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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 12, 2018 17:30:15 GMT 12
DESCENDANTS OF ORIGINAL LANDOWNERS DEMAND HATO PĒTERA COLLEGE BE RETURNEDThe school's future is now uncertain, but the church is exploring education options for the now-defunct Northcote school, including a student hostel at the site. But Kotahitanga Movement Aotearoa spokesman Reti Hohaia Netana Boynton said the school site should be returned to them. Boynton said the land was gifted to The Catholic Diocese of Auckland in 1850 to be used to educate Māori children under a 90-year lease. "So because they've broken the agreement, we want our land back," he said, referring to the Ministry of Education's decision to close the school last week...... www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/106903089/descendants-of-original-landowners-demand-hato-ptera-college-be-returned
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