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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.
Dame Kāterina Te Heikōkō Mataira DNZM (13 November 1932 – 16 July 2011) was a New Zealand Māori language proponent, educator, intellectual, artist and writer. [1] Her efforts to revive and revitalise the Māori language (te reo Māori) led to the growth of Kura Kaupapa Māori in New Zealand.
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)".
The marae acts as a community hub for the Urban Māori population of West Auckland, and is the site of Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Hoani Waititi, one of the first Kura Kaupapa Māori established in New Zealand. Some of the largest annual Waitangi Day celebrations are held at the marae.
Opunake School, St Joseph's School, and Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Tamarongo are full primary (years 1–8) schools with rolls of 178, 108 and 26 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 Harataunga is a coeducational full primary (years 1-8) school [14] with a roll of 22 as of November 2024. [15] It is a Kura Kaupapa Māori school which teaches fully in the Māori language. The school was established in 1996. [16]
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 207. [40]
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.