Ko te '''Kohanga reo''' he wāhi hei whakaako i te reo ki ngā tamariki mokopuna o [[Aotearoa]]. Ko te kōhanga, he wāhi mō ngā manu hei tiaki hei poipoi i ā rātou pī. Nō reira mai rā te ariā o te 'kōhanga reo', he wāhi hei tiaki hei poipoi hei manaaki i ngā tamariki ki te ako i te [[reo Māori]]. Nō reira, ko te kōhanga reo he wāhi kura rūmakitanga e whoatu ana ngā tohutohu katoa ki ngō tamariki i roto i te reo Māori anake.

I whakapūmautia ngā kōhanga i te tau 1982 i Aotearoa nei, i taua wā he mataku wehi kei ngaro atu rā te reo Māori. Nō te taenga o te pūmanawa kōhanga i whakatūria hoki ngā kura tuatahi me ngā kura tuarua ki te whai i te whāinga o te kōhanga reo - arā, kia waihangatia he wāhi hei whāngai ki ngā tamariki i te reo Māori, ko te [[reo taketake]] o Aotearoa nei.
He kōhanga reo anō hoki i ētahi atu reo o te [[Moana-nui-a-Kiwa]], he tauira ko te [[Kuki Airani|reo o Rarotonga]], me te Reo [[Hāmoa]] me te reo [[Tonga]] i Aotearoa nei.

Kua tangohia te ariā o te kōhanga reo e ētahi atu whenua. Ko tētahi tauira rongonui ko te pūmanawa [[punana leo]] i [[Hawai'i]], he mea whakatū hei tautoko i te whakaoranga o te Reo Hawai'i.

== Hoto ki waho ==
*[http://www.kohanga.ac.nz/ Paetukutuku matua] o te Kōhanga Reo National Trust


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