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Old Ngunguru School

According to the Ngunguru School Centennial booklet, two Maori chiefs, Paratene te Manu and Henare Te Moananui, were the beginning of Ngunguru School.As known by every current pupil of Ngunguru School, in 1869 Paratene Te Manu, on behalf of the Te Waiariki and Ngatiwai people, gifted the property on…

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