The return of charter or ”partnership” schools has been dubbed a step backwards by Northland education unions and leaders. However, Act leader David Seymour.
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The principal of a former flagship charter school, Whangarei’s Te Kāpehu Whetū, says she’d consider shifting back as a way to get out from under the Ministry.
Famed Māori Battalion lives on in Whangārei boys academy
29 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Members of the academy s new intake (with Danish-born Tama Hodgson on the left) perform a haka. Photo / Peter de Graaf
Peter de Graaf is a reporter for the Northern Advocatepeter.degraaf@northernadvocate.co.nznorthernadvocat
A Whangārei boys academy based on the values of the 28th Māori Battalion has celebrated its 10th intake in front of more than 800 people at Waitangi Treaty Grounds.
The crowd which included whānau, government ministers and battalion descendants turned out last Saturday to watch a badging ceremony for boys who had passed a tough two-week selection course for the Leadership Academy of A Company.