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Kōrero: Early childhood education and care

Rachel Reynolds Kindergarten, Dunedin

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Rachel Reynolds Kindergarten, Dunedin

Rachel Reynolds led a small group of people who established New Zealand's first kindergarten in Dunedin in 1889. Her contribution was commemorated in 1914 when a new kindergarten in the city was named after her. The Rachel Reynolds Kindergarten remained open in the 2000s, though in a different location. These children were photographed with a ship they made out of wooden blocks, probably not long after it opened.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Hocken Collections, University of Otago

Reference: S11-148a

Permission of the Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hakena, University of Otago, must be obtained before any re-use of this image. Further information may be obtained from the Library through its website.

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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/32062/rachel-reynolds-kindergarten-dunedin (accessed 4 June 2026).

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