Closed schools in the Northland Region explained

This is a list of schools which once operated in Northland, New Zealand, but no longer exist. The list is not comprehensive for schools closed before 1999.

Far North District

Name Area Founded Closed Comments
Awarua School[1] Awarua Extant 1998
Kaitaia Abundant Life School[2] 1988 2023
Kerikeri Christian Community School 2005
Makora School 1894 1896
Orauta School Orauta 2005
Otiria School 2005
Puketi School 1894 1896
Rotokakahi Native/Maori School[3] 1918
Takahue School[4] 1888 1973
Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Rangiawhia[5] 2016
Te Kura o Awarua Awarua 2005
Te Kura o Hata Maria o Pawarenga[6] 1927 2020 Replaced by Te Kura ā Iwi o Pawarenga
Te Kura o Matawaia Matawaia 2005
Towai School 2005
Waikare School[7] 2004
Waimate North Christian School 2005
Whangape Native School[8] 1881 1976 Merged with Herekino School

Whangarei District

Name Area Founded Closed Comments
Breakthrough Education Centre 2005
Bream Tail School[9] before 1930
Helena Bay School Helena Bay 2005
Hukerenui District High School[10] [11] 1957 1972
Jordan School[12] Jordan 1892 1938
Marsden Christian School 2005
Marsden Point School[13] 1914 c.1928
Ngaiotonga Valley School Ngaiotonga 2005
North River School 1940
Otakairanga School[14] Otakairanga 1949
Parakao School[15] [16] Parakao 1912 2000
Puhipuhi School[17] Puhipuhi 1919 1964
Punaruku School[18] Punaruku 2005
Raumanga Primary School 2002
Richard Fleet's School[19] 1860s early 1880s
Riponui Pah School[20] Riponui Pah 1895 1945
Riponui Valley School Riponui Valley 1920 1948
Ruatangata West School Rautangata West 1973
Takahiwai Maori Primary School[21] Takahiwai 1899 1973
Tapuha School[22] Tapuha 1893 1947
The Braigh School 1940
Waipu Caves School 1940
Waipu Centre School 1940 became site for Waipu District High School.
Waipu Cove School Waipu Cove 1940
Waipu District High School[23] 1940 1972 split to Waipu School and Bream Bay College.
Whakapara School[24] Whakapara 1899 1955 The school moved in 1922, with the Whakapara Maori School continuing in the old premises.
Whakapara Maori School[25] Whakapara 1964

Kaipara District

Name Area Founded Closed Comments
Albertland North School[26] 1873
Aoroa Primary School Aoroa 1938
Aratapu District High School[27] [28] [29] Aratapu 1902 1928
Aratapu School Aratapu 1874
Avoca School 1898
Awaroa School Awaroa 1929
Batley School Batley 1939
Brynderwyn School[30] 1937
Grahams Fern School Grahams Fern 1952–53
Hoanga School Hoanga 1901
Mamaranui Primary[31] Mamaranui fl. 1960s
Marehemo School Marehemo 1937
Maropiu District High School[32] [33] Maropiu 1973
Naumai School Naumai 1893 1929
North Wairoa School fl 1875.
Okahu School Okahu 1948
Omaru School Omaru fl 1879
Oruawharo School[34] Oruawharo 1928 2001
Parore School Parore 1952–53
Redhill School[35] [36] Redhill 1886 1937
Rehia School 1891
Raupo School Raupo 1900 1929 Seemingly amalgamated into Raupo Consolidated District High School,[37] with several other schools.[38]
Rehutai School Rehutai 1947
Taingaehe School Taingaehe 1894
Taipuha School Taipuha 2004
Tatarariki School Tatarariki 1937
Te Pahi School Te Pahi fl 1879
Tikinui School Tikinui 1937
Tokatoka School[39] Tokatoka 1885 1932
Turiwiri School Turiwiri 1947
Whakahara School Whakahara early 1870s
Whenuanui School Whenuanui 1929

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Commissioner Appointed to Awarua School, Northland. Wyatt. Creech. New Zealand Government. 17 September 1998.
  2. News: Northland school closing as it can't practise conversion therapy. One News. 12 March 2023.
  3. Web site: About Us. Te Kura ā Iwi o Pawarenga. 31 March 2022.
  4. Web site: School records [Takahue School]]. Te Ahu Heritage Museum. 1 April 2022.
  5. Web site: Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Rangiawhia School (1141) Closure Notice. New Zealand Gazette. Hekia. Parata. 14 December 2016.
  6. Web site: About Us. Te Kura ā Iwi o Pawarenga. 31 March 2022.
  7. Web site: Mergers, Closures and New Schools, January 2004 - January 2005. Education Counts. XLS. 24 May 2008. 15 October 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081015134122/http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/statistics/schooling/directories/?a=7771. dead.
  8. Web site: School Records [Whangape Native School]]. Te Ahu Heritage Museum . 31 March 2022.
  9. Book: Gordon, Charles MacNeill (Mac). Pride of the Lion: Waipu - the People and the Place. Education Always a Priority. 2002. 0-473-08890-8. 191–2.
  10. Web site: History . Hukerenui School Years 1–8 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081014020008/http://www.hukerenui.school.nz/history.htm . 2008-10-14 .
  11. Book: Menefy, Diana. Hukerenui... in the beginning. 1988. 0-473-00641-3. 2, 55–6.
  12. Menefy, pp 2, 72-3
  13. Book: Richards, Judy. Ruakaka (A Brief History). 1984. 80–81.
  14. Web site: School History. Matarau School. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20081014101102/http://www.matarau.school.nz/site/history.htm. 2008-10-14.
  15. Book: McDonald, Ronald Derek. Parakao School golden jubilee, 1912-1962. 1962.
  16. Web site: List of schools closed since 1/1/1999. PDF.
  17. Menefy, pp 2, 95-98
  18. Web site: Mergers, Closures and New Schools, January 2005 - December 2005. Education Counts. XLS. 24 May 2008. 15 October 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081015134059/http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/statistics/schooling/directories/?a=7772. dead.
  19. Richards, p 77
  20. Menefy, pp 2, 67-71
  21. Richards, pp 81–83
  22. Menefy, pp 2, 76-9
  23. Gordon, pp 191-227
  24. Menefy, pp 2, 83-6, 90
  25. Menefy, pp 2, 87–89
  26. Book: Ryburn, Wayne. Tall Spars, Steamers & Gum. 1999. 0-473-06176-7. 222.
  27. Book: Cumming, Ian. Glorious Enterprise: The History of the Auckland Education Board, 1857–1957. 332. 1959.
  28. Ryburn, p 165
  29. Bradley gives the closing date as 1965. Book: Bradley, Edgar Kelsby. The Great Northern Wairoa. 1982. 44.
  30. Ryburn, p 167
  31. Bradley, p 112
  32. Bradley, p 114
  33. Web site: The Te Roroa Report 1992. Waitangi Tribunal. 2008-05-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20081015171119/http://www.waitangi-tribunal.govt.nz/reports/viewchapter.asp?reportID=7DF6E15E-2C4D-4DD0-9E60-50A88FFB48A9&chapter=31. 2008-10-15. dead.
  34. Book: Oruawharo School 1928-1978. Oruawharo School Jubilee Committee 1978.
  35. Ryburn, p 168
  36. Bradley, p 132
  37. Web site: POPULAR HEADMASTER. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 304, 24 December 1928, Page 8.
  38. Web site: Inmagic DB/ TO SCHOOL BY MOTOR-BUS : THE CONSOLIDATION PRINCIPLE IN OPERATION. www.aucklandcity.govt.nz. 2016-06-29.
  39. Bradley says the school closed in 1928. p 47

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