Hauturu, Waikato

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]

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 April 2023.[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]

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 12 December 2022.
  6. "Education Review Office Report". ero.govt.nz. Education Review Office.
  7. "Hauturu School" (PDF). 2016.
  8. "Local and General. KAWHIA SETTLER AND RAGLAN ADVERTISER". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 22 April 1910. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  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.
  11. "LOCAL AND GENERAL. KAWHIA SETTLER AND RAGLAN ADVERTISER". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 10 October 1924. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  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.
  13. "APPENDIX E: PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 1911. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  14. "1:63360 map Kawhia". www.mapspast.org.nz. 1935. Retrieved 26 October 2021.

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