@article{skerrett-white_role_2004,
	title = {The role of arapū in reversing language shift in kōhanga reo},
	volume = {8},
	url = {http://www.nzcer.org.nz/nzcerpress/early-childhood-folio/articles/role-arapu-reversing-language-shift-kohanga-reo},
	abstract = {The centrality of the role of te reo Mäori in Mäori cultural advancement and identity is a given and is inseparable from the exercise of (tino) rangatiratanga (an awareness of self as a basis for setting targets and developing self-reliance; the capacity to choose rapidly and effectively between options; and creativity, being the capacity to generate new solutions to new problems). As change agents, powerful children can and will make powerful decisions and change as they assert their Mäori worldviews, rather than clinging to the determinant worldviews of others. That change, for their psychological, sociocultural, and economic wellbeing, not only benefits te iwi Mäori, but also the nation. Köhanga reo and kura kaupapa Mäori have promulgated a revolution of sorts against the prevailing hegemony. The maintenance of a changed view is in furtherance of the wider aims of tino rangatiratanga—taking control of our own lives. In köhanga reo, this is afforded by the encouragement of children to think, to speak, and to do for themselves, in order to take responsibility for and be critical about the decisions they make. According},
	number = {1988},
	journal = {Early Childhood Folio},
	author = {Skerrett-White, Mere},
	year = {2004},
	pages = {34--39},
}

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