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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)".
Taewa became a staple Māori food crop before organised European settlement, displacing traditional crops such as sweet potatoes (Māori: kūmara), taro, yams (Māori: uwhi) and bracken fern root (Māori: aruhe) as a primary carbohydrate source. [1] Taewa were able to grow in cooler climates, and were easier to store than kūmara. [8]
The wharenui of the marae is called Ngā Tūmanako. The whakairo of the wharenui was designed by Hōne Taiapa, and primarily carved by Laurie Nicholas [10] While typical marae depict tupuna (ancestors) or traditional stories associated with the area, a different style was chosen for Hoani Waititi Marae, as the marae was not claiming traditional ownership of West Auckland, instead acting as an ...
Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Pukemiro is a full primary (years 1–8) school [36] with a roll of 157. It is a Kura Kaupapa Māori school which teaches fully in the Māori language. Pompallier School is a Catholic full primary (years 1–8) school with a roll of 146. [37] Kaitaia Abundant Life School was a Christian composite school (years 1–13). [38]
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.
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Māori cultural history intertwines inextricably with the culture of Polynesia as a whole. The New Zealand archipelago forms the southwestern corner of the Polynesian Triangle, a major part of the Pacific Ocean with three island groups at its corners: the Hawaiian Islands, Rapa Nui (Easter Island), and New Zealand (Aotearoa in te reo Māori). [10]