Welcome to
Rangipō

Rangipō is our senior learning hub for Year 9 – 13 students. Rangipō is a sacred site where the Ngātamawāhine stream meets the Rangitāiki. This is where the eels would congregate before they departed for the Tongan trench to spawn. Rituals were performed by our Ngāti Manawa pakeke with tangi and karakia to farewell the tuna who would never again return. Auē taukuri ē!

Subjects offered are: English, Food Technology, Hard Materials Technology, Hospitality, Mathematics, Music, PE/Health, Science, Social Sciences, Te Reo Māori, and Visual Art.

Students chosen by their Literacy and Numeracy teachers can sit the Common Assessment Activities.  These are mandatory, externally assessed digital exams required for the 20-credit NCEA Literacy and Numeracy co-requisite. Students must pass three CAAs—reading, writing, and numeracy—to achieve any level of NCEA. The exams are designed to be completed in one session.  Students from the Year 9 and 10 are invited to sit these. 

Year 9

Year 9 students at Murupara Area School study English, Health & Physical Education, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Technology which includes Food Technology, Hard Materials, Te Reo Māori, Visual Arts and Music.

Year 10

At Murupara Area School, the Year 10 Curriculum not only meets the requirements of the New Zealand Curriculum (NZC), it supports the development of students in a rapidly changing world.

Our focus is to prepare them for Year 11 and NCEA, consolidating Level 5 and working towards success with Level 6 of the curriculum. The majority of Year 10 will sit the Common Assessment Activities.  Students must pass three CAAs—reading, writing, and numeracy—to achieve any level of NCEA.

Year 11, 12 and 13 sit NCEA Level 1, 2 and 3.