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The opening of the school’s Wharekai, Te Rongopai, and the reawakening of its marae, Te Ea Whakawaia, was also acknowledged at the dawn blessing.

The new Ng huia block includes a dance studio and a music studio, along with recording studio and break-out music practice rooms.

When term two begins on 24 April, Ng huia will also become the home of the school’s Wharekura – Te Kura Matua o Wainuiomata.

The Wharekura’s courses are focused on a M ori perspective, and have three main aims.

These aims are: ori; ori

(M ori customary practices); and ori (the M ori world view).

The learning is in two environments. One is total immersion, where students spend all their day learning in Te Reo M ori, and the other is bilingual, where both English and Te Reo are the languages of instruction.

“It was such an honour to be part of the dawn blessing and official opening of our next new block, Ngahuia,” says Wainuiomata High School’s Principal, Janette Melrose.

“Our staff and students are excited to be able to utilise our new Wharekai and we are grate- ful to be able to come back to our Wharenui, which has been inaccessible during the rebuild.

“Thank you to Te Atiawa, special guests, wh nau, community members and students who attended this special event.

“A huge acknowledgement and thanks to our Wharekura students and staff who participated in the opening ceremony,” Principal Melrose says.

The dawn blessing and official opening “was incredibly special to me,” Hutt South MP Ginny Andersen says.

“The energy and excitement of rangatahi was so powerful as the first rays of dawn light shone on the new buildings.”

That demonstrated “ so much hope and potential.

“This investment in our community is long overdue and I can’t wait to see the next stage of the rebuild completed.”

The journey that culminated in the dawn blessing has been a long one.

In 2007 the Ministry of Education began to investigate replacing the Wainuiomata High School buildings.

Plans were made but following the Christchurch and Kaikoura earthquakes the plan to rebuild Wainuiomata High School was pushed back.

In 2018 Prime Minister Jacinda Adern promised that if Labour was elected she would see to it that $24 million was provided for the rebuild. She made good on the promise.

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