TOUR 7 - MAORI MEDIUM

This tour is a special visit to two schools who deliver the curriculum in the Māori language. Te Waka Unua is a brand new mainstream primary school with a bilingual unit. TKKM o Waitaha is a fully Māori immersion school that caters for Years 0-13.  You will be welcomed on to the school with a powhiri (a welcome ceremony).

TE WAKA UNA

Architect: Wilson and Hill
Type: New Build

Te Waka is a new school which opened in 2015 after the merger of Woolston and Phillipstown School on the Woolston site. The school has a large Pasifika and Māori population. There are 6 Māori bilingual classrooms, an integrated Samoan Enrichment Programme and mainstream classrooms. There is a mixture of band new classrooms and refurbished spaces. 

TE KURA KAUPAPA MAORI O TE KURA WHAKAPUMAU I TE REO TUTURU KI

Architect: WSP Opus
Type: The school will have refurbished prefabs

Waitaha is a full-composite Te Reo Māori language immersion school based in Christchurch. The school has refurbished relocatable blocks from the University into spacious flexible learning spaces. Students learn through a mixture of traditional and innovative teaching practices.