Hāwera Intermediate School to close

ANDY JACKSON/STUFF/Stuff Staff and students of Hāwera Intermediate School heard on Thursday that the school will close at the end of 2022. A final decision on what will take its place will not be known until September (file photo). Hāwera Intermediate School is to close at the end of 2022 following a decision by the Ministry of Education to change the way education is delivered in the town. Staff were informed of the decision at a meeting on Thursday morning. Families were given the news via notices and the school's website, and the 300 students were told in the afternoon, principal Neryda Sullivan said.