A school, typically one where lessons are conducted in Maori.
five new kura are approved each year by the Ministry of Education
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After an initial surge of enrolments in kohanga and kura, enthusiasm among Maori has waned.
There is no access for Maori children to kura in a large part of the city where Maori children live.
Police this morning confirmed being called to the incident, saying the students and the female teacher involved were from the kura.
While billboard vandalism had not been a huge problem in Tukituki this election, Mr Smith confirmed police would be talking to staff at the Kura.
It's further evidence that smaller class sizes in those kura work well for Maori students.
We already have a number of different types of schools operating in New Zealand, such as kura, religious schools, single-sex schools, private schools and co-ed schools.
The kura had a policy of seeking parental permission before its students could talk to police.
I have hope for my mokopuna and Maori kids at kura throughout Aotearoa, for they have a joy and a passion for being Maori that simply did not exist when I was a kid.
This sounds astonishingly like it might be sound logic, making nonsense of what the kura leaders are saying.
The majority of children at the kura are Ngati Hine children.