Te kōrero o Te Kōhanga Reo | Ngā kākano whakaumu
The story of Te Kōhanga Reo | Seeds of change
Ko te iho o te Kōhanga Reo ko te whakawhanake i te whānau, whakarauora hoki i te reo Māori, ā, ko ngā mātāpono me ngā huatau Māori te tūāpapa. Ko Te Kōhanga Reo te waka whakarea, whakawhanake i ngā mokopuna mā roto mai i te tuku ihotanga o te reo Māori, o te mātauranga me te ahurea i tā te Māori titiro ki tōna ao.
I te hiku o ngā tau 1970, i te kaha te tāmatemate haere o te reo Māori, ruarua noa iho ngā ratonga whakapāho Māori, ā, he nui ake ngā Māori tērā i ngā Pākehā e wehe tohu kore ana i te kura. I kite ngā rangatira Māori tērā ka ngaro te reo ki te kore rātau e tere tahuri mai. I hua mai ētahi rōpū hou me tētahi manawanui ki te whakapakari i te ahurea me te reo Māori. I tū tētahi hui ā-motu ki Pōneke i te tau 1979 me ētahi māngai nō te nuinga o ngā iwi me ngā hapū hai matapaki, hai whakatau hoki i ētahi ara whakamua e mau tonu ai te reo mō ngā reanga e haere ake nei. I tū tētahi anō hui ki Ngāruawāhia i te tau i muri mai.
Ko te hua o ēnā hui, ko te whakatau ake ko te Kōhanga Reo te rongoā nonoi hai patu i te heke haeretanga o te Reo Māori me te tikanga Māori. Kāore hoki i tua atu i te whānau me ā rātau tamariki (mai i te whānautanga ki te 6 tau te pakeke) e ora mai anō ai te Reo Māori me ōna tikanga.
At its core, Kōhanga Reo is a whānau development and language revitalisation movement grounded in Māori cultural principles and ideals. Kōhanga Reo facilitate the growth and development of mokopuna through the transmission of Māori language, knowledge and culture and operate from the Māori philosophical world view.
In the late 1970s, Te Reo Māori was in serious decline, there were very few Māori broadcasting services and Māori were more likely than non-Māori to leave school without a qualification. Māori leaders were recognising the danger that the Māori language could be lost if direct action was not taken. New groups with a commitment to strengthening Māori culture and language were emerging as a response. A national hui was held in Wellington in 1979 with representatives from most iwi and hapu to discuss and agree on solutions to retain the Māori language for future generations. Another hui was held in Ngaruawāhia the following year.
As a result, Kōhanga Reo was identified as an immediate and urgent response to the decline of Te Reo Māori and tikanga Māori. Whānau and their tamariki (from birth to 6 years of age) were seen as the most effective age group to enable revitalisation of Te Reo Māori me onā tikanga.
I te tau 1981, i whakaae Te Tari Take Māori o taua wā ki te whakamātau i te kōhanga reo, ā, i te 13 o Āperira i te tau 1982 ka whakatuwheratia te kōhanga reo tuatahi ki Pukeatua, ki Wainuiomata, i Pōneke. Nō muri mai ka tū ētahi anō kōhanga reo e whā ki Waiwhetū, ki Kōkiri, ki Seaview me Maraeroa i Te Whanganui a Tara me Ōrākei i Tāmaki Makaurau. I te Āperira i te tau 1983, kotahi rau tekau mā rua ngā kōhanga reo huri i te motu.
I ngā tau 1982-1938, i whakatūhia Te Poari Matua o Te Kōhanga Reo, me tētahi tari hēkeretari pakupaku nā Te Tari Take Māori i utu hai āki i ngā whānau ki te whakarite, ki te whakahaere hoki i ngā kōhanga reo. I whakamanahia ōkawahia Te Poari Matua i te 4 o Hānuere i te tau 1984. I tono te Hēkeretari mō ngā Take Māori, a Kara Puketapu ki a Kahurangi Iritana Tāwhiwhirangi ki te tātaki, ki te whakatairanga hoki i Te Kōhanga Reo, huri i te motu, ki te mahitahi hoki ki ngā tarahiti hai whakatipu i te kaupapa.
Te Tīti Tarahiti Tuatahi
Ka pau rā te toru tau, neke atu i te 300 ngā kōhanga reo e tū ana huri i te motu. Nā te angitu o ngā kōhanga reo i whakatūhia ai ngā kura me ngā wharekura Māori, i whakaūngia ai hoki te wāhi ki te reo Māori i ngā mahi whakaako i Aotearoa nei ki Te Ture Mātauranga 1989.
Ka eke ki tōna taumata o te 819 ngā kōhanga reo i te tau 1994, ināianei, 430 ngā kōhanga reo e tū ana huri i ngā rohe tekau. Ko tā Te Poari Matua o Te Kōhanga Reo te waha o ngā whānau kōhanga reo i ngā whiriwhiri me te Karauna. Ka mutu, ko ngā whānau te rangatira o ngā kaimahi kōhanga reo, nā, ko te whakahaere me te papanga ki ngā whānau tētahi o ngā pou matua i ‘Ngā Pou e Whā’, arā, ko ngā pou e whā o Te Whare Kōhanga:
Me noho rumaki ki te reo Māori ngā whakahaere kōhanga reo o te ia rā
Nō te whānau te mana whakatau, whakahaere me ngā haepapa
Te whai papanga ki ngā whānau
Te oranga o ngā mokopuna me te whānau
Nō te 28 o ngā rā o Hūrae i te tau 2011, i tāpaetia ai he kerēme ohotata e Te Poari Matua o Te Kōhanga Reo ki Te Taraipiunara o Waitangi, ka ingoatia ko Wai 2336. I puea ake te kerēme ohotata nā runga i te whakaputanga o te rīpoata a Te Ope Kura Kōhungahunga i te tau 2011 me ngā whakapae whānui mō ngā takahitanga o te Tiriti me tā te Karauna pēhi i ngā Kōhanga Reo i ngā tau ngahuru mā rua ka pahure ake nei. Nā te kerēme i kitea ai tā te Karauna tāmi i te kaupapa nei me te kukume iho ki raro i tāna anō kaupapa kura kōhungahunga, ki raro tonu i te mana o te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga, ka hē i konei tāna mahi nui ki te tiaki, ki te whakatairanga anō hoki i te reo Māori.
I te tau 2013, ka whakaputaina a Matua Rautia, te rīpoata o Wai 2336. Ka kitea e te Taraipiunara ka hē i te Karauna tāna manaaki tika i ngā matea o te Kōhanga Reo hai waka kawe i te tuku ihotanga o te reo me te whanaketanga o ngā whānau nā tāna pūnaha kura kōhungahunga, tāna tukanga tuku pūtea, āna inenga kounga me āna kaupapa waeture. Hai konei kua takahia ngā mātāpono o te Tiriti, arā, ko te mahitahi me te tautika. Ka mahitahi tonu Te Poari Matua me te Karauna ki te kōkiri i ngā tohutohu i Matua Rautia.
Mai anō i tōna whānautanga i te tau 1982, ko te rerekētanga nui o te Kōhanga Reo tēnā i ētahi atu wāhanga o te rāngai kura kōhungahunga ko te whakamomori ki te whakarauora i te Reo Māori. He marautanga ake tā mātau (Te Whāriki a Te Kōhanga Reo), me tā mātau ake Tohu (tohu paetahi nei), hai whakarauora i te reo me te kaupapa whānui.
Ko tētahi wāhanga matua o te kaupapa nei ko te āwhina i ngā whānau ki te whakatipu i ō rātau nā pūkenga – reo mai, ahurei mai, whakahaere mai. I te tau 1984, i ngā rohe kē ngā kaupapa whakangungu tāngata. Ka haere nā te wā, ka oti mai ētahi tohu huhua e hāngai pū ana ki Te Kōhanga Reo, mai i te Taumata Tuarua ki te Tohu Paetahi i Te Anga Tohu ā-Motu, ā, e horapa ana ēnei huri noa i te motu. I āta whakapakaritia anō te anga whakangungu i te tau 2018, ka rewa mai ko te kaupapa karahipi nei, ko He Manu Pīrere – he tuatahitanga tērā.
In 1981, the then Department of Māori Affairs agreed to pilot Kōhanga Reo and on 13 April 1982 the first Kōhanga Reo was opened in Pukeatua, Wainuiomata, Wellington. This was followed by four further Kōhanga Reo in Waiwhetu, Kōkiri Seaview and Maraeroa in Wellington and Orakei in Auckland. By April 1983, there were 112 Kōhanga Reo across the country.
In 1982–83, the Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust was established, with a small secretariat paid for by the Department of Māori Affairs, to encourage whānau groups to set up and operate Kōhanga Reo. The Trust was formally incorporated on 4 January 1984. The Secretary for Māori Affairs, Kara Puketapu, engaged Dame Iritana Tāwhiwhirangi to lead and promote Kōhanga Reo throughout the country and work with the trustees to grow the kaupapa.
Original Trust Deed document
Three years later there were over 300 Kōhanga Reo operating across the country. The success of Kōhanga Reo led to the establishment of Māori immersion primary and secondary schools (Kura and Whare Kurai) and the role of Māori language in education in Aotearoa New Zealand was enshrined in the Education Act 1989.
From a peak of 819 Kōhanga Reo in 1994, there are currently over 400 Kōhanga Reo operating across ten regions. Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust acts on behalf of Kōhanga Reo whānau in its negotiations with the Crown. Importantly, whānau are the employers of Kōhanga Reo staff and whānau management and accountability is a fundamental pillar as outlined in 'Ngā Pou e Whā', the four pou of the Whare Kōhanga:
Total immersion in Te Reo Māori in the Kōhanga Reo daily operations
Whānau decision-making, management and responsibility
Whanau accountability
The health and wellbeing of the mokopuna and the whānau
On 28 July 2011, the Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust Board filed a claim under urgency with the Waitangi Tribunal, Wai 2336. The urgent inquiry was triggered by the publication in 2011 of the report of the Early Childhood Education Taskforce and wide-ranging allegations of a Treaty breach concerning the Crown's treatment of Kōhanga Reo over the past two decades. It was claimed that the Crown had effectively assimilated the Kōhanga Reo movement into its early childhood education regime under the Ministry of Education, stifling its vital role in saving and promoting the Māori language.
In 2013, Matua Rautia, the Wai 2336 report was released. The Tribunal found that the Crown's early childhood education system, in particular its funding formula, quality measures, and regulatory regime, had failed to adequately sustain the specific needs of Kōhanga Reo as an environment for language transmission and whānau development. These failures constituted breaches of the Treaty principles of partnership and equity. The Trust continues to work with the Crown to progress the Matua Rautia recommendations.
From its inception in 1982, a critical difference between Kōhanga Reo and other parts of the early childhood sector is that the kaupapa is driven by the ambition to revitalise Te Reo Māori. We have a separate curriculum (Te Whariki a Te Kōhanga Reo) and our own Tohu (qualification, now at degree level) that support both language revitalisation and the broader Kaupapa.
A major aspect of the movement has been enabling whānau to extend their language and cultural learning and develop other administration and management skills. In 1984, Trust training branches were set up at district level. Over time, a range of Kōhanga Reo specific qualifications have been developed, from Level Two to Degree level on the National Qualification Framework, and these are delivered across the country. The training framework was further strengthened in 2018, with the launch of the inaugural He Manu Pīrere Scholarships programme.
Ētahi kokenga nui i roto i ngā tau
Key points in our history
Te Orokohanganga 1977 – 1990
History 1977 – 1990
1977
Department of Māori Affairs adopted the philosophy of Tū Tangata – aimed to establish Māori cultural values. Kōhanga Reo was one initiative that started from this.
1978
Kaumātua Wānangā
A growing concern about the apparent demise of the Māori language causes alarm and urgent consideration.
1979
Hui Kaumātua
Convened by the Department of Māori Affairs, affirmed the importance of the language for mana Māori.
“Ko Te Reo te mauri o te Mana Māori”
Wānanga Whakatauira
Elders attending agreed that the time had come for Māoridom to take control of the future destiny of the language and to plan for its survival.
An elder stated:
“Whanau ana te tamaiti, me rarau atu, whakamau ki te u, kei reira ka timata i te korero Maori.”
“When the child is born, take it, put it to the breast and begin speaking Māori at that point."
(Ibid) Ref: Government Review Team, 1988:18
Wānanga Whakatauira
A resolution was passed requesting the Department of Māori Affairs focus on language as the top policy priority for that year.
Hui Whakatauira
A resolution was passed confirming the necessity of Māori language retention “through a system of bi-lingual pre-school programmes”.
Te Kōhanga Reo pilot programme established at Pukeatua late 1981, as a total immersion pre-school programme.
Sir James Henare (Te Tai Tokerau) – Chairperson, Tilly Reedy (Ngati Porou) – Secretary and John Rangihau (Tūhoe) formed a small working group that coined the name Te Kōhanga Reo.
January/February
Consolidation of Te Kōhanga Reo policy – whānau the key.
Kōhanga Reo aims to arrest the decline of Māori speaking people by providing a whānau Māori environment in which mokopuna and tamariki are raised in order to foster the child's capacity to speak Māori after 5 years exposure in a Te Kōhanga Reo environment.
March
Memorandum for cabinet committee on expenditure (CCX).
Te Kōhanga Reo approved as a 1982/83 new policy for the operation of 5 Whānau Centres.
Pukeatua - Wainuiomata, Wellington (1) 12 April 1982
Orakei - Tāmaki Makaurau
Kokiri - Seaview, Wellington
Waiwhetu - Lower Hutt, Wellington
Maraeroa - Porirua, Wellington
CCX directed government officials of Māori Affairs, Health, Social Welfare, and Education to provide a report by 28 February 1983.
April
First Te Kōhanga Reo, Pukeatua, opened in Wainuiomata.
May
Department of Māori Affairs, Education, Social Welfare and Health acting on instructions from Cabinet, set up the National Officials Co-ordinating Group whose role was to monitor the progress of the first five pilot Kōhanga Reo.
Ref: Government Review Team, 1988:12
December
50 Kōhanga Reo had opened in the first year, with many more in development.
Ref: Government Review Team, 1988:19
Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust was established to act as trustee of the Kaupapa of Te Kōhanga Reo, acting on behalf of the people.
Ref: Government Review Team, 1988:28
April
83 Kōhanga Reo established through whānau Māori commitment.
Te Kōhanga Reo Trust ad-hoc: Sets up to respond to the needs of Te Kōhanga Reo whānau groups.
May
CCX Interim Report submitted: National official group charged with making final report by 29 February 1984.
June
Te Kōhanga Reo Trust Certificate Syllabus is put together “Blue Book".
Wage Worker Scheme funding allocated Te Kōhanga Reo Logo design.
July
Tū Tangata Wānanga Whakatauira
“Closing the Gap”. Māori language and “The People”.
Proposal: That the Māori people be asked to establish at least 300 whānau centres over the next two years in which Te Kōhanga Reo programmes will be provided for some 6,500 Māori children born each year.
The Proposal was unanimously accepted by the Wānanga Whakatauira.
December
170 Kōhanga Reo now set up.
Ref: Government Review Team, 1988:19
Te Kōhanga Reo Trust - Board Members
Tamati Reedy, Secretary of Department of Māori Affairs
Iritana Tawhiwhirangi, CEO of Māori Affairs Dept
Ruka Broughton, Senior Lecturer Māori Studies Victoria University
John Bennett, Chair Māori Education Foundation
Wiremu Kaa, Director of Māori and Island Education
January
First National Te Kōhanga Reo Hui - Ngaruawāhia - Over 1000 people attended.
Establishment of Te Kōhanga Reo Trust approved “Charitable Trust Act 1957” “Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust”.
Te Kōhanga Reo Trust Certificate Syllabus approved.
June
Te Kōhanga Reo National programme computerised.
Te Kōhanga Reo Trust negotiates partnership with Department Māori Affairs.
July
Te Kōhanga Reo sets up 10 Trust training branches.
291 Te Kōhanga Reo, over 4000 children, 90 proposed to be established.
Hui with Minister of Education.
August
Te Kōhanga Reo Trust meets with the Minister of Māori Affairs Koro Wetere.
Proposed Development:
Consolidation of yraining branches to continue
Te Kōhanga Reo Health and Te Kōhanga Reo Training programmes
Māori language acquisition of Te Kōhanga Reo children to be surveyed and data computerised
Update:
295 Te Kōhanga Reo operating
105 proposed Kōhanga Reo
11 Te Kōhanga Reo licenced under Department of Social Welfare
4500 tamariki involved in Kōhanga Reo
2360 volunteers
October
National Official Co-ordinating group asked by Cabinet to report to its Social Equity Committee on the future development of the Te Kōhanga Reo movement.
Government Review Team, 1988:12
December
269 Kōhanga Reo operating.
Government Review Team, 1988:19
June
$2.5 million from budget $5000 Koha grant to existing Kōhanga Reo and $5000 establishment grant to new Te Kōhanga Reo.
Early Childhood Workers Union speaks to Trust, Trust agrees that the “Union” of Te Kōhanga Reo is the whānau.
53 training branches established, 1022 trainees in Kōhanga Reo.
August
10 Tangata Whenua computers purchased (Amiga), stage one training at the computer centre, Lower Hutt.
Te Kōhanga Reo Trust approves purchase of Aotearoa Broadcasting System.
January
Budget announcement of $9.1 million 1986, $11.1 million 1987, $11.1 million 1988
Te Kōhanga Reo meets at Porirua Aparangi Resource Centre
April
Te Kōhanga Reo Trust Meeting – Poroporoaki Trust Member Mr Ruka Broughton.
May
Trust meets with TVNZ to discuss video and television resources for Te Kōhanga Reo.
June
433 Te Kōhanga Reo
260 Marae based, remainder share Kokiri, community halls and school buildings
Average charge is $18 with approx 18 in each centre
8100 mokopuna attend Te Kōhanga Reo
Strong Kaumātua and whānau support
September
Combined hui with TVNZ, Department Māori Affairs and Department of Education to develop Te Kōhanga Reo programmes and Te Waka Huia programmes.
30 Te Reo Video programmes by N Pewhairangi and K Mataira seen on TV will be given to all Kōhanga Reo and training branches who have TV / Video units.
Te Kōhanga Reo Hui Turangawaewae: Terms of reference finalised by the Social Equity Committee of the Cabinet for a review of the Te Kōhanga Reo movement.
Terms of reference finalised by the Social Equity Committee of the Cabinet for a review of the Te Kōhanga Reo movement.
To describe Māori development and the place of Te Kōhanga Reo within it
To clarify the goals and objectives for Te Kōhanga Reo
To examine and report on the special cultural dimension that may be particular to Te Kōhanga Reo
To examine and report on the extent of whānau commitment and support for Te Kōhanga Reo
To consider accountability to both the whānau / community and the Government
To describe the place of Te Kōhanga Reo in early childhood care and education
To report on the links between Kōhanga Reo and schools
John Rangihau – Deputy Chairperson Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust.
Te Okanga Huata – Deputy Chairperson Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust.
Technology unit emerged – 1st wānanga held at Turangawaewae Kōhanga Reo.
512 Kōhanga Reo now operating.
11 District Taurima Teams established. Local and District Tino Rangatiratanga units established.
Government Review of Kōhanga Reo report submitted.
521 Kōhanga Reo now operating.
Letter from Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust to disestablish local training branches and Taurima support teams.
Department of Māori Affairs devolved.
Establishment of Tino Rangatiratanga training units.
Kōhanga Reo are transferred to the new Ministry of Education.
Property pūtea initiated.
Kōhanga Reo work towards licencing.
Memorandum of Agreement between the Trust, Ministry of Māori Affairs and the Ministry of Education, which acknowledges the autonomy of the movement and the importance of consultation on any new government policies.
Ministry of Education advertise contract to develop an Early Childhood curriculum with “An Aotearoa Flavour”.
Ministry of Education call for tenders to develop ‘curriculum guideline for ECE services’.
Waikato University (Dr Helen May and Margaret Carr) approach the National Trust to join them and develop a curriculum.
Te Kōhanga Reo host the World Indigenous People’s conference.
Te Orokohanganga 1991 – 2000
History 1991 – 2000
819 Kōhanga Reo operating.
The Trust registered with NZQA as a Private Training Establishment (PTE).
First intake of 220 ākonga on the new three-year Whakapakari course for kaiako. Course is funded by the Ministry of Education.
Tino Rangatiratanga Whakapakari training course – pilot with 20 ākonga.
Tohu Whakapakari registered Level 7 on the NZ Qualifications framework.
Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust changed their name to Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust Board.
Dr Tamati and Tilly Reedy provide the framework and concept and name for the new Early Childhood Curriculum which is “Te Whariki”.
Te Korowai developed based on “Peka Matua” and Blue Book syllabus.
Te Korowai signed by Trust Board – John Bennett (Chairman) and Dr Maris O’Rourke (for Minister of Education).
Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust is chartered to the Ministry of Education on behalf of all Kōhanga Reo.
Te Whāriki Professional Development Programme Te Ara Tuatahi o Te Kōhanga Reo (Level 2) and Te Ara Tuarua o Te Kōhanga Reo (Level 5) courses approved by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority. Both are one year courses.
Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust Board Members
Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu
Paton Sir Mokonuiarangi Bennett
Chairman Professor Tīmoti Karetū
Deputy Chairman Kahurangi Lady Rose Henare
Kaumātua Mr Te Ao Peehi Kara
Cultural Advisor Mrs Areta Koopu
President MWWL Sir Graeme Latimer
Chairman NZMC Mrs Iritana Tawhiwhirangi MBE – General Manager Operations
Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust amended to Sir John Mokonuiarangi Bennett, Te Ao Peeh, Kara Atareta Koopu, Lady Rose Henare and Professor Tīmoti Karetū.
Te Ara Tuatahi and Te Ara Tuarua are launched across the country.
Tino Rangatiratanga Whakapakari – Inaugural Graduation at Turangawaewae.
Hui Taumata for Tino Rangatiratanga Whakapakari.
Te Umanganui Professional Development programme.
Te Whāriki official launch by Ministry of Education.
Local and District Tino Rangatiratanga units disestablished.
Te Pātaka Ohanga established.
First scholarships awarded to Kōhanga Reo graduates.
All Kōhanga Reo receive a computer and training is provided.
New revised ECE regulations introduced.
Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust launch 3-year strategic plan.
Whakapakari i te Reo – Kura Reo Professional Development wānanga commence.
Te Orokohanganga 2001 – 2010
History 2001 - 2010
Kōhanga Reo celebrate 20 years.
Changes with funding by Ministry of Education – Kōhanga Reo now classified as parent / whānau led.
Teacher led funding increases – Kōhanga Reo do not qualify for this.
Whānau led funding remains the same.
Triparty agreement signed between Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust, Ministry of Education and Te Puni Kōkiri.
Te Ha o Te Tupuna research project under Te Puni Kōkiri funding.
Current Trustees
Patroness: Dame Te Atairangikaahu
Chairperson: Te Ahorangi Timoti Karetu
Trustees: Tau Henare; Druis Barrett; Heke Huata; Iritana Tawhiwhirangai; Te Ao Peehi Kara; Te Ariki Moerehu; Sir Graham Latimer.
Te Whāriki and Te Whāriki a Te Kōhanga Reo is legislated. Te Kōhanga Reo has its own marautanga.
Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust develop criteria specific to the movement.
Kōhanga Reo not eligible for 20-hour free funding.
Re-licensing under the new 2008 ECE regulations.
New Government, National is appointed and announce that all Kōhanga Reo will be eligible for 20 hours free as at 1 July 2010.
Minister of Education, The Honorable Anne Tolley, established an advisory taskforce on early childhood education (known as the ECE Taskforce).
Te Orokohanganga 2011 – 2020
History 2011 - 2020
Taskforce Report released 1 July 2011, “An Agenda for Amazing Children – Final Report of the ECE Taskforce” (the ECE Taskforce Report). 65 wide-ranging recommendations. The report included adverse comments and recommendations about the Trust and Kōhanga Reo and failed to recognise the nature and purpose of Kōhanga Reo and their Kaupapa.
Hikoi in response to the Taskforce Report “An Agenda for Amazing Children – Final Report of the ECE Taskforce” departs from the cenotaph, Parliament buildings 11.00 am to deliver a claim to file an APPLICATION FOR URGENCY by claimants: Dr Tīmoti Kāretū, Tina Olsen-Ratana and Dame Iritana Te Rangi Tawhiwhirangi.
On behalf of Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust Board with the Waitangi Tribunal office, for the following reasons:
Omissions of the Crown in relation to Kōhanga Reo, in particular concerning the report of the Government’s Early Childhood Education Taskforce.
The potential development of Government policy which would affect the operation and support of Kōhanga Reo.
Waitangi Tribunal agree to hear the Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust claim under urgency.
National Conference – Turangawaewae – 30 Year Celebrations – Te Whakaoho i te pito mata.
Waitangi Tribunal Hearings – Wai 2336 held at Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust Head Office.
Waitangi Tribunal 2336 Claim First Hearing Week – Claimant Opening Submissions.
WAI 2336 REPORT – Released with findings that Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust’s claim is well founded, that the Crown has breached the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi and that Kōhanga Reo have suffered severe prejudice as a result of the Crown’s actions and omissions.
Board Waitangi Claim Report visit to Rohe – presentation of Tribunal’s report to Kōhanga Reo Whānau to consult on the future of Kōhanga Reo in light of these findings and recommendations.
Matua Rautia: The Report on the Kōhanga Reo Claim released by the Waitangi Tribunal.
The Minister of Education announced an independent investigation into the Kōhanga Reo National Trust’s financial controls would be conducted. This investigation was done by accounting firm Ernst and Young. Minister Parata and Minister Sharples have now released the final EY report.
Hui a motu – Turangawaewae – invitation from Kingi Tuheitia to discuss a way forward for the Kōhanga Reo Movement.
“Nga moemoea me nga wawata e” me haere tahi tatou ngā Kōhanga Reo.
Hui will focus on possible models for restructuring the governance arrangements at the Trust.
Te Kōhanga Reo Governance Working Party - Ngā Tuara Whānui is established to conduct a review and visit every rohe in regards to establishing a new trust model.
Members are: Professor Rawinia Higgins, Tania Simpson, Ruka Broughton, Sir Toby Curtis (Chairperson), Dr Kathie Irwin, Dr Cathy Dewes, Ropata Hepi.
Ref: He Panui ki Te Whānau 9/4/14
Ngā Tuara Whānui Report pg 56
Hui Turangawaewae a motu.
Nga Tuara Whānui Review visits begin out to the rohe.
Ngā Tuara Whānui Report – Report findings of preferred Trustee structure from Rohe presented.
Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust Board Roadshow hui – to share findings from Ngā Tuara Whānui Report with Kōhanga Reo whānau in Rohe.
Daniel Procter appointed as a Trustee.
Te Karanga a Matariki Breakfast: A signpost of the journey of Te Kōhanga Reo for the past 34 years.
The Kōhanga Reo o Rotokawa are nominated as 1 of 14 finalists for the prestigious 2016 Prime Minister’s Education Excellence Awards. A first-time nominee and the first Kōhanga Reo ever to be shortlisted.
Ceremony for launch of Te Whāriki a Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust.
Poari Matua Elections (Trustee Elections).
Voting process opens for Rohe to select a trustee to represent the 6 Rohe.
Public notice of the elected Trustees:
Rohe 1: Te Tai Tokerau – Te Raki Pae Whenua, SHORTLAND, Te Waihoroi
Rohe 2: Tāmaki Makaurau ki te Tonga – Tainui, DENNIS, Hurimoana Nui
Rohe 3: Tauranga Moana – Mātaatua – Waiariki – Tūwharetoa , RANGIKOTUA, Te Wheoro
Rohe 4: Te Tai Rawhiti – Kahungunu – HOOK, Matua
Rohe 5: Aotea – Ikaroa – TURIA, Dame Tariana
Rohe 6: Te Wai Pounamu me Wharekauri – TIPENE, Sue
Nōku te Reo, Nōku te Ao – Te Kōhanga Reo Conference – Manawatu Events Centre, Palmerston North.
New Board Rohe Visits.
He Manu Pīrere Alumni Foundation is launched.
Matua Hook appointed as Chairman of Poari Matua.
Wai 2336 first meeting between the Trust Board and Ministers Davis and Mahuta. Terms of Reference are discussed, and negotiators confirmed.
Nōku te Reo Nōku te Ao – Te Kohanga Reo National Conference – Claudelands Event Centre, Hamilton.
Wai 2336 Claim negotiations held fortnightly. Areas of immediate pressing need are identified.
He Manu Pīrere Inaugural Scholarships programme.
The Waka Rauora Reo program has been launched by Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust to support tamariki, mokopuna engagement and participation in te reo Māori and Kōhanga Reo.
In 2017, Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust received $5 million in funding through the then Minister of Māori development, Hon Te Ururoa Flavell. It is drawn down over a three-year period.
The intention of the funding was targeted towards increasing the number of mokopuna and their whānau accessing te reo through increased participation in Kōhanga Reo.
Trust Board Restructure
Daniel Procter – Standing board member, Co-Chair
Dame Tariana Turia – Aotea / Ikaroa Co-Chair
Matua Hook – Tairawhiti / Kahungunu
Waihoroi Shortland – Te Tai Tokerau / Te Raki Paewhenua
Hurimoana Dennis – Tainui / Tāmaki ki Te Tonga
Te Wheoro Rangikotua – Mātaatua / Waiariki / Tūwharetoa / Tauranga Moana
Sue Tipene – Te Waipounamu
Wai 2336 meetings between Trust kaimahi and the Crown officials continue.
Survey (for the Claim) sent out to all Kōhanga Reo requesting information around salary scales.
Tamaariki – Learning and Support Needs for Kaiako working in Kōhanga Reo. Launch held at Hukanui Marae, Hamilton.
Ngā Manu Pīrere scholarship awards.
DIY – Tōku Whare Kōhanga Reo – 1st DIY kaupapa in Kirikiriroa.
Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Kōhao o te Ngira.
Te Kōhanga Reo o Taurangi – Waimate North Te Tai Tokerau.
Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Tihi o Titirangi – Gisborne.
Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Maungakohungahunga – Papakura.
Te Kōhanga Reo o Waitahanui – Taupo.
Te Kōhanga Reo o Hanana – Shannon.
Wellbeing Budget – Labour Government. Kōhanga Reo receives $32 million for 2019.
$21.484 million – to assist with wages due to the increase in minimum wage
$2.5 million – upgrade ICT systems
$8.5 million – property - urgent repairs
Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust Hui a rohe.
Update to Kōhanga Reo on Wai 2336 Claim negotiations and future direction
Prime Minister’s Awards for Education Excellence 2019
On Tuesday 10th September the Prime Minister’s Awards for Education Excellence were announced. There were five categories and two Kōhanga Reo had made the finals. They were Te Kōhanga Reo ki Rotokawa (Waiariki) and Te Kōhanga Reo o Tari Mano (Waiariki).
Te Kōhanga Reo o Tarimano was nominated as a finalist for two categories, Excellence in Engaging and the 2019 Excellence Focus Prize (Māori Medium Education). Although they did not win either of the awards the Trust is proud that they were finalists.
Te Kōhanga Reo ki Rotokawa was nominated for Excellence in Teaching and Learning and the 2019 Excellence Focus Prize (Māori Medium Education). This Kōhanga Reo won the Excellence in Teaching and Learning section and were recognised for their unique whole of whānau approach to planning and assessing their mokopuna learning programme. The kaiako and whānau worked collaboratively to share the stories of their whenua and their tipuna - Ngā Kōrero Tuku Iho with the tamariki mokopuna.