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Timeline of Early Childhood Education Events and Political Changes from the 1980s to Today  

1982 –The first Kohanga Reo opened and Kohanga Reo were funded via local Maori management groups and Vote: Maori Affairs.

Pre-1986 –Childcare services were within the social welfare sector. Playcentres and Kindergartens as part-day services tha

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