Hauturu, Waikato

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Hauturu is a village near the eastern shores of the Kawhia Harbour, in the Otorohanga District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. [1]

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The local Rākaunui Marae is a meeting ground for the Ngāti Maniapoto hapū of Kerapa, Takiari and Te Waha, and the Waikato Tainui hapū of Ngāti Ngutu and Ngāti Paretekawa. [2] It includes the Moanakahakore meeting house. [3]

Education

Hauturu School is a Year 1–8 co-educational state primary school. [4] It is a decile 3 school with a roll of as of March 2022. [5] [6] It was founded in 1918, [7] though Awaroa School got an Education Ministry grant from 1910. [8] The school, which was also known as Awaroa School, [9] was described as being made of packing cases [10] before it was rebuilt in 1924. [11]

Te Koraha

A request to extend Hauturu Road up the Awaroa valley was made by the new settlers in 1905. [12] Te Koraha School was open from at least 1911 [13] to 1935. It was about 12km12 km (7.5 mi) up the Awaroa valley. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ Hariss, Gavin. "Hauturu, Waikato". topomap.co.nz. NZ Topo Map.
  2. ↑ "Māori Maps". maorimaps.com. Te Potiki National Trust.
  3. ↑ "Te Kāhui Māngai directory". tkm.govt.nz. Te Puni Kōkiri.
  4. ↑ "Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.
  5. ↑ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  6. ↑ "Education Review Office Report". ero.govt.nz. Education Review Office.
  7. ↑ "Hauturu School" (PDF). 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ↑ "Local and General. KAWHIA SETTLER AND RAGLAN ADVERTISER". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 22 April 1910. Retrieved 26 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ↑ Parliament, New Zealand (1923). Parliamentary Debates.
  10. ↑ "WAIKATO M.P. ON TOUR. WAIPA POST". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 19 May 1923. Retrieved 26 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ↑ "LOCAL AND GENERAL. KAWHIA SETTLER AND RAGLAN ADVERTISER". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 10 October 1924. Retrieved 26 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ↑ "CROWN LANDS: REPORT OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON LAND-TENURE, LAND-SETTLEMENT, AND OTHER MATTERS AFFECTING THE CROWN LANDS OF THE COLONY: TOGETHER WITH MINUTES OF EVIDENCE". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 1905. Retrieved 26 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ↑ "APPENDIX E: PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 1911. Retrieved 26 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ↑ "1:63360 map Kawhia". www.mapspast.org.nz. 1935. Retrieved 26 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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