Te Ahuahu’s New School Building
KAIKOHE, This Day. Known as the cradle of native education in New Zealand, the old Te Ahualtu Native School, which has done service to the local community since 1885, is to be closed shortly. About a hundred yards further up the hill on which the present; building stands, a modern, open-air school of two classrooms has been erected. Work has not been completed, but: it is hoped that the building will be officially opened within three weeks, and that the Minister of Education will perform the ceremony. „ A new dwelling for the teacher has been erected beside the school, and this will fill a long felt want. The removal of the old building will remove a valuable link with the district of former years. Situated in a unique geographical position, in that it is in the centre of the northern peninsula, the school site dominates a large area. From the old building windows n glimpse of Hfkurangi Mountain, Cape Brett and other notable landmarks can be obtained. Never attended by a large number of pupils, the school has served a stabilised district, and several generations have passed through it.
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Northern Advocate, 26 February 1940, Page 2
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