News from Xinhua Net-- 新西兰毛利部落里建起了孔子课堂

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On 4 March 2016, Maori Development Minister Te Ururoa Flavell (left) and Chinese Ambassador to New Zealand Wang Lutong, , jointly inaugurated the Confucius Classroom at the Iwi school in Murupara, southeast of Rotorua, supported by CI VUW.

On 4 March, supported by the Confucius Institute at Victoria University of Wellington the Confucius Classroom at Te Kura Kaupapa Motuhake O Tawhiuau Ngati Manawa, an Iwi school located in the southeast of Rotorua, was inaugurated. There are 93 students from Year 1 to Year 13, 92 of whom are Maori. The school has had Chinese classes for two years and teachers hope that the opening of the Confucius Classroom will help students in their study of Chinese. All going well, in 2018 the students of Year 13 would be able to select Chinese as a subject in the National Certificate of Educational Achievement, which is the university entrance examination in New Zealand.

Chinese Ambassador Mr Wang Lutong and students discuss learning Chinese.

Students welcome guests with a haka at the opening of the Confucius Classroom at Te Kura Kaupapa Motuhake.

Students learn Chinese through multimedia devices.

CI VUW Chairman Tony Browne and Te Kura Kaupapa Motuhake O Tawhiuau Ngati Manawa Principal Pem Bird co-sign the agreement inaugurating the new Confucius Classroom on 4 March 2016.

CI VUW Director Wen Powles and Maori Development Minister Te Uroroa Flavell at Te Kura Kaupapa Motuhake O Tawhiuau Ngati Manawa for the opening ceremony of the school’s Confucius Classroom in Murupara on 4 March 2016.

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