Maori boys' boarding school St Stephens looks to reopen in 2022 15 Dec, 2020 06:35 PM 2 minutes to read Historic Māori boys' boarding school St Stephens nears final steps to re-opening in 2022. Video / Maori TV Historic Māori boys' boarding school St Stephens nears final steps to re-opening in 2022. Video / Maori TV Māori Television Historic Māori boys' boarding school St Stephens (Tipene) is closer to reopening at Bombay. Twenty years after the school closed, its board has submitted a draft application to the Ministry of Education to become a special character school and will now put in a formal application to reopen in 2022 with 50 students. it already has a waiting list of 150 so plans to expand rapidly.