Education & Training
Early Childhood
Te Kōhanga Reo ō Hoani Waititi
Phone: 09 818 8915
Email: whanau@k02c004.kohanga.ac.nz
Location: Glen Eden
Local board: Auckland
Kōhanga Reo is an early childhood education and care (ECE) centre where all education and instruction is delivered in te reo Māori (Māori language). At Kōhanga Reo mokopuna (children) are totally immersed in Māori language and tikanga (culture) from birth through to the age of six.
Te Kōhanga Reo ō Kākāriki
Phone: 09 8131412
Email: kohangakakariki@gmail.com
Location: Glen Eden East
Local board:
Te Kōhanga Reo ō Ngākau Mahana
Phone: 09 8360507
Email: whanau@k02c026.kohanga.ac.nz
Location: Henderson
Local board: Hsn-Massey
Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust
Phone: 0272 175182
Email: info@kohanga.ac.nz
Location: Waitakere
Local board: Waitakere
Te Kōhanga Reo ō he Maungārongo
Phone: 09 4164720
Email: whanau@k02c031.kohanga.ac.nz
Location: Massey
Local board: Hsn-Massey
Te Puna Reo ō Manawanui
Phone: 09 8349336
Email: puna_reo@xtra.co.nz
Location: Te Atatu Peninsula
Local board: Hsn-Massey
Puna Reo is a total immersion te reo Māori early childhood education option that is funded by MOE.
Te Reo Tohu Aroha
Phone: 0222264798
Email: whanau@k02c009.kohanga.ac.nz
Location: Glen Eden
Local board: Waitakere
Te Rito ō Waipareira Early Childhood Bi-lingual Centre
Phone: 09 8377120
Email: sherylmax@gmail.com
Location: Henderson
Local board: Hsn-Massey
Early childhood centre for pre-schoolers with a focus on bilingual language delivery 6mths-5yrs.
Education Support
Te Whānau ō Waipareira
Phone: 09 83666 83
Email: referrals@waiwhānau.com
Location: Henderson
Local board: Hsn-Massey
Bi-lingual Primary
Birdwood School, Te Puawaitanga Bilingual
Phone: 09 833 8479
Email: jenny@birdwood.school.nz
Location: Ranui
Local board: Hsn-Massey
Level 3 Bilingual Unit
Henderson South Primary
Phone: 09 8388766
Email: principal@hendersonsouth.school.nz
Location: Henderson
Local board: Hsn-Massey
Bilingual
Ranui School
Phone: 09 833 6286
Email: principal@ranui.school.nz
Location: Ranui
Local board: Hsn-Massey
Bilingual Whanau – 3x classes
Rosebank School
Phone: 09 828 6319
Email: paul@rosebank.school.nz
Location: Avondale
Local board: Whau
Total immersion & bilingual
Kura Kaupapa Māori
KKM ō Hoani Waititi Marae
Phone: 098182323/ 0272212010
Email: shane.white@hoaniwaititi.school.nz
Location: Glen Eden
Local board: Waitakere
Total immersion te reo Māori composite school following the philosophy of Te Aho Matua (a Māori education philosophy that KKM operate under)
KKM o Kotuku
Phone: 09 8322911
Email: tari@tekotuku.school.nz
Location: Ranui
Local board: Hsn-Massey
Total immersion te reo Māori composite school following the philosophy of Te Aho Matua (a Māori education philosophy that KKM operate under)
Henderson Intermediate
Bilingual Units Intermediate
Phone: 09 8388 529
Email: hone.tobin@hendersonint.school.nz
Location: Henderson
Local board: Hsn-Massey
Bilingual and total immersion options
Kelston Intermediate
Phone: 09 818 5544
Email: philg@kelstonint.school.nz
Location: Kelston
Local board: Whau
Bilingual
Middle School West Auckland
Phone: 09 972 1744
Email: admin@westauckland.school.nz
Location: Henderson
Local board: Hsn-Massey
Kura Hourua
Mainstream Secondary Schools (Kura Auraki)
Avondale College
Phone: 09 828 7024
Email: wtn@avcol.school.nz
Location: Avondale
Local board: Whau
Henderson High School
Phone: 02102508642
Email: raugust@hhs.school.nz
Location: Henderson
Local board: Hsn-Massey
Te Reo programme and Kapa Haka.
Waitakere College
Phone: 09 836 7890
Email: sn@waitakerecollege.school.nz
Location: Henderson
Local board: Hsn-Massey
Te Reo programme and Kapa Haka.
Kelston Deaf Education Centre
Phone: 09 827 4859
Email: kdec@deafeducation.nz
Location: Kelston
Local board: Whau
KDEC has a programme for Māori students to learn about te reo me ona tikanga. This is marae based learning supported by deaf Māori staff.
Kelston Girls College
Phone: 09 827 6063
Email: p.nepe@kelstongirls.school.nz
Location: Kelston
Local board: Whau
Te Reo programme and Kapa Haka.
Kelston Boys High School
HOD Māori
Phone: 09 818 6185
Email: b.henry@kbhs.school.nz
Location: Kelston
Local board: Whau
Te Reo programme and Kapa Haka.
Liston College
Phone: 09 8389350
Email: info@liston.school.nz
Location: Henderson
Local board: Hsn-Massey
Provides specialised mentoring to Year 11, 12.13 Māori Students.
Rutherford College
Phone: 021 751 451
Email: kingl@rutherford.school.nz
Location: Te Atatu Peninsula
Local board: Hsn-Massey
We provide a reo programme, a Māori Performing Arts Academy and Kapa Haka.
Te Whare Kura o Hoani Waititi Marae
Phone: 098182323/ 0272212010
Email: shane.white@hoaniwititi.school.nz
Location: Glen Eden
Local board: Waitakere
The progression from primary school level at Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Hoani Waititi Marae, to secondary education following the philosophy of Te Aho Matua (a Māori education philosophy that KKM operate under)
Green Bay High School/Te Kura Auraki o Kākāriki
Phone: 09 817 8173
Email: sharon.muru@greenbayhigh.school.nz
Location: Green Bay
Local board: Whau
Offers te reo Māori – Year 9 to Year 13
Introduction to kapa haka
Alternative Education
Te Ukaipo Mercy Initiatives (Te Kupenga)
Phone: 098337005
Email: environmentnav@teukaipo.org.nz
Location: Glen Eden
Local board: Waitakere
We provide an alternative education forum based on a kaupapa Māori approach which incorporates working holistically with the tauira and involving whānau.
Community Education
Whau ACE
Phone: 09 827 6748
Email: theresa@whauace.co.nz
Location: New Lynn
Local board: Whau
We provide learning opportunities and work with individuals, family and community to help broker access to further learning with us or other services/courses.
Tertiary
Te Wānanga O Aotearoa
Phone: 0800 355 553
Email: tataupounamu@twoa.ac.nz
Location: Henderson
Local board: Hsn-Massey
Contact the Henderson site to find out what courses are available in Waitākere.
Te Whare Wānanga ō Awanuiārangi
Phone: Waititi Classes 0279225137
Email: novi.marikena@wananga.ac.nz
Location: Glen Eden
Local board: Waitakere
Te Pōkaitahi Reo (Rumaki, Reo Rua)(Levels 3 & 4)
This qualification is intended for learners who have an advanced-intermediate level of understanding and ability in the use of te reo. Delivered two nights a week at Hoani Waititi Marae.
Phone: 0508 926264
Email: enquiries@wananga.ac.nz
Location: Glen Eden
Local board: Waitakere
This programme is for learners who have a basic understanding and ability in the use of te reo Māori and have a desire to communicate with little support in familiar everyday contexts, and in Māori environments where they feel comfortable. Level 1&2 in Playhouse Glen Eden.
Training
Wai Tech
Phone: 0800 942 924
Email: wai-tech@waiwhanau.com
Location: Henderson
Local board: Hsn-Massey
We offer the Whānau Ora Diploma (Level 5). A work based programme offered part time over 2 years.
The Village: Community Services Trust
Phone: 09 828 6520
Email: maliena@villagetrust.co.nz
Location: Avondale
Local board: Whau
Provides foundation-level education and training (Level 2-4) within the Auckland region. Based in West and Central Auckland, the Academy aims to transition students with low or nil qualifications into employment or further vocational or tertiary training. The sports programme combines practical sports skills and training with an academic component (certificate level) with a specific focus on life skills, leadership and aspiration building.