A primary school in which Maori values are taught and Maori is the language of instruction.
kura kaupapa will benefit from a substantial increase in funding
Example sentencesExamples
He talked about his wariness of the Maori language resurgence - he didn't put his children into kura kaupapa schools as he had a deep suspicion of the tradition that comes with it.
The subject of the call was a kura kaupapa (Maori language primary school).
He is welcomed to the kura kaupapa in Whangarei yesterday for the Mana Party conference.
The Kura Kaupapa is one of the first total immersion Te Reo Maori schools in New Zealand and is the only one in the Wairarapa.
Another example is that my kura kaupapa have been waiting for 5 years to get our building.
Relocation, relocation, relocation - one of two kura kaupapa schools has to be given its marching orders
Some libraries are working closely with their local Kura Kaupapa to encourage whole classrooms to take on all eight challenges in Te Reo.
Now 69, he teaches children at the local kura kaupapa.
The pupils at Otaki School's kura kaupapa unit were upset with an angry reply from the Minister.
It may be that a shortage of teachers denied them places at kura kaupapa, and that their use of the language atrophied in higher education.
Origin
1980s: Maori kura 'school' + Maori kaupapa 'policy, principle'.