Kōrero: Early childhood education and care

Ki mua

Foster care

Whai muri

Mrs Mills and her daughter cared for young children as a way of earning a living. They were photographed with five babies they fostered at the Dunedin Baby Demonstration show in 1917.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: CW1, 40/25/22

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Kerryn Pollock, Early childhood education and care – Early education and care, late 19th to mid-20th centuries, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/32050/foster-care (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Kerryn Pollock, i tāngia i te 23 March 2012.