Closed schools in the Northland Region

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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
Kerikeri Christian Community School[2] Kerikeri 2005
Orauta School[2] Orauta 2005
Otiria School[2] Otiria 2005
Te Kura o Awarua[2] Awarua 2005
Te Kura o Matawaia[2] Matawaia 2005
Towai School[2] Towai 2005
Waikare School[3] Waikare 2004
Waimate North Christian School[2] Waimate North 2005

Whangarei District[]

Name Area Founded Closed Comments
Breakthrough Education Centre[2] Kamo 2005
Bream Tail School[4] Bream Tail before 1930
Helena Bay School[2] Helena Bay 2005
Hukerenui District High School[5][6] Hūkerenui 1957 1972
Jordan School[7] Jordan 1892 1938
Marsden Christian School[2] Marsden Bay 2005
Marsden Point School[8] Marsden Bay 1914 c.1928
Ngaiotonga Valley School[2] Ngaiotonga 2005
North River School[4] Waipu 1940
Otakairanga School[9] Otakairanga 1949
Parakao School[10][11] Parakao 1912 2000
Puhipuhi School[12] Puhipuhi 1919 1964
Punaruku School[2] Punaruku 2005
Raumanga Primary School[11] Raumanga 2002
Richard Fleet's School[13] Ruakākā 1860s early 1880s
Riponui Pah School[14] Riponui Pah 1895 1945
Riponui Valley School[14] Riponui Valley 1920 1948
Ruatangata West School[9] Rautangata West 1973
Takahiwai Maori Primary School[15] Takahiwai 1899 1973
Tapuha School[16] Tapuha 1893 1947
The Braigh School[4] Waipu 1940
Waipu Caves School[4] Waipu 1940
Waipu Centre School[4] Waipu 1940 became site for Waipu District High School.
Waipu Cove School[4] Waipu Cove 1940
Waipu District High School[17] Waipu 1940 1972 split to Waipu School and Bream Bay College.
Whakapara School[18] Whakapara 1899 1955 The school moved in 1922, with the Whakapara Maori School continuing in the old premises.
Whakapara Maori School[19] Whakapara 1964

Kaipara District[]

Name Area Founded Closed Comments
Albertland North School[20] 1873
Aoroa Primary School[21] Aoroa 1938
Aratapu District High School[22][23][24] Aratapu 1902 1928
Aratapu School[20] Aratapu 1874
Avoca School[20] Avoca 1898
Awaroa School[21] Awaroa 1929
Batley School[21] Batley 1939
Brynderwyn School[21] Brynderwyn 1937
Grahams Fern School[21] Grahams Fern 1952–53
Hoanga School[20] Hoanga 1901
Mamaranui Primary[25] Mamaranui fl. 1960s
Marehemo School[21] Marehemo 1937
Maropiu District High School[26][27] Maropiu 1973
Naumai School[21][20] Naumai 1893 1929
North Wairoa School[20] fl 1875.
Okahu School[21] Okahu 1948
Omaru School[20] Omaru fl 1879
Oruawharo School[28][11] Oruawharo 1928 2001
Parore School[21] Parore 1952–53
Redhill School[29][30] Redhill 1886 1937
Rehia School[20] Rehia 1891
Raupo School[21][20] Raupo 1900 1929 Seemingly amalgamated into Raupo Consolidated District High School,[31] with several other schools.[32]
Rehutai School[21] Rehutai 1947
Taingaehe School[20] Taingaehe 1894
Taipuha School[3] Taipuha 2004
Tatarariki School[29] Tatarariki 1937
Te Pahi School[20] Te Pahi fl 1879
Tikinui School[29] Tikinui 1937
Tokatoka School[21][20][33] Tokatoka 1885 1932
Turiwiri School[21] Turiwiri 1947
Whakahara School[20] Whakahara early 1870s
Whenuanui School[21] Whenuanui 1929

References[]

  1. ^ Creech, Wyatt (17 September 1998). "Commissioner Appointed to Awarua School, Northland". New Zealand Government.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Mergers, Closures and New Schools, January 2005 - December 2005" (XLS). Education Counts.
  3. ^ a b "Mergers, Closures and New Schools, January 2004 - January 2005" (XLS). Education Counts.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Gordon, Charles MacNeill (Mac) (2002). "Education Always a Priority". Pride of the Lion: Waipu - the People and the Place. pp. 191–2. ISBN 0-473-08890-8.
  5. ^ "History". Hukerenui School Years 1–8. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008.
  6. ^ Menefy, Diana (1988). Hukerenui... in the beginning. pp. 2, 55–6. ISBN 0-473-00641-3.
  7. ^ Menefy, pp 2, 72-3
  8. ^ Richards, Judy (1984). Ruakaka (A Brief History). pp. 80–81.
  9. ^ a b "School History". Matarau School. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008.
  10. ^ McDonald, Ronald Derek (1962). Parakao School golden jubilee, 1912-1962.
  11. ^ a b c "List of schools closed since 1/1/1999" (PDF).
  12. ^ Menefy, pp 2, 95-98
  13. ^ Richards, p 77
  14. ^ a b Menefy, pp 2, 67-71
  15. ^ Richards, pp 81–83
  16. ^ Menefy, pp 2, 76-9
  17. ^ Gordon, pp 191-227
  18. ^ Menefy, pp 2, 83-6, 90
  19. ^ Menefy, pp 2, 87–89
  20. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Ryburn, Wayne (1999). Tall Spars, Steamers & Gum. p. 222. ISBN 0-473-06176-7.
  21. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Ryburn, p 167
  22. ^ Cumming, Ian (1959). Glorious Enterprise: The History of the Auckland Education Board, 1857–1957. p. 332.
  23. ^ Ryburn, p 165
  24. ^ Bradley gives the closing date as 1965. Bradley, Edgar Kelsby (1982). The Great Northern Wairoa. p. 44.
  25. ^ Bradley, p 112
  26. ^ Bradley, p 114
  27. ^ "The Te Roroa Report 1992". Waitangi Tribunal. Archived from the original on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 24 May 2008.
  28. ^ Oruawharo School Jubilee Committee 1978. Oruawharo School 1928-1978.
  29. ^ a b c Ryburn, p 168
  30. ^ Bradley, p 132
  31. ^ "POPULAR HEADMASTER". Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 304, 24 December 1928, Page 8.
  32. ^ "Inmagic DB/ TO SCHOOL BY MOTOR-BUS : THE CONSOLIDATION PRINCIPLE IN OPERATION". www.aucklandcity.govt.nz. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  33. ^ Bradley says the school closed in 1928. p 47
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