{"id":627889,"date":"2026-10-12T02:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T02:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/627889\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T02:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T02:52:10","slug":"pakaraka-school-becomes-first-state-school-to-convert-to-charter-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/627889\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakaraka School becomes first state school to convert to charter school"},"content":{"rendered":"
A survey conducted by the trust in May found that more than 95% of respondents supported conversion, while no respondents supported remaining a state school.<\/p>\n
Students will take a hands-on approach to learning about things like food growth, harvest and storage. <\/p>\n
Associate Education Minister David Seymour at a charter school stand-up today. Photo \/ Michael Craig<\/p>\n
\u201cFor example, they might build a traditional M\u0101ori storehouse raised on posts to keep it safe from pests [p\u0101taka] to store k\u016bmara they\u2019ve grown and harvested to feed community events,\u201d Seymour said. <\/p>\n
The model also provides \u201cgreater accountability\u201d, he said. <\/p>\n
It will continue to use the same testing state schools use and must prove its students are achieving as well as, if not better than, comparable state schools.<\/p>\n
A Steiner classroom at Pakaraka School. Photo \/ Supplied<\/p>\n
\u201cFor current students and families, very little will change day to day. They\u2019ll keep the same teachers, school leaders and learning spaces, while the school builds further on the teaching approach that is already working for them.\u201d<\/p>\n
School principal Patricia Simeon said: \u201cThe heart of our kura remains the same. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis is about creating the conditions for tamariki to thrive in a school environment that honours who they are and how they learn best. Our teaching team shares this community vision, and they\u2019ve taken an active role in shaping it. I\u2019m very excited about what comes next.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A survey conducted by the trust in May found that more than 95% of respondents supported conversion, while…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":627890,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[6726,35435,76864,3245,1888,42,43,1067,308215,4062,13672,61,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-627889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-become","tag-becomes","tag-charter","tag-convert","tag-first","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-northland","tag-pakaraka","tag-school","tag-state","tag-to","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=627889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/627890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=627889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=627889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=627889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}