Te Wharekura o Arowhenua is a MÃÂori high school (wharekura) located in Invercargill, New Zealand, teaching students from year 1âÂÂ13 (aged around 5 to 18 years old). The school has pupils, all of whom are MÃÂori.
The school is one of the various schools funded by the New Zealand government's free and healthy schools lunch programme. The principal of the school, Gary Davis, believes that the MÃÂori language is dying and kura is the only way to keep it alive.
In 2018, 81.8% of students leaving had attained NCEA Level 1, compared to the regional average of 91.0% and national average of 88.8%, other Decile 2 schools also had an average of 83.4%.
In 2018, 72.2% of students leaving had attained NCEA Level 2, this is a 10.6% decrease compared to 2017, when 83.3% of leaving students had attained NCEA Level 2.
The regional average of 79.6% and national average of 79.4%, other Decile 2 schools also had an average of 71.8%.
In 2018, 63.6% of students leaving had attained NCEA Level 3, this is a 19.7% decrease compared to 2017, when 83.3% of leaving students had attained NCEA Level 3.
The regional average of 46.7% and national average of 53.7%, other Decile 2 schools also had an average of 41.5%.
In 2018, there were no stand-downs, suspensions or exclusions.
In December 2019 some students from the school attended Wiki Ha, a MÃÂori sporting event held in Kaitaia that gave kura kids all over New Zealand the chance to experience traditional MÃÂori sporting games.