Waka Huia - Kōhanga Reo Pt 1 full episode

Kua eke te Kōhanga Reo ki te whā tekau tau mai i tōnā whānautanga mai. He kaupapa i hangaia e ngā kaumātua o te wā, ki te whāngai i te reo me ōna tīkanga ki ngā tamariki mokopuna. Tuatahi ko te Kōhanga Reo, nā wai rā ka hua mai ko te Kura Kaupapa Māori, ko ngā whare wānanga me ngā kaupapa maha hei ara mā ngā tamariki reo Māori o te ao nei. I ēnei hōtaka e rua nei o Waka Huia, ka tirohia te hitoria o te 40 tau o te kaupapa, ka titiro hoki ki te anamata o tēnei tāonga puipuiaki o te ao Māori.
The kōhanga reo movement started 40 years ago in 1982. Created to preserve te reo Māori me ōnā tīkanga by instilling it into Māori children. The Kōhanga Reo movement was the first step towards helping the language and culture survive. And it has seen the establishment of full immersion Māori schools and tertiary courses. So what can we learn from the past fourty years? And what does the future look like for the Kōhanga Reo movement? We ask some of the leaders of the movement.
Director: Kayne Ngātokowhā Peters