WAIOEKA NATIVE SCHOOL
FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS THIS MONTH The jubilee of the Waioeka native school, live miles from Opotiki, will be celebrated on Saturday and Sunday, February 24 and 25. The programme includes a roll call of past pupils, a haka of welcome, to be followed by a luncheon, and a concert and dance on the ,'aturday night. On Sunday there will . be a combined church service in the pa. Fifty years ago the Waioeka Valley was a land of manuka arid fern, and European settlers were few and far between, but there were at that time about 10G0 natives at the pa. The Maoris saw rthe advantage of having their own school, and, with this aim in view, in 1863, the following representatives on behalf of .the people of the pa vested in the Government the site of four and a-balf acres upon which the school now stands: Hira Te Popo (chief), Apera Makao, Wharenui Tuhakia, Wihaka Mataika, Kutupuku and Mauka Rangiha. (hi February 25, 1884, the. school wns opened, the first teacher being Mr. P. iferlihy. Eleven teachers have been in charge of the school for various terms. Miss M. Levert was the teacher for 18 years and Mr. A. A. Watkins for 16 years. The present teacher is Mr. E. A; Boon, who has been in charge for two years,
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18323, 15 February 1934, Page 12
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223WAIOEKA NATIVE SCHOOL Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18323, 15 February 1934, Page 12
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