Konini School
Konini School is a co-educational state public primary school located in the West Auckland, New Zealand, West Auckland suburb of Konini, New Zealand. Established in 1976, the school educates year 1–6 students and has an enrolment zone in place. The school is situated in the foothills of the Waitākere Ranges on an 8.5-hectare site, of which more than half is a bush reserve, a stream and a waterfall with rock faces that house glow worms. This has meant that students are provided with onsite learning experiences that have shaped the curriculum and resulted in projects to maintain the environment. The school has collaborated with the local community and Auckland Council to support these programmes and develop amenities and facilities. Early history The school opened on 24 May 1976 and stands on what was previously a farmlet, called ''Pinehurst,'' owned by Walter Jowitt until he died in 1953. The property was originally an orchard with several paddocks for dairy cows, shelter ...
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West Auckland, New Zealand
West Auckland ( mi, Te Uru o Tāmaki Makaurau) is one of the major geographical areas of Auckland, the largest city in New Zealand. Much of the area is dominated by the Waitākere Ranges, the eastern slopes of the Miocene era Waitākere volcano which was upraised from the ocean floor, and one of the largest regional parks in New Zealand. The metropolitan area of West Auckland developed on the lands between the Waitākere Ranges to the west and the upper reaches of the Waitematā Harbour to the east, in areas such as Massey, Henderson, New Lynn and Glen Eden. The area is within the rohe of Te Kawerau ā Maki, whose traditional names for the area were Hikurangi, Waitākere, and Te Wao Nui a Tiriwa, the latter of which refers to the forest of the greater Waitākere Ranges area. Most settlements and pā were centred around the west coast beaches and the Waitākere River valley. Two of the major waka portages are found in the area: the Te Tōanga Waka (the Whau River portage), an ...
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