A Rotorua primary school has celebrated its Maori heritage with the announcement of a new name.
Otonga Road School will now be jointly known as Te Kura o Tihiotonga, with its new sign officially unveiled on Friday.
The school's kaumatua, Dr Ken Kennedy, joined principal Linda Woon for a special assembly to mark the occasion.
After a haka led by pupils, Dr Kennedy spoke about the history of the school site, which sits on the intersection of four blocks of Maori land in Springfield.
He explained that Tihiotonga meant the "highest peak towards the south of Rotorua": tihi means the highest point of a mountain, o means towards, and tonga means south.