Manawatu secondary school's boarding hostel licence suspended

Checkpoint · Nov 9, 2026 · 3m

Students at a Manawatū secondary school are scrambling to arrange their final classes and exams after the boarding hostel's operating licence was suspended. The sudden suspension at Hato Pāora College, near Feilding, took effect at 5 o'clock on Friday evening. Boarders at the state-integrated Māori boys' school were sent home that day. Reporter Jimmy Ellingham spoke to Lisa Owen.