Te Awa, Napier Explained

Te Awa is a suburb of the city of Napier, in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand's eastern North Island.

It consists of a mix of 1920s small railway workers' houses which survived the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake, Art Deco homes built during the 1960s and 1970s, and twenty-first century subdivisions.^[1]

The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "the valley" for Maori: Te Awa.^[2]

Education

Te Awa has two schools:

• Te Awa School, a co-educational Year 1-6 state primary school,^{[3] [4]} with a roll of as of ^[5]
• Napier Boys' High School, a single-sex state school,^{[6] [7]} with a roll of .^[8]

Residents also use two other schools:

• Napier Intermediate, a co-educational state intermediate school,^[9] with a roll of, provides intermediate education.^[10]
• Napier Girls' High School is single-sex state high school,^{[11] [12]} with a roll of as of ^[13]

References

-39.5172°N 176.9014°W

Notes and References

1. News: Once seen as a small suburb, Te Awa has started to take off . . . 4 March 2019.
2. Web site: 1000 Māori place names. New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 6 August 2019.
3. Web site: Te Awa School Official School Website . nbhs.school.nz.
4. Web site: Te Awa School Ministry of Education School Profile . educationcounts.govt.nz . Ministry of Education.
5. Web site: Te Awa School Education Review Office Report . ero.govt.nz . Education Review Office.
6. Web site: Napier Boys' High School Official School Website . nbhs.school.nz.
7. Web site: Ministry of Education School Profile . educationcounts.govt.nz . Ministry of Education.
8. Web site: Napier Boys' High School Education Review Office Report . ero.govt.nz . Education Review Office.
9. Web site: Napier Intermediate Ministry of Education School Profile . educationcounts.govt.nz . Ministry of Education.
10. Web site: Napier Intermediate Education Review Office Report . ero.govt.nz . Education Review Office.
11. Web site: Napier Girls' High School Official School Website . nghs.school.nz.
12. Web site: Napier Girls' High School Ministry of Education School Profile . educationcounts.govt.nz . Ministry of Education.
13. Web site: Napier Girls' High School Education Review Office Report . ero.govt.nz . Education Review Office.