tuhoe leaders requested a school in 1891 and the Ruatoki Native School opened on the eastern side of the Whakatāne River on 4 June 1896. [10] It became a district high school from 1946–47 until the secondary section closed in the 1970s. In 1978 it became New Zealand's first bilingual primary school.
A composite school in New Zealand can also be classified as an Area school. In recognition of becoming an area school or composite school, Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Māngere, in Māngere, Auckland, changed its name to Te Kura Kaupapa Māori ā rohe o Māngere. Sometimes the Minister of Education will not approve a change of class application to ...
Winstanley noted that moving with Waititi would have required taking the kids out of “kōhanga reo,” a Maori school program. “And that to me was really important. So I said, ‘I’m not ...
An award-winning California teacher broke down in tears in court as she confessed to sexually abusing two of her students, ages 11 and 12. Jacqueline Ma, who was named “Teacher of the Year” in ...
Native schools became known as "Māori schools" following the Maori Purposes Act 1947, under which all government usage switched from 'Native' to 'Maori'. The number of Māori schools began to decline in the 1950s. In 1958 almost 70 per cent of Māori children attended a board school, but there were still 157 Māori schools (down from 166 in 1955).