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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 27, 2020 4:36:43 GMT 12
NEW FUND TO SUPPORT MĀORI BOARDING SCHOOLSLabour will recognise the important role our Māori boarding schools play in growing our future Māori leaders by committing $20 million to a fund designed to provide them with financial support to continue to house, educate and manaaki rangatahi in their care. Only four Māori boarding schools remain in Aotearoa; Hukarere College, St Joseph’s Maori Girls’ College and Te Aute College in Hawke’s Bay (Ikaroa-Rāwhiti) and Hato Pāora College in Feilding (Te Tai Hauāuru). Labour’s Ikaroa-Rāwhiti candidate Meka Whaitiri said these schools carry on a tradition that has grown many great Māori leaders. “The rangatahi who attend these schools live and breathe tikanga, reo and develop a sense of whanaungatanga that can only be achieved inside these unique institutions....... www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2009/S00394/new-fund-to-support-maori-boarding-schools.htm
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