The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]
The Towai Public School
The Towai Public School serves a farming settlement, which lies 121 miles to the north-east of Auckland in the Bay of Islands county. The school itself, which has been in charge of Mr. R. J. Harris since 1897, has acommodation for eighty children. There are seventy names on the roll, and the average attendance is fifty-seven. Mr. Harris is assisted by Mr. H. W. Crawford.