End of an Era

Te Ao Hou, March 1968, Page 27

End of an Era The 1967 Centennial celebrations mark the end of an era in the history of New Zealand education. The Minister of Education, acting on the advice of the National Committee on Maori Education announced that Maori schools would be transferred from Education Department control to Board control. The transfer would be complete by the beginning of the 1969 school year. The most important consequence of the School Board take-over, the Minister foresees, is an improvement in the quality of Maori education because existing educational resources administered by the Mr M. Makiha, tribal elder of Tuhourangi, giving the baptismal ring to the memorial bell commemorating 100 years of Maori Schools service. Board will service Maori schools more efficiently than was possible under the Department's control. It is as well, however, to heed the warning continued on page 43 A group of old pupils from Ngati Porou and Whanau-a-Apanui districts pictured with their Arawa host. Haratia Rogers.