Ko te Kaupapa a Te Kōhanga Reo he whakakotahi i ngā whānau ki te whakarauora, ki te whakapakari anō hoki i te reo me ngā tikanga.
Ko tā Te Kōhanga Reo he manaaki, he poipoi i ngā pīpī paopao ki te poho o te whānau e tū tangata ai i roto i tō rātou ao Māori, e mātau ai ki te reo me ngā tikanga.
Ko te Kaupapa o Te Kōhanga Reo te huarahi whakapakari i te reo, ki te whakamarae anō hoki i ngā tikanga ki te taha o te whānau. Ka hīkoi tahi te whānau me ā rātou tamariki ki te ako i te Kaupapa o Te Kōhanga Reo.
Ko Te Kōhanga Reo tētahi o ngā pou o te Whare Māori o te iwi Māori. I whakatakotoria te Ara Tūāpae a te Kōhanga Reo hei oha ki ngā whakatipuranga me ngā reanga ka hua mai.
Ko Pukeatua te kōhanga reo tuatahi i tuwhera i te 13 o Paengawhāwhā 1982. Mai i taua wā kua neke atu i te 50,000 ngā tamariki kua puta i te kōhanga reo. Kua pakeke aua mokopuna tuatahi rā, ā, ko rātou ngā mātua o ngā mokopuna kei te kōhanga reo ināianei.