October 26, 2023
New Wharekura to spring up next to Homai school for the blind
A new home for Māori immersion learning in Manurewa is spring up next to the school for the blind at Homai.
Te Whare Kura o Manurewa principal Mahia Nathan says Te Pūtahi Māori o Manurewa replaces the cluster of temporary pods behind Manurewa Marae, and will also take in students from Te Kāhui Huringa o Whinireihana ki Manurewa and Te Kura Akonga o Manurewa.
When it opens in eight months the $47 million complex will fulfil the vision set by elders more than 20 years ago.
“It’s been a long wait, but it’s been worthwhile and we fought kaupapa we’ve struggled to get what we wanted. But we hung in there because we believed in the kaupapa and we know that the kaupapa was tika for us for Manurewa. And so yeah, finally our dreams are coming to fruition next year in 2024,” he says