Ngā iti Kahurangi is the te reo name for the Ministry's remote schools programme. The name directly translates to “small and highly-valued treasures”.
This translation perfectly suits the children at Lake Brunner School that left thank you notes for the contractors working at their school.
Messages included:
'dear amazing workers, thank you for making our school better, I really like it'.
'thank you for everything that you did'
'thank you for bringing acoustic panels and new lights, and new security plugs. They were so cool and so safe'.