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Kura kaupapa Māori are Māori-language immersion schools (kura) in New Zealand, where the philosophy and practice reflect Māori cultural values with the aim of revitalising Māori language, knowledge and culture. Kura kaupapa Māori are established under the Education Act (1989).
The English word Maori is a borrowing from the Māori language, where it is spelled Māori.In New Zealand, the Māori language is often referred to as te reo [tɛ ˈɾɛ.ɔ] ("the language"), short for te reo Māori ("the Māori language").
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)".
Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Koutu or the Kura [1] is a co-educational Māori immersion school in Rotorua, New Zealand offering education within a unique Maori environment for Māori students from Year 1 to Year 13.
The school is one of the various schools funded by the New Zealand government's free and healthy schools lunch programme. [4] The principal of the school, Gary Davis, believes that the Māori language is dying and kura is the only way to keep it alive.
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The Māori language revival is a movement to promote, reinforce and strengthen the use of the Māori language (te reo Māori).Primarily in New Zealand, but also in places with large numbers of expatriate New Zealanders (such as London and Melbourne), the movement aims to increase the use of Māori in the home, in education, government, and business.
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