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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
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu [a] is a hill near Pōrangahau, south of Waipukurau, in southern Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. The summit of the hill is 305 metres (1,001 ft) above sea level.
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).
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 Miro School. Te Miro School is a co-educational state primary school located in Te Miro Village. [23] [24] The school was built in 1920. [25] It currently has three classes: a junior class (years 0–2 named "Rata"), an intermediate class (years 3-4 named "Kowhai") and a senior class (years 5–8 named "Rimu"). The combined roll is 50 as of ...
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.
Hato Paora College is a Catholic, Māori Boys' Boarding school located near Cheltenham, Feilding, New Zealand. It was founded in 1947 under the leadership of Marist Priest, Isaac J Gupwell. It is the largest Boys' Maori Boarding Secondary School in New Zealand.
The first education in Waiohau was provided by Presbyterian missionaries. [4] A school opened in Waiohau in May 1918. [5] [6]A memorial was installed at the school after World War II, honouring the 28th Māori Battalion soldier Paora Rua, who was killed in Crete on 23 May 1941. [7]