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Native Schools Act

Native Schools Act 1867 provided subsidies for rural Māori communities that offered land for a school site and contributed to the teachers’ salaries. This was a parsimonious measure, paid for partly by withdrawal or diminution of government contributions to the church-run boarding schools.[i]go to footnote


Footnotes

[i] go to main content Atholl Anderson, Judith Binney, Aroha Harris, Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History, Bridget Williams Books, Wellington, 2014, p. 294.