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Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Takapau, 2009

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Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Takapau, 2009

Takapau’s Māori-immersion primary school serves the Central Hawke’s Bay district. New school buildings were constructed in 2003–4. The buildings are shaped like a kākā in flight and are based on this proverb: ‘The kākā bird that consumes the miro berry will inherit the forest; the man who consumes knowledge will inherit the world.’

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Kerryn Pollock, Hawke’s Bay places – Waipukurau, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/24235/te-kura-kaupapa-maori-o-takapau-2009 (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 19 August 2009, updated 30 November 2015.