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Kōhanga reo, 1982

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Kōhanga reo, 1982

Pipitea Marae Kōhanga Reo staff and children are photographed in 1982, the year the Wellington-based kōhanga received the licence supervisor Mihi Harrington is displaying. The licence meant the Social Welfare Department subsidised the fees of children from low-income families.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP-Ethnology-Maori-Pipitea

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Kerryn Pollock, Early childhood education and care – New developments, 1970s to 2000s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/32086/kohanga-reo-1982 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 23 March 2012.