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Akoteu Kato Kakala early childhood centre

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Akoteu Kato Kakala early childhood centre

Akoteu Kato Kakala (basket of flowers) is a Pacific bilingual childhood education centre in Ōtara, Auckland. In 2008 computer company IBM donated a kids' computer workstation to the centre. The children are using the machine with great enthusiasm not long after it was delivered.

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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/32088/akoteu-kato-kakala-early-childhood-centre (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 23 March 2012.