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The school and its people are very passionate about the tikanga and kawa of Ngāi Tūhoe. Guests are welcomed to the school or the community within a highly prioritised tikanga (protocol) and kawa of Ngāi Tūhoe. School activities include kapa haka, manu kōrero and waka ama. Students and teachers are
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attended the school in the early decades. As there was no bridge, they waded the river, and missed school when the river was in flood. Consequently, Tawera Native School opened on the other side of the river on 29 July 1931.
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The school and its educators follow their motto “Ko tā mātau kitenga anamata, Ko te tiketike Tūhoetanga” to encourage and urge themselves to strive for the highest and successful attributes education provides for all.
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The school assembles at their gymnasium every first and last day of the school week to have karakia (church). The school abides by the church of Te Haahi
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immersion school for children up to standard two, remaining bilingual for standards three and four. On 1 September 1992 it became an area school for children up to form seven and the first official
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in 1895. It became a district high school from 1946–47 until the secondary section closed in the 1970s. In 1978 it became New
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