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Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Hoani Waititi, Henderson, West Auckland, is generally credited as being the first kura kaupapa Māori and was established in 1985. The Kura Kaupapa Māori movement is a term commonly used to describe parents and supporters of kura kaupapa Māori. The term emerged when the first school was established.
Several Kura Kaupapa Māori schools exist in the region, all but one in the Far North District. 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)".
[23] [24] [21] Kura Kaupapa schools are state-run schools with heavy emphasis on learning Māori language and culture but having most of the features of normal state schools. [25] [26] In addition there are fee-paying private schools which receive limited funding from the state. Most follow the national curriculum or internationally recognized ...
Opunake School, St Joseph's School, and Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Tamarongo are full primary (years 1–8) schools with rolls of 176, 108 and 24 respectively. [15] St Joseph's is a state integrated Catholic school. Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Tamarongo is a Kura Kaupapa Māori school which teaches in the Māori language.
Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Tonga o Hokianga is a coeducational full primary (years 1–8) school [7] which has a roll of 147. It is a Kura Kaupapa Māori school which teaches fully in the Māori language. There was a Whirinaki Native School during the early-mid 20th century. [8
Te Kura Kaupapa Motuhake o Tāwhiuau is a co-educational state Māori language immersion school, [16] with a roll of 76. [17] The school opened in 2000, and was the first Designated Character School (Kura ā-Iwi) in the country.
Kaikohe West School opened in 1882 as Kaikohe Native School. The name changed to Kaikohe Maori School in the mid-1950s, and to the current name in 1969. [39] Kaikohe East School has a Māori unit offering bilingual and total immersion classes. [33] Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Kaikohe is a composite (years 1–15) school with a roll of 211. [40]
Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Te Rawhiti Roa is a composite (years 1–15) school with a roll of 196 students as of August 2024. [9] [12] All these schools are coeducational.