“We are very pleased it will have four learning spaces, a hall, and new library. We haven’t had a library for five years.”
The Ministry of Education is funding the build and will remove the old building to make way for a new playing field. It was not financially viable to refurbish the old building.
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An aerial view of Arowhenua Māori School – Te Kura Māori o Arowhenua's new 850sq m building.
As the only bilingual te reo Māori school between Christchurch and Dunedin, the new building will cater for a roll of up to 80. The roll is sitting at 40.