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French teacher Elisabeth Diaz, Richmond Road School, 2013

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French teacher Elisabeth Diaz, Richmond Road School, 2013

In 1994 the Frenz School organisation was founded to promote French-English bilingual education in New Zealand. Two Auckland schools – Richmond Road and Birkdale North – have bilingual classes run under the scheme. At Richmond Road’s Archiplel unit, new entrants are taught in French five days a week, while older children have three days of French and two of English.

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Tessa Copland, French – People and culture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/46775/french-teacher-elisabeth-diaz-richmond-road-school-2013 (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Tessa Copland, published 4 February 2016, updated 1 August 2024.