Two Hawke's Bay schools will get new classrooms as part of a $1.8 million investment by the government to build five new classrooms at schools in Gisborne and the Bay.
The announcement was made by Education Minister Hekia Parata today.
The two schools are Eskdale School near Napier, which will get two new classrooms, and Clive School in Hastings (one new classroom). Kaiti School in Gisborne will also get two new classrooms.
Ms Parata said the decision was in response to the fact that Gisborne and Hawke's Bay were experiencing population growth.
"We're committed to building new classrooms where this growth is having a flow-on effect on school rolls," Ms Parata said
"Earlier this year, along with Associate Education Minister Nikki Kaye, I announced $4 million for eight new classrooms in Hawke's Bay as part of Budget 2016.