$102 million boost for developing kura

Budget 2007 will invest around $102 million over four years to provide school property for kura kaupapa Māori and wharekura.

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Budget 2007 will invest around $102 million over four years to provide school property for kura kaupapa Māori and wharekura.

The government's strategy supporting Māori education includes establishing new Māori language bilingual and immersion state schools under section 155 of the Education Act 1989 for kura following the Te Aho Matua philosophy. Under section 156 of the Act, designated special character immersion schools focusing on a local philosophy, rather than Te Aho Matua, are also included.

The investment will cover planning and construction of property at 17 kura and wharekura around the country, including two site purchases, for kura and wharekura already progressing through the establishment process under the Act.

"The funding represents new capital and a significant increase in expenditure for kura and wharekura compared with $18 million capital expenditure from 2002/03 to 2005/06. It would ensure special character schools' facilities met curriculum needs now and in the future, " Mr Horomia said.

"In 2007/08 we will invest $37 million in special character school property, with an additional $65 million expected from 2008/09 to 2010/11. This will ensure we provide world-class learning environments to these students and is a strong demonstration of the government's ongoing commitment to Māori education," he said.

The funding augments other initiatives in Māori medium education, including the recently launched Te Reo Matatini Māori Medium Literacy Strategy and the new draft Marautanga national curriculum statement which is due for consultation later this year, Mr Horomia said.
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$102 miriona te pikinga mō te whanake kura.

E $102 miriona I runga I te whā tau, kua whakahaumitia e Tahu Pūtea 2007,hei whakawhiwhi taputapu kura mō ngā kura kaupapa Māori me ngā kura.

Kei te rautaki tautoko mātauranga Māori a te kāwanatanga, e tapiri ana te kaupapa whakatū I ngā kura reo rua, me ngā kura rumaki kāwanatanga, I raro I tekiona 155 o te Ture Mātauranga 1989, mō ngā kura e whai ana ki ngā kaupapa whakaaro a Te Aho Matua. I raro I tekiona 156 o te Ture, ka tāpiri ano ngā kura rumaki āhuatanga motuhake, e arotahi ana ki ngā kaupapa wkakaaro kainga, kahore ki ērā o Te Aho Matua.

Ka whakamahia te haumitanga mō ngā mahi whakamahere me te hanga taputapu ki nga kura me nga wharekura 17, ki te motu, tapiri atu ki te hoko I nga whenua e rua,mo nga kura me nga wharekura e whakaritea ana I raroi I nga whakahaere whakatu, a te Ture.

" He putea haupu rawa hou tenei, me te tino nui ake hoki o nga moni ka whakapaua mo nga kura me nga wharekura, mena ka tirohia tenei puta ki te taha o te $18 miriona I whakapaua I nga tau, 2002/03 atu ki 2005/06. Ka whakapumau tenei kia tutuki nga hiahia o nga taputapu kei nga kura ahuatanga motuhake inaianei, me nga wa kei mua," I ki a Horomia.

"Hei te tau 2007/08, ka whakahaumitia e matou, e $37 miriona ki nga taputapu kura ahuatanga motuhake, me te $65 miriona I runga atu, hei nga tau 2008/09 ki 2010/11. Koia nei ka whakapumau te whakawhiwhinga taiao akoranga rite ki era o te ao ki enei tauira, a, koia nei ka whakaatu kaha I te piriponotanga a te kawanatanga e haere tonu nei, mo te akoranga Maori," I ki ia.

Ka āpiti atu ēnei pūtea ki etahi kokiri ake mo te akoranga kaupapa Maori, tapiri atu ki Te Rautaki Te Reo Matatini, me te tuhinga hukihuki o Marautanga, tenei ka whiriwhiria hei `a-muri ake nei I tenei tau," I ki a Horomia.