Prudent investments fund Tipene revival
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The chair of the St Stephens Trust Board, Te Ururoa Flavell, says the way is now clear to have the south Auckland Anglican Māori boys boarding school fully restored and operational within by 2030.
The chair of the St Stephens Trust Board, Te Ururoa Flavell, says the way is now clear to have the south Auckland Anglican Māori boys boarding school fully restored and operational within by 2030.
Parts of the school which had fallen into disrepair after it closed in 2000 have been restored and were rededicated last weekend ahead of a new intake of students next year.
Mr Flavell, who was the school’s second to last principal, says his board also met with the St Stephens and Queen Victoria Trust Board, which owns the land and buildings.
“Things have come full circle now the St Stephen’s and Queen Victoria Trust Board has committed financial resources it gets from lands and investments it has had, I’m talking millions of dollars to reset Tipene school and the Bombay site. It comes off the back of a huge number of submissions made over many years – the school has been closed close to 25 years now,” he says.
So far 70 kaitono have applied for the 40 places in the first intake starting in January.