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{{Short description|School in Christchurch, New Zealand}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}}
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{{Infobox school
| name        = Tamariki School
| seal_image  = 
| motto       = know thyself
| type        = State, Co-educational, Primary
| established = 1966
| address     = 86 St Johns Street,<br>Christchurch,<br>New Zealand
| coordinates = {{coord|-43.5467|172.6895|region:NZ-CAN_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
| principal   = Blake Michell
| roll        = {{NZ school roll data|4143|y||y}} <small>({{NZ school roll data|||y}})</small>
| decile      = 4<ref>[http://www.minedu.govt.nz/web/downloadable/dl7698_v1/decile-changes-2007-2008-web-state-s-integ.xls Decile change 2007 to 2008 for state & state integrated schools]</ref>
| MOE         = 4143
| homepage    = [http://www.tamariki.school.nz/ www.tamariki.school.nz]
}}
[[File:Tamariki School.JPG|thumb|School sign]]
'''Tamariki School''' is the oldest '[[free school movement|free school]]' in New Zealand and one of the oldest in the world.{{cn|date=July 2024}} It was founded in 1966 by a group of parents and teachers interested in preventive [[mental health]]. It is located in the [[Christchurch]] suburb of [[Woolston, New Zealand|Woolston]].

Its name is the [[Māori people|Māori]] word for young children.

==Special character==
Mistakes are regarded as important learning information and grading is never done. No adult has the right to demand to see the child’s work and such access is always under the child's control. The children also have a very large measure of control over the environment; the adults in the school defer their need for a tidy environment to the child’s need to experience cause and effect; to experience why order is desirable.

The school is loosely modelled on [[Summerhill School]].

Originally a private school, owned and operated by the parents, Tamariki integrated into the state system as a [[State-integrated school|special character school]] in 1990.

== History ==
The Tamariki School was formed in 1966 by a group of parents and teachers who owned and operated the school, the school was formally opened in 1967. This group became the Proprietor of Tamariki School, and entered into an integration agreement with the Ministry of Education in 1990, to operate a state integrated primary school with a Special Character under the Private Schools Conditional Integration Act 1975. In 2017 Tamariki Celebrated its 50th Jubilee.{{cn|date=September 2024}}

==Notes==
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==External links==
* {{official website|http://www.tamariki.school.nz/}}
* [https://www.tamariki.org.nz/ Proprietor Website]

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{{Schools in Canterbury}}
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[[Category:Alternative schools]]
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[[Category:Primary schools in Christchurch]]
[[Category:1966 establishments in New Zealand]]