Editing Granity (section)

==Education==
Granity School opened in 1879 in [[Ngakawau]] and was later re-located to a site between Ngakawau and Granity. In 1901 it had a roll of 100 pupils.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Granity {{!}} NZETC|url=http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc05Cycl-t1-body1-d1-d2-d30.html|access-date=2020-09-10|website=nzetc.victoria.ac.nz}}</ref> The school is a co-educational full primary school (years 1–8), with a roll of {{NZ school roll data|3192|y}} as of {{NZ school roll data|||y|y||.}}<ref>{{TKI|3192|Granity School}}</ref> The natural erosion of the beach, at a rate of {{convert|40|cm|in|0}} per year, is threatening the school buildings, and a [[Levee|stopbank]] has resulted in the school grounds protruding further out onto the beach than adjoining properties.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/7162624/Little-Granity-School-versus-the-sea|title=Little Granity School versus the sea|date=25 June 2012|work=Timaru Herald|accessdate=25 June 2012}}</ref>