Te Wharekura o Arowhenua | |
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734 Tweed Street , New Zealand | |
Coordinates | 46°24′57″S 168°23′32″E / 46.4158°S 168.3922°E |
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Type | Composite School |
School district | Newfield |
Ministry of Education Institution no. | 4217 |
Principal | Gary Davis |
Grades | Years 1–15 |
School roll | 190 [1] (February 2024) |
Hours in school day | 6 |
Socio-economic decile | 2F. [2] |
Website |
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Te Wharekura o Arowhenua is a Māori high school (wharekura) located in Invercargill, New Zealand, teaching students from year 1–15 (aged around 5 to 18 years old). [3] The school has 190 [1] pupils, all of whom are Māori.
The school is one of the various schools funded by the New Zealand government's free and healthy schools lunch programme. [4] The principal of the school, Gary Davis, believes that the Māori language is dying and kura is the only way to keep it alive. [5]
In 2018, 81.8% of students leaving had attained NCEA Level 1, compared to the regional average of 91.0% and national average of 88.8%, other Decile 2 schools also had an average of 83.4%. [6]
In 2018, 72.2% of students leaving had attained NCEA Level 2, this is a 10.6% decrease compared to 2017, when 83.3% of leaving students had attained NCEA Level 2. [7]
The regional average of 79.6% and national average of 79.4%, other Decile 2 schools also had an average of 71.8%. [7]
In 2018, 63.6% of students leaving had attained NCEA Level 3, this is a 19.7% decrease compared to 2017, when 83.3% of leaving students had attained NCEA Level 3. [8]
The regional average of 46.7% and national average of 53.7%, other Decile 2 schools also had an average of 41.5%. [8]
In 2018, there were no stand-downs, [9] suspensions [10] or exclusions. [11]
In December 2019 some students from the school attended Wiki Ha, a Māori sporting event held in Kaitaia that gave kura kids all over New Zealand the chance to experience traditional Māori sporting games. [13]