Te Kōhanga Reo o Mana Tamariki

Te Kōhanga Reo o Mana Tamariki is administered by Mana Tamariki Incorporated.
Whakahaeretia ana Te kōhanga Reo o Mana Tamariki e Te Manatōpū o Mana Tamariki.

Innovation
Te Whakarehu

Mana Tamariki focuses on the notion of he tamaiti hei raukura – the child as a high achiever who exemplifies the hopes and dreams of her/his people. This is the ultimate goal of Te Aho Matua, the guiding document of Kura Kaupapa Māori, a philosophy upheld all the way through Mana Tamariki including our kōhanga reo where Te Aho Matua sits alongside Te Whāriki and Te Korowai. 

Mana Tamariki has also been inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach where their image of the child is of the ‘rich child’ constructing knowledge, identity and value. (Dahlberg & Moss (2006), in In Dialogue with Reggio Emilia)

Centres of Innovation (COI) research
Te Rangahau Kauhanga Whakarehu

Major research questions/aim:

  • Ka pēhea e mārō ake ai te taura here I waenganui I te reo, it te tamati he raukura, i ngā whānau me nga paki ako?
  • How can we strengthen the reciprocal relationships between te reo, children as raukura, families and learning stories?

COI tenure
Te Wā e Mana ana te Kauhanga Whakarehu

Calendar years 2008/2009/2010 (Round four). In Budget 2009 it was announced that the COI programme will end on 30 June 2009.
Ngā tau 2008/2009/2010 o te maramataka (rauna tuawhā)

COI research associates (Pou Turuturu)
Ngā kaiārahi rangahau o te Kauhanga Whakarehu (Ngā Pou Turuturu)

Margaret Carr, University of Waikato, Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato (Email: margcarr@waikato.ac.nz)
Wharehuia Milroy, Research Support, Pou Turuturu 

Service location
Wāhi Noho

165 Grey Street, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
165 Te Tiriti o Grey, Papaioea

Visitors
Ngā Manuhiri

For information about Te Kōhanga Reo o Mana Tamariki COI visitors policy, please contact Brenda Soutar, Kaitiaki, Te Kōhanga Reo o Mana Tamariki.
Whakapā mai ki te Kaitiaki, ki a Brenda Soutar, Te Kōhanga Reo o Mana Tamariki, mō ngā kōrero e pā ana ki te kaupapa here a Te Kōhanga Reo o Mana Tamariki e hāngai ana ki ngā manuhiri.

Contact details
Ngā Whakapānga

Contact person, Te Māngai: Brenda Soutar
Postal address: 165 Grey Street, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Telephone: 06 356 4383
Email: Brenda.soutar@gmail.com


Last updated: 16 June 2009