Southern View: June 04, 2020

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New name gifted
• By Kim Thomas
OAKLANDS SCHOOL has a
new name – Oaklands Te Kura o
Ōwaka.
The new name combined the
school’s original one with a
Māori name gifted by the local
rūnanga – Te Taumutu Rūnanga,
which based at Ngati Moki
Marae, near Leeston.
It gifted the school the name
‘Te Kura o Ōwaka’ as part of an
ongoing partnership with the
school.
Principal Margaret Trotter
said the school was honoured
by the gift of a name, a plant of
local significance, the korokio,
and information about the area’s
history.
“We thank Te Taumutu
Rūnanga warmly for their gifts,
their continued partnership,
and involvement in the
redevelopment of our school,’’
said Mrs Trotter.
The school is currently
undergoing a $5-million-plus
campus redevelopment, which is
scheduled to finish by the end of
2020.
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NEW NAME: Oaklands School in Halswell has been gifted
the new name Oaklands Te Kura o Ōwaka by Te Taumutu
Rūnanga.
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN
Mrs Trotter said the rūnanga
gifted information about the
history of the area and the
significance of the Māori name.
“The rūnanga shared with
us that near our school, the
Heathcote and Halswell Rivers
used to meet. This was where
waka were transported between
the two bodies of water. The
word Ōwaka refers to this
movement of waka.”
The new name and other parts
of the school’s gifted information
will be incorporated into aspects
of the redevelopment such as
signage, the naming of buildings
and landscaping, she said.
Each of the new and
redeveloped blocks have been
given a Māori names. Students
will learn about the history of the
school’s local area as part of the
curriculum.
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She credited author John
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Since then, she had taken part
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US, which has now been moved
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