Te Awa, Napier

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Te Awa is a suburb of the city of Napier, in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand's eastern North Island.

It consists of a mix of 1920s small railway workers' houses which survived the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake, Art Deco homes built during the 1960s and 1970s, and twenty-first century subdivisions. [1]

The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "the valley" for Te Awa. [2]

Education

Te Awa has two schools:

Residents also use two other schools:

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References

  1. "Once seen as a small suburb, Te Awa has started to take off". New Zealand Media and Entertainment. Hawke's Bay Today. 4 March 2019.
  2. "1000 Māori place names". New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 6 August 2019.
  3. "Te Awa School Official School Website". nbhs.school.nz.
  4. "Te Awa School Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.
  5. 1 2 "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  6. "Te Awa School Education Review Office Report". ero.govt.nz. Education Review Office.
  7. "Napier Boys' High School Official School Website". nbhs.school.nz.
  8. "Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.
  9. "Napier Boys' High School Education Review Office Report". ero.govt.nz. Education Review Office.
  10. "Napier Intermediate Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.
  11. "Napier Intermediate Education Review Office Report". ero.govt.nz. Education Review Office.
  12. "Napier Girls' High School Official School Website". nghs.school.nz.
  13. "Napier Girls' High School Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.
  14. "Napier Girls' High School Education Review Office Report". ero.govt.nz. Education Review Office.

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