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Kōrero: Te reo Māori – the Māori language

Te kura Māori o Karioi, 1908 te tau

Karioi Native School, 1908

Ko tētahi o ngā kaupapa nui a te kāwanatanga i te rau tau 1800 i te whakaakoranga o ngā tamariki Māori, kia noho ko te reo Ingarihi te reo ako i a rātou. Ka nui te rarua o te reo Māori nā tēnei mahi. He rōpū tamariki kei te kura Māori o Karioi i te puku o Te Ika-a-Māui, e whakaatu ana i ā rātou mahinga toi.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Auckland Council Libraries − Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero o Tāmaki Makaurau, Sir George Grey Special Collections

Reference: Reference: 7-A12343

Permission of Auckland City Libraries Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Rawinia Higgins rāua ko Basil Keane, Te reo Māori – the Māori language – The spread of English, 1840s to 1900, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/41075/te-kura-maori-o-karioi-1908-te-tau (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rawinia Higgins rāua ko Basil Keane, i tāngia i te 13 March 2013, updated 1 September 2015.

Comments

Martin Traill
28 February 2023
The teacher in the photo is MARGARET MARION TRAILL LAMONT (nee Christie), Doctor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery of the University of London (England) and Diploma of Public Health of the University of Cambridge (England) 1867-1931. She was at Karioi from 1908 to 1912. She later spent 20 years in medical work in Mission Countries - India, Pacific, China, Middle East and Africa. Her husband was James Reid Lamont 1874-1953. Their daughter Ethel 'Anna' Olivia (Betty) Lamont was born at Karioi on 2 September 1909.