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1831

• Spars + Masts sent to Britain

1840

• Timber Industry erected mill on Ngunguru river Waitoi

1869

• church Missionary society project donors were Henare te Moananui, Paraone Kauteawha, Paratene te Manu, Miria Rangioke, Mata te Kurahau, first head master- Mr Stevens, ( the old timers called him Haki Paripari) first Maori students- Tame Haehlae Wellington, first Euro student- Mr Agns Fergusson, first known teacher under education board- Alfred Mason ( claimed it at a reunion in 1956)

• Maori School under the native schools sites act 1880.

1870

• Teaching started, school opened

1874

• Mr Pearce Lanigan bought part of Kopipi block from Maori owners and built another mill known today as mill creek.

• Ngunguru starts to progress export timber and coal from Kiripaka- many Europeans came to live and at times the school became over crowded.

1876

• A letter was sent from Tutukaka regarding the school and was received by government but put aside.

1879

• Alfred Hammond Mason officially took up his post on September 14 1879 as first teacher.

1890

• School become public

1892

• Captain Shoebridge takes the first load of coal down the river.

1895

• 35 pupils- many who rode across the river daily to school.

1901

• Quote from Ngaronua Mahanga sent to the Northern Advocate ( centennial book)

1913

• Mill closes. But there are settled farmers rather than itinerant sawyers

1914

• Tutukaka school opened.

1923

• The first school building was replaced by another.

1931

• Authorities recognised that the little old school was becoming inadequate headmaster-Mr S.L. Stretton

• BOT Archive reported the building substandard and quite unsuited for a grade school.

• No electricity

1933

• Early morning a fire broke out in the schools little woodshed.

1938

• New building is built.

• Old building was sold and was removed to a site at the top of Pukenui rodd.

1940

• Assistant- Mrs V. Donaldson raised money to provide an asphalt playing area group weeks visit to Wellington to explore exhibition and other interesting places. Some children had never seen a train let alone travelled in one.

1946

• J. Maxwell- school acquired a film strip projector a great asset in teaching aids.

1948

• Tippie- tin laws out of existence and new flush toilets were erected- a major improvement.

1956

• A new road was built to access the school so that children were safe.

1883

• Miss Elizabeth Sturge was the next teacher beginning in 1883

1966

• Headmaster Ernest Illingsworth taught movie making.