Why is Te reo Māori used at my child's preschool?
Te reo Māori holds unique status as the indigenous language of Aotearoa, New Zealand. It is also an official language of Aotearoa. The early childhood curriculum, Te Whāriki, is a bilingual and bicultural document which guides everything we do as kaiako (teachers) in early childhood in NZ. Te Whāriki recognises Māori as tangata whenua (people of this land) and states our roles as kaiako in protecting te reo Māori as it carries the culture of our tangata whenua.