Education

Matauranga

 

Bev Rutherford teaching the class.

Primary teachers spend most of their day working with large groups of children

New Zealand's government-funded (state) and private education system is divided into three main areas:
  • early childhood education
  • compulsory schooling, which is divided into primary and secondary schooling
  • tertiary education.
These areas also include Maori medium education:

  • kohanga reo (early childhood)
  • kura kaupapa (primary and secondary)
  • wananga (tertiary).

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Updated April 2009