Closed schools in the Northland Region

This is a list of schools which once operated in Northland, New Zealand, but no longer exist. The list is not comprehensive for schools closed before 1999.

Far North District
NameAreaFoundedClosedComments
Awarua School[1]AwaruaExtant 1998
Kerikeri Christian Community School[2]Kerikeri2005
Orauta School[2]Orauta2005
Otiria School[2]Otiria2005
Te Kura o Awarua[2]Awarua2005
Te Kura o Matawaia[2]Matawaia2005
Towai School[2]Towai2005
Waikare School[3]Waikare2004
Waimate North Christian School[2]Waimate North2005

Whangarei District
NameAreaFoundedClosedComments
Breakthrough Education Centre[2]Kamo2005
Bream Tail School[4]Bream Tailbefore 1930
Helena Bay School[2]Helena Bay2005
Hukerenui District High School[5][6]Hūkerenui19571972
Jordan School[7]Jordan18921938
Marsden Christian School[2]Marsden Bay2005
Marsden Point School[8]Marsden Bay1914c.1928
Ngaiotonga Valley School[2]Ngaiotonga2005
North River School[4]Waipu1940
Otakairanga School[9]Otakairanga1949
Parakao School[10][11]Parakao19122000
Puhipuhi School[12]Puhipuhi19191964
Punaruku School[2]Punaruku2005
Raumanga Primary School[11]Raumanga2002
Richard Fleet's School[13]Ruakākā1860searly 1880s
Riponui Pah School[14]Riponui Pah18951945
Riponui Valley School[14]Riponui Valley19201948
Ruatangata West School[9]Rautangata West1973
Takahiwai Maori Primary School[15]Takahiwai18991973
Tapuha School[16]Tapuha18931947
The Braigh School[4]Waipu1940
Waipu Caves School[4]Waipu1940
Waipu Centre School[4]Waipu1940became site for Waipu District High School.
Waipu Cove School[4]Waipu Cove1940
Waipu District High School[17]Waipu19401972split to Waipu School and Bream Bay College.
Whakapara School[18]Whakapara18991955The school moved in 1922, with the Whakapara Maori School continuing in the old premises.
Whakapara Maori School[19]Whakapara1964

Kaipara District
NameAreaFoundedClosedComments
Albertland North School[20]1873
Aoroa Primary School[21]Aoroa1938
Aratapu District High School[22][23][24]Aratapu19021928
Aratapu School[20]Aratapu1874
Avoca School[20]Avoca1898
Awaroa School[21]Awaroa1929
Batley School[21]Batley1939
Brynderwyn School[21]Brynderwyn1937
Grahams Fern School[21]Grahams Fern1952–53
Hoanga School[20]Hoanga1901
Mamaranui Primary[25]Mamaranuifl. 1960s
Marehemo School[21]Marehemo1937
Maropiu District High School[26][27]Maropiu1973
Naumai School[21][20]Naumai18931929
North Wairoa School[20]fl 1875.
Okahu School[21]Okahu1948
Omaru School[20]Omarufl 1879
Oruawharo School[28][11]Oruawharo19282001
Parore School[21]Parore1952–53
Redhill School[29][30]Redhill18861937
Rehia School[20]Rehia1891
Raupo School[21][20]Raupo19001929Seemingly amalgamated into Raupo Consolidated District High School,[31] with several other schools.[32]
Rehutai School[21]Rehutai1947
Taingaehe School[20]Taingaehe1894
Taipuha School[3]Taipuha2004
Tatarariki School[29]Tatarariki1937
Te Pahi School[20]Te Pahifl 1879
Tikinui School[29]Tikinui1937
Tokatoka School[21][20][33]Tokatoka18851932
Turiwiri School[21]Turiwiri1947
Whakahara School[20]Whakaharaearly 1870s
Whenuanui School[21]Whenuanui1929

References
  1. Creech, Wyatt (17 September 1998). "Commissioner Appointed to Awarua School, Northland". New Zealand Government.
  2. "Mergers, Closures and New Schools, January 2005 - December 2005" (XLS). Education Counts.
  3. "Mergers, Closures and New Schools, January 2004 - January 2005" (XLS). Education Counts.
  4. Gordon, Charles MacNeill (Mac) (2002). "Education Always a Priority". Pride of the Lion: Waipu - the People and the Place. pp. 191–2. ISBN 0-473-08890-8.
  5. "History". Hukerenui School Years 1–8. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008.
  6. Menefy, Diana (1988). Hukerenui... in the beginning. pp. 2, 55–6. ISBN 0-473-00641-3.
  7. Menefy, pp 2, 72-3
  8. Richards, Judy (1984). Ruakaka (A Brief History). pp. 80–81.
  9. "School History". Matarau School. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008.
  10. McDonald, Ronald Derek (1962). Parakao School golden jubilee, 1912-1962.
  11. "List of schools closed since 1/1/1999" (PDF).
  12. Menefy, pp 2, 95-98
  13. Richards, p 77
  14. Menefy, pp 2, 67-71
  15. Richards, pp 81–83
  16. Menefy, pp 2, 76-9
  17. Gordon, pp 191-227
  18. Menefy, pp 2, 83-6, 90
  19. Menefy, pp 2, 87–89
  20. Ryburn, Wayne (1999). Tall Spars, Steamers & Gum. p. 222. ISBN 0-473-06176-7.
  21. Ryburn, p 167
  22. Cumming, Ian (1959). Glorious Enterprise: The History of the Auckland Education Board, 1857–1957. p. 332.
  23. Ryburn, p 165
  24. Bradley gives the closing date as 1965. Bradley, Edgar Kelsby (1982). The Great Northern Wairoa. p. 44.
  25. Bradley, p 112
  26. Bradley, p 114
  27. "The Te Roroa Report 1992". Waitangi Tribunal. Archived from the original on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 24 May 2008.
  28. Oruawharo School Jubilee Committee 1978. Oruawharo School 1928-1978.
  29. Ryburn, p 168
  30. Bradley, p 132
  31. "POPULAR HEADMASTER". Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 304, 24 December 1928, Page 8.
  32. "Inmagic DB/ TO SCHOOL BY MOTOR-BUS : THE CONSOLIDATION PRINCIPLE IN OPERATION". www.aucklandcity.govt.nz. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  33. Bradley says the school closed in 1928. p 47
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