In New Zealand, Native Schools were established to provide education for the Maori. Te Puni, Māori Chief Māori is the name of the indigenous people of New Zealand, and their language. ...

Until the 1860s, the government subsidised church schools for the Maori. Early missionary schools were often conducted in the Maori language, which was the predominant language on the islands throughout the early part of the 1800s. By the 1860s, three-quarters of the Maori population could read in Maori and two-thirds could write in Maori. The Education Ordinance of 1847 provided funding for mission schools and required them to conduct classes in English in order receive subsidies. // Events and trends Technology The First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States is built in the six year period between 1863 and 1869. ... This article contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... A church building (or simply church) is a building used in Christian worship. ... school, see School (disambiguation). ... A missionary is a propagator of religion, often an evangelist or other representative of a religious community who works among those outside of that community. ... Māori (or Maori) is a language spoken by the native peoples of New Zealand and the Cook Islands. ... Events and Trends Beginning of the Napoleonic Wars (1803 - 1815). ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

The New Zealand Wars forced the closing of the mission schools. The Māori Wars, now more commonly being referred to as The Land Wars and also as the New Zealand Wars, refers to a series of conflicts that happened in New Zealand between 1845 and 1872. ...

The Native Schools Act of 1867 was a major shift in policy. Rather than helping churches to rebuild mission schools after the wars, the government offered secular state-controlled primary schools to Maori communities who petitioned for them. In return for providing a suitable site, the government provided a school, teacher, books, and materials. The use of Maori language for education was prohibited in the schools by the act. 1867 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

James Henry Pope (1837–1913) was appointed the organising inspector of Native Schools in January 1880 and he issued a Native Schools Code later in 1880 that prescribed a curriculum, established qualifications for teachers, and standardised operation for the native schools. The primary mission was to assimilate the Maori into European culture. Maori could attend board of education schools and non-Maori could attend Native Schools, although the primary purpose of the Native Schools was providing European education for the Maori. Throughout the 1900s the number of Natives Schools decreased and Maori increasingly attended board of education schools. 1837 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1913 (MCMXIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... In the social sciences, assimilation is the process of integration whereby immigrants, or other minority groups, are absorbed into a generally larger community. ... // Events and Trends Technology Lawrence Hargrave makes the first stable wing design for a heavier-than-air aircraft Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first documented flight in a powered heavier-than-air aircraft Mass production of automobile Wide popularity of home phonograph Panama Canal is built by the United...

The Native Schools remained distinct from other New Zealand schools until 1969, when the last 108 Native Schools were transferred to the control of education boards. 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ...

See also

• Residential schools in Canada
• The Stolen Generation of Australia
• cultural genocide

The term residential school generally refers to any school at which students live in addition to attending classes. ... Stolen Generation is the term commonly used to mean the Australian Aboriginal children who were removed from their families by Australian government agencies and church missions between approximately 1900 and 1972. ... Cultural genocide is a term used to describe the deliberate destruction of the cultural heritage of a people or nation for political or military reasons. ...

External links

• Maori Language in State Education from the Archives New Zealand
• Maori Education in New Zealand: A Historical Overview Chapter 2 of a Waitangi Tribunal Report