Māori women have been the backbone of kōhanga reo (language 'nurseries' where pre-schoolers were immersed in the language) since the first opened in 1982.
By July 2000 there were a total of 11,519 children attending 611 kōhanga reo. Approximately 40,000 children have passed through kōhanga reo since 1982.
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Māori Language Week
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RELATED TO TEACHING PRE-SCHOOLERS MāORI LANGUAGE
Events
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12 August 1816
New Zealand’s first school opens
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29 February 1924
Intelligence tests arrive in New Zealand schools
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27 August 1904
Foundation stone for Victoria’s first building laid
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9 May 1907
First School Journal published
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11 July 1877
Kate Edger becomes NZ’s first woman graduate
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1 August 1987
Māori becomes official language
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20 September 1954
Mazengarb report released
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25 October 1949
Foundation of IHC
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7 April 1856
First state secondary school opens in Nelson
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12 August 1895
Baby-farmer Minnie Dean hanged
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10 February 1967
End of free school milk
Biographies
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George Hogben
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Āpihai Te Kawau
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Henry Williams
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William Colenso
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Eruera Tirikātene
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Hoani Te Heuheu Tūkino VI
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Eva Rickard
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Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana
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Matiu Rata
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Māui Pōmare
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Paraire Paikea
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Āpirana Ngata
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Rangiputangatahi Māwhete
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King Korokī
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Te Puea Herangi
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James Hēnare
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Whina Cooper
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Paora Tūhaere
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Rangi Topeora
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Hēnare Tomoana
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Hēnare Te Whiwhi
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Pōtatau Te Wherowhero
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Wiremu Tāmihana Tarapipipi Te Waharoa
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Te Rauparaha
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Wiremu Te Rangitake
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Te Keepa Te Rangi-pūawhe
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Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui
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Iwikau Te Heuheu Tūkino III
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Te Hāpuku
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Hōne Tāwhai
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Tāraia Ngākuti Te Tumuhuia
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Hirini Taiwhanga
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Pōmare II
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Wiremu Pere
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Wiremu Parata
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Hōne Heke Ngāpua
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Tāmati Wāka Nene
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Te Ruki Kawiti
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Hōne Heke
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Kate Edger
Articles
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Schools and the First World War
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Baby farmers
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Māori Language Week
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Children and adolescents, 1930-1960
Community contributions