Last week Te Kauwhata Primary welcomed 19 new students and their families to the school family with a Term 3 Poowhiri. Students led the process to welcome the school’s new tamaiti. Attending the poowhiri for their children were proud parents, whanau and new arrivals in Te Kauwhata.
Brian Martin, Te Kauwhata Primary principal says the poowhiri plays an important role in the school’s ethos, with an iuncreased focus on bilingual learning through its new exterior learning space for Ngaa Maramara o Ngaa Muka.
Through this initiative, the school offers a high quality Māori immersion programme (rumaki) growing children’s abilities under the shelter of the Māori language. Children are surrounded by Māori language the entire day, from mathematics and science to arts, haka and physical education.





