A Christchurch Maori immersion school is finally getting a new home, after a 16-year battle with the Ministry of Education over leaky classrooms
A Christchurch Maori immersion school is finally getting a new home, after a 16-year battle with the Ministry of Education over leaky classrooms
7 October 2025
Te Whanau Tahi's current site on Lyttelton Street was built on a former landfill and ranked low on the rebuild list after the city's earthquakes.
A 2020 agreement to rebuild was later scrapped
The kura kaupapa will now shift to the old Seven Oaks School site in Halswell.
The ministry says it's a safer and more suitable environment that better supports the educational and cultural needs of the school.
A timeline has still to be confirmed.
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