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Wellington, New Zealand, Department of Internal Affairs Official version of Te Aho Matua o nga Kura Kaupapa Māori and english explanation retrieved on 8 June 2008; Wellington, New Zealand, Parliamentary Counsel Office Section 155, Education Act 1989 retrieved on 8 June 2008; Hawaii, USA 'Aha Punana Leo retrieved on 8 June 2008
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).
The name is the subject of a 1960 song by the New Zealand balladeer Peter Cape. [11] It appears in the 1976 (re-released in 1979) single "The Lone Ranger" by British band Quantum Jump, which featured in the title sequence of the second series of The Kenny Everett Video Show. [citation needed]
The original school closed as a result of the second world war. The Rotorua Maori Arts and Crafts Institute Act 1963 founded the school as a legal entity, and the act was amended by the New Zealand Maori Arts and Crafts Institute Amendment Act 1967 which changed it from a local to a national institute, [3] by removing most references to Rotorua.
The first school along European lines for Māori in New Zealand was established in 1816 [6] by the missionary Thomas Kendall of the Anglican Church Missionary Society, at Rangihoua, in the Bay of Islands. The school had 33 students when it opened and the roll peaked at 70 within a year.
These schools teach solely or principally in the Māori language. [1] The name "Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o (placename)" can be translated as "The Kaupapa Māori School of (placename)". In New Zealand schools, students begin formal education in Year 1 at the age of five. [2] Year 13 is the final year of secondary education. Years 14 and 15 refer ...
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 ...
Peria is a locality in Northland, New Zealand.It lies south of Taipa and east of Kaitaia.The area was once known as Oruru Valley. [1]Wiremu Hoani Taua, who later became the first Maori person to be appointed as the head teacher of a native school, served on the Peria Native School Committee until 1900.