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kohanga reo

/ kɔːˈhɑːŋɑː ˈreɪəʊː /

noun

  1. an infant class in which the lessons are conducted in Māori
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of kohanga reo1

Māori, literally: language nest
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Like Runga, Williams didn’t really speak Maori until a few years ago — he attended a kohanga reo, a total immersion preschool, and took some Maori at high school, but none of it stuck.

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They had learned the language at kohanga reo, immersion preschools, and still spoke it sometimes at home.

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