Story: Māori education – mātauranga

Going to school on the East Coast

These Māori children on the East Coast ride to the Manutahi native district high school in Ruatōria, in 1947.

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Reference: Weekly Review 324. National Film Unit; 1947

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Ross Calman, Māori education – mātauranga – The native schools system, 1867 to 1969, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/34879/going-to-school-on-the-east-coast (accessed 26 June 2026).

Story by Ross Calman, published 11 June 2012.