He tika ā-ture tāu ki te whai wāhi ki ngā pūranga mōuĀkona ngā kōrero mō ō tika kia whai wāhi ki ngā pūranga me ngā take ā-ture ruarua nei ka kore pea e taea te whai wāhi ki ngā pūranga. Ka taea hoki pea te tono pūranga mō tō whānau.
Ko Te Rua Mahara o Aotearoa te whare pūranga ā-motu o Aotearoa, ka pupuri nei i ngā pūranga a te kāwanatanga me ngā whakahaere tūmatawhānui, mai i 1840.
Kei te herea ētahi o ngā pūranga e pupuritia ana e Te Rua Mahara o Aotearoa. Ko te tikanga, me whai whakaaetanga i te tari kāwanatanga e hāngai ana (ka kīia ko te tari whakahaere) kia whai wāhi ki ngā pūranga. Hei tauira, me whakapā atu ki a Oranga Tamariki mehemea kei te hiahia koe ki ngā pūranga tiaki tamariki e pupuritia ana i Te Rua Mahara o Aotearoa.
He māmā ake te tukanga kia whai wāhi ki ngā pūranga e here ana mehemea ka tuku koe i tō tono ki te tari kāwanatanga, kaua ki Te Rua Mahara o Aotearoa. Rapua ngā kōrero mō te tono i ō pūranga i ngā tari kāwanatanga.
Ka waihanga mātau i tēnei aratohu me ngā mōhiohio nā Te Rua Mahara o Aotearoa.