After attending a meeting with dismayed families who have daughters and sons at Hato Petera College Sir Toby Curtis has decided to lead a delegation which will seek a meeting with Bishop Dunn and raise the possibility of a joint strategy. Curtis, an old boy and former principal of Hato Petera College, is a member Read more
The Catholic Bishop of Auckland, Patrick Dunn, has closed the all boarding halls at the Māori college Hato Petera. The hostels houses about 60 of the school’s 70 students and will be permanently closed. The closure of the hostels was first suggested earlier this month, and parents were called to a meeting to discuss the Read more
“I believe there is a future for Hato Petera. What it looks like, I don’t know,” Dr O’Sullivan said. Whether that includes boarders is not clear. O’Sullivan is the chairman of the 12-person Whanau Hato Petera Trust which manages Hato Petera’s hostel. The school recently announced a review of its structure and the model in Read more
The Presbyterian Church’s Māori division has rounded on its General Assembly, accusing it of walking away from its partnership to fund and support Turakina Māori Girls’ College. The chair of Te Aka Puaho – the Maori Synod, Reverend Wayne Te Kaawa, said the General Assembly and Central Presbytery has left the Synod struggling alone to Read more
An Auckland Maori school, Hato Petera, has made the “painful” decision to close its junior boarding facility, saying it can no longer provide a supportive environment. The Catholic school, in Northcote, says it hopes at least some of its Year 9 and 10 students will be able to attend as day pupils until the end Read more
The students at Hato Petera College are taking things into their own hands in an effort to ensure their hostel remains a going concern. The Ministry of Education doesn’t have oversight of school hostels, but it is responsible for their licensing and in extreme circumstances they can revoke them. The ministry has expressed concerns about Read more
A book by the educator and anthropologist Dame Joan Metge was launched at the University of Auckland last week. Tauira – a word that in te reo (the Maori language) illuminatingly means both student and teacher introduces readers to Māori methods of teaching and learning. Tauira is based on extensive interviews with 25 Maori people in Read more
Outspoken children’s health campaigner Dr Lance O’Sullivan is preparing to take “drastic action” at a troubled Auckland boarding school after learning of what he says are serious safety issues. Dr O’Sullivan, a Kaitaia GP who has been named New Zealander of the Year and Maori of the Year, claims Northcote’s Hato Petera College has failed Read more
New Zealand First deputy leader Tracey Martin has accused Child, Youth and Family of undermining Maori boarding schools by dumping troubled teens on them. “They need more support than most young people. So just dumping them on a school and saying ‘There you go, have at it,’ is not good enough by the government Read more
The Bishop of Auckland, Patrick Dunn, has called for a full scale review of Maori education. When approached by the New Zealand Herald about the future of Hato Petera College, he said the church had serious concerns about the falling roll at the college – which is now below 100 – and wanted to do Read more