Our School

Henderson North School opened in February 1957. Our school is built on the land that was held by Te Kawerau a Maki. A small Māori tribe who recently settled their treaty claims. It was once a kauri forest. The trees were chopped down by John Henderson and the kauri logs taken away down the Whau River and across to Auckland and then across the world, but we still have remnants in our school including kauri stumps under our field and buildings, and occasionally kauri gum is found. The school logo is a kauri sapling, so we keep the memory alive. 

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