Page 2 - 1980 News Clippings

Cultures exchanged

Japanese and Maori learned a little tomo Caves later in the day. It will visit
of each other’s culture at Ngaruawahia Hillcrest Normal Primary School on
High School yesterday when a group of Thursday.
teachers from the Hokkaido are spending The visit was arranged following a
the morning there. former Ngaruawahia High School head
The Japanese teachers are having a girl’s trip to Japan in 1977 on an ex-
first-hand look at New Zealand Schools change scholarship. Christine Haultain
this week as part of their in-service train- now works in Auckland for the travel
ing organised by the national Japanese company conducting the tour.
education board. About half of the group are primary

The thirty teachers were welcomed to school teachers and the rest are interme-
the school by its culture group who sang diate and high school teachers.
modern and traditional action songs and Questionnaires completed by the host
performed a haka. schools will give the group details of the
In return the Japanese group pre- curriculum and organisation of the
sented the school with an assortment of schools it visits.
traditional hand-crafted items. Above, Hoko Katipa and Manaia Te

The group toured the school to see Wiata teach Japanese Board representa-
classes in action and left to visit the Wai- tive Takeshi Tobita parts of the haka.