Team to review kohanga reo
An Auckland man will: chair a Government team to review the kohanga reo programme, Mr Koro Wetere, the Minister of Maori Affairs announced last evening. He said the team will study the role of the State in early childhood care and education, the Government assistance given to kohanga reo, and the relationship between the community, Maori people
and ..the Government in kohanga reo system.’3. He said the team, to report back by November this year, would be Mr John Rangihau, Auckland, chairman: Mrs Iritana Tawhiwhlrangi, the Ministry of Maori Affairs; Mrs Rosemary Fenwick, Department of Education: Ms Annette Dixon, Prime Minister’s Department; Dr Frances Sutton, Treasury: and Mrs Cathy Irwin,
•of the Kohanga ? Reo Trust. •<- -V He said the team would also make suggestions on the Government’s future role -in early childhood education. He said kohanga reo was vital for the resurgence of the Maori language and that reports had shown that young children were quickly becoming bilingual.
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